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100 metres Butterfly, Men

Date	19 – 20 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Kentro Ugrou Stivou, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Athina (Main Pool)
Participants	59 from 51 countries

The results of the previous 18 months of competition suggested the Olympic title would be contested between two Americans, Ian Crocker and Michael Phelps. Crocker was the World Champion and had set a new world record in the process of beating Phelps at the US Olympic Trials in July but had suffered an illness in the week before competition began in Athens and had crashed out in the heats of the 100 metres freestyle. In contrast Phelps had already won four gold medals in Athens including the 200 metres butterfly.

In a final that lived up to pre-Olympic expectation, Crocker appeared to have to returned to his record breaking and scorched out into the lead with a halfway split time well under the existing world record. Phelps responded in the second half of the race but probably would have been destined to finish behind Crocker had the World Champion not made a miscalculation at the finish which allowed Phelps to touch first by four hundredths of a second.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Michael Phelps	USA	52.35 (1 h7)	51.61 (1 h2)	51.25 (1)	Gold
2	Ian Crocker	USA	52.03 (1 h8)	51.83 (2 h2)	51.29 (2)	Silver
3	Andriy Serdinov	UKR	52.05 (1 h6)	51.74 (1 h1)	51.36 (3)	Bronze
4	Thomas Rupprath	GER	52.57 (4 h7)	52.71 (6 h2)	52.27 (4)
5	Igor Marchenko	RUS	52.62 (3 h8)	52.32 (3 h2)	52.32 (5)
6	Gabriel Mangabeira	BRA	52.76 (4 h8)	52.33 (4 h2)	52.34 (6)
7	Duje Draganja	CRO	52.56 (3 h7)	52.74 (2 h1)	52.46 (7)
8	Geoff Huegill	AUS	52.54 (2 h7)	52.64 (5 h2)	52.56 (8)
9	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	52.71 (5 h7)	52.81 (3 h1)	–
10	Yevgeny Korotyshkin	RUS	52.93 (2 h6)	52.85 (7 h2)	–
11	Franck Esposito	FRA	52.61 (2 h8)	52.88 (4 h1)	–
12	Mike Mintenko	CAN	52.96 (5 h8)	52.89 (5 h1)	–
13	Helge Meeuw	GER	53.11 (6 h8)	52.99 (6 h1)	–
14	Corney Swanepoel	NZL	53.07 (7 h7)	52.99 (8 h2)	–
15	James Hickman	GBR	52.91 (6 h7)	53.10 (7 h1)	–
16	Milorad Čavić	SCG	52.44 (1 h5)	53.12 (8 h1)	–
17	Kaio Márcio	BRA	53.22 (7 h8)	–	–
18	Ryan Pini	PNG	53.26 (2 h5)	–	–
19	Joris Keizer	NED	53.41 (3 h6)	–	–
20	Adam Pine	AUS	53.45 (8 h8)	–	–
21	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	53.46 (4 h6)	–	–
22	Todd Cooper	GBR	53.48 (5 h6)	–	–
23	Mattia Nalesso	ITA	53.49 (6 h6)	–	–
24	Simão Morgado	POR	53.53 (3 h5)	–	–
25	Fréd Bousquet	FRA	53.63 (4 h5)	–	–
26	Paval Lahun	BLR	53.87 (5 h5)	–	–
27	Ștefan Gherghel	ROU	53.89 (8 h7)	–	–
28	Jere Hård	FIN	54.02 (1 h4)	–	–
29	Peter Mankoč	SLO	54.14 (2 h4)	–	–
30	Eugene Botes	RSA	54.15 (7 h6)	–	–
31	Sotirios Pastras	GRE	54.20 (3 h4)	–	–
32	Erik Andersson	SWE	54.26 (6 h5)	–	–
33	Josh Ilika	MEX	54.29 (8 h6)	–	–
34	Zsolt Gáspár	HUN	54.43 (7 h5)	–	–
35	Rimvydas Šalčius	LTU	54.46 (4 h4)	–	–
36	Luis Rojas	VEN	54.58 (8 h5)	–	–
37	Camilo Becerra	COL	54.71 (5 h4)	–	–
38	Jeong Du-Hui	KOR	54.76 (1 h3)	–	–
39	Michal Rubáček	CZE	54.87 (1 h2)	–	–
40	Georgi Palazov	BUL	54.91 (6 h4)	–	–
41	Rustam Khudiyev	KAZ	55.03 (2 h3)	–	–
42	Hjörtur Már Reynisson	ISL	55.12 (3 h3)	–	–
43	Wu Peng	CHN	55.17 (7 h4)	–	–
44	Eduardo Otero	ARG	55.24 (4 h3)	–	–
45	Aleksandar Miladinovski	MKD	55.71 (5 h3)	–	–
46	Oleg Lyashko	UZB	55.90 (2 h2)	–	–
47	Juan Pablo Valdivieso	PER	55.98 (6 h3)	–	–
48	Aghiles Slimani	ALG	56.22 (7 h3)	–	–
49	Onur Uras	TUR	56.37 (8 h3)	–	–
50	Nick Rees	BAH	56.39 (3 h2)	–	–
51	Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw	SUR	56.68 (4 h2)	–	–
52	Conrad Francis	SRI	56.80 (5 h2)	–	–
53	Andrejs Dūda	LAT	56.81 (8 h4)	–	–
54	Andy Wibowo	INA	56.86 (6 h2)	–	–
55	Daniel O'Keeffe	GUM	57.39 (7 h2)	–	–
56	Davy Bisslik	ARU	57.85 (8 h2)	–	–
57	João Matias	ANG	58.92 (1 h1)	–	–
58	Fernando Medrano	NCA	1:00.91 (2 h1)	–	–
59	Rad Aweisat	PLE	1:01.60 (3 h1)	–	–

