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

The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 100 metres backstroke event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Thursday 1998-01-15 in Perth, Western Australia.

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date15 January 1998
Competitors34
Winning time55.00 seconds
Medalists
    United States
    Canada
    Germany

A Final

Rank Name Time
 Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) 55.00
 Mark Versfeld (CAN) 55.17
 Stev Theloke (GER) 55.20
4  Neisser Bent (CUB) 55.21
5  Rodolfo Falcón (CUB) 55.32
6  Matt Welsh (AUS) 55.45
7  Eithan Urbach (ISR) 55.97
8  Ricardo Busquets (PUR) 56.03

B Final

Rank Name Time
9  Ralf Braun (GER) 55.92
10  Adrian Radley (AUS) 56.05
11  Mariusz Siembida (POL) 56.30
12  Emanuele Merisi (ITA) 56.38
13  Keitaro Konnai (JPN) 56.43
 David Ortega (ESP)
15  Rogério Romero (BRA) 56.45
16  Neil Willey (GBR) 56.75

Qualifying heats

Rank Name Time
1  Stev Theloke (GER) 55.11
2  Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) 55.22
3  Neisser Bent (CUB) 55.57
4  Mark Versfeld (CAN) 55.58
5  Eithan Urbach (ISR) 55.62
6  Matt Welsh (AUS) 55.70
7  Ricardo Busquets (PUR) 55.78
 Rodolfo Falcón (CUB)
9  Neil Walker (USA)[1] 55.79
10  Ralf Braun (GER) 55.85
11  Mariusz Siembida (POL) 55.88
12  Emanuele Merisi (ITA) 56.24
13  Neil Willey (GBR) 56.24
14  Keitaro Konnai (JPN) 56.30
15  David Ortega (ESP) 56.52
16  Rogério Romero (BRA) 56.77
17  Darius Grigalionis (LTU) 56.78
18  Adrian Radley (AUS) 56.78
19  Carlos Ramos (ESP) 56.84
20  Vladimir Selkov (RUS) 56.85
21  Fu Yong (CHN) 56.94
22  Vladislav Aminov (RUS) 56.96
23  Martin Harris (GBR) 57.01
24  Bartosz Sikora (POL) 57.04
25  Arūnas Savickas (LTU) 57.10
26  Carlos Arena (MEX) 57.15
27  Derya Büyükuncu (TUR) 57.31
28  Nuno Laurentino (POR) 57.44
29  Marko Strahija (CRO) 57.45
30  Miroslav Machovič (SVK) 57.59
31  Tomislav Karlo (CRO) 57.88
32  Attila Czene (HUN) 57.98
33  Örn Arnarson (ISL) 58.01
34  Alexis Perdomo (VEN) 58.28

Remarks

  1.  Neil Walker (USA) scratched B-Final

See also

References

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