Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Competitors 65
Medalists
  Kosuke Kitajima   Japan
  Alexander Dale Oen   Norway
  Hugues Duboscq   France
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The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 9–11 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Nine heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top sixteen times from the entire field qualified for the semifinals. Two semifinal heats of eight swimmers each were held. The swimmers with the eight fastest times again advanced to the finals; there, they all competed in a single final heat to earn final placements.

The qualifying standards were for the 2008 event were 1:01.57 (A norm) and 1:03.72 (B norm). NOCs with two or more swimmers meeting the A standard could enter any two such swimmers; otherwise, they could enter a single swimmer meeting the B standard.

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Controversy

Iran's Mohammad Alirezaei was due to race against Israel's Tom Be'eri in the fourth heat of the 100 metre breaststroke, but pulled out, apparently under the orders from officials of the Iranian delegation. Efraim Zinger, Olympic Committee of Israel General Secretary, criticized the withdrawal saying "Politics takes precedence over sport with the Iranians and the Olympic spirit is as far from them as east is far from west". Giselle Davies, director of communications for the IOC, said that Alirezaei withdrew because of sickness and submitted his case in writing to his Federation. [1] [2] At the 2004 Games in Athens, Iran's Arash Miresmaeili, a two-time world judo champion, refused to compete against Israel's Ehud Vaks in the opening round of the 66 kg competition, later admitting that he made his decision to show solidarity for the Palestinian cause.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Brendan Hansen (USA) 59.13 Irvine, United States 1 August 2006 [3]
Olympic record  Brendan Hansen (USA) 1:00.01 Athens, Greece 14 August 2004 -

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time OR WR
August 9 Heat 7 Alexander Dale Oen Norway 59.41 OR
August 10 Semifinal 2 Alexander Dale Oen Norway 59.16 OR
August 11 Final Kosuke Kitajima Japan 58.91 OR WR

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Saturday, August 9, 2008 20:20-20:50 Heats
Sunday, August 10, 2008 11:00-11:10 Semifinals
Monday, August 11, 2008 10:30 Final