Round One (19 August 2004)

Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (11:08)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	João Matias	ANG	27.03 (1) 31.89 (1)	58.92	0.76
2	4	Fernando Medrano	NCA	28.45 (3) 32.46 (2)	1:00.91	0.75
3	3	Rad Aweisat	PLE	28.19 (2) 33.41 (3)	1:01.60	0.79

Heat Two (11:11)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	3	Michal Rubáček	CZE	25.38 (1) 29.49 (1)	54.87	0.77
2	6	Oleg Lyashko	UZB	25.88 (4) 30.02 (2)	55.90	0.80
3	5	Nick Rees	BAH	25.73 (2) 30.66 (5)	56.39	0.67
4	8	Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw	SUR	26.03 (6) 30.65 (4)	56.68	0.86
5	2	Conrad Francis	SRI	26.21 (7) 30.59 (3)	56.80	0.81
6	4	Andy Wibowo	INA	25.81 (3) 31.05 (7)	56.86	0.79
7	7	Daniel O'Keeffe	GUM	25.96 (5) 31.43 (8)	57.39	0.74
8	1	Davy Bisslik	ARU	26.92 (8) 30.93 (6)	57.85	0.74

Heat Three (11:14)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Jeong Du-Hui	KOR	25.70 (4) 29.06 (1)	54.76	0.74
2	7	Rustam Khudiyev	KAZ	25.52 (2) 29.51 (3)	55.03	0.72
3	2	Hjörtur Már Reynisson	ISL	25.42 (1) 29.70 (4)	55.12	0.75
4	4	Eduardo Otero	ARG	25.74 (5) 29.50 (2)	55.24	0.79
5	3	Aleksandar Miladinovski	MKD	25.59 (3) 30.12 (7)	55.71	0.80
6	1	Juan Pablo Valdivieso	PER	26.04 (7) 29.94 (5)	55.98	0.78
7	6	Aghiles Slimani	ALG	26.19 (8) 30.03 (6)	56.22	0.84
8	8	Onur Uras	TUR	25.92 (6) 30.45 (8)	56.37	0.78

Heat Four (11:17)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Jere Hård	FIN	24.87 (2) 29.15 (2)	54.02	0.79
2	6	Peter Mankoč	SLO	24.76 (1) 29.38 (5)	54.14	0.81
3	5	Sotirios Pastras	GRE	25.15 (3) 29.05 (1)	54.20	0.71
4	1	Rimvydas Šalčius	LTU	25.20 (4) 29.26 (3)	54.46	0.87
5	2	Camilo Becerra	COL	25.25 (5) 29.46 (6)	54.71	0.74
6	7	Georgi Palazov	BUL	25.32 (6) 29.59 (7)	54.91	0.85
7	3	Wu Peng	CHN	25.87 (7) 29.30 (4)	55.17	0.80
8	8	Andrejs Dūda	LAT	25.95 (8) 30.86 (8)	56.81	0.75

Heat Five (11:20)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Milorad Čavić	SCG	24.24 (1) 28.20 (1)	52.44	0.75	Q
2	1	Ryan Pini	PNG	24.92 (6) 28.34 (2)	53.26	0.80
3	7	Simão Morgado	POR	24.74 (3) 28.79 (4)	53.53	0.75
4	5	Fréd Bousquet	FRA	24.62 (2) 29.01 (5)	53.63	0.74
5	6	Paval Lahun	BLR	25.09 (7) 28.78 (3)	53.87	0.76
6	2	Erik Andersson	SWE	24.80 (4) 29.46 (7)	54.26	0.84
7	3	Zsolt Gáspár	HUN	24.89 (5) 29.54 (8)	54.43	0.72
8	8	Luis Rojas	VEN	25.14 (8) 29.44 (6)	54.58	0.65

