The Men's 5K race at the 8th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on January 6, 1998, in the ocean off Perth, Western Australia.
Results edit
| Place | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksey Akatyev |  Russia |
55:18.6 | |
| 2 | Ky Hurst |  Australia |
55:24.9 | |
| 3 | Luca Baldini |  Italy |
55:37.4 | |
| 4 | Yevgeny Bezruchenko | Russia |
55:41.4 | |
| 5 | David Meca |  Spain |
55:42.7 | |
| 6 | Fabio Venturini | Italy |
55:54.7 | |
| 7 | Igor Majcen |  Slovenia |
55:55.9 | |
| 8 | John Flanagan |  USA |
55:57.3 | |
| 9 | Carl Gordon |  New Zealand |
56:06.6 | |
| 10 | Dave Bates | Australia |
56:08.3 | |
| 11 | Serghei Mariniuc |  Moldova |
56:09.5 | |
| 12 | Sebastian Wiese |  Germany |
56:22.5 | |
| 13 | Stephane Lecat |  France |
56:37.0 | |
| 13 | Christof Wandratsch | Germany |
56:37.0 | |
| 15 | Austin Ramirez | USA |
56:51.4 | |
| 16 | Nace Majcen | Slovenia |
57:01.1 | |
| 17 | Alexandre Angelotti |  Brazil |
57:25.7 | |
| 18 | Gareth Fowler |  South Africa |
58:32.2 | |
| 19 | Manuel Colmenares |  Venezuela |
58:33.6 | |
| 20 | Ryan Coom | New Zealand |
58:36.0 | |
| 21 | Simon Chocron | Venezuela |
58:50.8 | |
| 22 | Alberto Morejón |  Cuba |
1:02:12.2 | |
| 23 | Trpimir Kutle |  Croatia |
1:02:13.3 | |
| 24 | Takashi Sugisawa |  Japan |
1:02:15.5 | |
| 25 | Norbert Csendes |  Hungary |
1:02:49.5 | |
| 26 | Anse Henry |  Antigua and Barbuda |
1:39:49.2 |