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

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Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Pieter van den Hoogenband (2008-08-25).jpg
Pieter van den Hoogenband (2008)
Venue Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
DatesAugust 17, 2004 (heats &
semifinals)
August 18, 2004 (final)
Competitors69 from 62 nations
Winning time48.17
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Pieter van den Hoogenband
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Silver medal icon.svg Roland Mark Schoeman
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Bronze medal icon.svg Ian Thorpe
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
  2000
2008  

The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 17 and 18. [1] There were 69 competitors from 62 nations. [2] Nations had been limited to two swimmers each since the 1984 Games.

Summary

Dutch swimmer Pieter van den Hoogenband defended his Olympic title in the event (the fourth man to do so), outside the record time of 48.17. Roland Mark Schoeman, who solidified South Africa's triumph to break a world record in the 400 m freestyle relay, took home the silver in 48.23. It was South Africa's first medal in the event. Australia's Ian Thorpe edged out Schoeman's teammate Ryk Neethling to clinch a bronze medal by 0.07 of a second, in his personal best of 48.56. [3] [4] Australia had not earned a medal in the men's 100 metre freestyle since 1984. Thorpe was the first man to win medals in the 100, 200, and 400 metre freestyle races in a single Olympics. [5]

Two-time Olympic champion Alexander Popov finished only in ninth place by just two hundredths of a second (0.02) outside the top 8 field from the semifinals (49.23). [6] By the following year, Popov announced his retirement from swimming, and became a full-time member of the International Olympic Committee. Other notable swimmers who missed the final cut featured France's Frédérick Bousquet, Lithuania's Rolandas Gimbutis, Trinidad and Tobago's George Bovell, and U.S. duo Jason Lezak and Ian Crocker. This became the first 100m freestyle where not a single American qualified for the semifinals.

Background

This was the twenty-fourth appearance of the men's 100 metre freestyle. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1900 (when the shortest freestyle was the 200 metres), though the 1904 version was measured in yards rather than metres. [2]

Two of the eight finalists from the 2000 Games returned: gold medalist Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands and silver medalist (and 1992 and 1996 gold medalist) Alexander Popov of Russia. Van den Hoogenband had placed second at the last two world championships, behind American Anthony Ervin (who had retired in 2003 at age 22) in 2001 and Popov in 2003. Ian Thorpe of Australia, primarily a middle-distance swimmer who had not competed in the 100 in 2000 when he won five gold medals, had shown ability in sprinting by placing third in the 2003 world championship.

Azerbaijan, Burundi, Guyana, Iraq, Latvia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, and Serbia and Montenegro each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 23rd appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format

This freestyle swimming competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.

Records

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

World recordFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Pieter van den Hoogenband  (NED)47.84 Sydney, Australia 19 September 2000
Olympic recordFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Pieter van den Hoogenband  (NED)47.84 Sydney, Australia 19 September 2000

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 17 August 200410:00
19:30
Heats
Semifinals
Wednesday, 18 August 200420:20Final

