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

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.

Men's 100 metre butterfly at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	16 January 1998
Competitors	39
Winning time	52.25 seconds
Medalists
Michael Klim    Australia   Lars Frölander    Sweden   Geoff Huegill    Australia

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.

Remarks

1.  Ricardo Busquets (PUR) scratched B-Final
2.  Vladislav Kulikov (RUS) scratched B-Final

See also

• 1996 Men's Olympic Games 100m Butterfly (Atlanta)
• 1997 Men's World SC Championships 100m Butterfly (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Men's European LC Championships 100m Butterfly (Seville)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Games 100m Butterfly (Sydney)

References

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