1998 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 50m Freestyle

The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships

1998 World Aquatics Championships

The 1998 World Aquatics Championships or the 8th FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Perth, Western Australia, Australia between 8 January and 17 January 1998....

were held on Saturday 17 January 1998 in Perth, Australia

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Time
1	11	Michael Klim Michael Klim Michael Klim OAM is a Polish-born Australian swimmer. He was born in Gdynia. He was educated at the University High School, Melbourne and Wesley College, Melbourne where he is currently employed as the College's elite Head Coach of swimming...	22.58
1	11	Alexander Popov Alexander Popov (swimmer) Aleksandr Vladimirovich Popov ; is a Russian former Olympic gold-winning swimmer, widely regarded as one of the greatest sprint freestyle swimmers of all time.-Career:Born in Lesnoy, Sverdlovsk Oblast , Popov began swimming at age 8 at...	22.58
3	11	Ricardo Busquets Ricardo Busquets Ricardo J. Busquets Healy is a former freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico.A student of the University of Tennessee, Busquets is the only Puerto Rico swimmer to ever medal at the World Championships...	22.61
4	9	Bill Pilczuk Bill Pilczuk Bill Pilczuk is an American swimmer who specialized in the 50 meter freestyle.Pilczuk is a native of Cape May Point, New Jersey....	22.70
5	10	Fernando Scherer Fernando Scherer Fernando de Queiroz Scherer is an international top swimmer from Brazil, who won the bronze medal in the 50 meters freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...	22.76
6	11	Brendon Dedekind Brendon Dedekind Brendon Dedekind . He won an international championship gold medal in the 50 m freestyle at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. Nicknamed Skinny Man, he competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996, when he was a finalist in the 50 m...	22.77
7	9	Pieter van den Hoogenband Pieter van den Hoogenband Pieter Cornelis Ruud Martijn van den Hoogenband is a Dutch former swimmer and a triple Olympic champion.-Personal life:...	22.79
8	9	Neil Walker	22.82
9	11	Mark Foster Mark Foster (swimmer) Mark Andrew Foster is a British professional swimmer, specialising in butterfly and freestyle at 50 metres....	22.85
10	9	Alexander Lüderitz Alexander Lüderitz Alexander Lüderitz is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who swam in the qualifying heats of the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In the final he was replaced by Christian Tröger who, alongside Bengt Zikarsky, Björn Zikarsky, and Mark Pinger won...	22.86
11	5	Yoav Bruck Yoav Bruck Yoav Bruck is a former swimmer from Israel, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992....	22.90
12	10	Julien Sicot Julien Sicot Julien Sicot is a French Olympic freestyle swimmer. He swam for France at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has been a member of the French national team since 1997....	22.98
12	11	Denis Pimankov Denis Pimankov Denis Sergeyevich Pimankov is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who won several medals as a member of the freestyle relay team during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996.-External links:* *...	22.98
12	9	Nathan Rickard	22.98
15	10	Ricardo Dornelas	23.08
16	8	Bartosz Kizierowski Bartosz Kizierowski Bartłomiej Kizierowski is a freestyle swimmer from Poland, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996....	23.12
17	9	Torsten Spanneberg Torsten Spanneberg Torsten Spanneberg is an Olympic medal winning German swimmer. He won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics and participated in the swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. His trainer is Norbert Warnatzach and his club is S.G. Neukölln...	23.12
18	10	Jiang Chengji Jiang Chengji Jiang Chengji is an international male Chinese butterfly, breaststroke and freestyle swimmer from Shanghai. He competed at Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics in 100 m butterfly but narrowly missing the bronze medal finishing fourth. Denis Pankratov, Scott Miller and Vladislav Kulikov won...	23.13
19	10	Martin Meolans	23.15
20	7	Fredrik Letzler Fredrik Letzler Fredrik Lars-Owe Letzler is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He competed twice at the Summer Olympics for his native country, in 1992 and 1996, both in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay.- References :...	23.18
21	8	Mike Fibbens Mike Fibbens Michael Wenham Fibbens is an English swimmer who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 .-References:* * *...	23.29
22	8	Lorenzo Vismara Lorenzo Vismara Lorenzo Vismara is an Italian freestyle sprinter. He achieved many European-level medals in 50 m freestyle, 100 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m freestyle relay events...	23.31
22	10	Oleg Rykhlevitch	23.31
24	7	Stephen Clarke Stephen Clarke (swimmer) Stephen Clarke is a former Canadian college and international swimmer who was an Olympic bronze medalist. Clarke was born in the United Kingdom, attended university in the United States, and competed internationally for Canada....	23.37
25	8	Craig Hutchison Craig Hutchison (swimmer) Craig Hutchison is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. His best result was finishing in sixth place in the men's 4x100m medley relay event.-References:*...	23.40
26	10	Juan Benavides Juan Benavides Juan Benavides Hermosilla is a former freestyle swimmer from Spain, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. There he finished in 30th and 33rd position in the 50m and 100m Freestyle.-References:*...	23.42
27	11	Nicolae Ivan Nicolae Ivan Nicolae Ivan is a retired freestyle swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for winning the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle at the 1996 European SC Championships in Rostock.-References:* *...	23.47
28	8	Indrek Sei Indrek Sei Indrek Sei is a former freestyle swimmer from Estonia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992....	23.50
29	8	Francisco Sánchez	23.54
30	7	Shunsuke Ito Shunsuke Ito is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Japan. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...	23.61
31	7	Felipe Delgado Felipe Delgado Felipe Wax Delgado a.k.a. "DJ Wax Dawg" is an American DJ, songwriter and record producer based in Phoenix, Arizona. He is primarily known for his discovery of CeCe Peniston, and collaborative works with his hometown friend and a music producer/keyboardist, Rodney K. Jackson...	23.64
32	11	Stavros Michaelides	23.66
33	8	Salim Iles Salim Iles Salim Iles is an Algerian swimmer who competes in the freestyle events.He was named Algerian Sportsman of the Year in 1998. He is a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program.-Olympic achievements:...	23.74
34	7	Jonas Åkesson	23.79
35	8	Alen Lončar Alen Loncar Alen Lončar is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Croatia, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996.-References:* *...	23.83
35	9	Hans Bylemans	23.83
37	6	Janko Gojkovic	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 John Steel (swimmer) For other persons named John Steel, see John Steel .John Meredith Steel is a former freestyle swimmer from New Zealand, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain.Steel won two silver medals at the 1994 Commonwealth...	24.52
46	6	Leslie Kwok	24.67
47	5	Carl Probert Carl Probert Carl Harvie Probert is a 5-time Olympic swimmer and National Record holder from Fiji. He swam for Fiji at the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics....	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	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	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	Time
9	Julien Sicot Julien Sicot Julien Sicot is a French Olympic freestyle swimmer. He swam for France at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has been a member of the French national team since 1997....	22.62
10	Denis Pimankov Denis Pimankov Denis Sergeyevich Pimankov is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who won several medals as a member of the freestyle relay team during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996.-External links:* *...	22.67
11	Bartosz Kizierowski Bartosz Kizierowski Bartłomiej Kizierowski is a freestyle swimmer from Poland, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996....	22.77
12	Nathan Rickard	22.82
12	Mark Foster Mark Foster (swimmer) Mark Andrew Foster is a British professional swimmer, specialising in butterfly and freestyle at 50 metres....	22.82
14	Alexander Lüderitz Alexander Lüderitz Alexander Lüderitz is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who swam in the qualifying heats of the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In the final he was replaced by Christian Tröger who, alongside Bengt Zikarsky, Björn Zikarsky, and Mark Pinger won...	23.01
15	Yoav Bruck Yoav Bruck Yoav Bruck is a former swimmer from Israel, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992....	23.03
16	Ricardo Dornelas	23.07

