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200 metres Butterfly, Men

Date	16 – 17 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Kentro Ugrou Stivou, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Athina (Main Pool)
Participants	39 from 34 countries

Michael Phelps entered the race as a two-time World Champion in the event and also as world record holder making this one of the better chances of gold in an already stellar looking campaign. Phelps cruised through the heats and semi-final before leading the final from gun to touchpad in the second fastest time in history. Behind him Japan’s Takashi Yamamoto won his first medal in his third Olympic Games with Steve Parry of Great Britain taking the bronze. Phelps went on to defend the title in a world record time at the Beijing Olympics. His attempt at a third title on the trot was foiled when South Africa’s Chad le Clos scored a narrow upset victory at London 2012. On that occasion the American missed a third gold by five hundredths of a second and had to settle for silver

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Michael Phelps	USA	1:57.36 (1 h5)	1:55.65 (2 h1)	1:54.04 (1)	Gold
2	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	1:57.36 (1 h4)	1:56.69 (2 h2)	1:54.56 (2)	Silver
3	Steve Parry	GBR	1:58.88 (6 h3)	1:55.57 (1 h1)	1:55.52 (3)	Bronze
4	Paweł Korzeniowski	POL	1:57.45 (2 h5)	1:56.40 (1 h2)	1:56.00 (4)
5	Ștefan Gherghel	ROU	1:58.12 (4 h5)	1:57.31 (4 h2)	1:56.10 (5)
6	Wu Peng	CHN	1:57.96 (2 h3)	1:56.81 (3 h2)	1:56.28 (6)
7	Nikolay Skvortsov	RUS	1:58.18 (3 h3)	1:57.37 (5 h2)	1:57.14 (7)
8	Tom Malchow	USA	1:57.75 (1 h3)	1:57.48 (3 h1)	1:57.48 (8)
9	Anatoly Polyakov	RUS	1:58.12 (=2 h4)	1:57.58 (4 h1)	–
10	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	1:58.44 (5 h3)	1:57.93 (6 h2)	–
11	Justin Norris	AUS	1:58.05 (3 h5)	1:57.96 (5 h1)	–
12	Moss Burmester	NZL	1:58.13 (5 h5)	1:58.09 (6 h1)	–
13	Serhiy Advena	UKR	1:58.41 (4 h3)	1:58.11 (7 h1)	–
14	Takeshi Matsuda	JPN	1:58.23 (4 h4)	1:58.13 (8 h1)	–
15	Franck Esposito	FRA	1:58.12 (=2 h4)	1:59.00 (7 h2)	–
16	Juan Veloz	MEX	1:58.32 (6 h5)	1:59.78 (8 h2)	–
17	Travis Nederpelt	AUS	1:58.93 (5 h4)	–	–
18	Helge Meeuw	GER	1:58.96 (7 h5)	–	–
19	Kaio Márcio	BRA	1:59.23 (8 h5)	–	–
20	Jeremy Knowles	BAH	1:59.32 (7 h3)	–	–
=21	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	1:59.42 (6 h4)	–	–
=21	Andrew Livingston	PUR	1:59.42 (8 h3)	–	–
23	Nathaniel O'Brien	CAN	2:00.12 (1 h2)	–	–
24	Jeong Du-Hui	KOR	2:00.96 (2 h2)	–	–
25	Dávid Kolozár	HUN	2:01.89 (7 h4)	–	–
26	Georgi Palazov	BUL	2:02.15 (3 h2)	–	–
27	Zoran Lazarovski	MKD	2:02.26 (4 h2)	–	–
28	Juan Pablo Valdivieso	PER	2:02.79 (8 h4)	–	–
29	Gastón Rodríguez	ARG	2:04.01 (1 h1)	–	–
30	Paulius Andrijauskas	LTU	2:04.64 (5 h2)	–	–
31	Vladan Marković	SCG	2:04.77 (6 h2)	–	–
32	Aghiles Slimani	ALG	2:04.93 (7 h2)	–	–
33	Donny Utomo	INA	2:05.71 (2 h1)	–	–
34	Roy Barahona	HON	2:05.99 (3 h1)	–	–
35	Sergio Cabrera	PAR	2:06.15 (4 h1)	–	–
36	Yeh Tzu-Cheng	TPE	2:06.41 (8 h2)	–	–
37	James Walsh	PHI	2:06.76 (5 h1)	–	–
38	Bertrand Bristol	SEY	2:09.07 (6 h1)	–	–
39	Sergey Pankov	UZB	2:13.06 (7 h1)	–	–

