100 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 1998 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Perth AUS
Held —
Status Medal
Competitors 83
Countries 60
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Aleksandr Popov RUS 49.57
(2 h11)		 48.93
(1 FA)
🥈 Michael Klim AUS 49.33
(1 h10)		 49.20
(2 FA)
🥉 Lars Frölander SWE 49.87
(6 h9)		 49.53
(3 FA)
4 Pieter van den Hoogenband NED 49.61
(3 h9)		 49.59
(4 FA)
5 Gustavo Borges BRA 49.70
(4 h10)		 49.62
(5 FA)
6 Attila Zubor HUN 50.29
(8 h8)		 49.82
(6 FA)
7 Chris Fydler AUS 50.21
(7 h10)		 49.95
(7 FA)
8 Scott Tucker USA 49.86
(5 h10)		 50.36
(8 FA)
9 Neil Walker USA 50.35
(9 h11)		 49.90
(1 FB)
10 Denis Pimankov RUS 50.40
(=12 h8)		 50.18
(2 FB)
11 Ricardo Busquets PUR 50.39
(11 h9)		 50.19
(3 FB)
12 Stephen Clarke CAN 50.43
(15 h10)		 50.38
(4 FB)
=13 Marcos Hernández CUB 50.37
(10 h11)		 50.41
(=5 FB)
=13 Nick Shackell GBR 50.52
(16 h11)		 50.41
(=5 FB)
15 Lorenzo Vismara ITA 50.42
(14 h11)		 50.66
(7 FB)
16 Christian Tröger GER 50.40
(=12 h10)		 50.72
(8 FB)
17 Xuxa Scherer BRA 50.57
(17 h9)		 —
18 Francisco Sánchez VEN 50.64
(18 h10)		 —
=19 Bartosz Kizierowski POL 50.68
(=19 h7)		 —
=19 Nicolae Ivan ROU 50.68
(=19 h9)		 —
21 Yoav Bruck ISR 50.74
(21 h11)		 —
22 Salim Iles ALG 50.76
(22 h11)		 —
23 José Meolans ARG 50.79
(23 h11)		 —
24 Shunsuke Ito JPN 50.93
(24 h8)		 —
25 Craig Hutchison CAN 51.03
(25 h8)		 —
26 Aleh Rukhlevich BLR 51.16
(26 h9)		 —
27 Johan Wallberg SWE 51.17
(27 h7)		 —
28 Trent Bray NZL 51.22
(28 h8)		 —
29 Brendon Dedekind RSA 51.40
(29 h9)		 —
30 Juan Benavides ESP 51.42
(30 h8)		 —
31 Julien Sicot FRA 51.54
(31 h8)		 —
32 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 51.58
(32 h8)		 —
33 Peter Mankoč SLO 51.59
(33 h6)		 —
34 Alexander Lüderitz GER 51.63
(34 h9)		 —
35 Indrek Sei EST 51.64
(35 h7)		 —
36 Mark Stevens GBR 51.79
(36 h10)		 —
37 Josep Rojano ESP 51.87
(37 h7)		 —
38 Felipe Delgado ECU 51.94
(38 h7)		 —
39 Jacob Rasmussen DEN 51.97
(39 h6)		 —
40 John Steel NZL 52.05
(40 h7)		 —
41 Janko Gojković BIH 52.28
(41 h6)		 —
42 Hans Bijlemans BEL 52.53
(42 h7)		 —
43 Carlos Arena MEX 52.59
(43 h5)		 —
44 Jeppe Bøje Nielsen DEN 52.60
(44 h5)		 —
45 Ravil Nachayev UZB 52.92
(45 h6)		 —
46 Arūnas Savickas LTU 52.94
(46 h7)		 —
47 Sng Ju Wei SGP 52.96
(47 h5)		 —
48 Carl Probert FIJ 53.14
(48 h4)		 —
49 Igor Sitnikov KAZ 53.16
(49 h5)		 —
50 Mehdi Addadi ALG 53.22
(50 h6)		 —
51 Nick O'Hare IRL 53.35
(51 h6)		 —
52 Stephen Fahy BER 53.47
(52 h4)		 —
53 Gentle Offoin NGR 53.49
(53 h5)		 —
54 Huang Chih-Yung TPE 53.60
(54 h6)		 —
55 Hugh O'Connor IRL 54.05
(55 h5)		 —
56 Zachary Moffatt HKG 54.07
(56 h4)		 —
57 Hung Chien-Chih TPE 54.11
(57 h4)		 —
58 Aleksey Makhantsev UZB 54.49
(58 h6)		 —
59 Stephen Troake BER 54.68
(59 h4)		 —
60 Gael Duchenne MRI 55.31
(60 h3)		 —
61 Christophe Lim MRI 55.71
(61 h3)		 —
62 Diego Mularoni SMR 55.95
(62 h3)		 —
63 Kehinde Erewunmi NGR 56.10
(63 h4)		 —
64 Daniel Teriipaia FPN 56.28
(64 h4)		 —
65 Bertrand Hubert FPN 56.73
(65 h3)		 —
66 Barnsley Albert SEY 56.93
(66 h3)		 —
67 Jaber Sadeq KUW 57.02
(67 h2)		 —
68 Fadi Kouzmah SYR 57.09
(68 h4)		 —
69 Matteo Cesarini SMR 57.30
(69 h3)		 —
70 Behzad Khabazian IRI 58.09
(70 h3)		 —
71 Tai Ka Kin MAC 58.25
(71 h2)		 —
72 Amir Saleh Namin IRI 58.32
(72 h2)		 —
73 Sashi Flores GUM 58.79
(73 h2)		 —
74 Félix Valdivia NCA 59.14
(74 h2)		 —
75 Jin-Woo Kim KEN 59.93
(75 h2)		 —
76 Guillaume Njoh CMR 1:01.53
(76 h3)		 —
77 Vladimir Klimushin TKM 1:01.73
(77 h2)		 —
78 Michael Watson GUY 1:02.12
(78 h1)		 —
79 Andrew Lee GUM 1:02.29
(79 h2)		 —
80 Mohammed Ssebulime UGA 1:03.57
(80 h1)		 —
81 John Dagbovi-Senakwami TOG 1:07.46
(81 h1)		 —
82 Angus Daniel ASA 1:33.71
(82 h1)		 —
AC Leslie Kwok SGP —
(DQ h5)		 —
DNS Pedro BonnellyDNS DOM —
(DNS h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
78 Michael Watson GUY 1:02.12
80 Mohammed Ssebulime UGA 1:03.57
81 John Dagbovi-Senakwami TOG 1:07.46
82 Angus Daniel ASA 1:33.71
DNS Pedro BonnellyDNS DOM —

