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Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| event | Men's 50 metre freestyle |
| competition | 1998 FINA World Championships |
| date | 17 January 1998 |
| competitors | 81 |
| nations | 61 |
| win_value | 22.29 seconds |
| gold | Bill Pilczuk |
| goldNOC | USA |
| silver | Alexander Popov |
| silverNOC | RUS |
| bronze | Ricardo Busquets |
| bronzeNOC | PUR |
| bronze2 | Michael Klim |
| bronzeNOC2 | AUS |
| prev | 1994 |
| next | 2001 |
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 | Venezuela | 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 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 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 | Turkmenistan | 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 | Iraq | 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 |
References
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