title: Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke
text: # 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, Western Australia.
  
  ## 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 |
  | 13 | David Ortega (ESP) | 56.43 |
  | 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 |
  | 7 | Rodolfo Falcón (CUB) | 55.78 |
  | 9 | Neil Walker (USA) | 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
  
  * ↑ Neil Walker (USA) scratched B-Final
  