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Men's 50 metre freestyle at the 1998 FINA World Championships | |||||||||||||
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Date | 17 January 1998 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 81 from 61 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 22.29 seconds | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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1998 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Open water swimming | ||
Single | ||
5 km | men | women |
5 km | team rating | |
25 km | men | women |
25 km | team rating | |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | women | |
Duet | women | |
Team | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
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.
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | Julien Sicot | France | 22.62 | |
10 | Denis Pimankov | Russia | 22.67 | |
11 | Bartosz Kizierowski | Poland | 22.77 | |
12 | Nathan Rickard | Australia | 22.82 | |
12 | Mark Foster | Great Britain | 22.82 | |
14 | Alexander Lüderitz | Germany | 23.01 | |
15 | Yoav Bruck | Israel | 23.03 | |
16 | Ricardo Dornelas | Brazil | 23.07 |
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Bill Pilczuk | United States | 22.29 | ||
Alexander Popov | Russia | 22.43 | ||
Ricardo Busquets | Puerto Rico | 22.47 | ||
Michael Klim | Australia | 22.47 | ||
5 | Neil Walker | United States | 22.50 | |
6 | Brendon Dedekind | South Africa | 22.54 | |
7 | Pieter van den Hoogenband | Netherlands | 22.83 | |
8 | Fernando Scherer | Brazil | 22.84 |
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