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50 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	19 – 20 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Kentro Ugrou Stivou, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Athina (Main Pool)
Participants	83 from 74 countries

Although he arrived in Athens as the defending champion Gary Hall, Jr. of the USA was considered past his best and not considered as a serious threat to the more favoured swimmers. The oldest male swimmer to represent America for 80 years revelled in the Olympic spotlight and, fired up by his omission from the team for the 4×100 metres freestyle relay final, won a thrilling final ahead of another surprise package in the shape of Croatian Duje Draganja with 100 m silver finalist Roland Schoeman fading from an early lead into third place. This was Hall’s 10th Olympic medal in as many events, and his 5th gold, since 1996.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Gary Hall, Jr.	USA	22.04 (1 h11)	22.18 (=2 h2)	21.93 (1)	Gold
2	Duje Draganja	CRO	22.28 (1 h8)	22.19 (5 h2)	21.94 (2)	Silver
3	Roland Schoeman	RSA	22.41 (=3 h11)	21.99 (1 h1)	22.02 (3)	Bronze
4	Stefan Nystrand	SWE	22.42 (5 h11)	22.18 (=2 h2)	22.08 (4)
5	Jason Lezak	USA	22.33 (3 h9)	22.12 (1 h2)	22.11 (5)
6	Brett Hawke	AUS	22.42 (4 h9)	22.07 (2 h1)	22.18 (6)
7	Oleksandr Volynets	UKR	22.41 (=3 h11)	22.18 (=2 h2)	22.26 (7)
8	Salim Iles	ALG	22.26 (2 h11)	22.16 (3 h1)	22.37 (8)
9	Bartosz Kizierowski	POL	22.26 (1 h9)	22.22 (6 h2)	–
10	Julien Sicot	FRA	22.30 (2 h9)	22.26 (4 h1)	–
11	Xuxa Scherer	BRA	22.52 (2 h10)	22.27 (7 h2)	–
12	Fréd Bousquet	FRA	22.24 (1 h10)	22.29 (5 h1)	–
13	Javier Noriega	ESP	22.52 (5 h9)	22.36 (6 h1)	–
14	Lyndon Ferns	RSA	22.53 (6 h11)	22.46 (7 h1)	–
15	Ricardo Busquets	PUR	22.45 (2 h8)	22.52 (8 h1)	–
16	Karel Novy	SUI	22.51 (3 h8)	22.63 (8 h2)	–
17	Pieter van den Hoogenband	NED	22.56 (7 h11)	–	–
=18	Rafed El-Masri	SYR	22.58 (4 h8)	–	–
=18	Aleksandr Popov	RUS	22.58 (=3 h10)	–	–
=18	Johan Kenkhuis	NED	22.58 (=3 h10)	–	–
21	Rolandas Gimbutis	LTU	22.59 (1 h7)	–	–
22	Lorenzo Vismara	ITA	22.70 (5 h10)	–	–
23	Eduardo Lorente	ESP	22.71 (6 h10)	–	–
24	Apostolos Tsagkarakis	GRE	22.72 (2 h7)	–	–
25	Michele Scarica	ITA	22.80 (6 h9)	–	–
26	Ashley Callus	AUS	22.82 (8 h11)	–	–
27	José Meolans	ARG	22.90 (7 h9)	–	–
28	Slava Shyrshov	UKR	22.96 (7 h10)	–	–
