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200 metres Breaststroke, Men

Date	17 – 18 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Kentro Ugrou Stivou, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Athina (Main Pool)
Participants	46 from 38 countries

Japan’s Kosuke Kitajima had won both breaststroke titles at the 2003 World Championship and would have arrived in Athens as a clear favourite if America’s Brendan Hansen had not broken Kitajima’s world records a month earlier at the US Olympic trials. By the time of the 200 metres however, the Japanese had re-established the status quo by winning Olympic gold over the shorter breaststroke event. The Japanese swimmer was close to his best in Athens whilst Hansen was unable to repeat his performances of just a few weeks earlier and won the championship by over a second from Hungary’s 15-year-old Dániel Gyurta who edged out Hansen for the silver medal.

In 2008 Kitajima became the first man in 80 years to successfully defend his Olympic title in this event.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Kosuke Kitajima	JPN	2:11.97 (1 h4)	2:10.86 (1 h1)	2:09.44 (1)	Gold
2	Dániel Gyurta	HUN	2:11.29 (1 h6)	2:10.75 (1 h2)	2:10.80 (2)	Silver
3	Brendan Hansen	USA	2:12.77 (2 h6)	2:10.81 (2 h2)	2:10.87 (3)	Bronze
4	Paolo Bossini	ITA	2:12.09 (2 h4)	2:11.76 (3 h2)	2:11.20 (4)
5	Vlad Polyakov	KAZ	2:12.96 (1 h5)	2:12.19 (3 h1)	2:11.76 (5)
6	Mike Brown	CAN	2:12.69 (3 h4)	2:12.14 (2 h1)	2:11.94 (6)
7	Scott Usher	USA	2:13.59 (3 h5)	2:12.00 (4 h2)	2:11.95 (7)
8	Jim Piper	AUS	2:13.79 (4 h6)	2:12.22 (4 h1)	– (DQ)
9	Grigory Falko	RUS	2:13.45 (2 h5)	2:12.42 (5 h1)	–
10	Richárd Bodor	HUN	2:14.36 (5 h6)	2:12.76 (6 h1)	–
11	Genki Imamura	JPN	2:14.10 (4 h5)	2:12.86 (5 h2)	–
12	Terence Parkin	RSA	2:14.12 (4 h4)	2:13.58 (7 h1)	–
13	Maxim Podoprigora	AUT	2:14.31 (5 h5)	2:14.66 (6 h2)	–
14	Lai Zhongjian	CHN	2:14.61 (1 h2)	2:14.94 (7 h2)	–
15	Chris Cook	GBR	2:14.68 (5 h4)	2:15.91 (8 h1)	–
16	Ian Edmond	GBR	2:13.08 (3 h6)	– (DQ h2)	–
17	Dmitry Komornikov	RUS	2:14.92 (6 h5)	–	–
18	Jens Kruppa	GER	2:15.29 (6 h4)	–	–
19	Ratapong Sirisanont	THA	2:15.39 (1 h3)	–	–
20	Valeriy Dymo	UKR	2:15.52 (2 h3)	–	–
21	Jakob Sveinsson	ISL	2:15.60 (3 h3)	–	–
22	Michael Williamson	IRL	2:15.75 (6 h6)	–	–
23	Regan Harrison	AUS	2:15.86 (7 h4)	–	–
24	Eduardo Fischer	BRA	2:16.04 (2 h2)	–	–
25	Hugues Duboscq	FRA	2:16.56 (7 h5)	–	–
26	Thijs van Valkengoed	NED	2:16.80 (8 h5)	–	–
27	Martin Gustavsson	SWE	2:17.12 (7 h6)	–	–
28	Mihail Aleksandrov	BUL	2:17.19 (3 h2)	–	–
29	Morgan Knabe	CAN	2:17.20 (8 h6)	–	–
30	Daniel Málek	CZE	2:17.47 (4 h3)	–	–
31	Sofiane Daid	ALG	2:17.78 (4 h2)	–	–
32	Aleksandr Baldin	EST	2:17.90 (5 h3)	–	–
33	Romanos Alyfantis	GRE	2:18.18 (6 h3)	–	–
34	Andrey Morkovin	UZB	2:18.48 (5 h2)	–	–
35	Bradley Ally	BAR	2:18.64 (1 h1)	–	–
36	Emil Tahirovič	SLO	2:18.65 (6 h2)	–	–
37	Vanja Rogulj	CRO	2:18.81 (7 h3)	–	–
38	Miguel Molina	PHI	2:19.19 (2 h1)	–	–
39	Ben Labowitch	NZL	2:19.25 (7 h2)	–	–
40	Loris Facci	ITA	2:19.38 (8 h4)	–	–
41	Tam Chi Kin	HKG	2:19.48 (8 h2)	–	–
42	Wang Wei-Wen	TPE	2:20.65 (3 h1)	–	–
43	Malick Fall	SEN	2:22.31 (4 h1)	–	–
44	Edvinas Dautartas	LTU	2:23.12 (5 h1)	–	–
45	Sergiu Postică	MDA	2:27.21 (6 h1)	–	–
46	Anton Kramarenko	KGZ	2:28.59 (7 h1)	–	–
DNS	Jarno Pihlava	FIN	– (DNS h3)	–	–

