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

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

These are the results of the Men's 100 metre breaststroke, one of sixteen events for male competitors in Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Records

World Record Brendan Hansen (USA) Long Beach, USA 2:09.04 11 July 2004
Previous Olympic Record Mike Barrowman (USA) Barcelona, Spain 2:10.16 29 July 1992
New Olympic Record (Final) Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) Athens, Greece 2:09.44 18 August 2004

Medalists

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Kosuke Kitajima, JPN Dániel Gyurta, HUN Brendan Hansen, USA

Heats

Heat 1

  1. Bradley Ally, Barbados 2:18.64
  2. Miguel Molina, Philippines 2:19.19
  3. Wei Wen Wang, Chinese Taipei 2:20.65
  4. Malick Fall, Senegal 2:22.31
  5. Edvinas Dautartas, Lithuania 2:23.12
  6. Sergiu Postica, Republic of Moldova 2:27.21
  7. Anton Kramarenko, Kyrgyzstan 2:28.59

Heat 2

  1. Zhongjian Lai, China — 2:14.61 -Q
  2. Eduardo Fischer, Brazil — 2:16.04
  3. Mihail Alexandrov, Bulgaria — 2:17.19
  4. Sofiane Daid, Algeria — 2:17.78
  5. Andrey Morkovin, Uzbekistan — 2:18.48
  6. Emil Tahirovič, Slovenia — 2:18.65
  7. Ben Labowitch, New Zealand — 2:19.25
  8. Chi Kin Tam, Hong Kong — 2:19.48

Heat 3

  1. Ratapong Sirisanont, Thailand 2:15.39
  2. Valeriy Dymo, Ukraine 2:15.52
  3. Jakob Johann Sveinsson, Iceland 2:15.60
  4. Daniel Málek, Czech Republic 2:17.47
  5. Aleksander Baldin, Estonia 2:17.90
  6. Romanos Alyfantis, Greece 2:18.18
  7. Vanja Rogulj, Croatia 2:18.81
  8. Jarno Pihlava, Finland Did not start

Heat 4

  1. Kosuke Kitajima, Japan 2:11.97 -Q
  2. Paolo Bossini, Italy 2:12.09 -Q
  3. Mike Brown, Canada 2:12.69 -Q
  4. Terence Parkin, South Africa 2:14.12 -Q
  5. Christopher Cook, Great Britain 2:14.68 -Q
  6. Jens Kruppa, Germany 2:15.29
  7. Regan Harrison, Australia 2:15.86
  8. Loris Facci, Italy 2:19.38

Heat 5

  1. Vladislav Polyakov, Kazakhstan 2:12.96 -Q
  2. Grigori Falko, Russia 2:13.45 -Q
  3. Scott Usher, United States 2:13.59 -Q
  4. Genki Imamura, Japan 2:14.10 -Q
  5. Maxim Podoprigora, Austria 2:14.31 -Q
  6. Dmitry Komornikov, Russia 2:14.92
  7. Hugues Duboscq, France 2:16.56
  8. Thijs van Valkengoed, Netherlands 2:16.80

Heat 6

  1. Dániel Gyurta, Hungary 2:11.29 -Q
  2. Brendan Hansen, United States 2:12.77 -Q
  3. Ian Edmond, Great Britain 2:13.08 -Q
  4. Jim Piper, Australia 2:13.79 -Q
  5. Richárd Bodor, Hungary 2:14.36 -Q
  6. Michael Williamson, Ireland 2:15.75
  7. Martin Gustafsson, Sweden 2:17.12
  8. Morgan Knabe, Canada 2:17.20