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Bill Pilczuk Bill Pilczuk Bill Pilczuk is an American swimmer who specialized in the 50 meter freestyle.Pilczuk is a native of Cape May Point, New Jersey....	22.29
	Alexander Popov Alexander Popov (swimmer) Aleksandr Vladimirovich Popov ; is a Russian former Olympic gold-winning swimmer, widely regarded as one of the greatest sprint freestyle swimmers of all time.-Career:Born in Lesnoy, Sverdlovsk Oblast , Popov began swimming at age 8 at...	22.43
	Ricardo Busquets Ricardo Busquets Ricardo J. Busquets Healy is a former freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico.A student of the University of Tennessee, Busquets is the only Puerto Rico swimmer to ever medal at the World Championships...	22.47
	Michael Klim Michael Klim Michael Klim OAM is a Polish-born Australian swimmer. He was born in Gdynia. He was educated at the University High School, Melbourne and Wesley College, Melbourne where he is currently employed as the College's elite Head Coach of swimming...	22.47
5	Neil Walker	22.50
6	Brendon Dedekind Brendon Dedekind Brendon Dedekind . He won an international championship gold medal in the 50 m freestyle at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. Nicknamed Skinny Man, he competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996, when he was a finalist in the 50 m...	22.54
7	Pieter van den Hoogenband Pieter van den Hoogenband Pieter Cornelis Ruud Martijn van den Hoogenband is a Dutch former swimmer and a triple Olympic champion.-Personal life:...	22.83
8	Fernando Scherer Fernando Scherer Fernando de Queiroz Scherer is an international top swimmer from Brazil, who won the bronze medal in the 50 meters freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...	22.84

Heats

B Final

A Final

See also