Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 15 and 16.[1]

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueAthens Olympic Aquatic Centre
DatesAugust 15, 2004 (heats &
semifinals)
August 16, 2004 (final)
Competitors45 from 39 nations
Winning time54.06
Medalists
Aaron Peirsol  United States
Markus Rogan  Austria
Tomomi Morita  Japan

U.S. swimmer Aaron Peirsol won a gold medal in this event, outside an Olympic record time of 54.06 seconds. Markus Rogan captured Austria's first ever medal in swimming after a hundred years, earning the silver at 54.35. Japan's Tomomi Morita, on the other hand, edged out defending Olympic champion and world record holder Lenny Krayzelburg to take a bronze by two hundredths of a second (0.02), breaking an Asian record time of 54.36 seconds.[2][3]

Records

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

World record Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)53.60Sydney, Australia22 August 1999
Olympic record Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)53.72Sydney, Australia17 September 2000

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
163Tomomi Morita Japan54.41Q
264Aaron Peirsol United States54.65Q
346László Cseh Hungary54.80Q
453Markus Rogan Austria54.87Q
65Lenny Krayzelburg United StatesQ
655Steffen Driesen Germany54.92Q
744Arkady Vyatchanin Russia55.17Q
866Alex Lim Malaysia55.22Q
954Matt Welsh Australia55.35Q
1045Ouyang Kunpeng China55.50Q
1143Marco di Carli Germany55.58Q
1251Gerhard Zandberg South Africa55.62Q
1367Simon Dufour France55.76Q
1456Gregor Tait Great Britain55.77Q
61Răzvan Florea RomaniaQ
1635Gordan Kožulj Croatia55.80Q
1732Aristeidis Grigoriadis Greece55.85
52Josh Watson Australia
1942Yevgeny Aleshin Russia55.91
2036Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea55.97
2158Pierre Roger France56.07
2247Cameron Gibson New Zealand56.14
2341Adam Mania Poland56.20
2433Darius Grigalionis Lithuania56.21
2525Nicholas Neckles Barbados56.32
2637Derya Büyükuncu Turkey56.34
2726Ľuboš Križko Slovakia56.62
48Volodymyr Nikolaychuk Ukraine
57Matthew Rose Canada
3024Sung Min South Korea56.78
3134Ahmed Hussein Egypt56.86
3231Paulo Machado Brazil57.07
3338Eduardo German Otero Argentina57.28
3468Péter Horváth Hungary57.29
3562Aschwin Wildeboer Spain57.35
3622Matti Mäki Finland57.57
3723George Gleason Virgin Islands57.64
3813Chris Vythoulkas Bahamas58.31NR
3921Brendan Ashby Zimbabwe58.91
4027Igor Beretić Serbia and Montenegro59.38
4114Stanislav Osinsky Kazakhstan59.92
4215Alexandru Ivlev Moldova1:00.13
4328Danil Bugakov Uzbekistan1:02.28
4416Omar Abu Fares Jordan1:02.36
12Donnie Defreitas Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesDNS

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Aaron Peirsol United States54.34Q
25Markus Rogan Austria54.42Q
33Steffen Driesen Germany54.64Q
42Ouyang Kunpeng China55.28
51Gregor Tait Great Britain55.31
67Gerhard Zandberg South Africa55.76
78Gordan Kožulj Croatia56.02
86Alex Lim Malaysia56.08

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Tomomi Morita Japan54.62Q
23Lenny Krayzelburg United States54.63Q
32Matt Welsh Australia54.69Q
45László Cseh Hungary54.86Q
57Marco di Carli Germany55.03Q
66Arkady Vyatchanin Russia55.20
78Răzvan Florea Romania55.27
81Simon Dufour France56.15

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Aaron Peirsol United States54.06
5Markus Rogan Austria54.35
3Tomomi Morita Japan54.36AS
46Lenny Krayzelburg United States54.38
57Matt Welsh Australia54.52
61László Cseh Hungary54.61
72Steffen Driesen Germany54.63
88Marco di Carli Germany55.27

References

  1. "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. Thomas, Stephen (16 August 2004). "Backstroke Double to USA – Aaron Peirsol Wins his First Individual Gold". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 February 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  3. "Peirsol captures gold in Athens". Daily Pilot. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
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