Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle

Men's 100 metre freestyle at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	14 January 1998
Competitors	83
Winning time	48.93 seconds
Medalists
Alexander Popov    Russia   Michael Klim    Australia   Lars Frölander    Sweden

1998 FINA World Championships Perth, Australia
Diving
1 m	men	women
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
Open water swimming
5 km	men	women
25 km	men	women
Team	5 km	25 km
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
Synchronised swimming
Solo		women
Duet		women
Team		women
Water polo
men (rosters) women (rosters)

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, Australia.

Results

Heats

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

A

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

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

See also

• 1996 Men's Olympic Games 100m Freestyle (Atlanta)
• 1997 Men's World SC Championships 100m Freestyle (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Men's European LC Championships 100m Freestyle (Seville)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Games 100m Freestyle (Sydney)

References

• "8th FINA World Swimming Championships". SwimNews.com.
• "1998 FINA World Championships (LCM)". USA Swimming.