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

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Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueAthens Olympic Aquatic Centre
DateAugust 14, 2004 (heats &
semifinals)
August 15, 2004 (final)
Competitors60 from 55 nations
Winning time1:00.08
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kosuke Kitajima  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brendan Hansen  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hugues Duboscq  France
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The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 14 and 15.[1]

After finishing fourth in Sydney (2000), Japan's Kosuke Kitajima edged out U.S. swimmer and world-record holder Brendan Hansen to claim the gold medal by 0.17 of a second, in a time of 1:00.08. Katajima used an illegal dolphin kick during a pull-out, however he was not disqualified, and the rules were changed less than a year later to allow for a single dolphin kick after the start and after each wall.[2][3][4] Hansen, who turned 23 on the final day, earned a silver in 1:00.25, while France's Hugues Duboscq held off onrushing American Mark Gangloff to take the bronze in 1:00.88.[5][6]

Earlier in the semifinals Hansen lowered an Olympic record to 1:00.01 that had been set by his archrival Kitajima in the preliminaries by just 0.02 of a second.[7]

Russia's Roman Sloudnov, the third-fastest man in Olympic history and the first to swim under one minute, missed the top 8 final by 0.18 seconds (1:01.54).[7]

Records

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

World record  Brendan Hansen (USA) 59.30 Long Beach, United States 8 July 2004
Olympic record  Domenico Fioravanti (ITA) 1:00.46 Sydney, Australia 17 September 2000

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

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
August 14 Heat 7 Kosuke Kitajima  Japan 1:00.03 OR
August 14 Semifinal 1 Brendan Hansen  United States 1:00.01 OR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 4 Kosuke Kitajima  Japan 1:00.03 Q, OR
2 8 4 Brendan Hansen  United States 1:00.25 Q
3 6 5 Mark Gangloff  United States 1:00.81 Q
4 6 4 Darren Mew  Great Britain 1:00.89 Q
5 7 3 James Gibson  Great Britain 1:00.99 Q
6 7 5 Hugues Duboscq  France 1:01.15 Q
7 6 1 Vladislav Polyakov  Kazakhstan 1:01.16 Q
8 8 7 Jens Kruppa  Germany 1:01.19 Q
9 8 3 Oleg Lisogor  Ukraine 1:01.21 Q
10 6 3 Roman Sloudnov  Russia 1:01.65 Q
11 8 1 Eduardo Fischer  Brazil 1:01.84 Q
12 6 6 Richárd Bodor  Hungary 1:01.91 Q
13 7 7 Jarno Pihlava  Finland 1:01.99 Q
14 7 6 Thijs van Valkengoed  Netherlands 1:02.03 Q
15 6 2 Dmitry Komornikov  Russia 1:02.05 Q
16 7 1 René Kolonko  Germany 1:02.09 Q
17 7 2 Emil Tahirovic  Slovenia 1:02.12
18 8 5 Morgan Knabe  Canada 1:02.13
19 8 6 Scott Dickens  Canada 1:02.16
8 2 Jim Piper  Australia
21 8 8 Alexander Dale Oen  Norway 1:02.25
22 6 7 Martin Gustavsson  Sweden 1:02.53
23 4 4 Jakob Johann Sveinsson  Iceland 1:02.97
24 5 6 Terence Parkin  South Africa 1:03.05
25 5 2 Maxim Podoprigora  Austria 1:03.08
26 7 8 Vanja Rogulj  Croatia 1:03.16
27 5 1 Alwin de Prins  Luxembourg 1:03.32
28 5 3 Daniel Málek  Czech Republic 1:03.35
29 5 8 Mladen Tepavčević  Serbia and Montenegro 1:03.52
30 6 8 Wang Haibo  China 1:03.54
31 3 4 You Seung-hun  South Korea 1:03.56
32 5 7 Sofiane Daid  Algeria 1:03.63
33 5 5 José Couto  Portugal 1:03.72
34 5 4 Remo Lütolf  Switzerland 1:03.82
35 3 6 Chen Cho-yi  Chinese Taipei 1:03.94
36 3 5 Ben Labowitch  New Zealand 1:03.99
4 7 Arsenio López  Puerto Rico
38 3 7 Aurimas Valaitis  Lithuania 1:04.11
39 4 1 Christos Papadopoulos  Greece 1:04.43
40 4 3 Malick Fall  Senegal 1:04.50
41 4 2 Bradley Ally  Barbados 1:04.71
42 4 8 Wickus Nienaber  Swaziland 1:04.74
43 4 6 Cristian Mauro Soldano  Argentina 1:05.05
44 2 4 Tam Chi Kin  Hong Kong 1:05.11
45 3 2 Alvaro Fortuny  Guatemala 1:05.41
46 3 1 Kyriakos Dimosthenous  Cyprus 1:05.54
47 2 7 Ahmed Al-Kudmani  Saudi Arabia 1:05.65
2 1 Andrei Capitanciuc  Moldova
49 3 3 Aleksander Baldin  Estonia 1:06.04
50 2 6 Raphael Matthew Chua  Philippines 1:06.37
51 2 2 Pāvels Murāns  Latvia 1:06.45
52 3 8 Nguyen Huu Viet  Vietnam 1:06.70
53 1 5 Eric Williams  Nigeria 1:07.69
54 2 8 Jean Luc Razakarivony  Madagascar 1:07.74
55 2 5 Yevgeny Petrashov  Kyrgyzstan 1:07.78
56 2 3 Oleg Sidorov  Uzbekistan 1:08.30
57 1 4 Chisela Kanchela  Zambia 1:09.95
58 1 3 Amar Shah  Kenya 1:10.17
59 1 6 Alice Shrestha  Nepal 1:12.25
4 5 Ratapong Sirisanont  Thailand DSQ

