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

Men's 100 metre freestyle1998 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
Team		men		women

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)