The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Wednesday 14 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia.
| Men's 100 metre freestyle at the 1998 FINA World Championships | ||||||||||
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| Date | 14 January 1998 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 83 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 48.93 seconds | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Results
editHeats
edit| Rank | Name | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Michael Klim (AUS)
|
49.33 | |
| 2 |  Alexander Popov (RUS)
|
49.57 | |
| 3 |  Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)
|
49.61 | |
| 4 |  Gustavo Borges (BRA)
|
49.70 | |
| 5 |  Scott Tucker (USA)
|
49.86 | |
| 6 |  Lars Frölander (SWE)
|
49.87 | |
| 7 | Chris Fydler (AUS)
|
50.21 | |
| 8 |  Attila Zubor (HUN)
|
50.29 | |
| 9 | Neil Walker (USA)
|
50.35 | |
| 10 |  Marcos Hernández (CUB)
|
50.37 | |
| 11 |  Ricardo Busquets (PUR)
|
50.39 | |
| 12 | Denis Pimankov (RUS)
|
50.40 | |
 Christian Tröger (GER)
| |||
| 14 |  Lorenzo Vismara (ITA)
|
50.42 | |
| 15 |  Stephen Clarke (CAN)
|
50.43 | |
| 16 |  Nicholas Shackell (GBR)
|
50.52 | |
| 17 | Fernando Scherer (BRA)
|
50.57 | |
| 18 |  Francisco Sánchez (VEN)
|
50.64 | |
| 19 |  Bartosz Kizierowski (POL)
|
50.68 | |
 Nicolae Ivan (ROM)
| |||
| 21 |  Yoav Bruck (ISR)
|
50.74 | |
| 22 |  Salim Iles (ALG)
|
50.76 | |
| 23 |  José Meolans (ARG)
|
50.79 | |
| 24 |  Shunsuke Ito (JPN)
|
50.93 | |
| 25 | Craig Hutchison (CAN)
|
51.03 | |
| 26 |  Oleg Rykhlevich (BLR)
|
51.16 | |
| 27 | Johan Wallberg (SWE)
|
51.17 | |
| 28 |  Trent Bray (NZL)
|
51.22 | |
| 29 |  Brendon Dedekind (RSA)
|
51.40 | |
| 30 |  Juan Benavides (ESP)
|
51.42 | |
| 31 |  Julien Sicot (FRA)
|
51.54 | |
| 32 |  Derya Büyükuncu (TUR)
|
51.58 | |
| 33 |  Peter Mankoč (SLO)
|
51.59 | |
| 34 | Alexander Lüderitz (GER)
|
51.63 | |
| 35 |  Indrek Sei (EST)
|
51.64 | |
| 36 | Mark Stevens (GBR)
|
51.79 | |
| 37 | José Rojano (ESP)
|
51.87 | |
| 38 |  Felipe Delgado (ECU)
|
51.94 | |
| 39 |  Jacob Rasmussen (DEN)
|
51.97 |
Finals
editA
edit| Rank | Name | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Alexander Popov (RUS)
|
48.93 | CR |
|
Michael Klim (AUS)
|
49.20 | |
|
Lars Frölander (SWE)
|
49.53 | |
| 4 | Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)
|
49.59 | |
| 5 | Gustavo Borges (BRA)
|
49.62 | |
| 6 | Attila Zubor (HUN)
|
49.82 | |
| 7 | Chris Fydler (AUS)
|
49.95 | |
| 8 | Scott Tucker (USA)
|
50.36 |
B
edit| Rank | Name | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Neil Walker (USA)
|
49.90 | |
| 10 | Denis Pimankov (RUS)
|
50.18 | |
| 11 | Ricardo Busquets (PUR)
|
50.19 | |
| 12 | Stephen Clarke (CAN)
|
50.38 | |
| 13 | Marcos Hernández (CUB)
|
50.41 | |
| Nicholas Shackell (GBR)
| |||
| 15 | Lorenzo Vismara (ITA)
|
50.66 | |
| 16 | Christian Tröger (GER)
|
50.72 |