Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

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Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date17 January 1998
Competitors81 from 61 nations
Winning time22.29 seconds
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
  1994
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.

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Heats

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
111 Michael Klim Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 22.58
111 Alexander Popov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 22.58
311 Ricardo Busquets Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 22.61
49 Bill Pilczuk Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.70
510 Fernando Scherer Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 22.76
611 Brendon Dedekind Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 22.77
79 Pieter van den Hoogenband Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 22.79
89 Neil Walker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.82
911 Mark Foster Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 22.85
109 Alexander Lüderitz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 22.86
115 Yoav Bruck Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 22.90
1210 Julien Sicot Flag of France.svg  France 22.98
1211 Denis Pimankov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 22.98
129 Nathan Rickard Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 22.98
1510 Ricardo Dornelas Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 23.08
168 Bartosz Kizierowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 23.12
179 Torsten Spanneberg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 23.12
1810 Jiang Chengji Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 23.13
1910 José Meolans Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 23.15
207 Fredrik Letzler Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 23.18
218 Mike Fibbens Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23.29
228 Lorenzo Vismara Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 23.31
2210 Aleh Rukhlevich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 23.31
247 Stephen Clarke Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.37
258 Craig Hutchison Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.40
2610 Juan Benavides Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 23.42
2711 Nicolae Ivan Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 23.47
288 Indrek Sei Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 23.50
298 Francisco Sánchez Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 23.54
307 Shunsuke Ito Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 23.61
317 Felipe Delgado Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 23.64
3211 Stavros Michaelides Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 23.66
338 Salim Iles Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 23.74
347 Jonas Åkesson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 23.79
358 Alen Lončar Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 23.83
359 Hans Bylemans Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 23.83
376 Janko Gojkovic Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 23.88
387 Nicholas O'Hare Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 23.94
397 Ravil Nachaev Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 24.14
407 Igor Sitnikov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 24.17
415 Huang Chih Yung Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 24.29
416 Nick Tonge Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 24.29
435 Mehdi Addadi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 24.43
446 Gentil Offoan Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 24.49
456 John Steel Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 24.52
466 Leslie Kwok Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 24.67
475 Carl Probert Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 24.73
484 Kenneth Goh Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 24.79
495 Stephen Troake Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 24.84
506 Jesus Gonzalez Cisneros Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 24.86
515 Hung Chien Chih Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 24.97
524 Zachary Moffatt Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 25.01
536 Alexey Makhantsev Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 25.05
544 Christophe Lim Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 25.35
555 Kehinde Erewunmi Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 25.36
564 Behzad Mehdi Khabazian Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 25.48
574 Gael Duchenne Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 25.66
584 Tai Ka Kin Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 25.70
593 Bertrand Hubert Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 25.90
603 Diego Mularoni Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 26.04
613 Sashi Flores Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 26.11
623 Hamidreza Mobarrez Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 26.12
636 Ghefari Dulapandan Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 26.38
645 Daniel Teriipaia Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 26.47
653 Matteo Cesarini Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 26.55
663 Woo Kim Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 26.85
673 Felix Valdivia Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 26.94
683 Vladimir Klimushin Flag of Turkmenistan (1997-2001).svg  Turkmenistan 27.15
694 Naranbai Nasanbat Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 27.16
704 Andrew Lee Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 27.35
712 Michael Watson Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 27.64
729 Guillaume Lobe Njoh Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 27.73
732 John Dagbovi-Senakwami Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 28.79
2 Mikel Ohan Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg  Iraq DQ
2 Mohammed Ssebulime Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda DQ
2 Anlloyd Samuel Flag of Palau.svg  Palau DQ
1 Pedro Bonnelly Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic DNS
1 Orgil Nomingoo Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia DNS
1 Hassan Mosa Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine DNS
2 Dmitri Margaryan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia DNS
10 Marcos Hernández Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba DNS

B Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
9 Julien Sicot Flag of France.svg  France 22.62
10 Denis Pimankov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 22.67
11 Bartosz Kizierowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 22.77
12 Nathan Rickard Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 22.82
12 Mark Foster Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 22.82
14 Alexander Lüderitz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 23.01
15 Yoav Bruck Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 23.03
16 Ricardo Dornelas Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 23.07

A Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Bill Pilczuk Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.29
Silver medal icon.svg Alexander Popov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 22.43
Bronze medal icon.svg Ricardo Busquets Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 22.47
Bronze medal icon.svg Michael Klim Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 22.47
5 Neil Walker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.50
6 Brendon Dedekind Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 22.54
7 Pieter van den Hoogenband Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 22.83
8 Fernando Scherer Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 22.84

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