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100 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	17 – 18 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Kentro Ugrou Stivou, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Athina (Main Pool)
Participants	69 from 62 countries

Since the Sydney Olympics major championships honours had been split between 1992 and 1996 Olympic Champion Aleksandr Popov and Pieter van den Hoogenband who won in 2000. The possibility of a final showdown between the two men in Popov’s last championship appearance ended at the semi-final stage where Popov was touched out of a place in a final by 0.02 seconds. The South African pair of Roland Schoeman and Ryk Neethling took out the pace over the opening half of the race but Dutchman Van den Hoogenband kicked on in the later stages to successfully defend his Olympic title. Schoeman held on for silver but Ian Thorpe narrowly prevented Neethling joining his South African compatriot on the podium.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Pieter van den Hoogenband	NED	48.70 (1 h7)	48.55 (2 h2)	48.17 (1)	Gold
2	Roland Schoeman	RSA	49.68 (4 h8)	48.39 (1 h2)	48.23 (2)	Silver
3	Ian Thorpe	AUS	49.17 (1 h8)	49.21 (3 h1)	48.56 (3)	Bronze
4	Ryk Neethling	RSA	48.85 (2 h7)	49.18 (5 h2)	48.63 (4)
5	Filippo Magnini	ITA	49.58 (3 h9)	48.91 (3 h2)	48.99 (5)
6	Duje Draganja	CRO	49.07 (1 h6)	49.14 (2 h1)	49.23 (6)
=7	Salim Iles	ALG	49.72 (4 h9)	49.13 (1 h1)	49.30 (=7)
=7	Andrey Kapralov	RUS	49.52 (2 h8)	49.12 (4 h2)	49.30 (=7)
9	Aleksandr Popov	RUS	49.51 (2 h9)	49.23 (4 h1)	–
10	Fréd Bousquet	FRA	49.08 (3 h7)	49.25 (6 h2)	–
11	George Bovell	TTO	49.61 (3 h8)	49.53 (5 h1)	–
12	Romain Barnier	FRA	49.49 (1 h9)	49.63 (7 h2)	–
13	Peter Mankoč	SLO	49.54 (4 h7)	49.71 (6 h1)	–
14	Rolandas Gimbutis	LTU	48.85 (1 h5)	49.75 (7 h1)	–
15	Luis Rojas	VEN	49.69 (2 h6)	49.85 (8 h1)	–
16	Torsten Spanneberg	GER	49.71 (5 h7)	49.88 (8 h2)	–
=17	Yuriy Yehoshyn	UKR	49.73 (3 h6)	–	–
=17	Ian Crocker	USA	49.73 (6 h7)	–	–
19	Milorad Čavić	SCG	49.74 (5 h8)	–	–
20	Stefan Nystrand	SWE	49.75 (4 h6)	–	–
21	Jason Lezak	USA	49.87 (5 h9)	–	–
22	Karel Novy	SUI	49.93 (5 h6)	–	–
23	Matthew Kidd	GBR	49.97 (6 h6)	–	–
24	José Meolans	ARG	49.98 (6 h9)	–	–
25	Lorenzo Vismara	ITA	50.03 (6 h8)	–	–
26	Tiago Venâncio	POR	50.18 (7 h9)	–	–
27	Yoshihiro Okumura	JPN	50.24 (2 h5)	–	–
28	Attila Zubor	HUN	50.26 (7 h6)	–	–
29	Stanislau Neviarouski	BLR	50.36 (3 h5)	–	–
30	Eduardo Lorente	ESP	50.48 (7 h8)	–	–
31	Ashley Callus	AUS	50.56 (8 h8)	–	–
32	Aris Grigoriadis	GRE	50.61 (4 h5)	–	–
=33	Jader Souza	BRA	50.67 (8 h6)	–	–
=33	Matti Rajakylä	FIN	50.67 (5 h5)	–	–
35	Romāns Miloslavskis	LAT	50.94 (1 h4)	–	–
36	Stephan Kunzelmann	GER	50.98 (8 h9)	–	–
37	Danil Haustov	EST	51.02 (6 h5)	–	–
38	Alexandros Aresti	CYP	51.10 (2 h4)	–	–
39	Ryan Pini	PNG	51.11 (3 h4)	–	–
40	Carl Probert	FIJ	51.42 (1 h3)	–	–
41	Paul Kutscher	URU	51.45 (4 h4)	–	–
42	Kaan Tayla	TUR	51.52 (5 h4)	–	–
43	Cam Gibson	NZL	51.56 (7 h5)	–	–
44	George Gleason	ISV	51.69 (6 h4)	–	–
=45	Ismael Ortiz	PAN	51.74 (=2 h3)	–	–
=45	Lee Chung-Hui	KOR	51.74 (=2 h3)	–	–
47	Octavian Guțu	MDA	51.84 (1 h2)	–	–
48	Damian Alleyne	BAR	51.89 (4 h3)	–	–
49	Max Schnettler	CHI	51.91 (5 h3)	–	–
50	Allen Ong	MAS	52.04 (7 h4)	–	–
51	Vyacheslav Titarenko	KAZ	52.09 (6 h3)	–	–
52	Raychin Antonov	BUL	52.33 (8 h4)	–	–
53	Camilo Becerra	COL	52.57 (2 h2)	–	–
54	Wu Nien-Pin	TPE	52.58 (7 h3)	–	–
55	Željko Panić	BIH	52.75 (3 h2)	–	–
56	Mark Chay	SGP	52.83 (8 h3)	–	–
57	Aleksandr Agafonov	UZB	52.92 (4 h2)	–	–
58	Obaid Al-Jasmi	UAE	54.17 (5 h2)	–	–
59	Onan Orlando Thom	GUY	55.24 (6 h2)	–	–
60	Huang Shaohua	CHN	55.46 (8 h5)	–	–
61	Babak Farhoudi	IRI	56.42 (7 h2)	–	–
62	Jean-Laurent Ravera	MON	56.47 (8 h2)	–	–
63	Mohammed Abbas	IRQ	56.81 (1 h1)	–	–
64	Andrein Tamir	MGL	57.29 (2 h1)	–	–
65	Leonel Matonse	MOZ	57.79 (3 h1)	–	–
66	Hesham Al-Shehabi	BRN	57.94 (4 h1)	–	–
67	Serqey Dyaçkov	AZE	58.26 (5 h1)	–	–
68	Mumtaz Ahmed	PAK	59.19 (6 h1)	–	–
69	Emery Nziyunvira	BDI	1:09.40 (7 h1)	–	–
DNS	Brent Hayden	CAN	– (DNS h7)	–	–
DNS	Rick Say	CAN	– (DNS h7)	–	–