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
67 Jaber Sadeq KUW 57.02
71 Tai Ka Kin MAC 58.25
72 Amir Saleh Namin IRI 58.32
73 Sashi Flores GUM 58.79
74 Félix Valdivia NCA 59.14
75 Jin-Woo Kim KEN 59.93
77 Vladimir Klimushin TKM 1:01.73
79 Andrew Lee GUM 1:02.29

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
60 Gael Duchenne MRI 55.31
61 Christophe Lim MRI 55.71
62 Diego Mularoni SMR 55.95
65 Bertrand Hubert FPN 56.73
66 Barnsley Albert SEY 56.93
69 Matteo Cesarini SMR 57.30
70 Behzad Khabazian IRI 58.09
76 Guillaume Njoh CMR 1:01.53

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
48 Carl Probert FIJ 53.14
52 Stephen Fahy BER 53.47
56 Zachary Moffatt HKG 54.07
57 Hung Chien-Chih TPE 54.11
59 Stephen Troake BER 54.68
63 Kehinde Erewunmi NGR 56.10
64 Daniel Teriipaia FPN 56.28
68 Fadi Kouzmah SYR 57.09

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
43 Carlos Arena MEX 52.59
44 Jeppe Bøje Nielsen DEN 52.60
47 Sng Ju Wei SGP 52.96
49 Igor Sitnikov KAZ 53.16
53 Gentle Offoin NGR 53.49
55 Hugh O'Connor IRL 54.05
DQ Leslie Kwok SGP —

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
33 Peter Mankoč SLO 51.59
39 Jacob Rasmussen DEN 51.97
41 Janko Gojković BIH 52.28
45 Ravil Nachayev UZB 52.92
50 Mehdi Addadi ALG 53.22
51 Nick O'Hare IRL 53.35
54 Huang Chih-Yung TPE 53.60
58 Aleksey Makhantsev UZB 54.49

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
=19 Bartosz Kizierowski POL 50.68
27 Johan Wallberg SWE 51.17
35 Indrek Sei EST 51.64
37 Josep Rojano ESP 51.87
38 Felipe Delgado ECU 51.94
40 John Steel NZL 52.05
42 Hans Bijlemans BEL 52.53
46 Arūnas Savickas LTU 52.94

Heat 8

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
8 Attila Zubor HUN 50.29
=12 Denis Pimankov RUS 50.40
24 Shunsuke Ito JPN 50.93
25 Craig Hutchison CAN 51.03
28 Trent Bray NZL 51.22
30 Juan Benavides ESP 51.42
31 Julien Sicot FRA 51.54
32 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 51.58

Heat 9

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
3 Pieter van den Hoogenband NED 49.61
6 Lars Frölander SWE 49.87
11 Ricardo Busquets PUR 50.39
17 Xuxa Scherer BRA 50.57
=19 Nicolae Ivan ROU 50.68
26 Aleh Rukhlevich BLR 51.16
29 Brendon Dedekind RSA 51.40
34 Alexander Lüderitz GER 51.63

Heat 10

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Michael Klim AUS 49.33
4 Gustavo Borges BRA 49.70
5 Scott Tucker USA 49.86
7 Chris Fydler AUS 50.21
=12 Christian Tröger GER 50.40
15 Stephen Clarke CAN 50.43
18 Francisco Sánchez VEN 50.64
36 Mark Stevens GBR 51.79

Heat 11

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
2 Aleksandr Popov RUS 49.57
9 Neil Walker USA 50.35
10 Marcos Hernández CUB 50.37
14 Lorenzo Vismara ITA 50.42
16 Nick Shackell GBR 50.52
21 Yoav Bruck ISR 50.74
22 Salim Iles ALG 50.76
23 José Meolans ARG 50.79

Final

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Aleksandr Popov RUS 48.93
2 Michael Klim AUS 49.20
3 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

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Neil Walker USA 49.90
2 Denis Pimankov RUS 50.18
3 Ricardo Busquets PUR 50.19
4 Stephen Clarke CAN 50.38
=5 Marcos Hernández CUB 50.41
=5 Nick Shackell GBR 50.41
7 Lorenzo Vismara ITA 50.66
8 Christian Tröger GER 50.72