Round One (17 August 2004)

Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (10:45)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	3	Bradley Ally	BAR	31.71 (3) 35.59 (3)	1:07.30 (4) 35.62 (2)	1:42.92 (2) 35.72 (1)	2:18.64	0.73
2	1	Miguel Molina	PHI	31.53 (2) 34.57 (1)	1:06.10 (1) 35.50 (1)	1:41.60 (1) 37.59 (3)	2:19.19	0.78
3	4	Wang Wei-Wen	TPE	31.76 (4) 35.08 (2)	1:06.84 (2) 36.29 (3)	1:43.13 (3) 37.52 (2)	2:20.65	0.68
4	5	Malick Fall	SEN	31.51 (1) 35.78 (4)	1:07.29 (3) 36.96 (4)	1:44.25 (4) 38.06 (5)	2:22.31	0.86
5	2	Edvinas Dautartas	LTU	31.87 (5) 35.82 (5)	1:07.69 (5) 37.57 (5)	1:45.26 (5) 37.86 (4)	2:23.12	0.92
6	7	Sergiu Postică	MDA	32.67 (7) 37.41 (6)	1:10.08 (7) 37.82 (6)	1:47.90 (6) 39.31 (6)	2:27.21	0.94
7	6	Anton Kramarenko	KGZ	32.06 (6) 37.70 (7)	1:09.76 (6) 38.52 (7)	1:48.28 (7) 40.31 (7)	2:28.59	0.68

Heat Two (10:49)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Lai Zhongjian	CHN	30.97 (4) 34.08 (1)	1:05.05 (2) 34.87 (1)	1:39.92 (2) 34.69 (1)	2:14.61	0.87	Q
2	1	Eduardo Fischer	BRA	30.73 (1) 34.09 (2)	1:04.82 (1) 35.03 (2)	1:39.85 (1) 36.19 (4)	2:16.04	0.77
3	8	Mihail Aleksandrov	BUL	30.84 (3) 34.88 (7)	1:05.72 (5) 35.53 (3)	1:41.25 (3) 35.94 (3)	2:17.19	0.75
4	6	Sofiane Daid	ALG	31.33 (7) 35.21 (8)	1:06.54 (7) 35.56 (=4)	1:42.10 (7) 35.68 (2)	2:17.78	0.82
5	8	Andrey Morkovin	UZB	31.18 (5) 34.69 (5)	1:05.87 (6) 35.79 (6)	1:41.66 (5) 36.82 (5)	2:18.48	0.88
6	2	Emil Tahirovič	SLO	30.74 (2) 34.55 (4)	1:05.29 (3) 36.14 (8)	1:41.43 (4) 37.22 (7)	2:18.65	0.76
7	3	Ben Labowitch	NZL	31.24 (6) 34.41 (3)	1:05.65 (4) 36.03 (7)	1:41.68 (6) 37.57 (8)	2:19.25	0.89
8	7	Tam Chi Kin	HKG	32.00 (8) 34.82 (6)	1:06.82 (8) 35.56 (=4)	1:42.38 (8) 37.10 (6)	2:19.48	0.81

