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

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Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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Michael Phelps during the medal ceremony
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates14 August (heats)
15 August (semifinals)
16 August (final)
Competitors66 from 51 nations
Winning time50.58 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Milorad Čavić Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia
Bronze medal icon.svg Andrew Lauterstein Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
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The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 14–16 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. [1]

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps set a new Olympic record of 50.58 to defend his title in the event, edging out Serbia's Milorad Čavić (50.59) by one hundredth of a second (0.01). He also earned his seventh Olympic gold at a single Games, tying Mark Spitz's 1972 record for the most gold medals. [2] [3] [4] Australia's Andrew Lauterstein earned a bronze in 51.12, finishing in a close race against world record holder Ian Crocker by the slimmest margin. Phelps' triumph occurred after Čavić had remarked that it would be better for the sport if Phelps was defeated. [2] Phelps' margin of triumph was so close that the Serbian team filed a protest, but after officials reviewed the video, the International Swimming Federation (FINA) announced that Phelps did touch the wall first and his victory would be upheld. [2]

Kenya's Jason Dunford finished fifth with a time of 51.47, and was followed in the sixth spot by Japan's Takuro Fujii, in an Asian record of 51.50. Ukraine's Andriy Serdinov (51.59), the bronze medalist in Athens four years earlier, and Papua New Guinea's Ryan Pini, gold medalist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, (51.86) closed out the field. Dunford and Pini also made history as the first swimmer for their respective nation to reach an Olympic final. [2]

Out of five individual events from his Olympic program, Phelps did not break the current world record in a final, finishing 0.18 of a second behind Crocker's time of 50.40, set in 2005. In the entire event, other records were established, the Olympic record, five continental records, and several national records. [5]

Preview

Due to a combination of the venue, Beijing National Aquatics Center (better known as the Water Cube), which was claimed to be built to increase the speed of the swimmers, [6] and the recently introduced LZR Racer swim suits, which had been proven to give the swimmer a lower time by 1.9 to 2.2%, [7] some analysts were predicting that many fast times and world records would be set in all the swimming events. [8]

As with almost every event that he entered in at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Michael Phelps was the favorite to win the men's 100 metre butterfly. Since winning the gold medal at the previous Games, in Athens, Phelps had demonstrated his superiority in this event, by also becoming world champion at the Melbourne 2007 World Championships, and achieving victory at the United States Olympic Trials. [9] Therefore, the 100 metre butterfly was one of the eight Olympic events where Phelps was attempting to win a gold medal. [10]

Michael Phelps, seen here in February 2008, was the heavy favorite to win the gold medal. Phelps 400m IM Missouri GP 2008.jpg
Michael Phelps, seen here in February 2008, was the heavy favorite to win the gold medal.

Going into the event, Phelps' compatriot Ian Crocker was seen as the swimmer with the best chance of beating Phelps. Crocker beat Phelps' 100 metre butterfly world record in 2003, and had since lowered it twice: once at the 2004 United States Olympic trials, and then at the 2005 World Championships in Montreal. [11] Before the Olympics, Crocker and Phelps held the seventeen fastest times ever in the event. [11] In 2004, Crocker was the favorite in the men's 100 metre butterfly, but lost to Phelps by four hundredths of a second. [11] This victory gave Phelps the right to swim in the final of the 4 × 100 metre medley relay, however he gave up the spot to Crocker, and took his turn in the semifinals. [11] Although holding the world record, Crocker had lost the last four times that he was up against Phelps in the 100 metre butterfly, including the 2008 United States Olympic Trials. [11] Some thought that Crocker was not in the same shape that he was when we broke the world record, including Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) analyst Byron MacDonald who said that "If he's (Crocker) going to beat Phelps in Beijing, Crocker has to get close to his world record time of 50.40. He just hasn't shown it [he] can do it this year". [9]

Another threat to Phelps' goal was Serbia's Milorad Čavić. In Athens 2004, Čavić was leading in a semifinal of the 100 metre butterfly, but right after his final turn, his suit opened at the neck and sucked in water, causing Čavić to finish last with a time of 53.12 seconds. [12] At the 2008 European Championships, Čavić won the men's 50 metre butterfly and was the heavy favorite to win at twice that distance, but was suspended for wearing a "Kosovo is Serbia" T-shirt on the medal podium. [12] American swimmer Gary Hall Jr. told The New York Times that although "Mike (Phelps) has been saying he's going to win the 100 fly at the Olympics for the last year", he thought that Čavić would be the winner. [13]

