Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly
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The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Friday 1998-01-16 in Perth, Western Australia.
Date16 January 1998
Competitors39
Winningtime52.25 seconds
| Men's 100 metre butterfly at the 1998 FINA World Championships | ||||||||||
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| Date | 16 January 1998 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 39 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 52.25 seconds | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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A Final
| Rank | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
 |
 Michael Klim (AUS) |
52.25 CR |
 |
 Lars Frölander (SWE) |
52.79 |
 |
Geoff Huegill (AUS) |
52.90 |
| 4 |  Franck Esposito (FRA) |
52.94 |
| 5 |  Joris Keizer (NED) |
53.37 |
| 6 |  Takashi Yamamoto (JPN) |
53.53 |
| 7 |  Denys Sylantyev (UKR) |
53.59 |
| 8 |  Péter Horváth (HUN) |
53.60 |
B Final
| Rank | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 9 |  James Hickman (GBR) |
53.85 |
| 10 | Stefan Aartsen (NED) |
53.95 |
| 11 |  Neil Walker (USA) |
54.05 |
| 12 | John Hargis (USA) |
54.33 |
| 13 |  Theo Verster (RSA) |
54.38 |
| 14 |  Francisco Sánchez (VEN) |
54.63 |
| 15 |  Tero Välimaa (FIN) |
54.80 |
| 16 |  Thomas Rupprath (GER) |
54.95 |
Qualifying heats
| Rank | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geoff Huegill (AUS) |
52.93 CR |
| 2 | Franck Esposito (FRA) |
53.19 |
| 3 | Lars Frölander (SWE) |
53.30 |
| 4 | Michael Klim (AUS) |
53.34 |
| 5 | Denys Sylantyev (UKR) |
53.48 |
| 6 | Joris Keizer (NED) |
53.73 |
| 7 | Takashi Yamamoto (JPN) |
53.76 |
| 8 | Péter Horváth (HUN) |
53.84 |
| 9 | Neil Walker (USA) |
54.01 |
| 10 | John Hargis (USA) |
54.12 |
| 11 | Stefan Aartsen (NED) |
54.14 |
| 12 | James Hickman (GBR) |
54.34 |
| 13 |  Ricardo Busquets (PUR)[1] |
54.47 |
| 14 | Tero Välimaa (FIN) |
54.50 |
| 15 | Thomas Rupprath (GER) |
54.60 |
| 16 |  Vladislav Kulikov (RUS)[2] |
54.70 |
| 17 | Theo Verster (RSA) |
54.76 |
| 18 | Francisco Sánchez (VEN) |
54.82 |
| 19 |  Stephen Clarke (CAN) |
54.98 |
| 20 |  Marcin Kaczmarek (POL) |
55.00 |
| 21 |  Jesús González (MEX) |
55.04 |
| 22 | Anatoly Polyakov (RUS) |
55.07 |
| 23 | Vesa Hanski (FIN) |
55.24 |
| 24 | Stephen Parry (GBR) |
55.35 |
| 25 |  Jonathan Winter (NZL) |
55.51 |
| 26 |  Peter Mankoč (SLO) |
55.53 |
| 27 |  Han Kyu-Chul (KOR) |
55.73 |
 Derya Büyükuncu (TUR) | ||
| 29 | Alexis Perdomo (VEN) |
55.75 |
| Jens Kruppa (GER) | ||
| 31 |  Huang Xin (CHN) |
55.78 |
| 32 |  Aleksandar Malenko (MKD) |
55.90 |
| 33 |  Janko Gojković (BIH) |
56.02 |
| 34 |  Vladan Marković (YUG) |
56.09 |
| 35 |  Johan García (CUB) |
56.12 |
 Georgios Popotas (GRE) | ||
| 37 |  Ravil Nachaev (UZB) |
56.14 |
| 38 |  Pedro Monteiro (BRA) |
56.21 |
| 39 |  Luc Decker (LUX) |
56.22 |
Note: This is not a complete list of results. The SwimNews source below lists 70 swimmers entered in the event. One of the non-list swimmers is very likely Kamal Salman Masud who set a Pakistan Record of 58.19.