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100 metres Butterfly, Men

Date	24 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	58 from 52 countries

Rafał Szukała of Poland might have been world champion but it was clear that the two best in the world in this event were Denis Pankratov of Russia and Scott Miller of Australia. The two proved this beyond a doubt by being the only two to qualify for the final by swimming under 53 seconds in the heats.

Pankratov blitzed the field in the first 50 metres while Miller floundered down in sixth place. The Australian picked up his pace in the second half and moved through the field up to second place. The Russian could not be caught for gold and he finished in 52.27 to take 0.05 secs off his own world record. Silver medalist Miller set the third fastest time ever but still finished a quarter of a second down on Pankratov. Another Russian, Vladislav Kulikov finished third. This victory completed the butterfly double for Pankratov.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	Denis Pankratov	RUS	52.96 (1 h8)	–	52.27 (1)	Gold
2	Scott Miller	AUS	52.89 (1 h7)	–	52.53 (2)	Silver
3	Vladislav Kulikov	RUS	53.54 (2 h6)	–	53.13 (3)	Bronze
4	Jiang Chengji	CHN	53.40 (2 h8)	–	53.20 (4)
5	Rafał Szukała	POL	53.41 (3 h8)	–	53.29 (5)
6	Michael Klim	AUS	53.42 (3 h7)	–	53.30 (6)
7	Stephen Clarke	CAN	53.41 (1 h6)	–	53.33 (7)
8	Pavlo Khnykin	UKR	53.25 (2 h7)	–	53.58 (8)
=9	James Hickman	GBR	53.73 (5 h7)	53.23 (=1)	–
=9	Mark Henderson	USA	53.58 (4 h7)	53.23 (=1)	–
11	Péter Horváth	HUN	53.69 (4 h8)	53.48 (3)	–
12	Ricardo Busquets	PUR	53.90 (=1 h4)	53.65 (4)	–
13	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	53.95 (6 h7)	53.98 (5)	–
14	Franck Esposito	FRA	53.77 (3 h6)	54.02 (6)	–
15	Eddie Parenti	CAN	54.03 (7 h7)	54.19 (7)	–
16	John Hargis	USA	54.06 (4 h6)	54.29 (8)	–
17	Francisco Sánchez	VEN	53.90 (=1 h4)	–	–		1
18	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	54.33 (5 h8)	–	–
19	Lars Frölander	SWE	54.37 (5 h6)	–	–
20	Yukihiro Matsushita	JPN	54.50 (6 h8)	–	–
=21	Oliver Lampe	GER	54.56 (6 h6)	–	–
=21	Andrey Gavrilov	KAZ	54.56 (1 h5)	–	–
=23	Miloš Milošević	CRO	54.62 (2 h5)	–	–
=23	Stefan Aartsen	NED	54.62 (7 h8)	–	–
25	Vesa Hanski	FIN	54.73 (3 h5)	–	–
26	Denislav Kalchev	BUL	54.81 (8 h7)	–	–
27	Derya Büyükuncu	TUR	54.89 (3 h4)	–	–
28	Vladan Marković	SCG	54.90 (4 h4)	–	–
29	Jesús González	MEX	54.94 (4 h5)	–	–
30	Diego Perdomo	COL	55.08 (7 h6)	–	–
31	Dan Kutler	ISR	55.11 (5 h5)	–	–
32	André Teixeira	BRA	55.23 (1 h3)	–	–
33	Javier Golovchenko	URU	55.26 (5 h4)	–	–
34	Danyon Loader	NZL	55.39 (6 h5)	–	–
35	Răzvan Petcu	ROU	55.50 (6 h4)	–	–
36	Peter Mankoč	SLO	55.59 (7 h5)	–	–
37	Rubén Pineda	ESA	56.01 (1 h2)	–	–
38	José Meolans	ARG	56.02 (8 h8)	–	–
39	Andrea Oriana	ITA	56.04 (8 h5)	–	–
40	Giovanni Linscheer	SUR	56.09 (2 h3)	–	–
41	Janko Gojković	BIH	56.11 (3 h3)	–	–
42	Kire Filipovski	MKD	56.13 (1 h1)	–	–
43	Georgios Popotas	GRE	56.16 (7 h4)	–	–
44	Roberto Delgado	ECU	56.29 (4 h3)	–	–
45	Anthony Ang	MAS	56.41 (5 h3)	–	–
=46	Tamer Zinhom	EGY	56.46 (8 h4)	–	–
=46	Maxim Cazmirciuc	MDA	56.46 (6 h3)	–	–
48	Ravil Nachayev	UZB	56.61 (2 h2)	–	–
49	Artūrs Jakovļevs	LAT	56.62 (3 h2)	–	–
50	Arthur Li	HKG	56.92 (4 h2)	–	–
51	Patrick Sagisi	GUM	56.93 (7 h3)	–	–
52	Yang Dae-Cheol	KOR	57.05 (2 h1)	–	–
53	PJ Thum	SGP	57.07 (5 h2)	–	–
54	Mindaugas Bružas	LTU	57.10 (3 h1)	–	–
55	José Isaza	PAN	57.62 (6 h2)	–	–
56	Alain Sergile	HAI	58.23 (7 h2)	–	–
57	Kamal Salman Masud	PAK	58.59 (4 h1)	–	–
58	David Pereyra	BOL	1:01.63 (5 h1)	–	–
DNS	Salim Iles	ALG	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	Martín López-Zubero	ESP	– (DNS h6)	–	–
DNS	Indrek Sei	EST	– (DNS h3)	–	–