29	Andrey Kapralov	RUS	22.97 (8 h9)	–	–
30	Matt Rose	CAN	23.01 (8 h10)	–	–
31	Milorad Čavić	SCG	23.05 (3 h7)	–	–
32	Krisztián Takács	HUN	23.12 (1 h6)	–	–
33	Stanislau Neviarouski	BLR	23.13 (2 h6)	–	–
34	Marcos Hernández	CUB	23.19 (5 h8)	–	–
35	Lee Chung-Hui	KOR	23.20 (4 h7)	–	–
=36	Ravil Nachayev	UZB	23.23 (1 h5)	–	–
=36	Camilo Becerra	COL	23.23 (=5 h7)	–	–
=36	Pedro Silva	POR	23.23 (=5 h7)	–	–
39	Kaan Tayla	TUR	23.26 (3 h6)	–	–
40	Carl Probert	FIJ	23.31 (2 h5)	–	–
41	Jere Hård	FIN	23.33 (7 h7)	–	–
42	Chen Zuo	CHN	23.41 (8 h7)	–	–
=43	Josh Laban	ISV	23.43 (3 h5)	–	–
=43	Julio Santos	ECU	23.43 (4 h6)	–	–
45	Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou	CYP	23.51 (5 h6)	–	–
=46	Arwut Chinnapasaen	THA	23.52 (6 h6)	–	–
=46	Allen Ong	MAS	23.52 (4 h5)	–	–
48	Wang Shao-An	TPE	23.54 (7 h6)	–	–
49	Danil Haustov	EST	23.56 (8 h6)	–	–
50	José Nicolás Mafio	URU	23.58 (1 h4)	–	–
51	Jevon Atkinson	JAM	23.61 (2 h4)	–	–
52	Raychin Antonov	BUL	23.67 (5 h5)	–	–
53	Rodrigo Díaz	GUA	23.69 (3 h4)	–	–
54	Örn Arnarson	ISL	23.84 (6 h5)	–	–
55	Oleg Shteynikov	KAZ	23.88 (7 h5)	–	–
56	Terrence Haynes	BAR	23.90 (4 h4)	–	–
57	Abdel Rahman Al-Kaaki	LBN	24.68 (5 h4)	–	–
=58	Mauricio Prudencio	BOL	24.82 (=6 h4)	–	–
=58	Gregory Arkhurst	CIV	24.82 (=6 h4)	–	–
60	Aloïs Dansou	BEN	24.86 (8 h4)	–	–
61	Rony Bakale	CGO	25.07 (1 h1)	–	–
62	Chris Hackel	MRI	25.33 (1 h3)	–	–
63	Ahmed Mohamed Jewel	BAN	25.47 (2 h1)	–	–
64	Cole Shade Sule	CMR	26.16 (2 h3)	–	–
65	Johnathan Steele	GRN	26.40 (3 h3)	–	–
=66	Kreshnik Gjata	ALB	26.61 (4 h3)	–	–
=66	Semyon Danilov	KGZ	26.61 (8 h5)	–	–
68	Anderson Bonabart	FSM	26.75 (1 h2)	–	–
69	Ibrahim Maliki	NIG	26.81 (3 h1)	–	–
70	Hem Kiry	CAM	27.49 (5 h3)	–	–
71	Khaled Ghezzawi	LBA	27.55 (6 h3)	–	–
72	Hojamamed Hojamamedov	TKM	27.68 (2 h2)	–	–
73	Hassan Mubah	MDV	27.71 (7 h3)	–	–
74	Donnie Defreitas	VIN	27.72 (4 h1)	–	–
75	Edgar Luberenga	UGA	27.77 (8 h3)	–	–
76	Abdourahamane Diawara	GUI	28.10 (5 h1)	–	–
77	Bounthanom Vongphachanh	LAO	28.17 (3 h2)	–	–
78	Leonce Sekamana	RWA	28.99 (4 h2)	–	–
79	David Keita	MLI	29.96 (6 h1)	–	–
80	Mohamed Saad	YEM	29.97 (5 h2)	–	–
81	Mamadou Ouédraogo	BUR	30.36 (6 h2)	–	–
82	Malique Williams	ANT	32.86 (7 h2)	–	–
83	Yona Walesi	MAW	34.11 (8 h2)	–	–
DNS	Peter Mankoč	SLO	– (DNS h8)	–	–
DNS	George Bovell	TTO	– (DNS h8)	–	–
DNS	Luis Rojas	VEN	– (DNS h8)	–	–