Heat Three (10:53)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	2	Ratapong Sirisanont	THA	30.96 (2) 34.16 (1)	1:05.12 (2) 34.80 (1)	1:39.92 (1) 35.47 (5)	2:15.39	0.77
2	3	Valeriy Dymo	UKR	31.12 (4) 34.59 (4)	1:05.71 (=3) 35.32 (2)	1:41.03 (2) 34.49 (2)	2:15.52	0.90
3	4	Jakob Sveinsson	ISL	31.06 (3) 34.65 (5)	1:05.71 (=3) 35.41 (4)	1:41.12 (3) 34.48 (1)	2:15.60	0.84
4	6	Daniel Málek	CZE	31.74 (7) 35.40 (7)	1:07.14 (7) 35.70 (6)	1:42.84 (7) 34.63 (3)	2:17.47	0.81
5	7	Aleksandr Baldin	EST	31.62 (6) 35.30 (6)	1:06.92 (6) 35.58 (5)	1:42.50 (6) 35.40 (4)	2:17.90	0.81
6	8	Romanos Alyfantis	GRE	30.76 (1) 34.31 (2)	1:05.07 (1) 36.36 (7)	1:41.43 (5) 36.75 (6)	2:18.18	0.82
7	1	Vanja Rogulj	CRO	31.57 (5) 34.45 (3)	1:06.02 (5) 35.34 (3)	1:41.36 (4) 37.45 (7)	2:18.81	0.78
DNS	5	Jarno Pihlava	FIN	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–	–

Heat Four (10:57)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Kosuke Kitajima	JPN	29.52 (1) 33.23 (2)	1:02.75 (1) 34.22 (3)	1:36.97 (1) 35.00 (3)	2:11.97	0.76	Q
2	5	Paolo Bossini	ITA	30.04 (2) 33.16 (1)	1:03.20 (2) 34.15 (2)	1:37.35 (2) 34.74 (2)	2:12.09	0.87	Q
3	3	Mike Brown	CAN	30.36 (5) 33.26 (3)	1:03.62 (4) 34.39 (4)	1:38.01 (3) 34.68 (1)	2:12.69	0.81	Q
4	1	Terence Parkin	RSA	30.80 (7) 34.16 (6)	1:04.96 (7) 33.93 (1)	1:38.89 (5) 35.23 (4)	2:14.12	0.82	Q
5	6	Chris Cook	GBR	30.05 (3) 33.45 (4)	1:03.50 (3) 34.56 (5)	1:38.06 (4) 36.62 (7)	2:14.68	0.78	Q
6	8	Jens Kruppa	GER	30.09 (4) 34.33 (7)	1:04.42 (5) 35.41 (7)	1:39.83 (7) 35.46 (5)	2:15.29	0.83
7	2	Regan Harrison	AUS	30.65 (6) 33.82 (5)	1:04.47 (6) 34.92 (6)	1:39.39 (6) 36.47 (6)	2:15.86	0.73
8	7	Loris Facci	ITA	31.11 (8) 34.71 (8)	1:05.82 (8) 36.11 (8)	1:41.93 (8) 37.45 (8)	2:19.38	0.84

