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

Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Date August 9, 2008 (heats)
August 10, 2008 (semifinals)
August 11, 2008 (final)
Competitors 65 from 54 nations
Winning time 58.91 WR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Kosuke Kitajima  Japan
2nd, silver medalist(s) Alexander Dale Oen  Norway
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Hugues Duboscq  France

The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2008 Olympic Games 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][8]

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.[9][10] 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 record Brendan Hansen (USA)59.13Irvine, United States1 August 2006
Olympic record Brendan Hansen (USA)1:00.01Athens, Greece14 August 2004

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 9Heat 7Alexander Dale Oen Norway59.41OR
August 10Semifinal 2Alexander Dale Oen Norway59.16OR
August 11FinalKosuke Kitajima Japan58.91WR, OR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174Alexander Dale Oen Norway59.41Q, OR
284Kosuke Kitajima Japan59.52Q
395Hugues Duboscq France59.67Q
475Brenton Rickard Australia59.89Q, OC
577Cameron van der Burgh South Africa59.96Q, AF
697Giedrius Titenis Lithuania1:00.11Q
793Roman Sloudnov Russia1:00.20Q
882Igor Borysik Ukraine1:00.31Q
963Damir Dugonjič Slovenia1:00.35Q
1073Christian Sprenger Australia1:00.36Q
1194Brendan Hansen United States1:00.65Q
1276Oleg Lisogor Ukraine1:00.65Q
1392Yuta Suenaga Japan1:00.67Q
1487Mihail Alexandrov Bulgaria1:00.69Q
1585Chris Cook Great Britain1:00.70Q
1683Mark Gangloff United States1:00.71Q
1765Vladislav Polyakov Kazakhstan1:00.80
1844Hunor Mate Austria1:00.93NR
1988Richárd Bodor Hungary1:00.97
2055Mike Brown Canada1:00.98
86Glenn Snyders New Zealand
2271Felipe França Silva Brazil1:01.04
2372Henrique Barbosa Brazil1:01.11
2467Matjaž Markič Slovenia1:01.31
78Dániel Gyurta Hungary
2698Thijs van Valkengoed Netherlands1:01.32
2791Kristopher Gilchrist Great Britain1:01.34
2861Mathieu Bois Canada1:01.45
2966Jiří Jedlička Czech Republic1:01.56
3052Andrew Bree Ireland1:01.76
3151Valentin Preda Romania1:01.77
53Jonas Andersson Sweden
3331Daniel Velez Puerto Rico1:01.80NR
3481Dmitry Komornikov Russia1:01.82
3554Yevgeniy Ryzhkov Kazakhstan1:01.83
64Borja Iradier Spain
3762Melquíades Álvarez Spain1:01.89
3832Sandeep Sejwal India1:02.19
3945Demir Atasoy Turkey1:02.25
4042Čaba Silađi Serbia1:02.31
4133Genaro Prono Paraguay1:02.32
4247Tom Be'eri Israel1:02.42NR
56Vanja Rogulj Croatia
4457Sofiane Daid Algeria1:02.45
4546Martti Aljand Estonia1:02.46NR
4648Xue Ruipeng China1:02.48
4743Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson Iceland1:02.50
4836Malick Fall Senegal1:02.51
4958Viktar Vabishchevich Belarus1:03.29
5096Romanos Alyfantis Greece1:03.39
5135Alwin de Prins Luxembourg1:03.64
5234Sergio Andres Ferreyra Argentina1:03.65
5323Edgar Crespo Panama1:03.72
5424Sergiu Postica Moldova1:03.83
5538Andrei Cross Barbados1:04.57
5637Ivan Demyanenko Uzbekistan1:05.14
5726Wael Koubrousli Lebanon1:06.22
5825Nguyen Huu Viet Vietnam1:06.36
5922Erik Rajohnson Madagascar1:08.42
6027Boldbaataryn Bütekh-Uils Mongolia1:10.80
6114Osama Mohammed Ye Alarag Qatar1:10.83
6215Mohammed Al-Habsi Oman1:12.28
6313Petero Okotai Cook Islands1:20.20
68Alessandro Terrin ItalyDSQ
41Mohammad Alirezaei IranDNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Kosuke Kitajima Japan59.55Q
25Brenton Rickard Australia59.65Q, OC
38Mark Gangloff United States1:00.44Q
46Igor Borysik Ukraine1:00.55Q
57Oleg Lisogor Ukraine1:00.56
61Mihail Alexandrov Bulgaria1:00.61NR
73Giedrius Titenis Lithuania1:00.66
82Christian Sprenger Australia1:00.76

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Alexander Dale Oen Norway59.16Q, OR
25Hugues Duboscq France59.83Q
37Brendan Hansen United States59.94Q
46Roman Sloudnov Russia1:00.10Q
53Cameron van der Burgh South Africa1:00.57
61Yuta Suenaga Japan1:00.67
78Chris Cook Great Britain1:00.81
82Damir Dugonjič Slovenia1:00.92

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s) 5 Kosuke Kitajima Japan58.91WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 4 Alexander Dale Oen Norway59.20
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 6 Hugues Duboscq France59.37
4 2 Brendan Hansen United States59.57
5 3 Brenton Rickard Australia59.74
6 7 Roman Sloudnov Russia59.87NR
7 8 Igor Borysik Ukraine1:00.20
8 1 Mark Gangloff United States1:00.24

References

  1. ↑ "Olympic Swimming Schedule". USA Today. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 Lohn, John (10 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Kosuke Kitajima Wins Gold in World-Record Time in 100 Breast; Posts First 58 Time in History". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Kitajima wins 100m breaststroke in WR time". ABC News. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Clarey, Christopher (11 August 2008). "Kitajima leaves Hansen and rivalry behind". ABC News. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  5. ↑ Lohn, John (9 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Alexander Dale Oen Sets Olympic Record to Lead 100 Breast Prelims". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Baldwin, Alan (9 August 2008). "Oen breaks Olympic record in 100m breaststroke". Reuters. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "Alexander Dale Oen dies at 26". ESPN. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  8. ↑ Blake, Matt (1 May 2012). "World champion swimmer dies at 26 after having massive heart attack as he showered at training camp". ESPN. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "Iranian swimmer quits Olympic race against Israeli". CNN. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  10. ↑ Magney, Jacqueline (11 August 2008). "Iranian who quit swim heat may be expelled". The Age. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
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