Round One

Date	17 August 2004
Format	Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Pieter van den Hoogenband	NED	48.70	Q
=2	–	Rolandas Gimbutis	LTU	48.85	Q
=2	–	Ryk Neethling	RSA	48.85	Q
4	–	Duje Draganja	CRO	49.07	Q
5	–	Fréd Bousquet	FRA	49.08	Q
6	–	Ian Thorpe	AUS	49.17	Q
7	–	Romain Barnier	FRA	49.49	Q
8	–	Aleksandr Popov	RUS	49.51	Q
9	–	Andrey Kapralov	RUS	49.52	Q
10	–	Peter Mankoč	SLO	49.54	Q
11	–	Filippo Magnini	ITA	49.58	Q
12	–	George Bovell	TTO	49.61	Q
13	–	Roland Schoeman	RSA	49.68	Q
14	–	Luis Rojas	VEN	49.69	Q
15	–	Torsten Spanneberg	GER	49.71	Q
16	–	Salim Iles	ALG	49.72	Q
=17	–	Yuriy Yehoshyn	UKR	49.73
=17	–	Ian Crocker	USA	49.73
19	–	Milorad Čavić	SCG	49.74
20	–	Stefan Nystrand	SWE	49.75
21	–	Jason Lezak	USA	49.87
22	–	Karel Novy	SUI	49.93
23	–	Matthew Kidd	GBR	49.97
24	–	José Meolans	ARG	49.98
25	–	Lorenzo Vismara	ITA	50.03
26	–	Tiago Venâncio	POR	50.18
27	–	Yoshihiro Okumura	JPN	50.24
28	–	Attila Zubor	HUN	50.26
29	–	Stanislau Neviarouski	BLR	50.36
30	–	Eduardo Lorente	ESP	50.48
31	–	Ashley Callus	AUS	50.56
32	–	Aris Grigoriadis	GRE	50.61
=33	–	Matti Rajakylä	FIN	50.67
=33	–	Jader Souza	BRA	50.67
35	–	Romāns Miloslavskis	LAT	50.94
36	–	Stephan Kunzelmann	GER	50.98
37	–	Danil Haustov	EST	51.02
38	–	Alexandros Aresti	CYP	51.10
39	–	Ryan Pini	PNG	51.11
40	–	Carl Probert	FIJ	51.42
41	–	Paul Kutscher	URU	51.45
42	–	Kaan Tayla	TUR	51.52
43	–	Cam Gibson	NZL	51.56
44	–	George Gleason	ISV	51.69
=45	–	Ismael Ortiz	PAN	51.74
=45	–	Lee Chung-Hui	KOR	51.74
47	–	Octavian Guțu	MDA	51.84
48	–	Damian Alleyne	BAR	51.89
49	–	Max Schnettler	CHI	51.91
50	–	Allen Ong	MAS	52.04
51	–	Vyacheslav Titarenko	KAZ	52.09
52	–	Raychin Antonov	BUL	52.33
53	–	Camilo Becerra	COL	52.57
54	–	Wu Nien-Pin	TPE	52.58
55	–	Željko Panić	BIH	52.75
56	–	Mark Chay	SGP	52.83
57	–	Aleksandr Agafonov	UZB	52.92
58	–	Obaid Al-Jasmi	UAE	54.17
59	–	Onan Orlando Thom	GUY	55.24
60	–	Huang Shaohua	CHN	55.46
61	–	Babak Farhoudi	IRI	56.42
62	–	Jean-Laurent Ravera	MON	56.47
63	–	Mohammed Abbas	IRQ	56.81
64	–	Andrein Tamir	MGL	57.29
65	–	Leonel Matonse	MOZ	57.79
66	–	Hesham Al-Shehabi	BRN	57.94
67	–	Serqey Dyaçkov	AZE	58.26
68	–	Mumtaz Ahmed	PAK	59.19
69	–	Emery Nziyunvira	BDI	1:09.40
DNS	–	Brent Hayden	CAN	–
DNS	–	Rick Say	CAN	–

