Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre breaststroke

These are the results of the Men's 100 metre breaststroke, one of sixteen events for male competitors in Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

in Athens

Athens

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Records

World Record	Brendan Hansen (USA)	Long Beach, USA	2:09.04	11 July 2004
Previous Olympic Record	Mike Barrowman (USA)	Barcelona, Spain	2:10.16	29 July 1992
New Olympic Record (Final)	Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)	Athens, Greece	2:09.44	18 August 2004

Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Kosuke Kitajima Kosuke Kitajima is a Japanese multiple Olympic gold medalist breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals for the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics.-Major achievements:... , JPN	Dániel Gyurta Dániel Gyurta Dániel Gyurta is a Hungarian swimmer and former Olympic record holder in the 200m breaststroke set on August 12, 2008... , HUN	Brendan Hansen Brendan Hansen Brendan Joseph Hansen is an American breaststroke swimmer and four-time Olympic medalist... , USA

Heat 1

Bradley Ally
Bradley Ally
Bradley Kevin Ally is a two-time Olympic swimmer from Barbados. He represented Barbados at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He was the bronze medalist in the 200-metre individual medley at the Pan-American Games in Brazil 2007...

, Barbados
Barbados
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2:18.64
Miguel Molina
Miguel Molina (swimmer)
Miguel Molina is a swimmer from the Philippines. He represented the country in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. Attended St. Mary's International School in Tokyo.-References:*...

, Philippines
Philippines
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2:19.19
Wei Wen Wang, Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei
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2:20.65
Malick Fall
Malick Fall
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, Senegal
Senegal
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2:22.31
Edvinas Dautartas
Edvinas Dautartas
Edvinas Dautartas is a swimmer from Lithuania. He participated in the 2004, and 2008 Summer Olympics. National records holder....

, Lithuania
Lithuania
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2:23.12
Sergiu Postica, Republic of Moldova 2:27.21
Anton Kramarenko, Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
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2:28.59

Heat 2

Zhongjian Lai, — 2:14.61 -Q
Eduardo Fischer
Eduardo Fischer
Eduardo Aquiles Fischer is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Brazil. He swam for Brazil at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.He won the bronze medal in the 50 breaststroke at the 2002 Short Course Worlds....

, — 2:16.04
Mihail Alexandrov, — 2:17.19
Sofiane Daid
Sofiane Daid
Sofiane Daid is a two-time Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Algeria. He swam for Algeria at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.He has swum for Algeria at the:*Olympics: 2004, 2008*All-Africa Games: 2003, 2007*Mediterranean Games: 2005...

, — 2:17.78
Andrey Morkovin, — 2:18.48
Emil Tahirovič
Emil Tahirovic
Emil Tahirovič is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Slovenia. He swam for Slovenia at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.He swam for Slovenia at:*Olympics: 2000, 2004*Mediterranean Games: 2005, 2009...

, — 2:18.65
Ben Labowitch, — 2:19.25
Chi Kin Tam, — 2:19.48

Heat 3

Ratapong Sirisanont, Thailand
Thailand
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2:15.39
Valeriy Dymo, Ukraine
Ukraine
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2:15.52
Jakob Johann Sveinsson
Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson
Jakob Sveinsson is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Iceland who started swimming for S.C. Ægir in 1991. He swam for Iceland at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics....

, Iceland
Iceland
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2:15.60
Daniel Málek
Daniel Málek
Daniel Málek is a retired male breaststroke swimmer from the Czech Republic, who won two bronze medals in the men's breaststroke events at the 1997 European Championships in Seville, Spain. He represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Atlanta, Georgia...

, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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2:17.47
Aleksander Baldin, Estonia
Estonia
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2:17.90
Romanos Alyfantis
Romanos Alyfantis
Romanos Iasonas Alyfantis is a breaststroke swimmer from Greece. He won a silver medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented his native country at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.-References:...

, Greece
Greece
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2:18.18
Vanja Rogulj
Vanja Rogulj
Vanja Rogulj is a 3-time Olympics breaststroke swimmer from Croatia. He swam for Croatia at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics....

, Croatia
Croatia
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2:18.81
Jarno Pihlava
Jarno Pihlava
Jarno Pihlava is a retired male breaststroke swimmer from Finland. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 2000 and 2004.-References:*...

