Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly
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
Qualifying heats
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, Australia.