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200 metres Butterfly, Men

Date	16 – 17 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Kentro Ugrou Stivou, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Athina (Main Pool)
Participants	39 from 34 countries

Michael Phelps entered the race as a two-time World Champion in the event and also as world record holder making this one of the better chances of gold in an already stellar looking campaign. Phelps cruised through the heats and semi-final before leading the final from gun to touchpad in the second fastest time in history. Behind him Japan’s Takashi Yamamoto won his first medal in his third Olympic Games with Steve Parry of Great Britain taking the bronze. Phelps went on to defend the title in a world record time at the Beijing Olympics. His attempt at a third title on the trot was foiled when South Africa’s Chad le Clos scored a narrow upset victory at London 2012. On that occasion the American missed a third gold by five hundredths of a second and had to settle for silver

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Michael Phelps	USA	1:57.36 (1 h5)	1:55.65 (2 h1)	1:54.04 (1)	Gold
2	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	1:57.36 (1 h4)	1:56.69 (2 h2)	1:54.56 (2)	Silver
3	Steve Parry	GBR	1:58.88 (6 h3)	1:55.57 (1 h1)	1:55.52 (3)	Bronze
4	Paweł Korzeniowski	POL	1:57.45 (2 h5)	1:56.40 (1 h2)	1:56.00 (4)
5	Ștefan Gherghel	ROU	1:58.12 (4 h5)	1:57.31 (4 h2)	1:56.10 (5)
6	Wu Peng	CHN	1:57.96 (2 h3)	1:56.81 (3 h2)	1:56.28 (6)
7	Nikolay Skvortsov	RUS	1:58.18 (3 h3)	1:57.37 (5 h2)	1:57.14 (7)
8	Tom Malchow	USA	1:57.75 (1 h3)	1:57.48 (3 h1)	1:57.48 (8)
9	Anatoly Polyakov	RUS	1:58.12 (=2 h4)	1:57.58 (4 h1)	–
10	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	1:58.44 (5 h3)	1:57.93 (6 h2)	–
11	Justin Norris	AUS	1:58.05 (3 h5)	1:57.96 (5 h1)	–
12	Moss Burmester	NZL	1:58.13 (5 h5)	1:58.09 (6 h1)	–
13	Serhiy Advena	UKR	1:58.41 (4 h3)	1:58.11 (7 h1)	–
14	Takeshi Matsuda	JPN	1:58.23 (4 h4)	1:58.13 (8 h1)	–
15	Franck Esposito	FRA	1:58.12 (=2 h4)	1:59.00 (7 h2)	–
16	Juan Veloz	MEX	1:58.32 (6 h5)	1:59.78 (8 h2)	–
17	Travis Nederpelt	AUS	1:58.93 (5 h4)	–	–
18	Helge Meeuw	GER	1:58.96 (7 h5)	–	–
19	Kaio Márcio	BRA	1:59.23 (8 h5)	–	–
20	Jeremy Knowles	BAH	1:59.32 (7 h3)	–	–
=21	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	1:59.42 (6 h4)	–	–
=21	Andrew Livingston	PUR	1:59.42 (8 h3)	–	–
23	Nathaniel O'Brien	CAN	2:00.12 (1 h2)	–	–
24	Jeong Du-Hui	KOR	2:00.96 (2 h2)	–	–
25	Dávid Kolozár	HUN	2:01.89 (7 h4)	–	–
26	Georgi Palazov	BUL	2:02.15 (3 h2)	–	–
27	Zoran Lazarovski	MKD	2:02.26 (4 h2)	–	–
28	Juan Pablo Valdivieso	PER	2:02.79 (8 h4)	–	–
29	Gastón Rodríguez	ARG	2:04.01 (1 h1)	–	–
30	Paulius Andrijauskas	LTU	2:04.64 (5 h2)	–	–
31	Vladan Marković	SCG	2:04.77 (6 h2)	–	–
32	Aghiles Slimani	ALG	2:04.93 (7 h2)	–	–
33	Donny Utomo	INA	2:05.71 (2 h1)	–	–
34	Roy Barahona	HON	2:05.99 (3 h1)	–	–
35	Sergio Cabrera	PAR	2:06.15 (4 h1)	–	–
36	Yeh Tzu-Cheng	TPE	2:06.41 (8 h2)	–	–
37	James Walsh	PHI	2:06.76 (5 h1)	–	–
38	Bertrand Bristol	SEY	2:09.07 (6 h1)	–	–
39	Sergey Pankov	UZB	2:13.06 (7 h1)	–	–