Other possible medal contenders included Andriy Serdinov of Ukraine, who had won the Olympic bronze medal in 2004, [9] and Venezuelan Albert Subriats, a bronze medalist at the 2007 World Championships and seen as a potential spoiler, if he could match or improve on his 51.82 time, in Beijing. [9]

Competition

Heats

The heats began on 14 August, at 19:57 local time (CST or UTC+8). [14] There were nine preliminary heats, but all sixteen qualifiers came from the last five heats. Only three swimmers participated in the first heat, which was won by Andrejs Dūda of Latvia with a time of 55.20 seconds. [15] Heats 2, 3, and 4 were won by Shaune Fraser (Cayman Islands), Rimvydas Šalčius (Lithuania), and Jakob Schioett Andkjaer (Denmark), respectively. [15] Salcius, Jeremy Knowles (Bahamas), and Alon Mandel (Israel) all broke their countries' previous records, while in heat 4, Andkjaer, Michal Rubáček of the Czech Republic, Sotirios Pastras of Greece, and Ioan Stefan Gherghel of Romania also set new national records. [5] South African Lyndon Ferns was the first swimmer to qualify for the semifinals, winning heat 5 with a time of 52.04 seconds, [15] while national records were broken by Mario Todorović (Croatia), Simão Morgado (Portugal), and Douglas Lennox-Silva (Puerto Rico). [5] Sergii Breus (Ukraine) and Shi Feng (China), finished first and second in heat 6, with times of 51.82 and 51.87 seconds, respectively, that allowed them to reach the semifinals. [15] Five of the eight swimmers in heat 7 advanced as well, including Jason Dunford (Kenya), Andrew Lauterstein (Australia), Takuro Fujii (Japan), Frédérick Bousquet (France), and Ryan Pini (Papua New Guinea). [15] Dunford, with a 51.14 time, set a new Olympic record, beating Phelps' previous record of 51.25 seconds, achieved in the final of the 100 metre butterfly in Athens; he also set new African and Kenyan records. [5] Andrew Lauterstein's 51.37 time was a new Oceanic and Australian best. [15] Takuro Fujii set a Japanese and an Asian record with his 51.50 time. [15] The swimmers qualifying from heat 8 were Albert Subirats Altes (Venezuela), Corney Swanepoel (New Zealand), and Ian Crocker (United States). [15] Records broken in this heat included the South American and Venezuelan records (by Altes), and the New Zealand record (by Swanepoel). [15] Heat 9 was the fastest one, with Milorad Čavić (Serbia), Michael Phelps (United States), Andrii Serdinov (Ukraine), Peter Mankoč (Slovenia), and Kaio de Almeida (Brazil) all earning spots in the next round. [15] Čavić, the heat's winner with a 50.76 time, beat the Olympic record set by Dunford two heats earlier, [5] thus also setting a new European and Serbian record. Serdinov and Mankoč also managed to break their national records. [5]

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 15 August and started at 11:26 CST. [16] The first semifinal was won by Michael Phelps with a time of 50.97 seconds. Other three swimmers qualified from this semifinal: Andrew Lauterstein (51.27 seconds), Jason Dunford (51.33 seconds), and Ryan Pini (51.62 seconds). [15] Surprisingly, Albert Subirats Altes, the bronze medalist at the 2007 World Championships, [9] failed to qualify, after finishing in the sixth place. [15] Also missing the cut was the host nation's representative Shi Feng, Segii Breus, and Kaio de Almeida. [15] The second semifinal was won in 50.92 seconds by Milorad Čavić, once again. The remaining three qualifiers were Ian Crocker (51.27 seconds), Andriy Serdinov (51.41 seconds), and Takuro Fujii (51.59 seconds). [15] New time bests set in the semifinals included the Oceanic and Australian records (set by Lauterstein), and the Chinese record (set by Shi). [5]

Final

Crowds pack the Beijing National Aquatics Center on the morning of the final. Cubeinside2.jpg
Crowds pack the Beijing National Aquatics Center on the morning of the final.

