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

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 17 and 18.[1]

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatic Centre
DateAugust 17, 2004 (heats and semifinals)
August 18, 2004 (final)
Competitors47 from 39 nations
Winning time2:09.44 OR
Medalists
Kosuke Kitajima  Japan
Dániel Gyurta  Hungary
Brendan Hansen  United States

After missing out the semifinals in Sydney four years earlier, Japan's Kosuke Kitajima blasted one of the longest Olympic swimming records in the book, when he clocked at 2:09.44 to erase a 0.77-second mark by American swimmer Mike Barrowman in 1992, and to strike a breaststroke double for the second straight time.[2] 15-year-old Dániel Gyurta of Hungary made a surprise packet with a silver medal in 2:10.80, edging out U.S. swimmer Brendan Hansen in a close race by 0.07 of a second. Hansen, who broke Kitajima's world record at the U.S. Olympic trials one month ago, finished third in 2:10.87.[3]

Records

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

World record Brendan Hansen (USA)2:09.04Long Beach, United States11 July 2004
Olympic record Mike Barrowman (USA)2:10.16Barcelona, Spain29 July 1992

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 18FinalKosuke Kitajima Japan2:09.44OR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
162Dániel Gyurta Hungary2:11.29Q
244Kosuke Kitajima Japan2:11.97Q
345Paolo Bossini Italy2:12.09Q
443Mike Brown Canada2:12.69Q
564Brendan Hansen United States2:12.77Q
658Vladislav Polyakov Kazakhstan2:12.96Q
763Ian Edmond Great Britain2:13.08Q
853Grigory Falko Russia2:13.45Q
955Scott Usher United States2:13.59Q
1065Jim Piper Australia2:13.79Q
1156Genki Imamura Japan2:14.10Q
1241Terence Parkin South Africa2:14.12Q
1352Maxim Podoprigora Austria2:14.31Q
1467Richárd Bodor Hungary2:14.36Q
1524Lai Zhongjian China2:14.61Q
1646Chris Cook Great Britain2:14.68Q
1754Dmitry Komornikov Russia2:14.92
1848Jens Kruppa Germany2:15.29
1932Ratapong Sirisanont Thailand2:15.39
2033Valeriy Dymo Ukraine2:15.52
2134Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson Iceland2:15.60
2268Michael Williamson Ireland2:15.75
2342Regan Harrison Australia2:15.86
2421Eduardo Fischer Brazil2:16.04
2551Hugues Duboscq France2:16.56
2657Thijs van Valkengoed Netherlands2:16.80
2761Martin Gustavsson Sweden2:17.12
2825Mihail Alexandrov Bulgaria2:17.19
2966Morgan Knabe Canada2:17.20
3036Daniel Málek Czech Republic2:17.47
3126Sofiane Daid Algeria2:17.78
3237Aleksander Baldin Estonia2:17.90
3338Romanos Alyfantis Greece2:18.18
3428Andrey Morkovin Uzbekistan2:18.48
3513Bradley Ally Barbados2:18.64
3622Emil Tahirovič Slovenia2:18.65
3731Vanja Rogulj Croatia2:18.81
3811Miguel Molina Philippines2:19.19
3923Ben Labowitch New Zealand2:19.25
4047Loris Facci Italy2:19.38
4127Tam Chi Kin Hong Kong2:19.48
4214Wang Wei-wen Chinese Taipei2:20.65
4315Malick Fall Senegal2:22.31
4412Edvinas Dautartas Lithuania2:23.12
4517Sergiu Postica Moldova2:27.21
4616Anton Kramarenko Kyrgyzstan2:28.59
35Jarno Pihlava FinlandDNS

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Kosuke Kitajima Japan2:10.86Q
25Mike Brown Canada2:12.14Q
33Vladislav Polyakov Kazakhstan2:12.19Q
42Jim Piper Australia2:12.22Q
56Grigory Falko Russia2:12.42
61Richárd Bodor Hungary2:12.76
77Terence Parkin South Africa2:13.58
88Chris Cook Great Britain2:15.91

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Dániel Gyurta Hungary2:10.75Q
23Brendan Hansen United States2:10.81Q
35Paolo Bossini Italy2:11.76Q
42Scott Usher United States2:12.00Q
57Genki Imamura Japan2:12.86
61Maxim Podoprigora Austria2:14.66
78Lai Zhongjian China2:14.94
6Ian Edmond Great BritainDSQ

Final

RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
3Kosuke Kitajima Japan2:09.44OR
4Dániel Gyurta Hungary2:10.80
5Brendan Hansen United States2:10.87
46Paolo Bossini Italy2:11.20
51Vladislav Polyakov Kazakhstan2:11.76
67Mike Brown Canada2:11.94
72Scott Usher United States2:11.95
8Jim Piper AustraliaDSQ

References

  1. "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 2004-08-05. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  2. "Japan's Kitajima wins men's 200m breaststroke for 2nd gold". Xinhua. People's Daily. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  3. Thomas, Stephen (18 August 2004). "Kitajima Takes the Breaststroke Double, Wins the 200 in an Olympic Record 2:09.44". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
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