Round One (16 August 2004)

Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (10:25)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Gastón Rodríguez	ARG	28.47 (1) 31.45 (1)	59.92 (1) 31.30 (1)	1:31.22 (1) 32.79 (3)	2:04.01	0.78
2	3	Donny Utomo	INA	28.84 (6) 31.94 (3)	1:00.78 (4) 32.26 (4)	1:33.04 (3) 32.67 (2)	2:05.71	0.85
3	7	Roy Barahona	HON	28.55 (=2) 32.04 (4)	1:00.59 (3) 32.85 (5)	1:33.44 (5) 32.55 (1)	2:05.99	0.67
4	2	Sergio Cabrera	PAR	28.74 (5) 32.51 (5)	1:01.25 (5) 32.08 (2)	1:33.33 (4) 32.82 (4)	2:06.15	0.75
5	5	James Walsh	PHI	28.56 (4) 31.77 (2)	1:00.33 (2) 32.19 (3)	1:32.52 (2) 34.24 (6)	2:06.76	0.71
6	1	Bertrand Bristol	SEY	28.55 (=2) 33.07 (6)	1:01.62 (6) 33.37 (6)	1:34.99 (6) 34.08 (5)	2:09.07	0.69
7	6	Sergey Pankov	UZB	29.51 (7) 33.52 (7)	1:03.03 (7) 33.91 (7)	1:36.94 (7) 36.12 (7)	2:13.06	0.82

Heat Two (10:29)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Nathaniel O'Brien	CAN	27.33 (6) 30.21 (1)	57.54 (4) 30.97 (1)	1:28.51 (1) 31.61 (1)	2:00.12	0.78
2	3	Jeong Du-Hui	KOR	27.01 (3) 30.49 (3)	57.50 (2) 31.58 (3)	1:29.08 (2) 31.88 (2)	2:00.96	0.78
3	6	Georgi Palazov	BUL	26.79 (1) 30.72 (4)	57.51 (3) 32.20 (4)	1:29.71 (3) 32.44 (4)	2:02.15	0.89
4	8	Zoran Lazarovski	MKD	27.43 (7) 31.18 (6)	58.61 (7) 31.34 (2)	1:29.95 (5) 32.31 (3)	2:02.26	0.86
5	7	Paulius Andrijauskas	LTU	27.25 (4) 31.22 (7)	58.47 (6) 32.45 (7)	1:30.92 (7) 33.72 (6)	2:04.64	0.83
6	5	Vladan Marković	SCG	26.88 (2) 30.48 (2)	57.36 (1) 32.43 (5)	1:29.79 (4) 34.98 (8)	2:04.77	0.76
7	2	Aghiles Slimani	ALG	27.32 (5) 30.89 (5)	58.21 (5) 32.44 (6)	1:30.65 (6) 34.28 (7)	2:04.93	0.85
8	1	Yeh Tzu-Cheng	TPE	28.36 (8) 31.72 (8)	1:00.08 (8) 32.77 (8)	1:32.85 (8) 33.56 (5)	2:06.41	0.87

