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

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

Date	Event	Name	Time	OR	WR
August 9	Heat 7	Alexander Dale Oen Alexander Dale Oen Alexander Dale Oen is a Norwegian swimmer. He represents the club Vestkantsvømmerne. Dale Oen's gold at the 2008 European Championships made him the first Norwegian male to win a medal at a major international long course championship.Oen got his international breakthrough in 2005, placing seventh...	59.41	OR
August 10	Semifinal 2	Alexander Dale Oen Alexander Dale Oen Alexander Dale Oen is a Norwegian swimmer. He represents the club Vestkantsvømmerne. Dale Oen's gold at the 2008 European Championships made him the first Norwegian male to win a medal at a major international long course championship.Oen got his international breakthrough in 2005, placing seventh...	59.16	OR
August 11	Final	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:...	58.91	OR	WR

Schedule

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Date	Time	Round
Saturday, August 9, 2008	20:20-20:50	Heats
Sunday, August 10, 2008	11:00-11:10	Semifinals
Monday, August 11, 2008	10:30	Final

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	7	4	Alexander Dale Oen Alexander Dale Oen Alexander Dale Oen is a Norwegian swimmer. He represents the club Vestkantsvømmerne. Dale Oen's gold at the 2008 European Championships made him the first Norwegian male to win a medal at a major international long course championship.Oen got his international breakthrough in 2005, placing seventh...	0:59.41	Q, OR
2	8	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:...	0:59.52	Q
3	9	5	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....	0:59.67	Q
4	7	5	Brenton Rickard Brenton Rickard Brenton Scott Rickard is a breaststroke swimmer from Australia. He emerged at the international level in 2006, swimming at the Commonwealth games...	0:59.89	Q, OC
5	7	7	Cameron van der Burgh Cameron van der Burgh Cameron van der Burgh is a South African swimmer.He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and the youngest at the age of 20. He trains with Dirk Lange and is based in Pretoria. He has represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has won numerous World Championship medals...	0:59.96	Q, AF
6	9	7	Giedrius Titenis Giedrius Titenis Giedrius Titenis is a swimmer from Lithuania. He participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics and won bronze in the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, tying Australia's Christian Sprenger.-External links:*...	1:00.11	Q
7	9	3	Roman Sloudnov Roman Sloudnov Roman Andreyevich Sloudnov is a Russian swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics...	1:00.20	Q
8	8	2	Igor Borysik Igor Borysik Ihor Borysyk is a Ukrainian swimmer. He was born in Simferopol.-External links:*...	1:00.31	Q
9	6	3	Damir Dugonjič Damir Dugonjic Damir Dugonjič is a swimmer from Slovenia, who competed for his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He competed in 100 metre breaststroke, where he finished 16th....	1:00.35	Q
10	7	3	Christian Sprenger Christian Sprenger Christian David Sprenger is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.-Swimming career:...	1:00.36	Q
11	9	4	Brendan Hansen Brendan Hansen Brendan Joseph Hansen is an American breaststroke swimmer and four-time Olympic medalist...	1:00.65	Q
12	7	6	Oleg Lisogor Oleg Lisogor Oleh Lisohor is a Ukrainian swimmer.Born in Brovary, Kiev Oblast, Soviet Union , Lisogor is the former world record holder in the 50 metres breaststroke, long course, with 27.18 seconds. The record was set in Berlin on 2 August 2002...	1:00.65	Q
13	9	2	Yuta Suenaga	1:00.67	Q
14	8	7	Mihail Alexandrov	1:00.69	Q
15	8	5	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...	1:00.70	Q
16	8	3	Mark Gangloff Mark Gangloff Mark Gangloff is an American swimmer who earned a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics by swimming in the 4x100m medley relay preliminaries. He came in fourth place for the 100m breaststroke...	1:00.71	Q
17	6	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....	1:00.80
18	4	4	Istvan Hunor Mate	1:00.93
19	8	8	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...	1:00.97
20	5	5	Mike Andrew 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...	1:00.98
20	8	6	Glenn Snyders	1:00.98
22	7	1	Felipe Silva Felipe França Silva Felipe Alves França da Silva is a breaststroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed for his country at the 2008 Olympics....	1:01.04
23	7	2	Henrique Barbosa	1:01.11
24	6	7	Matjaž Markič Matjaž Markič Matjaž Markič is a male breaststroke swimmer from Slovenia, who won the gold medal in the men's 50 m breaststroke event at the 2008 European SC Championships in Rijeka. He represented his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China, finishing in 24th place in the men's 100 m...	1:01.31