Heat Five (11:01)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	8	Vlad Polyakov	KAZ	30.15 (=2) 33.67 (1)	1:03.82 (1) 34.59 (3)	1:38.41 (1) 34.55 (6)	2:12.96	0.79	Q
2	3	Grigory Falko	RUS	31.39 (8) 33.80 (2)	1:05.19 (6) 34.10 (1)	1:39.29 (3) 34.16 (1)	2:13.45	0.87	Q
3	5	Scott Usher	USA	30.50 (4) 34.10 (6)	1:04.60 (4) 34.72 (4)	1:39.32 (4) 34.27 (2)	2:13.59	0.75	Q
4	6	Genki Imamura	JPN	30.93 (5) 33.98 (4)	1:04.91 (5) 34.74 (5)	1:39.65 (5) 34.45 (5)	2:14.10	0.76	Q
5	2	Maxim Podoprigora	AUT	31.17 (7) 34.39 (7)	1:05.56 (=7) 34.35 (2)	1:39.91 (7) 34.40 (4)	2:14.31	0.86	Q
6	4	Dmitry Komornikov	RUS	31.14 (6) 34.42 (8)	1:05.56 (=7) 35.03 (6)	1:40.59 (8) 34.33 (3)	2:14.92	0.93
7	1	Hugues Duboscq	FRA	30.15 (=2) 34.01 (5)	1:04.16 (3) 35.72 (8)	1:39.88 (6) 36.68 (7)	2:16.56	0.76
8	7	Thijs van Valkengoed	NED	30.12 (1) 33.86 (3)	1:03.98 (2) 35.13 (7)	1:39.11 (2) 37.69 (8)	2:16.80	0.80

Heat Six (11:05)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	2	Dániel Gyurta	HUN	30.85 (=5) 33.79 (5)	1:04.64 (6) 32.97 (1)	1:37.61 (1) 33.68 (1)	2:11.29	0.83	Q
2	4	Brendan Hansen	USA	29.65 (1) 33.62 (4)	1:03.27 (1) 34.46 (3)	1:37.73 (2) 35.04 (3)	2:12.77	0.73	Q
3	3	Ian Edmond	GBR	30.96 (7) 33.30 (1)	1:04.26 (5) 33.85 (2)	1:38.11 (3) 34.97 (2)	2:13.08	0.81	Q
4	5	Jim Piper	AUS	30.15 (4) 33.55 (3)	1:03.70 (3) 34.70 (5)	1:38.40 (4) 35.39 (4)	2:13.79	0.81	Q
5	7	Richárd Bodor	HUN	30.14 (3) 33.93 (6)	1:04.07 (4) 34.60 (4)	1:38.67 (5) 35.69 (6)	2:14.36	0.76	Q
6	8	Michael Williamson	IRL	30.85 (=5) 34.37 (8)	1:05.22 (8) 34.86 (6)	1:40.08 (7) 35.67 (5)	2:15.75	0.76
7	1	Martin Gustavsson	SWE	31.02 (8) 34.06 (7)	1:05.08 (7) 35.20 (7)	1:40.28 (8) 36.84 (7)	2:17.12	0.76
8	6	Morgan Knabe	CAN	29.85 (2) 33.53 (2)	1:03.38 (2) 35.88 (8)	1:39.26 (6) 37.94 (8)	2:17.20	0.74