Heat Three (10:33)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Tom Malchow	USA	26.71 (4) 29.69 (2)	56.40 (3) 30.48 (4)	1:26.88 (2) 30.87 (2)	1:57.75	0.81	Q
2	6	Wu Peng	CHN	26.46 (3) 30.04 (6)	56.50 (4) 30.50 (5)	1:27.00 (3) 30.96 (4)	1:57.96	0.79	Q
3	7	Nikolay Skvortsov	RUS	26.32 (1) 29.14 (1)	55.46 (1) 30.40 (2)	1:25.86 (1) 32.32 (8)	1:58.18	0.88	Q
4	2	Serhiy Advena	UKR	26.99 (6) 30.01 (5)	57.00 (7) 30.39 (1)	1:27.39 (4) 31.02 (5)	1:58.41	0.86	Q
5	3	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	27.01 (7) 29.89 (3)	56.90 (6) 30.83 (6)	1:27.73 (7) 30.71 (1)	1:58.44	0.87	Q
6	5	Steve Parry	GBR	26.34 (2) 30.05 (7)	56.39 (2) 31.03 (8)	1:27.42 (5) 31.46 (6)	1:58.88	0.72	Q
7	1	Jeremy Knowles	BAH	27.31 (8) 30.63 (8)	57.94 (8) 30.43 (3)	1:28.37 (8) 30.95 (3)	1:59.32	0.75
8	8	Andrew Livingston	PUR	26.72 (5) 30.00 (4)	56.72 (5) 30.86 (7)	1:27.58 (6) 31.84 (7)	1:59.42	0.69

Heat Four (10:37)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	3	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	26.27 (2) 29.33 (1)	55.60 (2) 30.62 (2)	1:26.22 (1) 31.14 (3)	1:57.36	0.72	Q
=2	4	Anatoly Polyakov	RUS	26.53 (3) 29.84 (4)	56.37 (3) 30.56 (1)	1:26.93 (3) 31.19 (4)	1:58.12	0.82	Q
=2	2	Franck Esposito	FRA	25.71 (1) 29.52 (2)	55.23 (1) 31.03 (6)	1:26.26 (2) 31.86 (6)	1:58.12	0.73	Q
4	5	Takeshi Matsuda	JPN	26.84 (5) 29.68 (3)	56.52 (4) 30.80 (5)	1:27.32 (4) 30.91 (2)	1:58.23	0.87	Q
5	6	Travis Nederpelt	AUS	27.39 (8) 30.03 (5)	57.42 (8) 30.75 (4)	1:28.17 (6) 30.76 (1)	1:58.93	0.85
6	7	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	27.00 (6) 30.27 (8)	57.27 (7) 30.73 (3)	1:28.00 (5) 31.42 (5)	1:59.42	0.78
7	1	Dávid Kolozár	HUN	26.82 (4) 30.15 (7)	56.97 (5) 31.86 (8)	1:28.83 (7) 33.06 (7)	2:01.89	0.80
8	8	Juan Pablo Valdivieso	PER	27.14 (7) 30.10 (6)	57.24 (6) 31.72 (7)	1:28.96 (8) 33.83 (8)	2:02.79	0.85

Heat Five (10:41)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Michael Phelps	USA	26.86 (6) 30.06 (5)	56.92 (6) 30.37 (1)	1:27.29 (3) 30.07 (2)	1:57.36	0.71	Q
2	5	Paweł Korzeniowski	POL	26.87 (7) 29.89 (=3)	56.76 (5) 30.79 (4)	1:27.55 (5) 29.90 (1)	1:57.45	0.79	Q
3	3	Justin Norris	AUS	26.60 (2) 30.14 (7)	56.74 (4) 30.77 (3)	1:27.51 (4) 30.54 (4)	1:58.05	0.82	Q
4	6	Ștefan Gherghel	ROU	26.94 (8) 30.09 (6)	57.03 (7) 30.85 (5)	1:27.88 (7) 30.24 (3)	1:58.12	0.88	Q
5	1	Moss Burmester	NZL	26.66 (4) 29.87 (2)	56.53 (2) 30.52 (2)	1:27.05 (1) 31.08 (7)	1:58.13	0.81	Q
6	8	Juan Veloz	MEX	26.65 (3) 29.89 (=3)	56.54 (3) 31.12 (8)	1:27.66 (6) 30.66 (5)	1:58.32	0.74	Q
7	2	Helge Meeuw	GER	26.50 (1) 29.72 (1)	56.22 (1) 30.99 (6)	1:27.21 (2) 31.75 (8)	1:58.96	0.79
8	7	Kaio Márcio	BRA	26.68 (5) 30.40 (8)	57.08 (8) 31.08 (7)	1:28.16 (8) 31.07 (6)	1:59.23	0.67