24	7	8	Dániel Gyurta Dániel Gyurta Dániel Gyurta is a Hungarian swimmer and former Olympic record holder in the 200m breaststroke set on August 12, 2008...	1:01.31
26	9	8	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...	1:01.32
27	9	1	Kristopher Gilchrist Kristopher Gilchrist Kristopher Jon "Kris" Gilchrist is a British breaststroke swimmer.Gilchrist represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke swimming events....	1:01.34
28	6	1	Mathieu Bois Mathieu Bois Mathieu Bois is a male swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the breaststroke events. He claimed a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....	1:01.45
29	6	6	Jiri Jedlicka	1:01.56
30	5	2	Andrew Bree Andrew Bree Andrew Patrick Bree is a breaststroke swimmer from Helen's Bay, Co. Down Northern Ireland. He is a 2-time Irish Olympian, having swum at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics....	1:01.76
31	5	1	Valentin Preda	1:01.77
31	5	3	Jonas Andersson Jonas Andersson (swimmer) Jonas Carl Andersson is a Swedish swimmer from Stockholm, representing SK Neptun from Stockholm.-Biography:Jonas Andersson was born June 2, 1984, in Stockholm, to Ewa and Jan Andersson....	1:01.77
33	3	1	Daniel Velez	1:01.80
34	8	1	Dmitry Komornikov	1:01.82
35	5	4	Yevgeniy Ryzhkov Yevgeniy Ryzhkov Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Ryzhkov is a Kazakhstani swimmer, who won the bronze medal over 200 m breaststroke at the 2006 Short Course World Championships.-Achievements:*2006 FINA Short Course World Championships - bronze medal...	1:01.83
35	6	4	Borja Iradier	1:01.83
37	6	2	Melguiades Alvarez	1:01.89
38	3	2	Sandeep Sejwal Sandeep Sejwal Sandeep Sejwal , is an Indian swimmer. He contested in the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but failed to reach the finals in both events.-Career:...	1:02.19
39	4	5	Demir Atasoy	1:02.25
40	4	2	Csaba Szilágyi Csaba Szilágyi Csaba Szilágyi is a Serbian swimmer of Hungarian origin. Siladji mainly competes in the breaststroke.- Career :Szilágyi finished elementary school and gymnasium in Bečej. He began to practice swimming since 1997, and until 2004 he also trained water polo alongside...	1:02.31
41	3	3	Genaro Prono	1:02.32
42	4	7	Tom Be'eri Tom Be'eri Tom Beeri is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Biography:He is Jewish.He competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.-References:...	1:02.42	NR
42	5	6	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....	1:02.42
44	5	7	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, 2008All-Africa Games: 2003, 2007*Mediterranean Games: 2005...	1:02.45
45	4	6	Martti Aljand	1:02.46	NR
46	4	8	Xue Ruipeng Xue Ruipeng Xue Ruipeng is a Chinese swimmer, who will compete for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major achievements:2005 East Asian Games - 2nd 200m breast2008 National Champions Tournament - 1st 200m breast...	1:02.48
47	4	3	Jakob Jóhann 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....	1:02.50
48	3	6	Malick Fall Malick Fall Malick Fall is a former Senegal international football forward.-Career:Born in Matam, Fall moved to France as a youth and played for several clubs in Ligue 2, including Amiens SC, SC Abbeville and Angers SCO....	1:02.51
49	5	8	Viktar Vabishchevich	1:03.29
50	9	6	Romanos Iasonas Alyfantis	1:03.39
51	3	5	Alwin de Prins Alwin de Prins Alwin de Prins is a former competitive swimmer who represented Luxembourg. Born in Dendermonde, Belgium, he first represented Luxembourg in 1995 at the European Championships in Vienna....	1:03.64
52	3	4	Sergio Andres Ferreyra	1:03.65
53	2	3	Edgar Crespo	1:03.72
54	2	4	Sergiu Postica	1:03.83
55	3	8	Andrei Cross	1:04.57
56	3	7	Ivan Demyanenko	1:05.14
57	2	6	Wael Koubrousli	1:06.22
58	2	5	Huu Viet Nguyen	1:06.36
59	2	2	Erik Rajohnson	1:08.42
60	2	7	Boldbaataryn Bütekh-Uils	1:10.80
61	1	4	Osama Mohammed Ye Alarag	1:10.83
62	1	5	Mohammed Al-Habsi	1:12.28
63	1	3	Petero Okotai Petero Okotai Petero James Moeava Okotai is a Cook Islands swimmer.He grew up in Papua New Guinea where he began swimming at the age of 5, then stopped upon returning to the Cook Islands at the age of 11, due to the absence of a pool...	1:20.20
DNS	4	1	Mohammad Alirezaei Mohammad Alirezaei Mohammad Alirezaei Dizicheh is an Iranian breaststroke swimmer.By qualifying for the 2008 Summer Olympics, Alirezaei became the first Iranian ever to qualify for an Olympic swimming event without using wildcard. However, according to team officials, Alirezaei fell ill before his event, and was...	DNS
DSQ	6	8	Alessandro Terrin Alessandro Terrin Alessandro Terrin is a male Italian swimmer. He represented Italy at the 2008 Olympic Games in the 100 m breaststroke and the 4×100 medley relay swimming events....	DSQ