The final took place on 16 August, at 10:10 CST. [17] Before the race, Milorad Čavić made headlines by saying in an interview that it would be better for swimming if he beat Phelps. [4] Phelps' coach Bob Bowman used the quote to provide motivation to his protégé. In an interview, Phelps said that doubters like Čavić "fires me up more than anything, I always welcome comments. It definitely motivates me even more." [18] Almost immediately after the race started, Čavić took the lead with Phelps getting off to a slow start. At the turn, Čavić was first, [19] [20] followed by Ian Crocker, [19] while Phelps made the split in seventh place, just 0.62 seconds behind Čavić. [20] As the two approached the finish, Čavić tried to coast to the wall on one last stroke, [20] while Phelps, who had misjudged the end, took an extra half-stroke, causing both competitors to touch the wall at almost exactly the same time. [4] It turned out that Phelps had actually finished one one-hundredth of a second ahead of Čavić, with a time of 50.58 seconds. [21] Phelps even admitted that, at first, he thought the extra stroke he took had cost him the gold medal, until he looked at the scoreboard displaying the results. [18] Andrew Lauterstein won the bronze medal, also beating Crocker by one one-hundredth of a second. [18]

Several records were broken at the final. For the first time at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Phelps did not break the current world record in a final, finishing eighteen one-hundredths of a second behind team-mate Crocker's 50.40-second world record from 2005; he did though set a new Olympic record. [4] Three continental records were broken in the final, with Fujii setting a new Asian record, Čavić a new European record, and Lauterstein a new Oceanic record. [5] Although he finished last, swimmer Ryan Pini made history as the first swimmer from Papua New Guinea to swim in an Olympic final, and even received a call from the prime minister Michael Somare congratulating him. [22] Most notably though, Phelps won his seventh gold medal at these Games, tying Mark Spitz's record for most gold medals won at a single Olympic Games. [4] For being able to emulate Spitz's record, Speedo, a sponsor of Michael Phelps, awarded him a US$1 million bonus, which had already been offered to him at the 2004 Summer Olympics, under the same conditions. [2] After the final, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) arranged a joint interview with Phelps and Spitz, where Spitz praised Phelps' effort, telling him that "what you did tonight was epic" and even though at one point, Phelps was more than half a second behind Čavić, Spitz "never thought for one moment you (Phelps) were out of that race." [4]

Protest

Almost immediately after the end of the race, the Serbian team filed a protest claiming that Čavić touched the wall first but did not use enough force to trigger the timing sensor. [20] Officials of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) watched the video in slow motion, and announced that Phelps' victory would be upheld. Ben Ekumbo, a FINA referee announced that "It's very clear that the Serbian swimmer touched second after Michael Phelps." [4] Although Serbia conceded their protest, not everyone was convinced that Phelps had won the gold medal; Branislav Jevtić, Serbia's deputy chef de mission for all sports, was quoted as saying "in my opinion, it's not right, but we must follow the rules. Everybody saw what happened." [18] In one interview following the race, Čavić said "I am completely happy with where I am", while in another he revealed that he expects that "people will be bringing this up for years and saying you (Čavić) won that race. If we got to do this again, I would win it". [20] While the result is still controversial, a high speed photograph shows Phelps touching the wall, while Čavić is still a short distance away. [23] In April 2015, Spitz said that he had been sent an email posted by Omega which stated that Phelps had lost the 100m butterfly final. [24]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Ian Crocker  (USA)50.40 Montreal, Canada30 July 2005 [25]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Michael Phelps  (USA)51.25 Athens, Greece16 August 2004 [25]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecordRef
14 AugustHeat 7 Jason Dunford Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 51.14 OR [26]
14 AugustHeat 9 Milorad Čavić Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 50.76 OR
16 AugustFinal Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50.58 OR

