Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Saturday 17 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia.

Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date17 January 1998
Competitors81 from 61 nations
Winning time22.29 seconds
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Russia
bronze medal    Puerto Rico
bronze medal    Australia
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Heats

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Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 11 Michael Klim   Australia 22.58
1 11 Alexander Popov   Russia 22.58
3 11 Ricardo Busquets   Puerto Rico 22.61
4 9 Bill Pilczuk   United States 22.70
5 10 Fernando Scherer   Brazil 22.76
6 11 Brendon Dedekind   South Africa 22.77
7 9 Pieter van den Hoogenband   Netherlands 22.79
8 9 Neil Walker   United States 22.82
9 11 Mark Foster   Great Britain 22.85
10 9 Alexander Lüderitz   Germany 22.86
11 5 Yoav Bruck   Israel 22.90
12 10 Julien Sicot   France 22.98
12 11 Denis Pimankov   Russia 22.98
12 9 Nathan Rickard   Australia 22.98
15 10 Ricardo Dornelas   Brazil 23.08
16 8 Bartosz Kizierowski   Poland 23.12
17 9 Torsten Spanneberg   Germany 23.12
18 10 Jiang Chengji   China 23.13
19 10 José Meolans   Argentina 23.15
20 7 Fredrik Letzler   Sweden 23.18
21 8 Mike Fibbens   Great Britain 23.29
22 8 Lorenzo Vismara   Italy 23.31
22 10 Aleh Rukhlevich   Belarus 23.31
24 7 Stephen Clarke   Canada 23.37
25 8 Craig Hutchison   Canada 23.40
26 10 Juan Benavides   Spain 23.42
27 11 Nicolae Ivan   Romania 23.47
28 8 Indrek Sei   Estonia 23.50
29 8 Francisco Sánchez   Venezuela 23.54
30 7 Shunsuke Ito   Japan 23.61
31 7 Felipe Delgado   Ecuador 23.64
32 11 Stavros Michaelides   Cyprus 23.66
33 8 Salim Iles   Algeria 23.74
34 7 Jonas Åkesson   Sweden 23.79
35 8 Alen Lončar   Croatia 23.83
35 9 Hans Bylemans   Belgium 23.83
37 6 Janko Gojkovic   Bosnia and Herzegovina 23.88
38 7 Nicholas O'Hare   Ireland 23.94
39 7 Ravil Nachaev   Uzbekistan 24.14
40 7 Igor Sitnikov   Kazakhstan 24.17
41 5 Huang Chih Yung   Chinese Taipei 24.29
41 6 Nick Tonge   New Zealand 24.29
43 5 Mehdi Addadi   Algeria 24.43
44 6 Gentil Offoan   Nigeria 24.49
45 6 John Steel   New Zealand 24.52
46 6 Leslie Kwok   Singapore 24.67
47 5 Carl Probert   Fiji 24.73
48 4 Kenneth Goh   Singapore 24.79
49 5 Stephen Troake   Bermuda 24.84
50 6 Jesus Gonzalez Cisneros   Mexico 24.86
51 5 Hung Chien Chih   Chinese Taipei 24.97
52 4 Zachary Moffatt   Hong Kong 25.01
53 6 Alexey Makhantsev   Uzbekistan 25.05
54 4 Christophe Lim   Mauritius 25.35
55 5 Kehinde Erewunmi   Nigeria 25.36
56 4 Behzad Mehdi Khabazian   Iran 25.48
57 4 Gael Duchenne   Mauritius 25.66
58 4 Tai Ka Kin   Macau 25.70
59 3 Bertrand Hubert   Tahiti 25.90
60 3 Diego Mularoni   San Marino 26.04
61 3 Sashi Flores   Guam 26.11
62 3 Hamidreza Mobarrez   Iran 26.12
63 6 Ghefari Dulapandan   Sri Lanka 26.38
64 5 Daniel Teriipaia   Tahiti 26.47
65 3 Matteo Cesarini   San Marino 26.55
66 3 Woo Kim   Kenya 26.85
67 3 Felix Valdivia   Nicaragua 26.94
68 3 Vladimir Klimushin   Turkmenistan 27.15
69 4 Naranbai Nasanbat   Mongolia 27.16
70 4 Andrew Lee   Guam 27.35
71 2 Michael Watson   Guyana 27.64
72 9 Guillaume Lobe Njoh   Cameroon 27.73
73 2 John Dagbovi-Senakwami   Togo 28.79
2 Mikel Ohan   Iraq DQ
2 Mohammed Ssebulime   Uganda DQ
2 Anlloyd Samuel   Palau DQ
1 Pedro Bonnelly   Dominican Republic DNS
1 Orgil Nomingoo   Mongolia DNS
1 Hassan Mosa   Palestine DNS
2 Dmitri Margaryan   Armenia DNS
10 Marcos Hernández   Cuba DNS

B Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
9 Julien Sicot   France 22.62
10 Denis Pimankov   Russia 22.67
11 Bartosz Kizierowski   Poland 22.77
12 Nathan Rickard   Australia 22.82
12 Mark Foster   Great Britain 22.82
14 Alexander Lüderitz   Germany 23.01
15 Yoav Bruck   Israel 23.03
16 Ricardo Dornelas   Brazil 23.07

A Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Bill Pilczuk   United States 22.29
  Alexander Popov   Russia 22.43
  Ricardo Busquets   Puerto Rico 22.47
  Michael Klim   Australia 22.47 OC
5 Neil Walker   United States 22.50
6 Brendon Dedekind   South Africa 22.54
7 Pieter van den Hoogenband   Netherlands 22.83
8 Fernando Scherer   Brazil 22.84

See also

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References

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