| Competition | 1998 World Aquatics Championships |
|---|---|
| Venue |
Perth
|
| Held | — |
| Status | Medal |
| Competitors | 31 |
| Countries | 21 |
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Aleksey Akatyev | 5-05:42.1 | |||
| 🥈 | David Meca | 5-07:22.9 | |||
| 🥉 | Gabriel Chaillou | 5-07:52.6 | |||
| 4 | Claudio Gargaro | 5-09:48.2 | |||
| 5 | Yury Kudinov | 5-12:07.3 | |||
| 6 | Stéphane Lecat | 5-14:15.5 | |||
| 7 | Grant Robinson | 5-14:40.2 | |||
| 8 | Fabrizio Pescatori | 5-16:54.6 | |||
| 9 | Igor Majcen | 5-17:09.1 | |||
| 10 | Nicolas Knap | 5-22:35.1 | |||
| 11 | Mark Saliba | 5-27:54.1 | |||
| 12 | André Wilde | 5-31:38.5 | |||
| 13 | Nathan Stooke | 5-32:20.8 | |||
| 14 | Nače Majčen | 5-33:52.8 | |||
| 15 | Liam Weseloh | 5-34:53.3 | |||
| 16 | Simón Chocrón | 5-38:43.3 | |||
| 17 | Chuck Wiley | 5-42:32.4 | |||
| 18 | Paulo Torres | 5-45:04.7 | |||
| 19 | Alberto Morejón | 5-46:10.8 | |||
| 20 | Ryan Coom | 5-48:03.2 | |||
| 21 | Serghei Mariniuc | 5-52:28.7 | |||
| 22 | Trpimir Kutle | 5-54:18.1 | |||
| 23 | Róbert Dinka | 5-57:26.2 | |||
| 24 | Gareth Fowler | 6-05:11.0 | |||
| 25 | Takashi Sugisawa | 6-12:37.8 | |||
| 26 | Ákos Győrffy | 6-25:55.4 | |||
| DNF | Manuel Colmenares | — | |||
| DNF | Christof Wandratsch | — | |||
| DNF | György Pál | — | |||
| DNF | Seif Al-Deen El-Hassan | — | |||
| DNF | Yasir Osman | — |