Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly

Swimming events at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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

The Men's 200 metre butterfly event was one of sixteen events for male swimmers at the 2004 Olympics.

Records

World Record Michael Phelps (USA) Beijing, China 1:52.02 13 August 2008
Previous Olympic Record Michael Phelps (USA) Athens, Greece 1:54.04 17 August 2004
New Olympic Record (Final) Michael Phelps (USA) Beijing, China 1:52.02 13 August 2008

Medalists

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Michael Phelps, USA Takashi Yamamoto, JPN Stephen Parry, GBR

By winning a medal, Parry puts fellow Briton Melanie Marshall on the spot to fulfill her promise, made after Britain failed to win any swimming medals in Sydney, of shaving her head if the team won a single medal in Athens.

Heats

Heat 1

  1. Gaston Rodriguez, Argentina, 2:04.01
  2. Donny Utomo, Indonesia, 2:05.71
  3. Roy Barahona, Honduras, 2:05.99
  4. Sergio Cabrera, Paraguay, 2:06.15
  5. James Walsh, Philippines, 2:06.76
  6. Bertrand Bristol, Seychelles, 2:09.07
  7. Sergey Pankov, Uzbekistan, 2:13.06

Heat 2

  1. Nathaniel O'Brien, Canada, 2:00.12
  2. Doo-Hee Jeong, South Korea, 2:00.96
  3. Georgi Palazov, Bulgaria, 2:02.15
  4. Zoran Lazarovski, Macedonia, 2:02.26
  5. Paulius Andrijauskas, Lithuania, 2:04.64
  6. Vladan Marković, Serbia and Montenegro, 2:04.77
  7. Aghiles Slimani, Algeria, 2:04.93
  8. Tzu-Cheng Yeh, Chinese Taipei, 2:06.41

Heat 3

  1. Tom Malchow, United States 1:57.75 -Q
  2. Wu Peng, China 1:57.96 -Q
  3. Nikolay Skvortsov, Russia 1:58.18 -Q
  4. Sergii Advena, Ukraine 1:58.41 -Q
  5. Denys Sylantyev, Ukraine 1:58.44 -Q
  6. Stephen Parry, Great Britain 1:58.88 -Q
  7. Jeremy Knowles, Bahamas 1:59.32
  8. Andrew Livingston, Puerto Rico 1:59.42

Heat 4

  1. Takashi Yamamoto, Japan 1:57.36 -Q
  2. Anatoly Polyakov, Russia 1:58.12 -Q
  3. Franck Esposito, France 1:58.12 -Q
  4. Takeshi Matsuda, Japan 1:58.23 -Q
  5. Travis Nederpelt, Australia 1:58.93
  6. Ioannis Drymonakos, Greece 1:59.42
  7. David Kolozar, Hungary 2:01.89
  8. Juan Pablo Valdivieso, Peru 2:02.79

Heat 5

  1. Michael Phelps, United States, 1:57.36 -Q
  2. Paweł Korzeniowski, Poland, 1:57.45 -Q
  3. Justin Norris, Australia, 1:58.05 -Q
  4. Ioan Gherghel, Romania, 1:58.12 -Q
  5. Moss Burmester, New Zealand, 1:58.13 -Q
  6. Juan Veloz, Mexico, 1:58.32 -Q
  7. Helge Meeuw, Germany, 1:58.96
  8. Kaio de Almeida, Brazil, 1:59.23