Heat Six (11:23)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Andriy Serdinov	UKR	24.59 (1) 27.46 (1)	52.05	0.79	Q
2	3	Yevgeny Korotyshkin	RUS	25.00 (7) 27.93 (2)	52.93	0.79	Q
3	6	Joris Keizer	NED	24.86 (4) 28.55 (4)	53.41	0.77
4	2	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	25.10 (8) 28.36 (3)	53.46	0.82
5	5	Todd Cooper	GBR	24.82 (=2) 28.66 (5)	53.48	0.67
6	1	Mattia Nalesso	ITA	24.82 (=2) 28.67 (6)	53.49	0.75
7	8	Eugene Botes	RSA	24.92 (5) 29.23 (7)	54.15	0.67
8	7	Josh Ilika	MEX	24.93 (6) 29.36 (8)	54.29	0.74

Heat Seven (11:26)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Michael Phelps	USA	24.99 (7) 27.36 (1)	52.35	0.73	Q
2	7	Geoff Huegill	AUS	24.25 (1) 28.29 (=5)	52.54	0.69	Q
3	1	Duje Draganja	CRO	24.27 (2) 28.29 (=5)	52.56	0.78	Q
4	5	Thomas Rupprath	GER	24.67 (4) 27.90 (3)	52.57	0.77	Q
5	6	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	24.86 (5) 27.85 (2)	52.71	0.67	Q
6	2	James Hickman	GBR	24.94 (6) 27.97 (4)	52.91	0.84	Q
7	3	Corney Swanepoel	NZL	24.56 (3) 28.51 (7)	53.07	0.77	Q
8	8	Ștefan Gherghel	ROU	25.14 (8) 28.75 (8)	53.89	0.85

Heat Eight (11:29)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Ian Crocker	USA	24.13 (1) 27.90 (2)	52.03	0.74	Q
2	3	Franck Esposito	FRA	24.76 (5) 27.85 (1)	52.61	0.70	Q
3	5	Igor Marchenko	RUS	24.64 (=3) 27.98 (3)	52.62	0.84	Q
4	2	Gabriel Mangabeira	BRA	24.63 (2) 28.13 (=4)	52.76	0.63	Q
5	6	Mike Mintenko	CAN	24.64 (=3) 28.32 (6)	52.96	0.71	Q
6	7	Helge Meeuw	GER	24.98 (7) 28.13 (=4)	53.11	0.80	Q
7	8	Kaio Márcio	BRA	24.83 (6) 28.39 (8)	53.22	0.66
8	1	Adam Pine	AUS	25.08 (8) 28.37 (7)	53.45	0.78

Semi-Finals (19 August 2004)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One (20:51)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Andriy Serdinov	UKR	24.50 (4) 27.24 (1)	51.74	0.84	QOR
2	3	Duje Draganja	CRO	24.39 (3) 28.35 (6)	52.74	0.76	Q
3	2	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	24.81 (6) 28.00 (2)	52.81	0.74
4	6	Franck Esposito	FRA	24.71 (5) 28.17 (5)	52.88	0.68
5	1	Mike Mintenko	CAN	24.33 (1) 28.56 (7)	52.89	0.69
6	8	Helge Meeuw	GER	24.87 (7) 28.12 (3)	52.99	0.82
7	7	James Hickman	GBR	24.97 (8) 28.13 (4)	53.10	0.80
8	5	Milorad Čavić	SCG	24.34 (2) 28.78 (8)	53.12	0.76

Heat Two (20:56)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Michael Phelps	USA	24.66 (5) 26.95 (1)	51.61	0.75	QOR
2	4	Ian Crocker	USA	24.36 (=1) 27.47 (2)	51.83	0.77	Q
3	2	Igor Marchenko	RUS	24.61 (4) 27.71 (4)	52.32	0.82	Q
4	7	Gabriel Mangabeira	BRA	24.76 (=6) 27.57 (3)	52.33	0.65	Q
5	3	Geoff Huegill	AUS	24.36 (=1) 28.28 (7)	52.64	0.70	Q
6	6	Thomas Rupprath	GER	24.82 (8) 27.89 (5)	52.71	0.75	Q
7	1	Yevgeny Korotyshkin	RUS	24.76 (=6) 28.09 (6)	52.85	0.79
8	8	Corney Swanepoel	NZL	24.57 (3) 28.42 (8)	52.99	0.75

Final (20 August 2004 — 19:40)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Michael Phelps	USA	24.36 (5) 26.89 (1)	51.25	0.76	OR
2	3	Ian Crocker	USA	23.59 (1) 27.70 (4)	51.29	0.74
3	5	Andriy Serdinov	UKR	24.30 (4) 27.06 (2)	51.36	0.82
4	1	Thomas Rupprath	GER	24.22 (3) 28.05 (7)	52.27	0.77
5	6	Igor Marchenko	RUS	24.67 (8) 27.65 (3)	52.32	0.82
6	2	Gabriel Mangabeira	BRA	24.58 (6) 27.76 (5)	52.34	0.65
7	8	Duje Draganja	CRO	24.15 (2) 28.31 (8)	52.46	0.75
8	7	Geoff Huegill	AUS	24.60 (7) 27.96 (6)	52.56	0.72