Round One

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

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
=1	–	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	1:57.36	Q
=1	–	Michael Phelps	USA	1:57.36	Q
3	–	Paweł Korzeniowski	POL	1:57.45	Q
4	–	Tom Malchow	USA	1:57.75	Q
5	–	Wu Peng	CHN	1:57.96	Q
6	–	Justin Norris	AUS	1:58.05	Q
=7	–	Anatoly Polyakov	RUS	1:58.12	Q
=7	–	Franck Esposito	FRA	1:58.12	Q
=7	–	Ștefan Gherghel	ROU	1:58.12	Q
10	–	Moss Burmester	NZL	1:58.13	Q
11	–	Nikolay Skvortsov	RUS	1:58.18	Q
12	–	Takeshi Matsuda	JPN	1:58.23	Q
13	–	Juan Veloz	MEX	1:58.32	Q
14	–	Serhiy Advena	UKR	1:58.41	Q
15	–	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	1:58.44	Q
16	–	Steve Parry	GBR	1:58.88	Q
17	–	Travis Nederpelt	AUS	1:58.93
18	–	Helge Meeuw	GER	1:58.96
19	–	Kaio Márcio	BRA	1:59.23
20	–	Jeremy Knowles	BAH	1:59.32
=21	–	Andrew Livingston	PUR	1:59.42
=21	–	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	1:59.42
23	–	Nathaniel O'Brien	CAN	2:00.12
24	–	Jeong Du-Hui	KOR	2:00.96
25	–	Dávid Kolozár	HUN	2:01.89
26	–	Georgi Palazov	BUL	2:02.15
27	–	Zoran Lazarovski	MKD	2:02.26
28	–	Juan Pablo Valdivieso	PER	2:02.79
29	–	Gastón Rodríguez	ARG	2:04.01
30	–	Paulius Andrijauskas	LTU	2:04.64
31	–	Vladan Marković	SCG	2:04.77
32	–	Aghiles Slimani	ALG	2:04.93
33	–	Donny Utomo	INA	2:05.71
34	–	Roy Barahona	HON	2:05.99
35	–	Sergio Cabrera	PAR	2:06.15
36	–	Yeh Tzu-Cheng	TPE	2:06.41
37	–	James Walsh	PHI	2:06.76
38	–	Bertrand Bristol	SEY	2:09.07
39	–	Sergey Pankov	UZB	2:13.06

Heat #1

Time	10:25

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Gastón Rodríguez	ARG	2:04.01	0.78	28.47 (1)	59.92 (1)	1:31.22 (1)	31.45 (1)	31.30 (1)	32.79 (3)
2	–	Donny Utomo	INA	2:05.71	0.85	28.84 (6)	1:00.78 (4)	1:33.04 (3)	31.94 (3)	32.26 (4)	32.67 (2)
3	–	Roy Barahona	HON	2:05.99	0.67	28.55 (=2)	1:00.59 (3)	1:33.44 (5)	32.04 (4)	32.85 (5)	32.55 (1)
4	–	Sergio Cabrera	PAR	2:06.15	0.75	28.74 (5)	1:01.25 (5)	1:33.33 (4)	32.51 (5)	32.08 (2)	32.82 (4)
5	–	James Walsh	PHI	2:06.76	0.71	28.56 (4)	1:00.33 (2)	1:32.52 (2)	31.77 (2)	32.19 (3)	34.24 (6)
6	–	Bertrand Bristol	SEY	2:09.07	0.69	28.55 (=2)	1:01.62 (6)	1:34.99 (6)	33.07 (6)	33.37 (6)	34.08 (5)
7	–	Sergey Pankov	UZB	2:13.06	0.82	29.51 (7)	1:03.03 (7)	1:36.94 (7)	33.52 (7)	33.91 (7)	36.12 (7)

