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

## 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) | 54.47 |
| 14 | Tero Välimaa (FIN) | 54.50 |
| 15 | Thomas Rupprath (GER) | 54.60 |
| 16 | Vladislav Kulikov (RUS) | 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 |
| 27 | Derya Büyükuncu (TUR) | 55.73 |
| 29 | Alexis Perdomo (VEN) | 55.75 |
| 29 | Jens Kruppa (GER) | 55.75 |
| 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 |
| 35 | Georgios Popotas (GRE) | 56.12 |
| 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

* ↑ Ricardo Busquets (PUR) scratched B-Final
* ↑ Vladislav Kulikov (RUS) scratched B-Final
