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

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Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date15 January 1998
Competitors34
Winning time55.00 seconds
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
  1994
2001  

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.

Contents

A Final

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  Lenny Krayzelburg  (USA)55.00
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Mark Versfeld  (CAN)55.17
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg  Stev Theloke  (GER)55.20
4Flag of Cuba.svg  Neisser Bent  (CUB)55.21
5Flag of Cuba.svg  Rodolfo Falcón  (CUB)55.32
6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Matt Welsh  (AUS)55.45
7Flag of Israel.svg  Eithan Urbach  (ISR)55.97
8Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Ricardo Busquets  (PUR)56.03

B Final

RankNameTime
9Flag of Germany.svg  Ralf Braun  (GER)55.92
10Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Adrian Radley  (AUS)56.05
11Flag of Poland.svg  Mariusz Siembida  (POL)56.30
12Flag of Italy.svg  Emanuele Merisi  (ITA)56.38
13Flag of Japan.svg  Keitaro Konnai  (JPN)56.43
Flag of Spain.svg  David Ortega  (ESP)
15Flag of Brazil.svg  Rogério Romero  (BRA)56.45
16Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Neil Willey  (GBR)56.75

Qualifying heats

RankNameTime
1Flag of Germany.svg  Stev Theloke  (GER)55.11
2Flag of the United States.svg  Lenny Krayzelburg  (USA)55.22
3Flag of Cuba.svg  Neisser Bent  (CUB)55.57
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Mark Versfeld  (CAN)55.58
5Flag of Israel.svg  Eithan Urbach  (ISR)55.62
6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Matt Welsh  (AUS)55.70
7Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Ricardo Busquets  (PUR)55.78
Flag of Cuba.svg  Rodolfo Falcón  (CUB)
9Flag of the United States.svg  Neil Walker  (USA) [1] 55.79
10Flag of Germany.svg  Ralf Braun  (GER)55.85
11Flag of Poland.svg  Mariusz Siembida  (POL)55.88
12Flag of Italy.svg  Emanuele Merisi  (ITA)56.24
13Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Neil Willey  (GBR)56.24
14Flag of Japan.svg  Keitaro Konnai  (JPN)56.30
15Flag of Spain.svg  David Ortega  (ESP)56.52
16Flag of Brazil.svg  Rogério Romero  (BRA)56.77
17Flag of Lithuania.svg  Darius Grigalionis  (LTU)56.78
18Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Adrian Radley  (AUS)56.78
19Flag of Spain.svg  Carlos Ramos  (ESP)56.84
20Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Selkov  (RUS)56.85
21Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Fu Yong  (CHN)56.94
22Flag of Russia.svg  Vladislav Aminov  (RUS)56.96
23Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Martin Harris  (GBR)57.01
24Flag of Poland.svg  Bartosz Sikora  (POL)57.04
25Flag of Lithuania.svg  Arūnas Savickas  (LTU)57.10
26Flag of Mexico.svg  Carlos Arena  (MEX)57.15
27Flag of Turkey.svg  Derya Büyükuncu  (TUR)57.31
28Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Nuno Laurentino  (POR)57.44
29Flag of Croatia.svg  Marko Strahija  (CRO)57.45
30Flag of Slovakia.svg  Miroslav Machovič  (SVK)57.59
31Flag of Croatia.svg  Tomislav Karlo  (CRO)57.88
32Flag of Hungary.svg  Attila Czene  (HUN)57.98
33Flag of Iceland.svg  Örn Arnarson  (ISL)58.01
34Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Alexis Perdomo  (VEN)58.28

Remarks

  1. Flag of the United States.svg  Neil Walker  (USA) scratched B-Final

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