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

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, Australia.

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date15 January 1998
Competitors34
Winning time55.00 seconds
Medalists
 Lenny Krayzelburg   United States
 Mark Versfeld   Canada
 Stev Theloke   Germany
1998 FINA
World Championships
Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Open water swimming
Single
5 kmmenwomen
5 km team rating
25 kmmenwomen
25 km team rating
Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Synchronised swimming
Solowomen
Duetwomen
Teamwomen
Water polo
Tournamentmenwomen

A Final
Rank Name Time
 Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) 55.00
 Mark Versfeld (CAN) 55.17
 Stev Theloke (GER) 55.20
4  Neisser Bent (CUB) 55.21
5  Rodolfo Falcón (CUB) 55.32
6  Matt Welsh (AUS) 55.45
7  Eithan Urbach (ISR) 55.97
8  Ricardo Busquets (PUR) 56.03

B Final
Rank Name Time
9  Ralf Braun (GER) 55.92
10  Adrian Radley (AUS) 56.05
11  Mariusz Siembida (POL) 56.30
12  Emanuele Merisi (ITA) 56.38
13  Keitaro Konnai (JPN) 56.43
 David Ortega (ESP)
15  Rogério Romero (BRA) 56.45
16  Neil Willey (GBR) 56.75

Qualifying heats
Rank Name Time
1  Stev Theloke (GER) 55.11
2  Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) 55.22
3  Neisser Bent (CUB) 55.57
4  Mark Versfeld (CAN) 55.58
5  Eithan Urbach (ISR) 55.62
6  Matt Welsh (AUS) 55.70
7  Ricardo Busquets (PUR) 55.78
 Rodolfo Falcón (CUB)
9  Neil Walker (USA) [1] 55.79
10  Ralf Braun (GER) 55.85
11  Mariusz Siembida (POL) 55.88
12  Emanuele Merisi (ITA) 56.24
13  Neil Willey (GBR) 56.24
14  Keitaro Konnai (JPN) 56.30
15  David Ortega (ESP) 56.52
16  Rogério Romero (BRA) 56.77
17  Darius Grigalionis (LTU) 56.78
18  Adrian Radley (AUS) 56.78
19  Carlos Ramos (ESP) 56.84
20  Vladimir Selkov (RUS) 56.85
21  Fu Yong (CHN) 56.94
22  Vladislav Aminov (RUS) 56.96
23  Martin Harris (GBR) 57.01
24  Bartosz Sikora (POL) 57.04
25  Arūnas Savickas (LTU) 57.10
26  Carlos Arena (MEX) 57.15
27  Derya Büyükuncu (TUR) 57.31
28  Nuno Laurentino (POR) 57.44
29  Marko Strahija (CRO) 57.45
30  Miroslav Machovič (SVK) 57.59
31  Tomislav Karlo (CRO) 57.88
32  Attila Czene (HUN) 57.98
33  Örn Arnarson (ISL) 58.01
34  Alexis Perdomo (VEN) 58.28

Remarks
  1.  Neil Walker (USA) scratched B-Final

See also

References
  • "8th FINA World Swimming Championships". SwimNews.com.
  • "1998 FINA World Championships (LCM)". USA Swimming.
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