Round One

Date	19 August 2004
Format	Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Gary Hall, Jr.	USA	22.04	Q
2	–	Fréd Bousquet	FRA	22.24	Q
=3	–	Bartosz Kizierowski	POL	22.26	Q
=3	–	Salim Iles	ALG	22.26	Q
5	–	Duje Draganja	CRO	22.28	Q
6	–	Julien Sicot	FRA	22.30	Q
7	–	Jason Lezak	USA	22.33	Q
=8	–	Oleksandr Volynets	UKR	22.41	Q
=8	–	Roland Schoeman	RSA	22.41	Q
=10	–	Brett Hawke	AUS	22.42	Q
=10	–	Stefan Nystrand	SWE	22.42	Q
12	–	Ricardo Busquets	PUR	22.45	Q
13	–	Karel Novy	SUI	22.51	Q
=14	–	Javier Noriega	ESP	22.52	Q
=14	–	Xuxa Scherer	BRA	22.52	Q
16	–	Lyndon Ferns	RSA	22.53	Q
17	–	Pieter van den Hoogenband	NED	22.56
=18	–	Rafed El-Masri	SYR	22.58
=18	–	Johan Kenkhuis	NED	22.58
=18	–	Aleksandr Popov	RUS	22.58
21	–	Rolandas Gimbutis	LTU	22.59
22	–	Lorenzo Vismara	ITA	22.70
23	–	Eduardo Lorente	ESP	22.71
24	–	Apostolos Tsagkarakis	GRE	22.72
25	–	Michele Scarica	ITA	22.80
26	–	Ashley Callus	AUS	22.82
27	–	José Meolans	ARG	22.90
28	–	Slava Shyrshov	UKR	22.96
29	–	Andrey Kapralov	RUS	22.97
30	–	Matt Rose	CAN	23.01
31	–	Milorad Čavić	SCG	23.05
32	–	Krisztián Takács	HUN	23.12
33	–	Stanislau Neviarouski	BLR	23.13
34	–	Marcos Hernández	CUB	23.19
35	–	Lee Chung-Hui	KOR	23.20
=36	–	Ravil Nachayev	UZB	23.23
=36	–	Pedro Silva	POR	23.23
=36	–	Camilo Becerra	COL	23.23
39	–	Kaan Tayla	TUR	23.26
40	–	Carl Probert	FIJ	23.31
41	–	Jere Hård	FIN	23.33
42	–	Chen Zuo	CHN	23.41
=43	–	Josh Laban	ISV	23.43
=43	–	Julio Santos	ECU	23.43
45	–	Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou	CYP	23.51
=46	–	Allen Ong	MAS	23.52
=46	–	Arwut Chinnapasaen	THA	23.52
48	–	Wang Shao-An	TPE	23.54
49	–	Danil Haustov	EST	23.56
50	–	José Nicolás Mafio	URU	23.58
51	–	Jevon Atkinson	JAM	23.61
52	–	Raychin Antonov	BUL	23.67
53	–	Rodrigo Díaz	GUA	23.69
54	–	Örn Arnarson	ISL	23.84
55	–	Oleg Shteynikov	KAZ	23.88
56	–	Terrence Haynes	BAR	23.90
57	–	Abdel Rahman Al-Kaaki	LBN	24.68
=58	–	Gregory Arkhurst	CIV	24.82
=58	–	Mauricio Prudencio	BOL	24.82
60	–	Aloïs Dansou	BEN	24.86
61	–	Rony Bakale	CGO	25.07
62	–	Chris Hackel	MRI	25.33
63	–	Ahmed Mohamed Jewel	BAN	25.47
64	–	Cole Shade Sule	CMR	26.16
65	–	Johnathan Steele	GRN	26.40
=66	–	Kreshnik Gjata	ALB	26.61
=66	–	Semyon Danilov	KGZ	26.61
68	–	Anderson Bonabart	FSM	26.75
69	–	Ibrahim Maliki	NIG	26.81
70	–	Hem Kiry	CAM	27.49
71	–	Khaled Ghezzawi	LBA	27.55
72	–	Hojamamed Hojamamedov	TKM	27.68
73	–	Hassan Mubah	MDV	27.71
74	–	Donnie Defreitas	VIN	27.72
75	–	Edgar Luberenga	UGA	27.77
76	–	Abdourahamane Diawara	GUI	28.10
77	–	Bounthanom Vongphachanh	LAO	28.17
78	–	Leonce Sekamana	RWA	28.99
79	–	David Keita	MLI	29.96
80	–	Mohamed Saad	YEM	29.97
81	–	Mamadou Ouédraogo	BUR	30.36
82	–	Malique Williams	ANT	32.86
83	–	Yona Walesi	MAW	34.11
DNS	–	Peter Mankoč	SLO	–
DNS	–	George Bovell	TTO	–
DNS	–	Luis Rojas	VEN	–

