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.
Heats Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 11 Michael Klim 22.58 1 11 Alexander Popov 22.58 3 11 Ricardo Busquets 22.61 4 9 Bill Pilczuk 22.70 5 10 Fernando Scherer 22.76 6 11 Brendon Dedekind 22.77 7 9 Pieter van den Hoogenband 22.79 8 9 Neil Walker 22.82 9 11 Mark Foster 22.85 10 9 Alexander Lüderitz 22.86 11 5 Yoav Bruck 22.90 12 10 Julien Sicot 22.98 12 11 Denis Pimankov 22.98 12 9 Nathan Rickard 22.98 15 10 Ricardo Dornelas 23.08 16 8 Bartosz Kizierowski 23.12 17 9 Torsten Spanneberg 23.12 18 10 Jiang Chengji 23.13 19 10 José Meolans 23.15 20 7 Fredrik Letzler 23.18 21 8 Mike Fibbens 23.29 22 8 Lorenzo Vismara 23.31 22 10 Aleh Rukhlevich 23.31 24 7 Stephen Clarke 23.37 25 8 Craig Hutchison 23.40 26 10 Juan Benavides 23.42 27 11 Nicolae Ivan 23.47 28 8 Indrek Sei 23.50 29 8 Francisco Sánchez 23.54 30 7 Shunsuke Ito 23.61 31 7 Felipe Delgado 23.64 32 11 Stavros Michaelides 23.66 33 8 Salim Iles 23.74 34 7 Jonas Åkesson 23.79 35 8 Alen Lončar 23.83 35 9 Hans Bylemans 23.83 37 6 Janko Gojkovic 23.88 38 7 Nicholas O'Hare 23.94 39 7 Ravil Nachaev 24.14 40 7 Igor Sitnikov 24.17 41 5 Huang Chih Yung 24.29 41 6 Nick Tonge 24.29 43 5 Mehdi Addadi 24.43 44 6 Gentil Offoan 24.49 45 6 John Steel 24.52 46 6 Leslie Kwok 24.67 47 5 Carl Probert 24.73 48 4 Kenneth Goh 24.79 49 5 Stephen Troake 24.84 50 6 Jesus Gonzalez Cisneros 24.86 51 5 Hung Chien Chih 24.97 52 4 Zachary Moffatt 25.01 53 6 Alexey Makhantsev 25.05 54 4 Christophe Lim 25.35 55 5 Kehinde Erewunmi 25.36 56 4 Behzad Mehdi Khabazian 25.48 57 4 Gael Duchenne 25.66 58 4 Tai Ka Kin 25.70 59 3 Bertrand Hubert 25.90 60 3 Diego Mularoni 26.04 61 3 Sashi Flores 26.11 62 3 Hamidreza Mobarrez 26.12 63 6 Ghefari Dulapandan 26.38 64 5 Daniel Teriipaia 26.47 65 3 Matteo Cesarini 26.55 66 3 Woo Kim 26.85 67 3 Felix Valdivia 26.94 68 3 Vladimir Klimushin 27.15 69 4 Naranbai Nasanbat 27.16 70 4 Andrew Lee 27.35 71 2 Michael Watson 27.64 72 9 Guillaume Lobe Njoh 27.73 73 2 John Dagbovi-Senakwami 28.79 – 2 Mikel Ohan DQ – 2 Mohammed Ssebulime DQ – 2 Anlloyd Samuel DQ – 1 Pedro Bonnelly DNS – 1 Orgil Nomingoo DNS – 1 Hassan Mosa DNS – 2 Dmitri Margaryan DNS – 10 Marcos Hernández DNS
B Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 9 Julien Sicot 22.62 10 Denis Pimankov 22.67 11 Bartosz Kizierowski 22.77 12 Nathan Rickard 22.82 12 Mark Foster 22.82 14 Alexander Lüderitz 23.01 15 Yoav Bruck 23.03 16 Ricardo Dornelas 23.07
A Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Bill Pilczuk 22.29 Alexander Popov 22.43 Ricardo Busquets 22.47 Michael Klim 22.47 OC 5 Neil Walker 22.50 6 Brendon Dedekind 22.54 7 Pieter van den Hoogenband 22.83 8 Fernando Scherer 22.84
See also Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle (Atlanta) 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Men's 50m Freestyle (Gothenburg) Swimming at the 1997 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle (Seville) Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle (Sydney)
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