Heat #1

Time	10:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Mohammed Abbas	IRQ	56.81	0.76	27.41 (2)	29.40 (1)
2	–	Andrein Tamir	MGL	57.29	0.79	27.57 (4)	29.72 (2)
3	–	Leonel Matonse	MOZ	57.79	0.70	27.35 (1)	30.44 (5)
4	–	Hesham Al-Shehabi	BRN	57.94	0.72	27.56 (3)	30.38 (4)
5	–	Serqey Dyaçkov	AZE	58.26	0.81	28.12 (5)	30.14 (3)
6	–	Mumtaz Ahmed	PAK	59.19	0.91	28.67 (6)	30.52 (6)
7	–	Emery Nziyunvira	BDI	1:09.40	0.97	32.30 (7)	37.10 (7)

Heat #2

Time	10:03

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Octavian Guțu	MDA	51.84	0.87	24.71 (2)	27.13 (1)
2	–	Camilo Becerra	COL	52.57	0.70	24.56 (1)	28.01 (4)
3	–	Željko Panić	BIH	52.75	0.85	24.99 (3)	27.76 (2)
4	–	Aleksandr Agafonov	UZB	52.92	0.79	25.11 (4)	27.81 (3)
5	–	Obaid Al-Jasmi	UAE	54.17	0.84	26.08 (5)	28.09 (5)
6	–	Onan Orlando Thom	GUY	55.24	0.82	26.19 (6)	29.05 (6)
7	–	Babak Farhoudi	IRI	56.42	0.81	27.32 (8)	29.10 (7)
8	–	Jean-Laurent Ravera	MON	56.47	0.85	26.88 (7)	29.59 (8)

Heat #3

Time	10:06

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Carl Probert	FIJ	51.42	0.80	24.32 (1)	27.10 (5)
=2	–	Ismael Ortiz	PAN	51.74	0.80	24.92 (4)	26.82 (1)
=2	–	Lee Chung-Hui	KOR	51.74	0.77	24.79 (2)	26.95 (4)
4	–	Damian Alleyne	BAR	51.89	0.72	25.00 (5)	26.89 (3)
5	–	Max Schnettler	CHI	51.91	0.77	25.07 (6)	26.84 (2)
6	–	Vyacheslav Titarenko	KAZ	52.09	0.72	24.89 (3)	27.20 (6)
7	–	Wu Nien-Pin	TPE	52.58	0.66	25.29 (8)	27.29 (7)
8	–	Mark Chay	SGP	52.83	0.73	25.08 (7)	27.75 (8)