Heat #1

Time	10:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Rony Bakale	CGO	25.07	0.97
2	–	Ahmed Mohamed Jewel	BAN	25.47	0.82
3	–	Ibrahim Maliki	NIG	26.81	0.94
4	–	Donnie Defreitas	VIN	27.72	0.72
5	–	Abdourahamane Diawara	GUI	28.10	1.02
6	–	David Keita	MLI	29.96	0.88

Heat #2

Time	10:02

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Anderson Bonabart	FSM	26.75	0.80
2	–	Hojamamed Hojamamedov	TKM	27.68	0.80
3	–	Bounthanom Vongphachanh	LAO	28.17	0.79
4	–	Leonce Sekamana	RWA	28.99	0.73
5	–	Mohamed Saad	YEM	29.97	0.91
6	–	Mamadou Ouédraogo	BUR	30.36	0.96
7	–	Malique Williams	ANT	32.86	0.79
8	–	Yona Walesi	MAW	34.11	0.95

Heat #3

Time	10:04

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Chris Hackel	MRI	25.33	0.84
2	–	Cole Shade Sule	CMR	26.16	0.82
3	–	Johnathan Steele	GRN	26.40	0.74
4	–	Kreshnik Gjata	ALB	26.61	0.93
5	–	Hem Kiry	CAM	27.49	0.89
6	–	Khaled Ghezzawi	LBA	27.55	0.86
7	–	Hassan Mubah	MDV	27.71	0.99
8	–	Edgar Luberenga	UGA	27.77	0.80

Heat #4

Time	10:06

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	José Nicolás Mafio	URU	23.58	0.69
2	–	Jevon Atkinson	JAM	23.61	0.75
3	–	Rodrigo Díaz	GUA	23.69	0.76
4	–	Terrence Haynes	BAR	23.90	0.73
5	–	Abdel Rahman Al-Kaaki	LBN	24.68	0.68
=6	–	Gregory Arkhurst	CIV	24.82	0.73
=6	–	Mauricio Prudencio	BOL	24.82	0.82
8	–	Aloïs Dansou	BEN	24.86	0.76

Heat #5

Time	10:08

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Ravil Nachayev	UZB	23.23	0.81
2	–	Carl Probert	FIJ	23.31	0.78
3	–	Josh Laban	ISV	23.43	0.68
4	–	Allen Ong	MAS	23.52	0.64
5	–	Raychin Antonov	BUL	23.67	0.78
6	–	Örn Arnarson	ISL	23.84	0.84
7	–	Oleg Shteynikov	KAZ	23.88	0.67
8	–	Semyon Danilov	KGZ	26.61	0.81

Heat #6

Time	10:10

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Krisztián Takács	HUN	23.12	0.79
2	–	Stanislau Neviarouski	BLR	23.13	0.76
3	–	Kaan Tayla	TUR	23.26	0.78
4	–	Julio Santos	ECU	23.43	0.76
5	–	Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou	CYP	23.51	0.78
6	–	Arwut Chinnapasaen	THA	23.52	0.73
7	–	Wang Shao-An	TPE	23.54	0.84
8	–	Danil Haustov	EST	23.56	0.69

Heat #7

Time	10:12

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Rolandas Gimbutis	LTU	22.59	0.69
2	–	Apostolos Tsagkarakis	GRE	22.72	0.76
3	–	Milorad Čavić	SCG	23.05	0.78
4	–	Lee Chung-Hui	KOR	23.20	0.74
=5	–	Pedro Silva	POR	23.23	0.71
=5	–	Camilo Becerra	COL	23.23	0.70
7	–	Jere Hård	FIN	23.33	0.78
8	–	Chen Zuo	CHN	23.41	0.74

Heat #8

Time	10:14

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Duje Draganja	CRO	22.28	0.72	Q
2	–	Ricardo Busquets	PUR	22.45	0.66	Q
3	–	Karel Novy	SUI	22.51	0.84	Q
4	–	Rafed El-Masri	SYR	22.58	0.83
5	–	Marcos Hernández	CUB	23.19	0.70
DNS	–	Peter Mankoč	SLO	–	–
DNS	–	George Bovell	TTO	–	–
DNS	–	Luis Rojas	VEN	–	–

