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

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Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
DateAugust 14, 2004 (heats &
semifinals)
August 15, 2004 (final)
Competitors60 from 55 nations
Winning time1:00.08
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Kosuke Kitajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg Brendan Hansen Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Hugues Duboscq Flag of France.svg  France
  2000
2008  

The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 14 and 15. [1]

After finishing fourth in Sydney (2000), Japan's Kosuke Kitajima edged out U.S. swimmer and world-record holder Brendan Hansen to claim the gold medal by 0.17 of a second, in a time of 1:00.08. Katajima used an illegal dolphin kick during a pull-out, however he was not disqualified, and the rules were changed less than a year later to allow for a single dolphin kick after the start and after each wall. [2] [3] [4] Hansen, who turned 23 on the final day, earned a silver in 1:00.25, while France's Hugues Duboscq held off onrushing American Mark Gangloff to take the bronze in 1:00.88. [5] [6]

Earlier in the semifinals Hansen lowered an Olympic record to 1:00.01 that had been set by his archrival Kitajima in the preliminaries by just 0.02 of a second. [7]

Russia's Roman Sloudnov, the third-fastest man in Olympic history and the first to swim under one minute, missed the top 8 final by 0.18 seconds (1:01.54). [7]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Brendan Hansen  (USA)59.30 Long Beach, United States 8 July 2004
Olympic recordFlag of Italy.svg  Domenico Fioravanti  (ITA)1:00.46 Sydney, Australia 17 September 2000

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 14Heat 7 Kosuke Kitajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:00.03 OR
August 14Semifinal 1 Brendan Hansen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:00.01 OR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174 Kosuke Kitajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:00.03Q, OR
284 Brendan Hansen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:00.25Q
365 Mark Gangloff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:00.81Q
464 Darren Mew Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:00.89Q
573 James Gibson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:00.99Q
675 Hugues Duboscq Flag of France.svg  France 1:01.15Q
761 Vladislav Polyakov Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 1:01.16Q
887 Jens Kruppa Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:01.19Q
983 Oleg Lisogor Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:01.21Q
1063 Roman Sloudnov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:01.65Q
1181 Eduardo Fischer Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:01.84Q
1266 Richárd Bodor Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:01.91Q
1377 Jarno Pihlava Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:01.99Q
1476 Thijs van Valkengoed Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:02.03Q
1562 Dmitry Komornikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:02.05Q
1671 René Kolonko Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:02.09Q
1772 Emil Tahirovic Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:02.12
1885 Morgan Knabe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:02.13
1986 Scott Dickens Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:02.16
82 Jim Piper Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
2188 Alexander Dale Oen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:02.25
2267 Martin Gustavsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:02.53
2344 Jakob Johann Sveinsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:02.97
2456 Terence Parkin Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:03.05
2552 Maxim Podoprigora Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:03.08
2678 Vanja Rogulj Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:03.16
2751 Alwin de Prins Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:03.32
2853 Daniel Málek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:03.35
2958 Mladen Tepavčević Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg  Serbia and Montenegro 1:03.52
3068 Wang Haibo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:03.54
3134 You Seung-hun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:03.56
3257 Sofiane Daid Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1:03.63
3355 José Couto Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:03.72
3454 Remo Lütolf Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:03.82
3536 Chen Cho-yi Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1:03.94
3635 Ben Labowitch Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:03.99
47 Arsenio López Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
3837 Aurimas Valaitis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:04.11
3941 Christos Papadopoulos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:04.43
4043 Malick Fall Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 1:04.50
4142 Bradley Ally Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 1:04.71
4248 Wickus Nienaber Flag of Swaziland.svg  Swaziland 1:04.74
4346 Cristian Mauro Soldano Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 1:05.05
4424 Tam Chi Kin Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1:05.11
4532 Alvaro Fortuny Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1:05.41
4631 Kyriakos Dimosthenous Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 1:05.54
4727 Ahmed Al-Kudmani Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 1:05.65
21 Andrei Capitanciuc Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova
4933 Aleksander Baldin Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1:06.04
5026 Raphael Matthew Chua Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 1:06.37
5122 Pāvels Murāns Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 1:06.45
5238 Nguyen Huu Viet Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 1:06.70
5315 Eric Williams Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1:07.69
5428 Jean Luc Razakarivony Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 1:07.74
5525 Yevgeny Petrashov Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 1:07.78
5623 Oleg Sidorov Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 1:08.30
5714 Chisela Kanchela Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1:09.95
5813 Amar Shah Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:10.17
5916 Alice Shrestha Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 1:12.25
45 Ratapong Sirisanont Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand DSQ

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Brendan Hansen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:00.01Q, OR
25 Darren Mew Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:00.83Q
33 Hugues Duboscq Flag of France.svg  France 1:01.17Q
42 Roman Sloudnov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:01.54
56 Jens Kruppa Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:01.68
68 René Kolonko Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:01.82
77 Richárd Bodor Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:01.88
81 Thijs van Valkengoed Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:02.36

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Kosuke Kitajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:00.27Q
23 James Gibson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:01.07Q
2 Oleg Lisogor Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Q
5 Mark Gangloff Flag of the United States.svg  United States Q
53 Vladislav Polyakov Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 1:01.36Q
68 Dmitry Komornikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:01.83
71 Jarno Pihlava Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:01.86
87 Eduardo Fischer Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:02.07

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Kosuke Kitajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:00.08
Silver medal icon.svg4 Brendan Hansen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:00.25
Bronze medal icon.svg1 Hugues Duboscq Flag of France.svg  France 1:00.88
46 Mark Gangloff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:01.17
58 Vladislav Polyakov Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 1:01.34
67 James Gibson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:01.36
73 Darren Mew Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:01.66
82 Oleg Lisogor Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:02.42

References

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  2. "The New Rule That Could Sink Michael Phelps". 27 July 2012.
  3. "The Cheatingest Move in Swimming: How a South African Used Illegal Dolphin Kicks to Win Gold". 7 August 2012.
  4. "More Breaststroke Dolphin Kick Controversy". 26 October 2007.
  5. Whitten, Phillip (15 August 2004). "Kitajima Keeps His Promise, Upsetting Brendan Hansen to Win the Men's 100 meter Breaststroke". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  6. Ma, Xiangfei (16 August 2004). "Kitajima 100m breaststroke win ruins Hansen's birthday". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on September 19, 2004. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  7. 1 2 Thomas, Stephen (14 August 2004). "Hansen Sets Olympic Record in 100 Breaststroke Semifinals". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 13 May 2013.