Semifinals

Rank	Semifinal	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Alexander Dale Oen Alexander Dale Oen Alexander Dale Oen is a Norwegian swimmer. He represents the club Vestkantsvømmerne. Dale Oen's gold at the 2008 European Championships made him the first Norwegian male to win a medal at a major international long course championship.Oen got his international breakthrough in 2005, placing seventh...	0:59.16	Q, OR
2	1	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:...	0:59.55	Q
3	1	5	Brenton Rickard Brenton Rickard Brenton Scott Rickard is a breaststroke swimmer from Australia. He emerged at the international level in 2006, swimming at the Commonwealth games...	0:59.65	Q, OC
4	2	5	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....	0:59.83	Q
5	2	7	Brendan Hansen Brendan Hansen Brendan Joseph Hansen is an American breaststroke swimmer and four-time Olympic medalist...	0:59.94	Q
6	2	6	Roman Sloudnov Roman Sloudnov Roman Andreyevich Sloudnov is a Russian swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics...	1:00.10	Q
7	1	8	Mark Gangloff Mark Gangloff Mark Gangloff is an American swimmer who earned a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics by swimming in the 4x100m medley relay preliminaries. He came in fourth place for the 100m breaststroke...	1:00.44	Q
8	1	6	Igor Borysik Igor Borysik Ihor Borysyk is a Ukrainian swimmer. He was born in Simferopol.-External links:*...	1:00.55	Q
9	1	7	Oleg Lisogor Oleg Lisogor Oleh Lisohor is a Ukrainian swimmer.Born in Brovary, Kiev Oblast, Soviet Union , Lisogor is the former world record holder in the 50 metres breaststroke, long course, with 27.18 seconds. The record was set in Berlin on 2 August 2002...	1:00.56
10	2	3	Cameron van der Burgh Cameron van der Burgh Cameron van der Burgh is a South African swimmer.He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and the youngest at the age of 20. He trains with Dirk Lange and is based in Pretoria. He has represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has won numerous World Championship medals...	1:00.57
11	1	1	Mihail Alexandrov	1:00.61
12	1	3	Giedrius Titenis Giedrius Titenis Giedrius Titenis is a swimmer from Lithuania. He participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics and won bronze in the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, tying Australia's Christian Sprenger.-External links:*...	1:00.66
13	2	1	Yuta Suenaga	1:00.67
14	1	2	Christian Sprenger Christian Sprenger Christian David Sprenger is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.-Swimming career:...	1:00.76
15	2	8	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...	1:00.81
16	2	2	Damir Dugonjič Damir Dugonjic Damir Dugonjič is a swimmer from Slovenia, who competed for his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He competed in 100 metre breaststroke, where he finished 16th....	1:00.92

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Time
	5	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:...	0:58.91
	4	Alexander Dale Oen Alexander Dale Oen Alexander Dale Oen is a Norwegian swimmer. He represents the club Vestkantsvømmerne. Dale Oen's gold at the 2008 European Championships made him the first Norwegian male to win a medal at a major international long course championship.Oen got his international breakthrough in 2005, placing seventh...	0:59.20
	6	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....	0:59.37
4	2	Brendan Hansen Brendan Hansen Brendan Joseph Hansen is an American breaststroke swimmer and four-time Olympic medalist...	0:59.57
5	3	Brenton Rickard Brenton Rickard Brenton Scott Rickard is a breaststroke swimmer from Australia. He emerged at the international level in 2006, swimming at the Commonwealth games...	0:59.74
6	7	Roman Sloudnov Roman Sloudnov Roman Andreyevich Sloudnov is a Russian swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics...	0:59.87
7	8	Igor Borysik Igor Borysik Ihor Borysyk is a Ukrainian swimmer. He was born in Simferopol.-External links:*...	1:00.20
8	1	Mark Gangloff Mark Gangloff Mark Gangloff is an American swimmer who earned a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics by swimming in the 4x100m medley relay preliminaries. He came in fourth place for the 100m breaststroke...	1:00.24

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