Heat #4

Time	10:09

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Romāns Miloslavskis	LAT	50.94	0.89	24.84 (8)	26.10 (1)
2	–	Alexandros Aresti	CYP	51.10	0.81	24.67 (5)	26.43 (2)
3	–	Ryan Pini	PNG	51.11	0.80	24.63 (4)	26.48 (3)
4	–	Paul Kutscher	URU	51.45	0.74	24.47 (2)	26.98 (4)
5	–	Kaan Tayla	TUR	51.52	0.83	24.52 (3)	27.00 (5)
6	–	George Gleason	ISV	51.69	0.81	24.40 (1)	27.29 (7)
7	–	Allen Ong	MAS	52.04	0.63	24.77 (7)	27.27 (6)
8	–	Raychin Antonov	BUL	52.33	0.81	24.76 (6)	27.57 (8)

Heat #5

Time	10:12

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Rolandas Gimbutis	LTU	48.85	0.72	23.19 (1)	25.66 (2)	Q
2	–	Yoshihiro Okumura	JPN	50.24	0.70	24.78 (7)	25.46 (1)
3	–	Stanislau Neviarouski	BLR	50.36	0.78	24.32 (4)	26.04 (3)
4	–	Aris Grigoriadis	GRE	50.61	0.90	24.44 (5)	26.17 (4)
5	–	Matti Rajakylä	FIN	50.67	0.73	24.14 (2)	26.53 (5)
6	–	Danil Haustov	EST	51.02	0.80	24.27 (3)	26.75 (6)
7	–	Cam Gibson	NZL	51.56	0.74	24.50 (6)	27.06 (7)
8	–	Huang Shaohua	CHN	55.46	0.79	27.22 (8)	28.24 (8)

Heat #6

Time	10:15

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Duje Draganja	CRO	49.07	0.77	23.14 (1)	25.93 (=2)	Q
2	–	Luis Rojas	VEN	49.69	0.64	23.76 (=4)	25.93 (=2)	Q
3	–	Yuriy Yehoshyn	UKR	49.73	0.87	23.83 (7)	25.90 (1)
4	–	Stefan Nystrand	SWE	49.75	0.74	23.70 (3)	26.05 (4)
5	–	Karel Novy	SUI	49.93	0.87	23.76 (=4)	26.17 (6)
6	–	Matthew Kidd	GBR	49.97	0.70	23.77 (6)	26.20 (7)
7	–	Attila Zubor	HUN	50.26	0.84	24.12 (8)	26.14 (5)
8	–	Jader Souza	BRA	50.67	0.75	23.66 (2)	27.01 (8)

Heat #7

Time	10:18

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Pieter van den Hoogenband	NED	48.70	0.78	23.64 (4)	25.06 (1)	Q
2	–	Ryk Neethling	RSA	48.85	0.74	23.55 (3)	25.30 (2)	Q
3	–	Fréd Bousquet	FRA	49.08	0.77	23.51 (2)	25.57 (3)	Q
4	–	Peter Mankoč	SLO	49.54	0.80	23.49 (1)	26.05 (6)	Q
5	–	Torsten Spanneberg	GER	49.71	0.83	23.86 (6)	25.85 (4)	Q
6	–	Ian Crocker	USA	49.73	0.76	23.80 (5)	25.93 (5)
DNS	–	Brent Hayden	CAN	–	–	– (–)	–
DNS	–	Rick Say	CAN	–	–	– (–)	–

Heat #8

Time	10:21

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Ian Thorpe	AUS	49.17	0.89	24.26 (=7)	24.91 (1)	Q
2	–	Andrey Kapralov	RUS	49.52	0.76	24.09 (6)	25.43 (2)	Q
3	–	George Bovell	TTO	49.61	0.84	23.72 (2)	25.89 (3)	Q
4	–	Roland Schoeman	RSA	49.68	0.60	23.77 (3)	25.91 (4)	Q
5	–	Milorad Čavić	SCG	49.74	0.76	23.32 (1)	26.42 (7)
6	–	Lorenzo Vismara	ITA	50.03	0.82	24.05 (5)	25.98 (5)
7	–	Eduardo Lorente	ESP	50.48	0.77	23.97 (4)	26.51 (8)
8	–	Ashley Callus	AUS	50.56	0.77	24.26 (=7)	26.30 (6)

