Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly

Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue Olympic Aquatic Centre
Date August 16, 2004 (heats &
semifinals)
August 17, 2004 (final)
Competitors 39 from 34 nations
Winning time 1:54.04 OR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Michael Phelps  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Takashi Yamamoto  Japan
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Stephen Parry  Great Britain

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 16 and 17.[1]

After finishing fifth in Sydney four years earlier, U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps added a second gold to his collection. He touched the wall first in 1:54.04, just 0.11 of a second under his own world record. Japan's Takashi Yamamoto earned a silver medal in an Asian record of 1:54.56. Stephen Parry ended Great Britain's 8-year medal drought with a bronze in 1:55.52.[2][3] Parry also put his teammate Melanie Marshall on the spot to fulfill her promise of shaving her head if the Brits won a single swimming medal in Athens.[4]

Meanwhile, Poland's Paweł Korzeniowski pulled off a fourth-place effort in a national record of 1:56.00. Defending Olympic champion Tom Malchow rounded out the final to eighth place in 1:57.48, matching his semifinal time in the process.[2]

Other notable swimmers missed the top 8 final, featuring Denys Sylantyev (Ukraine), Justin Norris (Australia), Franck Esposito (France), and Anatoly Polyakov (Russia).[5]

Records

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

World record Michael Phelps (USA)1:53.93Barcelona, Spain22 July 2003
Olympic record Tom Malchow (USA)1:55.35Sydney, Australia19 September 2000

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 17FinalMichael Phelps United States1:54.04OR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
143Takashi Yamamoto Japan1:57.36Q
54Michael Phelps United StatesQ
355Paweł Korzeniowski Poland1:57.45Q
434Tom Malchow United States1:57.75Q
536Wu Peng China1:57.96Q
653Justin Norris Australia1:58.05Q
744Franck Esposito France1:58.12Q
56Ioan Gherghel RomaniaQ
42Anatoly Polyakov RussiaQ
1051Moss Burmester New Zealand1:58.13Q
1137Nikolay Skvortsov Russia1:58.18Q
1245Takeshi Matsuda Japan1:58.23Q
1358Juan Veloz Mexico1:58.32Q
1432Sergiy Advena Ukraine1:58.41Q
1533Denys Sylantyev Ukraine1:58.44Q
1635Stephen Parry Great Britain1:58.88Q
1746Travis Nederpelt Australia1:58.93
1852Helge Meeuw Germany1:58.96
1957Kaio Almeida Brazil1:59.23
2031Jeremy Knowles Bahamas1:59.32
2147Ioannis Drymonakos Greece1:59.42
38Andrew Livingston Puerto Rico
2324Nathaniel O'Brien Canada2:00.12
2423Jeong Doo-hee South Korea2:00.96
2541Dávid Kolozár Hungary2:01.89
2626Georgi Palazov Bulgaria2:02.15
2728Zoran Lazarovski Macedonia2:02.26
2848Juan Pablo Valdivieso Peru2:02.79
2914Gastón Rodríguez Argentina2:04.01
3027Paulius Andrijauskas Lithuania2:04.64
3125Vladan Marković Serbia and Montenegro2:04.77
3222Aghiles Slimani Algeria2:04.93
3313Donny Utomo Indonesia2:05.71
3417Roy Barahona Honduras2:05.99
3512Sergio Cabrera Paraguay2:06.15
3621Yeh Tzu-cheng Chinese Taipei2:06.41
3715James Walsh Philippines2:06.76
3811Bertrand Bristol Seychelles2:09.07
3916Sergey Pankov Uzbekistan2:13.06

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
18Stephen Parry Great Britain1:55.57Q
24Michael Phelps United States1:55.65Q
35Tom Malchow United States1:57.48Q
46Anatoly Polyakov Russia1:57.58
53Justin Norris Australia1:57.96
62Moss Burmester New Zealand1:58.09
71Sergiy Advena Ukraine1:58.11
87Takeshi Matsuda Japan1:58.13

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Paweł Korzeniowski Poland1:56.40Q
24Takashi Yamamoto Japan1:56.69Q
33Wu Peng China1:56.81Q
42Ioan Gherghel Romania1:57.31Q
57Nikolay Skvortsov Russia1:57.37Q
68Denys Sylantyev Ukraine1:57.93
76Franck Esposito France1:59.00
81Juan Veloz Mexico1:59.78

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)5Michael Phelps United States1:54.04OR
2nd, silver medalist(s)6Takashi Yamamoto Japan1:54.56AS
3rd, bronze medalist(s)4Stephen Parry Great Britain1:55.52
43Paweł Korzeniowski Poland1:56.00NR
57Ioan Gherghel Romania1:56.10
62Wu Peng China1:56.28
71Nikolay Skvortsov Russia1:57.14
88Tom Malchow United States1:57.48

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. 1 2 Thomas, Stephen (17 August 2004). "Michael Phelps Takes his Second Gold in the 200 Fly – Misses World Record by Just 0.11 of a Second". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Two more golds for Phelps". China Daily. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Parry wins butterfly bronze". BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  5. ↑ Whitten, Phillip (16 August 2004). "Britain's Stephen Parry Tops Semis in Men's 200 Fly; USA's Phelps, Malchow Qualify for Final". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
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