Round One

Date	24 July 1996
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Scott Miller	AUS	52.89	QOR
2	–	Denis Pankratov	RUS	52.96	Q
3	–	Pavlo Khnykin	UKR	53.25	Q
4	–	Jiang Chengji	CHN	53.40	Q
=5	–	Stephen Clarke	CAN	53.41	Q
=5	–	Rafał Szukała	POL	53.41	Q
7	–	Michael Klim	AUS	53.42	Q
8	–	Vladislav Kulikov	RUS	53.54	Q
9	–	Mark Henderson	USA	53.58	q
10	–	Péter Horváth	HUN	53.69	q
11	–	James Hickman	GBR	53.73	q
12	–	Franck Esposito	FRA	53.77	q
=13	–	Francisco Sánchez	VEN	53.90	q
=13	–	Ricardo Busquets	PUR	53.90	q
15	–	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	53.95	q
16	–	Eddie Parenti	CAN	54.03	q
17	–	John Hargis	USA	54.06
18	–	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	54.33
19	–	Lars Frölander	SWE	54.37
20	–	Yukihiro Matsushita	JPN	54.50
=21	–	Andrey Gavrilov	KAZ	54.56
=21	–	Oliver Lampe	GER	54.56
=23	–	Miloš Milošević	CRO	54.62
=23	–	Stefan Aartsen	NED	54.62
25	–	Vesa Hanski	FIN	54.73
26	–	Denislav Kalchev	BUL	54.81
27	–	Derya Büyükuncu	TUR	54.89
28	–	Vladan Marković	SCG	54.90
29	–	Jesús González	MEX	54.94
30	–	Diego Perdomo	COL	55.08
31	–	Dan Kutler	ISR	55.11
32	–	André Teixeira	BRA	55.23
33	–	Javier Golovchenko	URU	55.26
34	–	Danyon Loader	NZL	55.39
35	–	Răzvan Petcu	ROU	55.50
36	–	Peter Mankoč	SLO	55.59
37	–	Rubén Pineda	ESA	56.01
38	–	José Meolans	ARG	56.02
39	–	Andrea Oriana	ITA	56.04
40	–	Giovanni Linscheer	SUR	56.09
41	–	Janko Gojković	BIH	56.11
42	–	Kire Filipovski	MKD	56.13
43	–	Georgios Popotas	GRE	56.16
44	–	Roberto Delgado	ECU	56.29
45	–	Anthony Ang	MAS	56.41
=46	–	Maxim Cazmirciuc	MDA	56.46
=46	–	Tamer Zinhom	EGY	56.46
48	–	Ravil Nachayev	UZB	56.61
49	–	Artūrs Jakovļevs	LAT	56.62
50	–	Arthur Li	HKG	56.92
51	–	Patrick Sagisi	GUM	56.93
52	–	Yang Dae-Cheol	KOR	57.05
53	–	PJ Thum	SGP	57.07
54	–	Mindaugas Bružas	LTU	57.10
55	–	José Isaza	PAN	57.62
56	–	Alain Sergile	HAI	58.23
57	–	Kamal Salman Masud	PAK	58.59
58	–	David Pereyra	BOL	1:01.63
DNS	–	Salim Iles	ALG	–
DNS	–	Indrek Sei	EST	–
DNS	–	Martín López-Zubero	ESP	–

