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

The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 19 and 20.[1]

Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatic Centre
DateAugust 19, 2004 (heats &
semifinals)
August 20, 2004 (final)
Competitors59 from 52 nations
Winning time51.25 OR
Medalists
Michael Phelps  United States
Ian Crocker  United States
Andriy Serdinov  Ukraine

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps broke an Olympic record of 51.25 to claim his fifth gold medal, edging out his teammate and world record holder Ian Crocker by four hundredths of a second (0.04). Meanwhile, Ukraine's Andriy Serdinov earned a bronze in a European record of 51.36.[2][3] Earlier in the semifinals, Serdinov blasted a new Olympic record, previously set by Australia's Geoff Huegill in Sydney four years ago, with a time of 51.74. One heat later, Phelps stopped the clock at 51.61 to lower the record by 0.13 of a second.[4]

Records

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

World record Ian Crocker (USA)50.76Long Beach, United States13 July 2004
Olympic record Geoff Huegill (AUS)51.96Sydney, Australia21 September 2000

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 19Semifinal 1Andriy Serdinov Ukraine51.74OR
August 19Semifinal 2Michael Phelps United States51.61OR
August 20FinalMichael Phelps United States51.25OR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
184Ian Crocker United States52.03Q
264Andriy Serdinov Ukraine52.05Q
374Michael Phelps United States52.35Q
454Milorad Čavić Serbia and Montenegro52.44Q
577Geoff Huegill Australia52.54Q
671Duje Draganja Croatia52.56Q
775Thomas Rupprath Germany52.57Q
883Franck Esposito France52.61Q
985Igor Marchenko Russia52.62Q
1076Takashi Yamamoto Japan52.71Q
1182Gabriel Mangabeira Brazil52.76Q
1272James Hickman Great Britain52.91Q
1363Yevgeny Korotyshkin Russia52.93Q
1486Mike Mintenko Canada52.96Q
1573Corney Swanepoel New Zealand53.07Q
1687Helge Meeuw Germany53.11Q
1788Kaio Almeida Brazil53.22
1851Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea53.26
1966Joris Keizer Netherlands53.41
2081Adam Pine Australia53.45
2162Denys Sylantyev Ukraine53.46
2265Todd Cooper Great Britain53.48
2361Mattia Nalesso Italy53.49
2457Simão Morgado Portugal53.53
2555Frederick Bousquet France53.63
2656Pavel Lagoun Belarus53.87
2778Ioan Gherghel Romania53.89
2844Jere Hård Finland54.02
2946Peter Mankoč Slovenia54.14
3068Eugene Botes South Africa54.15
3145Sotirios Pastras Greece54.20
3252Erik Andersson Sweden54.26
3367Joshua Ilika Brenner Mexico54.29
3453Zsolt Gáspár Hungary54.43
3541Rimvydas Šalčius Lithuania54.46
3658Luis Rojas Venezuela54.58
3742Camilo Becerra Colombia54.71
3835Jeong Doo-hee South Korea54.76
3923Michal Rubáček Czech Republic54.87
4047Georgi Palazov Bulgaria54.91
4137Rustam Khudiyev Kazakhstan55.03
4232Hjörtur Már Reynisson Iceland55.12
4343Wu Peng China55.17
4434Eduardo Germán Otero Argentina55.24
4533Aleksandar Miladinovski Macedonia55.71
4626Oleg Lyashko Uzbekistan55.90
4731Juan Pablo Valdivieso Peru55.98
4836Aghiles Slimani Algeria56.22
4938Onur Uras Turkey56.37
5025Nicholas Rees Bahamas56.39
5128Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw Suriname56.68
5222Conrad Francis Sri Lanka56.80
5348Andrejs Dūda Latvia56.81
5424Andy Wibowo Indonesia56.86
5527Daniel O'Keeffe Guam57.39
5621Davy Bisslik Aruba57.85
5715Luis Matias Angola58.92
5814Fernando Medrano Medina Nicaragua1:00.91
5913Rad Aweisat Palestine1:01.60

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Andriy Serdinov Ukraine51.74Q, OR
23Duje Draganja Croatia52.74Q
32Takashi Yamamoto Japan52.81
46Franck Esposito France52.88
51Mike Mintenko Canada52.89
68Helge Meeuw Germany52.99
77James Hickman Great Britain53.10
85Milorad Čavić Serbia and Montenegro53.12

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Michael Phelps United States51.61Q, OR
24Ian Crocker United States51.83Q
32Igor Marchenko Russia52.32Q
47Gabriel Mangabeira Brazil52.33Q
53Geoff Huegill Australia52.64Q
66Thomas Rupprath Germany52.71Q
71Yevgeny Korotyshkin Russia52.85
88Corney Swanepoel New Zealand52.99

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Michael Phelps United States51.25OR
3Ian Crocker United States51.29
5Andriy Serdinov Ukraine51.36EU
41Thomas Rupprath Germany52.27
56Igor Marchenko Russia52.32
62Gabriel Mangabeira Brazil52.34
78Duje Draganja Croatia52.46
87Geoff Huegill Australia52.56

References

  1. "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 2004-08-05. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  2. Thomas, Stephen (20 August 2004). "Michael Phelps Adds Fifth Gold in the 100 Fly, Edges Crocker by Four-Hundredths of a Second". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  3. McMullen, Paul (21 August 2004). "Phelps gets gold, gives up his place". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  4. Whitten, Phillip (19 August 2004). "Phelps, Serdinov, Crocker Qualify 1-2-3 for Finals of the 100 Fly". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
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