Heat #9

Time	10:24

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Romain Barnier	FRA	49.49	0.71	23.69 (4)	25.80 (3)	Q
2	–	Aleksandr Popov	RUS	49.51	0.86	23.83 (6)	25.68 (2)	Q
3	–	Filippo Magnini	ITA	49.58	0.72	24.50 (8)	25.08 (1)	Q
4	–	Salim Iles	ALG	49.72	0.68	23.21 (1)	26.51 (6)	Q
5	–	Jason Lezak	USA	49.87	0.69	23.70 (5)	26.17 (4)
6	–	José Meolans	ARG	49.98	0.76	23.60 (3)	26.38 (5)
7	–	Tiago Venâncio	POR	50.18	0.72	23.57 (2)	26.61 (7)
8	–	Stephan Kunzelmann	GER	50.98	0.80	24.03 (7)	26.95 (8)

Semi-Finals

Date	17 August 2004
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Roland Schoeman	RSA	48.39	Q
2	–	Pieter van den Hoogenband	NED	48.55	Q
3	–	Filippo Magnini	ITA	48.91	Q
4	–	Andrey Kapralov	RUS	49.12	Q
5	–	Salim Iles	ALG	49.13	Q
6	–	Duje Draganja	CRO	49.14	Q
7	–	Ryk Neethling	RSA	49.18	Q
8	–	Ian Thorpe	AUS	49.21	Q
9	–	Aleksandr Popov	RUS	49.23
10	–	Fréd Bousquet	FRA	49.25
11	–	George Bovell	TTO	49.53
12	–	Romain Barnier	FRA	49.63
13	–	Peter Mankoč	SLO	49.71
14	–	Rolandas Gimbutis	LTU	49.75
15	–	Luis Rojas	VEN	49.85
16	–	Torsten Spanneberg	GER	49.88

Heat #1

Time	19:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Salim Iles	ALG	49.13	0.71	23.27 (=2)	25.86 (2)	Q
2	–	Duje Draganja	CRO	49.14	0.77	23.18 (1)	25.96 (4)	Q
3	–	Ian Thorpe	AUS	49.21	0.88	23.98 (8)	25.23 (1)	Q
4	–	Aleksandr Popov	RUS	49.23	0.84	23.32 (4)	25.91 (3)
5	–	George Bovell	TTO	49.53	0.78	23.37 (5)	26.16 (=5)
6	–	Peter Mankoč	SLO	49.71	0.77	23.55 (6)	26.16 (=5)
7	–	Rolandas Gimbutis	LTU	49.75	0.69	23.27 (=2)	26.48 (8)
8	–	Luis Rojas	VEN	49.85	0.66	23.57 (7)	26.28 (7)

Heat #2

Time	19:37

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Roland Schoeman	RSA	48.39	0.64	22.66 (1)	25.73 (=3)	Q
2	–	Pieter van den Hoogenband	NED	48.55	0.78	23.34 (2)	25.21 (2)	Q
3	–	Filippo Magnini	ITA	48.91	0.73	24.07 (8)	24.84 (1)	Q
4	–	Andrey Kapralov	RUS	49.12	0.78	23.35 (3)	25.77 (5)	Q
5	–	Ryk Neethling	RSA	49.18	0.71	23.45 (5)	25.73 (=3)	Q
6	–	Fréd Bousquet	FRA	49.25	0.74	23.39 (4)	25.86 (6)
7	–	Romain Barnier	FRA	49.63	0.71	23.54 (6)	26.09 (8)
8	–	Torsten Spanneberg	GER	49.88	0.82	23.90 (7)	25.98 (7)

Final Round

Date	18 August 2004 — 20:20

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Pieter van den Hoogenband	NED	48.17	0.79	23.27 (5)	24.90 (1)
2	–	Roland Schoeman	RSA	48.23	0.64	22.60 (1)	25.63 (5)
3	–	Ian Thorpe	AUS	48.56	0.81	23.57 (6)	24.99 (2)
4	–	Ryk Neethling	RSA	48.63	0.72	23.05 (2)	25.58 (4)
5	–	Filippo Magnini	ITA	48.99	0.73	23.84 (8)	25.15 (3)
6	–	Duje Draganja	CRO	49.23	0.72	23.21 (4)	26.02 (7)
=7	–	Salim Iles	ALG	49.30	0.72	23.18 (3)	26.12 (8)
=7	–	Andrey Kapralov	RUS	49.30	0.79	23.60 (7)	25.70 (6)