Heat #1

Time	11:15

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Kire Filipovski	MKD	56.13	0.71	25.53 (1)	30.60 (3)
2	–	Yang Dae-Cheol	KOR	57.05	0.73	27.00 (3)	30.05 (1)
3	–	Mindaugas Bružas	LTU	57.10	0.79	26.85 (2)	30.25 (2)
4	–	Kamal Salman Masud	PAK	58.59	0.87	27.55 (4)	31.04 (4)
5	–	David Pereyra	BOL	1:01.63	0.74	28.17 (5)	33.46 (5)

Heat #2

Time	11:19

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Rubén Pineda	ESA	56.01	0.73	26.29 (4)	29.72 (1)
2	–	Ravil Nachayev	UZB	56.61	0.85	26.06 (1)	30.55 (4)
3	–	Artūrs Jakovļevs	LAT	56.62	0.78	26.36 (5)	30.26 (3)
4	–	Arthur Li	HKG	56.92	0.87	26.25 (3)	30.67 (5)
5	–	PJ Thum	SGP	57.07	1.03	26.93 (7)	30.14 (2)
6	–	José Isaza	PAN	57.62	0.77	26.46 (6)	31.16 (6)
7	–	Alain Sergile	HAI	58.23	0.74	26.21 (2)	32.02 (7)
DNS	–	Salim Iles	ALG	–	–	– (–)	–

Heat #3

Time	11:23

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	André Teixeira	BRA	55.23	0.83	26.02 (4)	29.21 (1)
2	–	Giovanni Linscheer	SUR	56.09	0.82	25.30 (1)	30.79 (6)
3	–	Janko Gojković	BIH	56.11	0.76	26.25 (7)	29.86 (2)
4	–	Roberto Delgado	ECU	56.29	0.74	26.01 (3)	30.28 (4)
5	–	Anthony Ang	MAS	56.41	0.82	26.17 (=5)	30.24 (3)
6	–	Maxim Cazmirciuc	MDA	56.46	0.81	26.17 (=5)	30.29 (5)
7	–	Patrick Sagisi	GUM	56.93	0.77	25.79 (2)	31.14 (7)
DNS	–	Indrek Sei	EST	–	–	– (–)	–

Heat #4

Time	11:27

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
=1	–	Francisco Sánchez	VEN	53.90	0.76	25.07 (2)	28.83 (1)	q
=1	–	Ricardo Busquets	PUR	53.90	0.63	24.91 (1)	28.99 (3)	q
3	–	Derya Büyükuncu	TUR	54.89	0.79	25.53 (4)	29.36 (4)
4	–	Vladan Marković	SCG	54.90	0.75	25.93 (5)	28.97 (2)
5	–	Javier Golovchenko	URU	55.26	0.75	25.46 (3)	29.80 (7)
6	–	Răzvan Petcu	ROU	55.50	0.88	26.08 (7)	29.42 (5)
7	–	Georgios Popotas	GRE	56.16	0.77	26.37 (8)	29.79 (6)
8	–	Tamer Zinhom	EGY	56.46	0.80	26.06 (6)	30.40 (8)

Heat #5

Time	11:31

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Andrey Gavrilov	KAZ	54.56	0.87	25.09 (2)	29.47 (3)
2	–	Miloš Milošević	CRO	54.62	0.72	24.89 (1)	29.73 (6)
3	–	Vesa Hanski	FIN	54.73	0.78	25.47 (4)	29.26 (1)
4	–	Jesús González	MEX	54.94	0.81	25.42 (3)	29.52 (4)
5	–	Dan Kutler	ISR	55.11	0.79	25.80 (6)	29.31 (2)
6	–	Danyon Loader	NZL	55.39	0.84	25.85 (=7)	29.54 (5)
7	–	Peter Mankoč	SLO	55.59	0.80	25.85 (=7)	29.74 (7)
8	–	Andrea Oriana	ITA	56.04	0.82	25.76 (5)	30.28 (8)