Heat #2

Time	10:29

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Nathaniel O'Brien	CAN	2:00.12	0.78	27.33 (6)	57.54 (4)	1:28.51 (1)	30.21 (1)	30.97 (1)	31.61 (1)
2	–	Jeong Du-Hui	KOR	2:00.96	0.78	27.01 (3)	57.50 (2)	1:29.08 (2)	30.49 (3)	31.58 (3)	31.88 (2)
3	–	Georgi Palazov	BUL	2:02.15	0.89	26.79 (1)	57.51 (3)	1:29.71 (3)	30.72 (4)	32.20 (4)	32.44 (4)
4	–	Zoran Lazarovski	MKD	2:02.26	0.86	27.43 (7)	58.61 (7)	1:29.95 (5)	31.18 (6)	31.34 (2)	32.31 (3)
5	–	Paulius Andrijauskas	LTU	2:04.64	0.83	27.25 (4)	58.47 (6)	1:30.92 (7)	31.22 (7)	32.45 (7)	33.72 (6)
6	–	Vladan Marković	SCG	2:04.77	0.76	26.88 (2)	57.36 (1)	1:29.79 (4)	30.48 (2)	32.43 (5)	34.98 (8)
7	–	Aghiles Slimani	ALG	2:04.93	0.85	27.32 (5)	58.21 (5)	1:30.65 (6)	30.89 (5)	32.44 (6)	34.28 (7)
8	–	Yeh Tzu-Cheng	TPE	2:06.41	0.87	28.36 (8)	1:00.08 (8)	1:32.85 (8)	31.72 (8)	32.77 (8)	33.56 (5)

Heat #3

Time	10:33

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Tom Malchow	USA	1:57.75	0.81	26.71 (4)	56.40 (3)	1:26.88 (2)	29.69 (2)	30.48 (4)	30.87 (2)	Q
2	–	Wu Peng	CHN	1:57.96	0.79	26.46 (3)	56.50 (4)	1:27.00 (3)	30.04 (6)	30.50 (5)	30.96 (4)	Q
3	–	Nikolay Skvortsov	RUS	1:58.18	0.88	26.32 (1)	55.46 (1)	1:25.86 (1)	29.14 (1)	30.40 (2)	32.32 (8)	Q
4	–	Serhiy Advena	UKR	1:58.41	0.86	26.99 (6)	57.00 (7)	1:27.39 (4)	30.01 (5)	30.39 (1)	31.02 (5)	Q
5	–	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	1:58.44	0.87	27.01 (7)	56.90 (6)	1:27.73 (7)	29.89 (3)	30.83 (6)	30.71 (1)	Q
6	–	Steve Parry	GBR	1:58.88	0.72	26.34 (2)	56.39 (2)	1:27.42 (5)	30.05 (7)	31.03 (8)	31.46 (6)	Q
7	–	Jeremy Knowles	BAH	1:59.32	0.75	27.31 (8)	57.94 (8)	1:28.37 (8)	30.63 (8)	30.43 (3)	30.95 (3)
8	–	Andrew Livingston	PUR	1:59.42	0.69	26.72 (5)	56.72 (5)	1:27.58 (6)	30.00 (4)	30.86 (7)	31.84 (7)

