Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

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Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
DateAugust 9, 2008 (heats)
August 10, 2008 (semifinals)
August 11, 2008 (final)
Competitors65 from 54 nations
Winning time58.91 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Kosuke Kitajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg Alexander Dale Oen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Bronze medal icon.svg Hugues Duboscq Flag of France.svg  France
  2004
2012  

The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 9–11 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. [1]

Japan's Kosuke Kitajima set a new world record of 58.91 to defend his Olympic title in the event. Alexander Dale Oen powered home with a silver in 59.20, earning a first Olympic medal for Norway in swimming. Coming from seventh place in the final turn, France's Hugues Duboscq managed to repeat a bronze from Athens four years earlier, in a time of 59.37. [2] [3] U.S. swimmer and defending silver medalist Brendan Hansen pulled off a fourth-place effort in 59.57, two-tenths of a second (0.20) behind Duboscq. [4]

Australia's Brenton Rickard finished fifth with a time of 59.74, and was followed in sixth spot by Russia's Roman Sloudnov, bronze medalist in Sydney (2000), in a national record of 59.87. Ukraine's Igor Borysik (1:00.20) and American Mark Gangloff (1:00.24) rounded out the finale. [2]

Earlier, Dale Oen set a new Olympic record of 59.41 in the prelims, and eventually lowered it to 59.16 in the semifinals by the next morning's session. [5] [6] He continued to claim the title at the 2011 FINA World Championships, but his life came to a tragic end on April 30, 2012. Shortly after training at altitude in Arizona, Dale Oen was found unconscious in his apartment shower, and died suddenly from a cardiac arrest at Flagstaff Medical Centre. [7]

Controversy

Iran's Mohammad Alirezaei was due to race against Israel's Tom Be'eri in the fourth heat of the 100 metre breaststroke, but pulled out, apparently under the orders from officials of the Iranian delegation. Efraim Zinger, Olympic Committee of Israel General Secretary, criticized the withdrawal saying "Politics takes precedence over sport with the Iranians and the Olympic spirit is as far from them as east is far from west". Giselle Davies, director of communications for the IOC, said that Alirezaei withdrew because of sickness and submitted his case in writing to his Federation. [8] [9] At the 2004 Games in Athens, Iran's Arash Miresmaeili, a two-time world judo champion, refused to compete against Israel's Ehud Vaks in the opening round of the 66 kg competition, later admitting that he made his decision to show solidarity for the Palestinian cause.

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Brendan Hansen  (USA)59.13 Irvine, United States1 August 2006 [10]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Brendan Hansen  (USA)1:00.01 Athens, Greece14 August 2004-

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 9Heat 7 Alexander Dale Oen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 59.41 OR
August 10Semifinal 2 Alexander Dale Oen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 59.16 OR
August 11Final Kosuke Kitajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 58.91 WR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174 Alexander Dale Oen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 59.41Q, OR
284 Kosuke Kitajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 59.52Q
395 Hugues Duboscq Flag of France.svg  France 59.67Q
475 Brenton Rickard Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.89Q, OC
577 Cameron van der Burgh Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 59.96Q, AF
697 Giedrius Titenis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:00.11Q
793 Roman Sloudnov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:00.20Q
882 Igor Borysik Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:00.31Q
963 Damir Dugonjič Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:00.35Q
1073 Christian Sprenger Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:00.36Q
1194 Brendan Hansen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:00.65Q
1276 Oleg Lisogor Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:00.65Q
1392 Yuta Suenaga Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:00.67Q
1487 Mihail Alexandrov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1:00.69Q
1585 Chris Cook Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:00.70Q
1683 Mark Gangloff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:00.71Q
1765 Vladislav Polyakov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1:00.80
1844 Hunor Mate Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:00.93 NR
1988 Richárd Bodor Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:00.97
2055 Mike Brown Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:00.98
86 Glenn Snyders Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
2271 Felipe França Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:01.04
2372 Henrique Barbosa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:01.11
2467 Matjaž Markič Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:01.31
78 Dániel Gyurta Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
2698 Thijs van Valkengoed Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:01.32
2791 Kristopher Gilchrist Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:01.34
2861 Mathieu Bois Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:01.45
2966 Jiří Jedlička Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:01.56
3052 Andrew Bree Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:01.76
3151 Valentin Preda Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:01.77
53 Jonas Andersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
3331 Daniel Velez Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1:01.80 NR
3481 Dmitry Komornikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:01.82
3554 Yevgeniy Ryzhkov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1:01.83
64 Borja Iradier Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
3762 Melquíades Álvarez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:01.89
3832 Sandeep Sejwal Flag of India.svg  India 1:02.19
3945 Demir Atasoy Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:02.25
4042 Čaba Silađi Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 1:02.31
4133 Genaro Prono Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay 1:02.32
4247 Tom Be'eri Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:02.42 NR
56 Vanja Rogulj Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
4457 Sofiane Daid Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1:02.45
4546 Martti Aljand Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1:02.46 NR
4648 Xue Ruipeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:02.48
4743 Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:02.50
4836 Malick Fall Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 1:02.51
4958 Viktar Vabishchevich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 1:03.29
5096 Romanos Alyfantis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:03.39
5135 Alwin de Prins Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:03.64
5234 Sergio Andres Ferreyra Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 1:03.65
5323 Édgar Crespo Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 1:03.72
5424 Sergiu Postica Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 1:03.83
5538 Andrei Cross Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 1:04.57
5637 Ivan Demyanenko Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 1:05.14
5726 Wael Koubrousli Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 1:06.22
5825 Nguyen Huu Viet Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 1:06.36
5922 Erik Rajohnson Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 1:08.42
6027 Boldbaataryn Bütekh-Uils Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 1:10.80
6114 Osama Mohammed Ye Alarag Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 1:10.83
6215 Mohammed Al-Habsi Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 1:12.28
6313 Petero Okotai Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 1:20.20
68 Alessandro Terrin Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DSQ
41 Mohammad Alirezaei Flag of Iran.svg  Iran DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Kosuke Kitajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 59.55Q
25 Brenton Rickard Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.65Q, OC
38 Mark Gangloff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:00.44Q
46 Igor Borysik Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:00.55Q
57 Oleg Lisogor Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:00.56
61 Mihail Alexandrov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1:00.61 NR
73 Giedrius Titenis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:00.66
82 Christian Sprenger Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:00.76

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Alexander Dale Oen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 59.16Q, OR
25 Hugues Duboscq Flag of France.svg  France 59.83Q
37 Brendan Hansen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 59.94Q
46 Roman Sloudnov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:00.10Q
53 Cameron van der Burgh Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:00.57
61 Yuta Suenaga Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:00.67
78 Chris Cook Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:00.81
82 Damir Dugonjič Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:00.92

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Kosuke Kitajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 58.91 WR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Alexander Dale Oen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 59.20
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Hugues Duboscq Flag of France.svg  France 59.37
42 Brendan Hansen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 59.57
53 Brenton Rickard Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.74
67 Roman Sloudnov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 59.87 NR
78 Igor Borysik Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:00.20
81 Mark Gangloff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:00.24

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