title: Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly
text: # 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
  