Heats ranking

  1. Dániel Gyurta, Hungary 2:11.29 -Q
  2. Kosuke Kitajima, Japan 2:11.97 -Q
  3. Paolo Bossini, Italy 2:12.09 -Q
  4. Mike Brown, Canada 2:12.69 -Q
  5. Brendan Hansen, United States 2:12.77 -Q
  6. Vladislav Polyakov, Kazakhstan 2:12.96 -Q
  7. Ian Edmond, Great Britain 2:13.08 -Q
  8. Grigori Falko, Russia 2:13.45 -Q
  9. Scott Usher, United States 2:13.59 -Q
  10. Jim Piper, Australia 2:13.79 -Q
  11. Genki Imamura, Japan 2:14.10 -Q
  12. Terence Parkin, South Africa 2:14.12 -Q
  13. Maxim Podoprigora, Austria 2:14.31 -Q
  14. Richárd Bodor, Hungary 2:14.36 -Q
  15. Zhongjian Lai, China 2:14.61 -Q
  16. Christopher Cook, Great Britain 2:14.68 -Q
  17. Dmitry Komornikov, Russia 2:14.92
  18. Jens Kruppa, Germany 2:15.29
  19. Ratapong Sirisanont, Thailand 2:15.39
  20. Valeriy Dymo, Ukraine 2:15.52
  21. Jakob Johann Sveinsson, Iceland 2:15.60
  22. Michael Williamson, Ireland 2:15.75
  23. Regan Harrison, Australia 2:15.86
  24. Eduardo Fischer, Brazil 2:16.04
  25. Hugues Duboscq, France 2:16.56
  26. Thijs van Valkengoed, Netherlands 2:16.80
  27. Martin Gustafsson, Sweden 2:17.12
  28. Mihail Alexandrov, Bulgaria 2:17.19
  29. Morgan Knabe, Canada 2:17.20
  30. Daniel Málek, Czech Republic 2:17.47
  31. Sofiane Daid, Algeria 2:17.78
  32. Aleksander Baldin, Estonia 2:17.90
  33. Romanos Iason Alyfantis, Greece 2:18.18
  34. Andrey Morkovin, Uzbekistan 2:18.48
  35. Bradley Ally, Barbados 2:18.64
  36. Emil Tahirovič, Slovenia 2:18.65
  37. Vanja Rogulj, Croatia 2:18.81
  38. Miguel Molina, Philippines 2:19.19
  39. Ben Labowitch, New Zealand 2:19.25
  40. Loris Facci, Italy 2:19.38
  41. Chi Kin Tam, Hong Kong 2:19.48
  42. Wei Wen Wang, Chinese Taipei 2:20.65
  43. Malick Fall, Senegal 2:22.31
  44. Edvinas Dautartas, Lithuania 2:23.12
  45. Sergiu Postica, Republic of Moldova 2:27.21
  46. Anton Kramarenko, Kyrgyzstan 2:28.59
  47. Jarno Pihlava, Finland Did not start

Semi-finals

Semi-final heat 1

  1. Kosuke Kitajima, Japan 2:10.86 -Q
  2. Mike Brown, Canada 2:12.14 -Q
  3. Vladislav Polyakov, Kazakhstan 2:12.19 -Q
  4. Jim Piper, Australia 2:12.22 -Q
  5. Grigori Falko, Russia 2:12.42
  6. Richárd Bodor, Hungary 2:12.76
  7. Terence Parkin, South Africa 2:13.58
  8. Christopher Cook, Great Britain 2:15.91

Semi-final heat 2

  1. Dániel Gyurta, Hungary 2:10.75 -Q
  2. Brendan Hansen, United States 2:10.81 -Q
  3. Paolo Bossini, Italy 2:11.76 -Q
  4. Scott Usher, United States 2:12.00 -Q
  5. Genki Imamura, Japan 2:12.86
  6. Maxim Podoprigora, Austria 2:14.66
  7. Zhongjian Lai, China 2:14.94
  8. Ian Edmond, Great Britain Disqualified or excluded

Semi-final ranking

  1. Dániel Gyurta, Hungary 2:10.75 -Q
  2. Brendan Hansen, United States 2:10.81 -Q
  3. Kosuke Kitajima, Japan 2:10.86 -Q
  4. Paolo Bossini, Italy 2:11.76 -Q
  5. Scott Usher, United States 2:12.00 -Q
  6. Mike Brown, Canada 2:12.14 -Q
  7. Vladislav Polyakov, Kazakhstan 2:12.19 -Q
  8. Jim Piper, Australia 2:12.22 -Q
  9. Grigori Falko, Russia 2:12.42
  10. Richárd Bodor, Hungary 2:12.76
  11. Genki Imamura, Japan 2:12.86
  12. Terence Parkin, South Africa 2:13.58
  13. Maxim Podoprigora, Austria 2:14.66
  14. Zhongjian Lai, China 2:14.94
  15. Christopher Cook, Great Britain 2:15.91
  16. Ian Edmond, Great Britain Disqualified or excluded

Final

  1. Kosuke Kitajima, Japan 2:09.44 Olympic Record
  2. Dániel Gyurta, Hungary 2:10.80
  3. Brendan Hansen, United States 2:10.87
  4. Paolo Bossini, Italy 2:11.20
  5. Vladislav Polyakov, Kazakhstan 2:11.76
  6. Mike Brown, Canada 2:11.94
  7. Scott Usher, United States 2:11.95
  8. Jim Piper, Australia Disqualified or excluded

References