, Finland
Finland
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Heat 4

Kosuke Kitajima
Kosuke Kitajima
is a Japanese multiple Olympic gold medalist breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals for the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics.-Major achievements:...

, Japan
Japan
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2:11.97 -Q
Paolo Bossini
Paolo Bossini
Paolo Bossini is an Italian breaststroke swimmer. He was European Champion in 2004, both short and long course in 200 m breaststroke...

, Italy
Italy
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2:12.09 -Q
Mike Brown
Mike Brown (swimmer)
Mike Brown is a Canadian swimmer. He started swimming at age seven and is a student at the University of Calgary. His best finish at a world championships was at the 2005 championships in Montreal, Canada when he finished 2nd in the 200 m breaststroke. Brown won gold at the Commonwealth Games...

, Canada
Canada
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2:12.69 -Q
Terence Parkin
Terence Parkin
Terence Parkin is a deaf swimmer from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 200 metres breaststroke...

, South Africa
South Africa
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2:14.12 -Q
Christopher Cook
Christopher Cook
Christopher Anthony Cook is an English swimmer.His specialism is breaststroke, and took gold in the 50 and 100 metre finals representing England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne...

, Great Britain
United Kingdom
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2:14.68 -Q
Jens Kruppa
Jens Kruppa
Jens Kruppa is an international breaststroke swimmer from Germany, who won the silver medal in the 4×100 metres medley relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-References:*...

, Germany
Germany
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2:15.29
Regan Harrison
Regan Harrison
Regan Harrison was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1990s and 2000s, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as part of the 4×100 m medley relay team....

, Australia
Australia
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2:15.86
Loris Facci
Loris Facci
Loris Facci is a breaststroke swimmer from Italy, who won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres breaststroke event at the 2007 World Championships. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:*...

, Italy 2:19.38

Heat 5

Vladislav Polyakov
Vladislav Polyakov
Vlad Polyakov is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Kazakhstan. He swam for his native country at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....

, Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
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2:12.96 -Q
Grigori Falko, Russia
Russia
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2:13.45 -Q
Scott Usher, United States
United States
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2:13.59 -Q
Genki Imamura, Japan 2:14.10 -Q
Maxim Podoprigora
Maxim Podoprigora
Maxim Podoprigora is an Austrian Olympic swimmer.He is Jewish, and was born in Kyiv, Ukraine.He studied at the University of Vienna in Vienna, Austria...

, Austria
Austria
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2:14.31 -Q
Dmitry Komornikov, Russia 2:14.92
Hugues Duboscq
Hugues Duboscq
Hugues Duboscq is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He has won three Olympic bronze medals....

, France
France
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2:16.56
Thijs van Valkengoed
Thijs van Valkengoed
Thijs Maarten van Valkengoed is a breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...

, Netherlands
Netherlands
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2:16.80

Heat 6

Dániel Gyurta
Dániel Gyurta
Dániel Gyurta is a Hungarian swimmer and former Olympic record holder in the 200m breaststroke set on August 12, 2008...

, Hungary
Hungary
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2:11.29 -Q
Brendan Hansen
Brendan Hansen
Brendan Joseph Hansen is an American breaststroke swimmer and four-time Olympic medalist...

, United States 2:12.77 -Q
Ian Edmond
Ian Edmond
Ian Edmond is a former British breaststroke swimmer.Edmond was the silver medallist at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in the 200 m breaststroke...

, Great Britain 2:13.08 -Q
Jim Piper
Jim Piper
Jim Piper is a breaststroke swimmer from Australia, who competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he finished in 19th position in the 100m Breaststroke, in 8th place in the 200m Breaststroke, and in ninth spot with the Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Team...

, Australia 2:13.79 -Q
Richárd Bodor
Richárd Bodor
Richárd Bodor is a breaststroke swimmer from Hungary, who won three bronze medals at the 2004 European Championships in Madrid, Spain. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the men's 100 m...

, Hungary 2:14.36 -Q
Michael Williamson, Ireland
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2:15.75
Martin Gustafsson, Sweden
Sweden
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2:17.12
Morgan Knabe
Morgan Knabe
Morgan Knabe is a breaststroke swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. His best Olympic results were a sixth place in the 100m Breaststroke, and with the Men's 4x100m Medley Relay in Sydney, Australia.He now coaches TAS...

, Canada 2:17.20