Heat #6

Time	11:35

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Stephen Clarke	CAN	53.41	0.77	24.98 (3)	28.43 (1)	Q
2	–	Vladislav Kulikov	RUS	53.54	0.78	24.69 (2)	28.85 (3)	Q
3	–	Franck Esposito	FRA	53.77	0.66	25.05 (4)	28.72 (2)	q
4	–	John Hargis	USA	54.06	0.70	24.56 (1)	29.50 (=6)
5	–	Lars Frölander	SWE	54.37	0.72	25.33 (=5)	29.04 (4)
6	–	Oliver Lampe	GER	54.56	0.78	25.33 (=5)	29.23 (5)
7	–	Diego Perdomo	COL	55.08	0.78	25.58 (7)	29.50 (=6)
DNS	–	Martín López-Zubero	ESP	–	–	– (–)	–

Heat #7

Time	11:39

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Scott Miller	AUS	52.89	0.78	24.66 (2)	28.23 (1)	QOR
2	–	Pavlo Khnykin	UKR	53.25	0.76	24.65 (1)	28.60 (4)	Q
3	–	Michael Klim	AUS	53.42	0.81	24.92 (4)	28.50 (2)	Q
4	–	Mark Henderson	USA	53.58	0.73	24.79 (3)	28.79 (7)	q
5	–	James Hickman	GBR	53.73	0.83	25.09 (5)	28.64 (5)	q
6	–	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	53.95	0.72	25.41 (8)	28.54 (3)	q
7	–	Eddie Parenti	CAN	54.03	0.73	25.28 (6)	28.75 (6)	q
8	–	Denislav Kalchev	BUL	54.81	0.80	25.36 (7)	29.45 (8)

Heat #8

Time	11:43

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Denis Pankratov	RUS	52.96	0.82	24.26 (1)	28.70 (2)	Q
2	–	Jiang Chengji	CHN	53.40	0.76	24.65 (2)	28.75 (3)	Q
3	–	Rafał Szukała	POL	53.41	0.76	24.88 (4)	28.53 (1)	Q
4	–	Péter Horváth	HUN	53.69	0.74	24.81 (3)	28.88 (4)	q
5	–	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	54.33	0.82	24.96 (5)	29.37 (6)
6	–	Yukihiro Matsushita	JPN	54.50	0.71	25.11 (6)	29.39 (7)
7	–	Stefan Aartsen	NED	54.62	0.78	25.58 (8)	29.04 (5)
8	–	José Meolans	ARG	56.02	0.80	25.37 (7)	30.65 (8)

B Final

Date	24 July 1996

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
=1	–	James Hickman	GBR	53.23	0.77	24.81 (2)	28.42 (2)
=1	–	Mark Henderson	USA	53.23	0.74	24.93 (3)	28.30 (1)
3	–	Péter Horváth	HUN	53.48	0.71	24.97 (4)	28.51 (3)
4	–	Ricardo Busquets	PUR	53.65	0.62	24.66 (1)	28.99 (6)
5	–	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	53.98	0.70	25.31 (8)	28.67 (4)
6	–	Franck Esposito	FRA	54.02	0.66	25.24 (6)	28.78 (5)
7	–	Eddie Parenti	CAN	54.19	0.75	25.05 (5)	29.14 (8)
8	–	John Hargis	USA	54.29	0.70	25.28 (7)	29.01 (7)

Final Round

Date	24 July 1996 — 20:13

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Denis Pankratov	RUS	52.27	0.81	24.19 (1)	28.08 (2)	WR
2	–	Scott Miller	AUS	52.53	0.79	24.78 (=6)	27.75 (1)
3	–	Vladislav Kulikov	RUS	53.13	0.76	24.71 (4)	28.42 (4)
4	–	Jiang Chengji	CHN	53.20	0.73	24.74 (5)	28.46 (5)
5	–	Rafał Szukała	POL	53.29	0.75	24.78 (=6)	28.51 (6)
6	–	Michael Klim	AUS	53.30	0.81	24.97 (8)	28.33 (3)
7	–	Stephen Clarke	CAN	53.33	0.79	24.65 (3)	28.68 (7)
8	–	Pavlo Khnykin	UKR	53.58	0.75	24.50 (2)	29.08 (8)