Heats ranking

  1. Michael Phelps, United States 1:57.36 -Q
  2. Takashi Yamamoto, Japan 1:57.36 -Q
  3. Paweł Korzeniowski, Poland 1:57.45 -Q
  4. Tom Malchow, United States 1:57.75 -Q
  5. Wu Peng, China 1:57.96 -Q
  6. Justin Norris, Australia 1:58.05 -Q
  7. Franck Esposito, France 1:58.12 -Q
  8. Anatoly Polyakov, Russia 1:58.12 -Q
  9. Ioan Gherghel, Romania 1:58.12 -Q
  10. Moss Burmester, New Zealand 1:58.13 -Q
  11. Nikolay Skvortsov, Russia 1:58.18 -Q
  12. Takeshi Matsuda, Japan 1:58.23 -Q
  13. Juan José Veloz Davila, Mexico 1:58.32 -Q
  14. Sergii Advena, Ukraine 1:58.41 -Q
  15. Denys Sylantyev, Ukraine 1:58.44 -Q
  16. Stephen Parry, Great Britain 1:58.88 -Q
  17. Travis Nederpelt, Australia 1:58.93
  18. Helge Folkert Meeuw, Germany 1:58.96
  19. Kaio Almeida, Brazil 1:59.23
  20. Jeremy Daniel Knowles, Bahamas 1:59.32
  21. Andrew Livingston, Puerto Rico 1:59.42
  22. Ioannis Drymonakos, Greece 1:59.42
  23. Nathaniel O Brien, Canada 2:00.12
  24. Doo-Hee Jeong, Korea 2:00.96
  25. David Kolozar, Hungary 2:01.89
  26. Georgi Palazov, Bulgaria 2:02.15
  27. Zoran Lazarovski, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 2:02.26
  28. Juan Pablo Valdivieso, Peru 2:02.79
  29. Gaston Rodriguez, Argentina 2:04.01
  30. Paulius Andrijauskas, Lithuania 2:04.64
  31. Vladan Markovic, Serbia and Montenegro 2:04.77
  32. Aghiles Slimani, Algeria 2:04.93
  33. Donny Utomo, Indonesia 2:05.71
  34. Roy Barahona, Honduras 2:05.99
  35. Sergio Cabrera, Paraguay 2:06.15
  36. Tzu-Cheng Yeh, Chinese Taipei 2:06.41
  37. James Walsh, Philippines 2:06.76
  38. Bertrand Bristol, Seychelles 2:09.07
  39. Sergey Pankov, Uzbekistan 2:13.06

Semi-finals

Semifinal heat 1

  1. Stephen Parry, Great Britain 1:55.57 -Q
  2. Michael Phelps, United States 1:55.65 -Q
  3. Tom Malchow, United States 1:57.48 -Q
  4. Anatoly Polyakov, Russia 1:57.58
  5. Justin Norris, Australia 1:57.96
  6. Moss Burmester, New Zealand 1:58.09
  7. Sergii Advena, Ukraine 1:58.11
  8. Takeshi Matsuda, Japan 1:58.13

Semifinal heat 2

  1. Paweł Korzeniowski, Poland 1:56.40 -Q
  2. Takashi Yamamoto, Japan 1:56.69 -Q
  3. Wu Peng, China 1:56.81 -Q
  4. Ioan Gherghel, Romania 1:57.31 -Q
  5. Nikolay Skvortsov, Russia 1:57.37 -Q
  6. Denys Sylantyev, Ukraine 1:57.93
  7. Franck Esposito, France 1:59.00
  8. Juan José Veloz Davila, Mexico 1:59.78

Semifinal ranking

  1. Stephen Parry, Great Britain 1:55.57 -Q
  2. Michael Phelps, United States 1:55.65 -Q
  3. Paweł Korzeniowski, Poland 1:56.40 -Q
  4. Takashi Yamamoto, Japan 1:56.69 -Q
  5. Wu Peng, China 1:56.81 -Q
  6. Ioan Gherghel, Romania 1:57.31 -Q
  7. Nikolay Skvortsov, Russia 1:57.37 -Q
  8. Tom Malchow, United States 1:57.48 -Q
  9. Anatoly Polyakov, Russia 1:57.58
  10. Denys Sylantyev, Ukraine 1:57.93
  11. Justin Norris, Australia 1:57.96
  12. Moss Burmester, New Zealand 1:58.09
  13. Sergii Advena, Ukraine 1:58.11
  14. Takeshi Matsuda, Japan 1:58.13
  15. Franck Esposito, France 1:59.00
  16. Juan Jose Veloz Davila, Mexico 1:59.78

Final

  1. Michael Phelps, United States 1:54.04 Olympic Record
  2. Takashi Yamamoto, Japan 1:54.56 Asian Record
  3. Stephen Parry, Great Britain 1:55.52
  4. Paweł Korzeniowski, Poland 1:56.00
  5. Ioan Gherghel, Romania 1:56.10
  6. Wu Peng, China 1:56.28
  7. Nikolay Skvortsov, Russia 1:57.14
  8. Tom Malchow, United States 1:57.48

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