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

Men's 100 metre breaststroke1998 FINA World Championships
Date	12 January 1998
Competitors	33
Winning time	1 minute 1.34 seconds
Medalists
Frédérik Deburghgraeve   Belgium   Zeng Qiliang   China   Kurt Grote   United States

1998 FINA World Championships Perth, Australia
Diving
1 m		men		women
3 m		men		women
10 m		men		women
Open water swimming
5 km		men		women
25 km		men		women
Team		5 km		25 km
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m				women
1500 m		men
Backstroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		men		women
4×200 m		men		women
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women
Synchronised swimming
Solo				women
Duet				women
Team				women
Water polo
Team		men		women

The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Monday 12 January 1998 in Perth, Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Frédérik Deburghgraeve (BEL)	1:01.34
	Zeng Qiliang (CHN)	1:01.76
	Kurt Grote (USA)	1:01.93
4	Phil Rogers (AUS)	1:02.01
5	Domenico Fioravanti (ITA)	1:02.13
6	Simon Cowley (AUS)	1:02.47
7	Károly Güttler (HUN)	1:02.53
8	Mark Warnecke (GER)	1:03.11

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Jens Kruppa (GER)	1:02.62
10	Daniel Málek (CZE)	1:03.09
11	Andrey Korneyev (RUS)	1:03.15
12	Aleksandr Gukov (BLR)	1:03.16
13	Richard Maden (GBR)	1:03.27
14	Benno Kuipers (NED)	1:03.31
15	Patrick Schmollinger (AUT)	1:03.33
16	Jeremy Linn (USA)	1:03.54

Qualifying heats

Rank	Name	Time
1	Frédérik Deburghgraeve (BEL)	1:01.99
2	Domenico Fioravanti (ITA)	1:02.18
3	Kurt Grote (USA)	1:02.22
4	Zeng Qiliang (CHN)	1:02.34
5	Phil Rogers (AUS)	1:02.45
6	Simon Cowley (AUS)	1:02.48
7	Károly Güttler (HUN)	1:02.75
8	Mark Warnecke (GER)	1:02.83
9	Jeremy Linn (USA)	1:02.84
10	Jens Kruppa (GER)	1:02.85
11	Benno Kuipers (NED)	1:02.92
12	Richard Maden (GBR)	1:02.99
13	Patrick Schmollinger (AUT)	1:03.00
14	Andrey Korneyev (RUS)	1:03.01
15	Aleksandr Gukov (BLR)	1:03.19
16	Daniel Málek (CZE)	1:03.27
17	Norbert Rózsa (HUN)	1:03.30
18	Darren Mew (GBR)	1:03.36
19	Jean-Christophe Sarnin (FRA)	1:03.37
20.	Cho Kwang-Jea (KOR)	1:03.41
	Morgan Knabe (CAN)
22	Marc Capdevila (ESP)	1:03.67
23	Yoshinobu Miyazaki (JPN)	1:03.69
24	Marek Krawczyk (POL)	1:03.91
25	Stéphan Perrot (FRA)	1:03.92
26	José Couto (POR)	1:04.11
27	Patrik Isaksson (SWE)	1:04.12
28	Roman Ivanovsky (RUS)	1:04.21
29	Alwin de Prins (LUX)	1:04.48
30	Jorge Arias (PER)	1:05.20
31	Steven Ferguson (NZL)	1:05.35
32	Francisco Suriano (ESA)	1:05.38
33	Arsenio López (PUR)	1:05.45

See also

• 1996 Men's Olympic Games 100m Breaststroke (Atlanta)
• 1997 Men's World SC Championships 100m Breaststroke (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Men's European LC Championships 100m Breaststroke (Seville)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Games 100m Breaststroke (Sydney)