Results

Heats

Results from the heats [26]
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
195 Milorad Čavić Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 50.76Q, OR , ER
294 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50.87Q
397 Andriy Serdinov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 51.10Q, NR [5]
475 Jason Dunford Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 51.14Q, AF
592 Peter Mankoč Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 51.24Q, NR [5]
673 Andrew Lauterstein Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 51.37Q, OC
777 Takuro Fujii Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 51.50Q, AS
885 Albert Subirats Altes Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 51.71Q, NR
981 Corney Swanepoel Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 51.78Q, NR [5]
1062 Sergiy Breus Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 51.82Q
1174 Frédérick Bousquet Flag of France.svg  France 51.83Q
1268 Shi Feng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 51.87Q
1384 Ian Crocker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 51.95Q
1472 Ryan Pini Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 52.00Q, NR
1553 Lyndon Ferns Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 52.04Q
1696 Kaio de Almeida Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 52.05Q
1787 Adam Pine Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.07
1866 Lars Frölander Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 52.15
1943 Jakob Andkjaer Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 52.24
2055 Mario Todorović Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 52.26 NR [5]
71 Nikolay Skvortsov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
91 Robin van Aggele Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
2386 Gabriel Mangabeira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 52.28
2483 Yevgeny Korotyshkin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 52.30
2544 Sotirios Pastras Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 52.41 NR [5]
2693 Masayuki Kishida Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 52.45
2764 Michael Rock Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 52.48
2846 Ioan Gherghel Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 52.50 NR [5]
2965 Todd Cooper Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 52.52
3082 Rafael Muñoz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 52.53
3188 Christophe Lebon Flag of France.svg  France 52.56
3263 Moss Burmester Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 52.67
3351 Simão Morgado Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 52.80 NR [5]
3432 Rimvydas Šalčius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 52.90 NR [5]
78 Joe Bartoch Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
3634 Alon Mandel Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 52.99 NR [5]
3752 François Heersbrandt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 53.33
3858 Douglas Lennox-Silva Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 53.34 NR [5]
3956 Adam Sioui Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 53.38
4054 Ivan Lenđer Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 53.41
4198 Benjamin Starke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 53.50
4241 Michal Rubáček Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 53.53 NR [5]
4357 Yevgeniy Lazuka Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 53.54
4476 Thomas Rupprath Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 53.56
4542 Juan Veloz Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 53.58
4667 Octavio Alesi Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 53.58
4761 Alexei Puninski Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 53.65
4848 Ryan Gambin Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 53.70
4933 Jeremy Knowles Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 53.72 NR [5]
5031 Adam Madarassy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 53.93
5125 Shaune Fraser Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 54.08
5238 Hjortur Mar Reynisson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 54.17
5337 Camilo Becerra Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 54.27
5424 Daniel Bego Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 54.38
5522 Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 54.54
5626 Rustam Khudiyev Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 54.62
5747 Ankur Poseria Flag of India.svg  India 54.74
5835 Onur Uras Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 54.79
5913 Andrejs Dūda Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 55.20
6036 Georgi Palazov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 55.25
6123 Ahmed Nada Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 55.59
21 Bader Abdulrahman Almuhana Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
6314 Luis Matias Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 57.06
6427 Nedim Nišić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 57.16
6515 Marco Camargo Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador 57.48
6645 Mattia Nalesso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Results from the first semifinal [26]
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50.97Q
23 Andrew Lauterstein Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 51.27Q, OC
35 Jason Dunford Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 51.33Q
41 Ryan Pini Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 51.62Q, NR
57 Shi Feng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 51.68 NR [5]
66 Albert Subirats Altes Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 51.82
72 Sergiy Breus Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 52.05
88 Kaio de Almeida Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 52.32

Semifinal 2

Results from the second semifinal [26]
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Milorad Čavić Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 50.92Q
21 Ian Crocker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 51.27Q
35 Andriy Serdinov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 51.41Q
46 Takuro Fujii Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 51.59Q
53 Peter Mankoč Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 51.80
62 Corney Swanepoel Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 52.01
78 Lyndon Ferns Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 52.18
87 Frédérick Bousquet Flag of France.svg  France 52.94

Final

Results from the final [26]
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50.58 OR [5]
Silver medal icon.svg4 Milorad Čavić Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 50.59 ER [5]
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Andrew Lauterstein Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 51.12 OC [5]
46 Ian Crocker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 51.13
52 Jason Dunford Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 51.47
61 Takuro Fujii Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 51.50 AS [5]
77 Andriy Serdinov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 51.59
88 Ryan Pini Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 51.86

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