Heat #9

Time	10:16

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Bartosz Kizierowski	POL	22.26	0.71	Q
2	–	Julien Sicot	FRA	22.30	0.80	Q
3	–	Jason Lezak	USA	22.33	0.70	Q
4	–	Brett Hawke	AUS	22.42	0.73	Q
5	–	Javier Noriega	ESP	22.52	0.78	Q
6	–	Michele Scarica	ITA	22.80	0.79
7	–	José Meolans	ARG	22.90	0.79
8	–	Andrey Kapralov	RUS	22.97	0.76

Heat #10

Time	10:18

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Fréd Bousquet	FRA	22.24	0.73	Q
2	–	Xuxa Scherer	BRA	22.52	0.74	Q
=3	–	Johan Kenkhuis	NED	22.58	0.78
=3	–	Aleksandr Popov	RUS	22.58	0.88
5	–	Lorenzo Vismara	ITA	22.70	0.81
6	–	Eduardo Lorente	ESP	22.71	0.80
7	–	Slava Shyrshov	UKR	22.96	0.84
8	–	Matt Rose	CAN	23.01	0.69

Heat #11

Time	10:20

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Gary Hall, Jr.	USA	22.04	0.72	Q
2	–	Salim Iles	ALG	22.26	0.66	Q
=3	–	Oleksandr Volynets	UKR	22.41	0.84	Q
=3	–	Roland Schoeman	RSA	22.41	0.63	Q
5	–	Stefan Nystrand	SWE	22.42	0.70	Q
6	–	Lyndon Ferns	RSA	22.53	0.72	Q
7	–	Pieter van den Hoogenband	NED	22.56	0.74
8	–	Ashley Callus	AUS	22.82	0.69

Semi-Finals

Date	19 August 2004
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Roland Schoeman	RSA	21.99	Q
2	–	Brett Hawke	AUS	22.07	Q
3	–	Jason Lezak	USA	22.12	Q
4	–	Salim Iles	ALG	22.16	Q
=5	–	Oleksandr Volynets	UKR	22.18	Q
=5	–	Gary Hall, Jr.	USA	22.18	Q
=5	–	Stefan Nystrand	SWE	22.18	Q
8	–	Duje Draganja	CRO	22.19	Q
9	–	Bartosz Kizierowski	POL	22.22
10	–	Julien Sicot	FRA	22.26
11	–	Xuxa Scherer	BRA	22.27
12	–	Fréd Bousquet	FRA	22.29
13	–	Javier Noriega	ESP	22.36
14	–	Lyndon Ferns	RSA	22.46
15	–	Ricardo Busquets	PUR	22.52
16	–	Karel Novy	SUI	22.63

Heat #1

Time	19:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Roland Schoeman	RSA	21.99	0.65	Q
2	–	Brett Hawke	AUS	22.07	0.69	Q
3	–	Salim Iles	ALG	22.16	0.70	Q
4	–	Julien Sicot	FRA	22.26	0.76
5	–	Fréd Bousquet	FRA	22.29	0.71
6	–	Javier Noriega	ESP	22.36	0.78
7	–	Lyndon Ferns	RSA	22.46	0.69
8	–	Ricardo Busquets	PUR	22.52	0.65

Heat #2

Time	19:36

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Jason Lezak	USA	22.12	0.72	Q
=2	–	Oleksandr Volynets	UKR	22.18	0.84	Q
=2	–	Gary Hall, Jr.	USA	22.18	0.74	Q
=2	–	Stefan Nystrand	SWE	22.18	0.71	Q
5	–	Duje Draganja	CRO	22.19	0.72	Q
6	–	Bartosz Kizierowski	POL	22.22	0.71
7	–	Xuxa Scherer	BRA	22.27	0.74
8	–	Karel Novy	SUI	22.63	0.81

Final Round

Date	20 August 2004 — 20:09

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Gary Hall, Jr.	USA	21.93	0.71
2	–	Duje Draganja	CRO	21.94	0.69
3	–	Roland Schoeman	RSA	22.02	0.62
4	–	Stefan Nystrand	SWE	22.08	0.70
5	–	Jason Lezak	USA	22.11	0.63
6	–	Brett Hawke	AUS	22.18	0.71
7	–	Oleksandr Volynets	UKR	22.26	0.83
8	–	Salim Iles	ALG	22.37	0.65