Heat #4

Time	10:37

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	1:57.36	0.72	26.27 (2)	55.60 (2)	1:26.22 (1)	29.33 (1)	30.62 (2)	31.14 (3)	Q
=2	–	Anatoly Polyakov	RUS	1:58.12	0.82	26.53 (3)	56.37 (3)	1:26.93 (3)	29.84 (4)	30.56 (1)	31.19 (4)	Q
=2	–	Franck Esposito	FRA	1:58.12	0.73	25.71 (1)	55.23 (1)	1:26.26 (2)	29.52 (2)	31.03 (6)	31.86 (6)	Q
4	–	Takeshi Matsuda	JPN	1:58.23	0.87	26.84 (5)	56.52 (4)	1:27.32 (4)	29.68 (3)	30.80 (5)	30.91 (2)	Q
5	–	Travis Nederpelt	AUS	1:58.93	0.85	27.39 (8)	57.42 (8)	1:28.17 (6)	30.03 (5)	30.75 (4)	30.76 (1)
6	–	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	1:59.42	0.78	27.00 (6)	57.27 (7)	1:28.00 (5)	30.27 (8)	30.73 (3)	31.42 (5)
7	–	Dávid Kolozár	HUN	2:01.89	0.80	26.82 (4)	56.97 (5)	1:28.83 (7)	30.15 (7)	31.86 (8)	33.06 (7)
8	–	Juan Pablo Valdivieso	PER	2:02.79	0.85	27.14 (7)	57.24 (6)	1:28.96 (8)	30.10 (6)	31.72 (7)	33.83 (8)

Heat #5

Time	10:41

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Michael Phelps	USA	1:57.36	0.71	26.86 (6)	56.92 (6)	1:27.29 (3)	30.06 (5)	30.37 (1)	30.07 (2)	Q
2	–	Paweł Korzeniowski	POL	1:57.45	0.79	26.87 (7)	56.76 (5)	1:27.55 (5)	29.89 (=3)	30.79 (4)	29.90 (1)	Q
3	–	Justin Norris	AUS	1:58.05	0.82	26.60 (2)	56.74 (4)	1:27.51 (4)	30.14 (7)	30.77 (3)	30.54 (4)	Q
4	–	Ștefan Gherghel	ROU	1:58.12	0.88	26.94 (8)	57.03 (7)	1:27.88 (7)	30.09 (6)	30.85 (5)	30.24 (3)	Q
5	–	Moss Burmester	NZL	1:58.13	0.81	26.66 (4)	56.53 (2)	1:27.05 (1)	29.87 (2)	30.52 (2)	31.08 (7)	Q
6	–	Juan Veloz	MEX	1:58.32	0.74	26.65 (3)	56.54 (3)	1:27.66 (6)	29.89 (=3)	31.12 (8)	30.66 (5)	Q
7	–	Helge Meeuw	GER	1:58.96	0.79	26.50 (1)	56.22 (1)	1:27.21 (2)	29.72 (1)	30.99 (6)	31.75 (8)
8	–	Kaio Márcio	BRA	1:59.23	0.67	26.68 (5)	57.08 (8)	1:28.16 (8)	30.40 (8)	31.08 (7)	31.07 (6)

Semi-Finals

Date	16 August 2004
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Steve Parry	GBR	1:55.57	Q
2	–	Michael Phelps	USA	1:55.65	Q
3	–	Paweł Korzeniowski	POL	1:56.40	Q
4	–	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	1:56.69	Q
5	–	Wu Peng	CHN	1:56.81	Q
6	–	Ștefan Gherghel	ROU	1:57.31	Q
7	–	Nikolay Skvortsov	RUS	1:57.37	Q
8	–	Tom Malchow	USA	1:57.48	Q
9	–	Anatoly Polyakov	RUS	1:57.58
10	–	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	1:57.93
11	–	Justin Norris	AUS	1:57.96
12	–	Moss Burmester	NZL	1:58.09
13	–	Serhiy Advena	UKR	1:58.11
14	–	Takeshi Matsuda	JPN	1:58.13
15	–	Franck Esposito	FRA	1:59.00
16	–	Juan Veloz	MEX	1:59.78

