title: Open water swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 25 km
text: # Open water swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 25 km
  
  The Men's 25K race at the 8th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on January 11, 1998, in the ocean off Perth, Western Australia.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Place | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Aleksey Akatyev | Russia | 5:05:42.1 |
  | 2 | David Meca | Spain | 5:07:22.9 |
  | 3 | Gabriel Chaillou | Argentina | 5:07:52.6 |
  | 4 | Claudio Gargaro | Italy | 5:09:48.2 |
  | 5 | Yury Kudinov | Russia | 5:12:07.3 |
  | 6 | Stéphane Lecat | France | 5:14:15.5 |
  | 7 | Grant Robinson | Australia | 5:14:40.2 |
  | 8 | Fabrizio Pescatori | Italy | 5:16:54.6 |
  | 9 | Igor Majcen | Slovenia | 5:17:09.1 |
  | 10 | Nicolas Knap | France | 5:22:35.1 |
  | 11 | Mark Saliba | Australia | 5:27:54.1 |
  | 12 | Andre Wilde | Germany | 5:31:38.5 |
  | 13 | Nathan Stooke | USA | 5:32:20.8 |
  | 14 | Nace Majcen | Slovenia | 5:33.52.8 |
  | 15 | Liam Weseloh | Canada | 5:34:53.3 |
  | 16 | Simon Chocron | Venezuela | 5:38:43.3 |
  | 17 | Chuck Wiley | USA | 5:42:32.4 |
  | 18 | Paulo Torres | Brazil | 5:45:04.7 |
  | 19 | Alberto Morejon | Cuba | 5:46:10.8 |
  | 20 | Ryan Coom | New Zealand | 5:48.03.2 |
  | 21 | Serghei Mariniuc | Moldova | 5:52:28.7 |
  | 22 | Trpimir Kutle | Croatia | 5:54:18.1 |
  | 23 | Robert Dinka | Slovakia | 5:57:26.2 |
  | 24 | Gareth Fowler | South Africa | 6:05:11.0 |
  | 25 | Takashi Sugisawa | Japan | 6:12.37.8 |
  | 26 | Ákos Győrffy | Hungary | 6:25:55.4 |
  | -- | Manuel Colmenares | Venezuela | DNF |
  | -- | Christof Wandratsch | Germany | DNF |
  | -- | György Pál | Hungary | DNF |
  | -- | Seif Al-Deen El-Hassan | Sudan | DNF |
  | -- | Yasir Abdalmag Osman | Sudan | DNF |
  