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Brendan Hansen  United States 1:00.01 Q, OR
2 5 Darren Mew  Great Britain 1:00.83 Q
3 3 Hugues Duboscq  France 1:01.17 Q
4 2 Roman Sloudnov  Russia 1:01.54
5 6 Jens Kruppa  Germany 1:01.68
6 8 René Kolonko  Germany 1:01.82
7 7 Richárd Bodor  Hungary 1:01.88
8 1 Thijs van Valkengoed  Netherlands 1:02.36

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Kosuke Kitajima  Japan 1:00.27 Q
2 3 James Gibson  Great Britain 1:01.07 Q
2 Oleg Lisogor  Ukraine Q
5 Mark Gangloff  United States Q
5 3 Vladislav Polyakov  Kazakhstan 1:01.36 Q
6 8 Dmitry Komornikov  Russia 1:01.83
7 1 Jarno Pihlava  Finland 1:01.86
8 7 Eduardo Fischer  Brazil 1:02.07

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Kosuke Kitajima  Japan 1:00.08
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Brendan Hansen  United States 1:00.25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1 Hugues Duboscq  France 1:00.88
4 6 Mark Gangloff  United States 1:01.17
5 8 Vladislav Polyakov  Kazakhstan 1:01.34
6 7 James Gibson  Great Britain 1:01.36
7 3 Darren Mew  Great Britain 1:01.66
8 2 Oleg Lisogor  Ukraine 1:02.42

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 2004-08-05. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  2. ^ "The New Rule That Could Sink Michael Phelps". 27 July 2012.
  3. ^ "The Cheatingest Move in Swimming: How a South African Used Illegal Dolphin Kicks to Win Gold". 7 August 2012.
  4. ^ "More Breaststroke Dolphin Kick Controversy". 26 October 2007.
  5. ^ Whitten, Phillip (15 August 2004). "Kitajima Keeps His Promise, Upsetting Brendan Hansen to Win the Men's 100 meter Breaststroke". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  6. ^ Ma, Xiangfei (16 August 2004). "Kitajima 100m breaststroke win ruins Hansen's birthday". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on September 19, 2004. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  7. ^ a b Thomas, Stephen (14 August 2004). "Hansen Sets Olympic Record in 100 Breaststroke Semifinals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
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