Heat #1

Time	20:31

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Steve Parry	GBR	1:55.57	0.71	25.81 (1)	55.16 (1)	1:25.05 (1)	29.35 (2)	29.89 (1)	30.52 (2)	Q
2	–	Michael Phelps	USA	1:55.65	0.75	26.05 (2)	55.35 (2)	1:25.66 (2)	29.30 (1)	30.31 (5)	29.99 (1)	Q
3	–	Tom Malchow	USA	1:57.48	0.77	26.49 (4)	56.38 (6)	1:26.83 (7)	29.89 (7)	30.45 (6)	30.65 (3)	Q
4	–	Anatoly Polyakov	RUS	1:57.58	0.81	26.69 (7)	56.33 (5)	1:26.62 (4)	29.64 (4)	30.29 (4)	30.96 (5)
5	–	Justin Norris	AUS	1:57.96	0.82	26.47 (3)	56.19 (=3)	1:26.29 (3)	29.72 (5)	30.10 (3)	31.67 (8)
6	–	Moss Burmester	NZL	1:58.09	0.80	26.58 (5)	56.49 (7)	1:27.18 (8)	29.91 (8)	30.69 (8)	30.91 (4)
7	–	Serhiy Advena	UKR	1:58.11	0.87	26.81 (8)	56.66 (8)	1:26.74 (5)	29.85 (6)	30.08 (2)	31.37 (7)
8	–	Takeshi Matsuda	JPN	1:58.13	0.79	26.63 (6)	56.19 (=3)	1:26.77 (6)	29.56 (3)	30.58 (7)	31.36 (6)

Heat #2

Time	20:37

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Paweł Korzeniowski	POL	1:56.40	0.83	26.64 (7)	55.96 (4)	1:25.98 (1)	29.32 (1)	30.02 (1)	30.42 (=3)	Q
2	–	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	1:56.69	0.71	26.30 (4)	56.23 (6)	1:26.63 (5)	29.93 (6)	30.40 (4)	30.06 (1)	Q
3	–	Wu Peng	CHN	1:56.81	0.80	26.20 (3)	55.87 (3)	1:26.08 (2)	29.67 (4)	30.21 (2)	30.73 (5)	Q
4	–	Ștefan Gherghel	ROU	1:57.31	0.85	26.72 (8)	56.87 (7)	1:27.17 (7)	30.15 (7)	30.30 (3)	30.14 (2)	Q
5	–	Nikolay Skvortsov	RUS	1:57.37	0.89	26.48 (5)	56.09 (5)	1:26.95 (6)	29.61 (3)	30.86 (6)	30.42 (=3)	Q
6	–	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	1:57.93	0.81	26.03 (2)	55.76 (2)	1:26.52 (4)	29.73 (5)	30.76 (5)	31.41 (6)
7	–	Franck Esposito	FRA	1:59.00	0.73	25.62 (1)	54.96 (1)	1:26.32 (3)	29.34 (2)	31.36 (8)	32.68 (8)
8	–	Juan Veloz	MEX	1:59.78	0.76	26.60 (6)	57.12 (8)	1:28.14 (8)	30.52 (8)	31.02 (7)	31.64 (7)

Final Round

Date	17 August 2004 — 19:50

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Michael Phelps	USA	1:54.04	0.78	25.55 (1)	54.45 (1)	1:24.54 (1)	28.90 (1)	30.09 (5)	29.50 (2)	OR
2	–	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	1:54.56	0.71	25.98 (3)	55.21 (3)	1:25.07 (3)	29.23 (3)	29.86 (2)	29.49 (1)
3	–	Steve Parry	GBR	1:55.52	0.69	25.90 (2)	55.16 (2)	1:24.90 (2)	29.26 (4)	29.74 (1)	30.62 (6)
4	–	Paweł Korzeniowski	POL	1:56.00	0.78	26.37 (5)	55.51 (4)	1:25.62 (4)	29.14 (2)	30.11 (=6)	30.38 (5)
5	–	Ștefan Gherghel	ROU	1:56.10	0.85	26.32 (4)	55.96 (5)	1:25.99 (5)	29.64 (7)	30.03 (3)	30.11 (4)
6	–	Wu Peng	CHN	1:56.28	0.78	26.47 (6)	56.25 (8)	1:26.30 (6)	29.78 (8)	30.05 (4)	29.98 (3)
7	–	Nikolay Skvortsov	RUS	1:57.14	0.90	26.63 (7)	56.22 (6)	1:26.33 (7)	29.59 (=5)	30.11 (=6)	30.81 (7)
8	–	Tom Malchow	USA	1:57.48	0.75	26.64 (8)	56.23 (7)	1:26.64 (8)	29.59 (=5)	30.41 (8)	30.84 (8)