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
174 Pieter van den Hoogenband Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 48.70Q
254 Rolandas Gimbutis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 48.85Q
75 Ryk Neethling Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 48.85Q
461 Duje Draganja Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 49.07Q
572 Frédérick Bousquet Flag of France.svg  France 49.08Q
685 Ian Thorpe Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 49.17Q
791 Romain Barnier Flag of France.svg  France 49.49Q
895 Alexander Popov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 49.51Q
983 Andrey Kapralov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 49.52Q
1077 Peter Mankoč Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 49.54Q
1193 Filippo Magnini Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 49.58Q
1288 George Bovell Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 49.61Q
1384 Roland Mark Schoeman Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 49.68Q
1462 Luis Rojas Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 49.69Q
1571 Torsten Spanneberg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 49.71Q
1692 Salim Iles Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 49.72Q
1766 Yuriy Yegoshin Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 49.73
73 Ian Crocker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 49.73
1981 Milorad Čavić Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg  Serbia and Montenegro 49.74
2068 Stefan Nystrand Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 49.75
2194 Jason Lezak Flag of the United States.svg  United States 49.87
2264 Karel Novy Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 49.93
2365 Matthew Kidd Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 49.97
2497 José Meolans Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 49.98
2582 Lorenzo Vismara Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 50.03
2698 Tiago Venâncio Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 50.18
2758 Yoshihiro Okumura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 50.24
2863 Attila Zubor Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 50.26
2956 Stanislau Neviarouski Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 50.36
3087 Eduardo Lorente Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 50.48
3186 Ashley Callus Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 50.56
3255 Aristeidis Grigoriadis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 50.61
3367 Jader Souza Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 50.67
52 Matti Rajakylä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 50.67
3546 Romāns Miloslavskis Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 50.94
3696 Stephan Kunzelmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 50.98
3753 Danil Haustov Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 51.02
3842 Alexandros Aresti Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 51.10
3945 Ryan Pini Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 51.11
4033 Carl Probert Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 51.42
4143 Paul Kutscher Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 51.45
4244 Kaan Tayla Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 51.52
4351 Cameron Gibson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 51.56
4441 George Gleason Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 51.69
4534 Lee Chung-hee Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 51.74
31 Ismael Ortiz Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 51.74
4723 Octavian Guţu Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 51.84
4835 Damian Alleyne Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 51.89
4936 Max Schnettler Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 51.91
5047 Allen Ong Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 52.04
5132 Vyacheslav Titarenko Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 52.09
5248 Raichin Antonov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 52.33
5325 Camilo Becerra Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 52.57
5438 Wu Nien-pin Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 52.58
5526 Željko Panić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 52.75
5637 Mark Chay Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 52.83
5724 Aleksandr Agafonov Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 52.92
5821 Obaid Al Jasmi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 54.17
5927 Onan Orlando Thom Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 55.24
6057 Huang Shaohua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 55.46
6122 Babak Farhoudi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 56.42
6228 Jean Laurent Ravera Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 56.47
6312 Mohammed Abbas Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq 56.81
6416 Tamir Andryei Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 57.29
6517 Leonel Matonse Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 57.79
6614 Hesham Shehab Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 57.94
6713 Sergey Dyachkov Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Azerbaijan 58.26
6815 Mumtaz Ahmed Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 59.19
6911 Emery Nziyunvira Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 1:09.40
76 Brent Hayden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNS
78 Rick Say Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNS

Semifinals

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
121 Roland Mark Schoeman Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 48.39Q
224 Pieter van den Hoogenband Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 48.55Q
327 Filippo Magnini Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 48.91Q
422 Andrey Kapralov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 49.12Q
518 Salim Iles Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 49.13Q
615 Duje Draganja Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 49.14Q
725 Ryk Neethling Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 49.18Q
813 Ian Thorpe Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 49.21Q
916 Alexander Popov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 49.23
1023 Frédérick Bousquet Flag of France.svg  France 49.25
1117 George Bovell Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 49.53
1226 Romain Barnier Flag of France.svg  France 49.63
1312 Peter Mankoč Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 49.71
1414 Rolandas Gimbutis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 49.75
1511 Luis Rojas Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 49.85
1628 Torsten Spanneberg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 49.88

Final

RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Pieter van den Hoogenband Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 48.17
Silver medal icon.svg4 Roland Mark Schoeman Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 48.23
Bronze medal icon.svg8 Ian Thorpe Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 48.56
41 Ryk Neethling Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 48.63
53 Filippo Magnini Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 48.99
67 Duje Draganja Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 49.23
72 Salim Iles Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 49.30
6 Andrey Kapralov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 49.30

References

  1. "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. 1 2 "100 metres Freestyle, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  3. "Van den Hoogenband wins 100 meters". CNN. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  4. Thomas, Stephen (18 August 2004). "Hoogie Takes the 100 Free, Repeats Sydney Win, Schoeman takes Silver, Thorpe the Bronze". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  5. "Ian Thorpe – Career at a glance". ABC News. 21 November 2006. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2006.
  6. Whitten, Phillip (18 August 2004). "Day 4, Semifinals: Schoeman, Hoogie Qualify 1-2 for the 100 Free Final; Popov Is Out". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 19 April 2013.