Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue Olympic Aquatic Centre
Dates August 20, 2004 (heats)
August 21, 2004 (final)
Competitors 73 from 16 nations
Winning time 3:30.68 WR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s)  United States (USA)
Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, Jason Lezak, Lenny Krayzelburg*, Mark Gangloff*, Michael Phelps*, Neil Walker*
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Germany (GER)
Steffen Driesen, Jens Kruppa, Thomas Rupprath, Lars Conrad, Helge Meeuw*
3rd, bronze medalist(s)

 Japan (JPN)
Tomomi Morita, Kosuke Kitajima, Takashi Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Okumura


*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.

The men's 4×100 meter medley relay took place on 20–21 August at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece.[1]

The U.S. team added two new world records to the books in the final men's event of the Olympic swimming program. Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, and Jason Lezak lowered their time set at the 2003 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, stopping the clock in 3:30.68. At the opening of the race, Peirsol led off a backstroke leg with a new world record of 53.45, beating a 0.15-second mark set by Lenny Krayzelburg (53.60) from the Pan Pacific Championships in 1999.[2][3]

Meanwhile, the Germans earned a silver medal in a European record of 3:33.62, 11-hundredths of a second under the old Olympic record set by Team USA in 2000. Japan finished third in 3:35.22 to hold off the strong Russian team anchored by double Olympic champion Alexander Popov, who made up more than 1.5 seconds, but fell short of a medal in his last Olympic final.[2][4]

Records

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

World record United States (USA)
Aaron Peirsol (53.71)
Brendan Hansen (59.61)
Ian Crocker (50.39)
Jason Lezak (47.83)		3:31.54Barcelona, Spain27 July 2003
Olympic record United States (USA)
Lenny Krayzelburg (53.87)
Ed Moses (59.84)
Ian Crocker (52.10)
Gary Hall, Jr. (47.92)		3:33.73Sydney, Australia23 September 2000

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 21FinalAaron Peirsol (53.45)
Brendan Hansen (59.37)
Ian Crocker (50.28)
Jason Lezak (47.58)		 United States3:30.68WR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
124 United StatesLenny Krayzelburg (54.27)
Mark Gangloff (1:00.27)
Michael Phelps (52.43)
Neil Walker (48.13)		3:35.10Q
228 GermanySteffen Driesen (54.75)
Jens Kruppa (1:00.80)
Helge Meeuw (52.73)
Lars Conrad (48.37)		3:36.65Q
322 Great BritainGregor Tait (55.36)
James Gibson (1:00.30)
James Hickman (52.23)
Matthew Kidd (49.05)		3:36.94Q
425 JapanTomomi Morita (54.63)
Kosuke Kitajima (59.69)
Takashi Yamamoto (52.66)
Yoshihiro Okumura (50.06)		3:37.04Q
526 HungaryLászló Cseh (55.22)
Richárd Bodor (1:00.31)
Zsolt Gáspár (52.96)
Attila Zubor (48.78)		3:37.27Q
623 FranceSimon Dufour (55.69)
Hugues Duboscq (1:00.10)
Franck Esposito (52.52)
Frédérick Bousquet (49.29)		3:37.60Q
714 RussiaArkady Vyatchanin (55.47)
Roman Sloudnov (1:01.22)
Yevgeny Korotyshkin (52.35)
Andrey Kapralov (49.03)		3:38.07Q
813 UkrainePavlo Illichov (56.40)
Valeriy Dymo (1:01.23)
Denys Sylantyev (52.41)
Yuriy Yegoshin (48.81)		3:38.85Q
915 AustraliaMatt Welsh (55.36)
Jim Piper (1:02.10)
Adam Pine (53.02)
Michael Klim (48.66)		3:39.14
1016 CanadaRiley Janes (56.17)
Mike Brown (1:01.73)
Mike Mintenko (52.48)
Brent Hayden (48.98)		3:39.36
1112 FinlandJani Sievinen (56.84)
Jarno Pihlava (1:01.39)
Jere Hård (53.19)
Matti Rajakylä (50.22)		3:41.64
1221 New ZealandScott Talbot-Cameron (56.11)
Ben Labowitch (1:03.88)
Corney Swanepoel (52.41)
Cameron Gibson (50.34)		3:42.74
1327 South AfricaGerhard Zandberg (56.23)
Terence Parkin (1:03.89)
Eugene Botes (54.57)
Karl Otto Thaning (49.25)		3:43.94
1417 SloveniaBlaž Medvešek (56.47)
Emil Tahirovič (1:02.52)
Peter Mankoč (53.75)
Jernej Godec (51.43)		3:44.17
1511 BrazilPaulo Machado (57.33)
Eduardo Fischer (1:02.58)
Kaio de Almeida (53.52)
Jader Souza (50.98)		3:44.41
18 ItalyEmanuele Merisi (56.55)
Paolo Bossini
Mattia Nalesso
Giacomo Vassanelli		DSQ

Final

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeTime behindNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4 United StatesAaron Peirsol (53.45) WR
Brendan Hansen (59.37)
Ian Crocker (50.28)
Jason Lezak (47.58)		3:30.68WR
2nd, silver medalist(s)5 GermanySteffen Driesen (54.26)
Jens Kruppa (1:00.50)
Thomas Rupprath (51.40)
Lars Conrad (47.46)		3:33.622.94EU
3rd, bronze medalist(s)6 JapanTomomi Morita (54.25) AS
Kosuke Kitajima (59.35)
Takashi Yamamoto (51.87)
Yoshihiro Okumura (49.75)		3:35.224.54AS
41 RussiaArkady Vyatchanin (55.15)
Roman Sloudnov (1:01.00)
Igor Marchenko (51.74)
Alexander Popov (48.02)		3:35.915.23
57 FranceSimon Dufour (55.74)
Hugues Duboscq (1:00.07)
Franck Esposito (52.22)
Frédérick Bousquet (48.54)		3:36.575.89
68 UkrainePavlo Illichov (56.19)
Oleg Lisogor (1:00.99)
Andriy Serdinov (50.80)
Yuriy Yegoshin (48.89)		3:36.876.19
72 HungaryLászló Cseh (54.89)
Richárd Bodor (1:00.25)
Zsolt Gáspár (53.32)
Attila Zubor (49.00)		3:37.466.78
83 Great BritainGregor Tait (55.69)
James Gibson (1:00.30)
James Hickman (52.64)
Matthew Kidd (49.14)		3:37.777.09

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. 1 2 Thomas, Stephen (21 August 2004). "Two World Records to the USA in One Race: American Men Set New 400m Medley Standard, Aaron Peirsol Lowers the 100 Backstroke Mark". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Michaelis, Vicky (21 August 2004). "Medley relay world record hands Phelps his eighth medal". USA Today. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "USA win 4×100m swim relay". BBC Sport. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
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