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 4 Alexander Dale Oen Norway 0:59.41 Q, OR
2 8 4 Kosuke Kitajima Japan 0:59.52 Q
3 9 5 Hugues Duboscq France 0:59.67 Q
4 7 5 Brenton Rickard Australia 0:59.89 Q, OC
5 7 7 Cameron van der Burgh South Africa 0:59.96 Q, AF
6 9 7 Giedrius Titenis Lithuania 1:00.11 Q
7 9 3 Roman Sloudnov Russia 1:00.20 Q
8 8 2 Igor Borysik Ukraine 1:00.31 Q
9 6 3 Damir Dugonjič Slovenia 1:00.35 Q
10 7 3 Christian Sprenger Australia 1:00.36 Q
11 9 4 Brendan Hansen United States 1:00.65 Q
12 7 6 Oleg Lisogor Ukraine 1:00.65 Q
13 9 2 Yuta Suenaga Japan 1:00.67 Q
14 8 7 Mihail Alexandrov Bulgaria 1:00.69 Q
15 8 5 Christopher Cook Great Britain 1:00.70 Q
16 8 3 Mark Gangloff United States 1:00.71 Q
17 6 5 Vladislav Polyakov Kazakhstan 1:00.80
18 4 4 Istvan Hunor Mate Austria 1:00.93
19 8 8 Richárd Bodor Hungary 1:00.97
20 5 5 Mike Andrew Brown Canada 1:00.98
20 8 6 Glenn Snyders New Zealand 1:00.98
22 7 1 Felipe Silva Brazil 1:01.04
23 7 2 Henrique Barbosa Brazil 1:01.11
24 6 7 Matjaž Markič Slovenia 1:01.31
24 7 8 Dániel Gyurta Hungary 1:01.31
26 9 8 Thijs van Valkengoed Netherlands 1:01.32
27 9 1 Kristopher Gilchrist Great Britain 1:01.34
28 6 1 Mathieu Bois Canada 1:01.45
29 6 6 Jiri Jedlicka Czech Republic 1:01.56
30 5 2 Andrew Bree Ireland 1:01.76
31 5 1 Valentin Preda Romania 1:01.77
31 5 3 Jonas Andersson Sweden 1:01.77
33 3 1 Daniel Velez Puerto Rico 1:01.80
34 8 1 Dmitry Komornikov Russia 1:01.82
35 5 4 Yevgeniy Ryzhkov Kazakhstan 1:01.83
35 6 4 Borja Iradier Spain 1:01.83
37 6 2 Melguiades Alvarez Spain 1:01.89
38 3 2 Sandeep Sejwal India 1:02.19
39 4 5 Demir Atasoy Turkey 1:02.25
40 4 2 Csaba Szilágyi Serbia 1:02.31
41 3 3 Genaro Prono Paraguay 1:02.32
42 4 7 Tom Be'eri Israel 1:02.42 NR
42 5 6 Vanja Rogulj Croatia 1:02.42
44 5 7 Sofiane Daid Algeria 1:02.45
45 4 6 Martti Aljand Estonia 1:02.46 NR
46 4 8 Xue Ruipeng China 1:02.48
47 4 3 Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson Iceland 1:02.50
48 3 6 Malick Fall Senegal 1:02.51
49 5 8 Viktar Vabishchevich Belarus 1:03.29
50 9 6 Romanos Iasonas Alyfantis Greece 1:03.39
51 3 5 Alwin de Prins Luxembourg 1:03.64
52 3 4 Sergio Andres Ferreyra Argentina 1:03.65
53 2 3 Edgar Crespo Panama 1:03.72
54 2 4 Sergiu Postica Moldova 1:03.83
55 3 8 Andrei Cross Barbados 1:04.57
56 3 7 Ivan Demyanenko Uzbekistan 1:05.14
57 2 6 Wael Koubrousli Lebanon 1:06.22
58 2 5 Huu Viet Nguyen Vietnam 1:06.36
59 2 2 Erik Rajohnson Madagascar 1:08.42
60 2 7 Boldbaataryn Bütekh-Uils Mongolia 1:10.80
61 1 4 Osama Mohammed Ye Alarag Qatar 1:10.83
62 1 5 Mohammed Al-Habsi Oman 1:12.28
63 1 3 Petero Okotai Cook Islands 1:20.20
DNS 4 1 Mohammad Alirezaei Iran DNS
DSQ 6 8 Alessandro Terrin Italy DSQ

Semifinals

Rank Semifinal Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Alexander Dale Oen Norway 0:59.16 Q, OR
2 1 4 Kosuke Kitajima Japan 0:59.55 Q
3 1 5 Brenton Rickard Australia 0:59.65 Q, OC
4 2 5 Hugues Duboscq France 0:59.83 Q
5 2 7 Brendan Hansen United States 0:59.94 Q
6 2 6 Roman Sloudnov Russia 1:00.10 Q
7 1 8 Mark Gangloff United States 1:00.44 Q
8 1 6 Igor Borysik Ukraine 1:00.55 Q
9 1 7 Oleg Lisogor Ukraine 1:00.56
10 2 3 Cameron van der Burgh South Africa 1:00.57
11 1 1 Mihail Alexandrov Bulgaria 1:00.61
12 1 3 Giedrius Titenis Lithuania 1:00.66
13 2 1 Yuta Suenaga Japan 1:00.67
14 1 2 Christian Sprenger Australia 1:00.76
15 2 8 Christopher Cook Great Britain 1:00.81
16 2 2 Damir Dugonjič Slovenia 1:00.92

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
5 Kosuke Kitajima Japan 0:58.91 WR [4]
4 Alexander Dale Oen Norway 0:59.20
6 Hugues Duboscq France 0:59.37
4 2 Brendan Hansen United States 0:59.57
5 3 Brenton Rickard Australia 0:59.74
6 7 Roman Sloudnov Russia 0:59.87
7 8 Igor Borysik Ukraine 1:00.20
8 1 Mark Gangloff United States 1:00.24

References

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  3. ^ Harris, Beth (2006-08-01). "Hansen upstages Phelps with world record". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/01/AR2006080100916.html. Retrieved 2008-08-06. 
  4. ^ "Results Men's 100m Breaststroke Final". Beijing 2008. 2008-08-11. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/SW/C73A1/SWM031101.shtml#SWM031101. Retrieved 2008-08-11.