Semi-Finals (17 August 2004)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One (20:18)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Kosuke Kitajima	JPN	29.41 (1) 33.17 (1)	1:02.58 (1) 33.78 (1)	1:36.36 (1) 34.50 (4)	2:10.86	0.72	Q
2	5	Mike Brown	CAN	30.49 (7) 33.36 (2)	1:03.85 (5) 33.98 (3)	1:37.83 (5) 34.31 (2)	2:12.14	0.82	Q
3	3	Vlad Polyakov	KAZ	29.67 (2) 33.71 (5)	1:03.38 (3) 34.44 (7)	1:37.82 (4) 34.37 (3)	2:12.19	0.79	Q
4	2	Jim Piper	AUS	29.79 (3) 33.42 (4)	1:03.21 (2) 34.25 (4)	1:37.46 (2) 34.76 (6)	2:12.22	0.80	Q
5	6	Grigory Falko	RUS	30.67 (8) 33.76 (6)	1:04.43 (=6) 33.88 (2)	1:38.31 (6) 34.11 (1)	2:12.42	0.87
6	1	Richárd Bodor	HUN	30.08 (4) 33.41 (3)	1:03.49 (4) 34.29 (5)	1:37.78 (3) 34.98 (7)	2:12.76	0.79
7	7	Terence Parkin	RSA	30.46 (6) 33.97 (7)	1:04.43 (=6) 34.42 (6)	1:38.85 (7) 34.73 (5)	2:13.58	0.79
8	8	Chris Cook	GBR	30.19 (5) 34.81 (8)	1:05.00 (8) 34.88 (8)	1:39.88 (8) 36.03 (8)	2:15.91	0.78

Heat Two (20:24)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Dániel Gyurta	HUN	30.64 (5) 33.90 (4)	1:04.54 (5) 33.05 (1)	1:37.59 (2) 33.16 (1)	2:10.75	0.83	Q
2	3	Brendan Hansen	USA	29.61 (1) 33.22 (1)	1:02.83 (1) 34.09 (2)	1:36.92 (1) 33.89 (3)	2:10.81	0.70	Q
3	5	Paolo Bossini	ITA	30.17 (3) 33.56 (3)	1:03.73 (3) 34.15 (3)	1:37.88 (4) 33.88 (2)	2:11.76	0.84	Q
4	2	Scott Usher	USA	30.04 (2) 33.38 (2)	1:03.42 (2) 34.18 (4)	1:37.60 (3) 34.40 (5)	2:12.00	0.73	Q
5	7	Genki Imamura	JPN	30.54 (4) 33.94 (5)	1:04.48 (4) 34.28 (5)	1:38.76 (5) 34.10 (4)	2:12.86	0.72
6	1	Maxim Podoprigora	AUT	30.80 (6) 34.69 (7)	1:05.49 (7) 34.38 (6)	1:39.87 (6) 34.79 (7)	2:14.66	0.85
7	8	Lai Zhongjian	CHN	30.86 (7) 34.46 (6)	1:05.32 (6) 34.86 (7)	1:40.18 (7) 34.76 (6)	2:14.94	0.82
DQ	6	Ian Edmond	GBR	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–	[0.80]		1

Final (18 August 2004 — 19:30)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	3	Kosuke Kitajima	JPN	29.10 (1) 33.02 (2)	1:02.12 (1) 33.84 (6)	1:35.96 (1) 33.48 (1)	2:09.44	0.72	OR
2	4	Dániel Gyurta	HUN	30.40 (7) 33.66 (5)	1:04.06 (6) 32.82 (1)	1:36.88 (3) 33.92 (2)	2:10.80	0.84
3	5	Brendan Hansen	USA	29.40 (2) 32.99 (1)	1:02.39 (2) 33.69 (4)	1:36.08 (2) 34.79 (7)	2:10.87	0.72
4	6	Paolo Bossini	ITA	30.07 (4) 33.24 (4)	1:03.31 (3) 33.77 (5)	1:37.08 (4) 34.12 (3)	2:11.20	0.87
5	1	Vlad Polyakov	KAZ	29.88 (3) 33.90 (6)	1:03.78 (5) 33.32 (2)	1:37.10 (5) 34.66 (6)	2:11.76	0.80
6	7	Mike Brown	CAN	30.22 (6) 33.21 (3)	1:03.43 (4) 34.13 (7)	1:37.56 (6) 34.38 (5)	2:11.94	0.77
7	2	Scott Usher	USA	30.13 (5) 33.95 (7)	1:04.08 (7) 33.52 (3)	1:37.60 (7) 34.35 (4)	2:11.95	0.75
DQ	8	Jim Piper	AUS	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–	[0.82]		2