Semi-Finals (16 August 2004)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One (20:31)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	8	Steve Parry	GBR	25.81 (1) 29.35 (2)	55.16 (1) 29.89 (1)	1:25.05 (1) 30.52 (2)	1:55.57	0.71	Q
2	4	Michael Phelps	USA	26.05 (2) 29.30 (1)	55.35 (2) 30.31 (5)	1:25.66 (2) 29.99 (1)	1:55.65	0.75	Q
3	5	Tom Malchow	USA	26.49 (4) 29.89 (7)	56.38 (6) 30.45 (6)	1:26.83 (7) 30.65 (3)	1:57.48	0.77	Q
4	6	Anatoly Polyakov	RUS	26.69 (7) 29.64 (4)	56.33 (5) 30.29 (4)	1:26.62 (4) 30.96 (5)	1:57.58	0.81
5	3	Justin Norris	AUS	26.47 (3) 29.72 (5)	56.19 (=3) 30.10 (3)	1:26.29 (3) 31.67 (8)	1:57.96	0.82
6	2	Moss Burmester	NZL	26.58 (5) 29.91 (8)	56.49 (7) 30.69 (8)	1:27.18 (8) 30.91 (4)	1:58.09	0.80
7	1	Serhiy Advena	UKR	26.81 (8) 29.85 (6)	56.66 (8) 30.08 (2)	1:26.74 (5) 31.37 (7)	1:58.11	0.87
8	7	Takeshi Matsuda	JPN	26.63 (6) 29.56 (3)	56.19 (=3) 30.58 (7)	1:26.77 (6) 31.36 (6)	1:58.13	0.79

Heat Two (20:37)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Paweł Korzeniowski	POL	26.64 (7) 29.32 (1)	55.96 (4) 30.02 (1)	1:25.98 (1) 30.42 (=3)	1:56.40	0.83	Q
2	4	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	26.30 (4) 29.93 (6)	56.23 (6) 30.40 (4)	1:26.63 (5) 30.06 (1)	1:56.69	0.71	Q
3	3	Wu Peng	CHN	26.20 (3) 29.67 (4)	55.87 (3) 30.21 (2)	1:26.08 (2) 30.73 (5)	1:56.81	0.80	Q
4	2	Ștefan Gherghel	ROU	26.72 (8) 30.15 (7)	56.87 (7) 30.30 (3)	1:27.17 (7) 30.14 (2)	1:57.31	0.85	Q
5	7	Nikolay Skvortsov	RUS	26.48 (5) 29.61 (3)	56.09 (5) 30.86 (6)	1:26.95 (6) 30.42 (=3)	1:57.37	0.89	Q
6	8	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	26.03 (2) 29.73 (5)	55.76 (2) 30.76 (5)	1:26.52 (4) 31.41 (6)	1:57.93	0.81
7	6	Franck Esposito	FRA	25.62 (1) 29.34 (2)	54.96 (1) 31.36 (8)	1:26.32 (3) 32.68 (8)	1:59.00	0.73
8	1	Juan Veloz	MEX	26.60 (6) 30.52 (8)	57.12 (8) 31.02 (7)	1:28.14 (8) 31.64 (7)	1:59.78	0.76

Final (17 August 2004 — 19:50)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Michael Phelps	USA	25.55 (1) 28.90 (1)	54.45 (1) 30.09 (5)	1:24.54 (1) 29.50 (2)	1:54.04	0.78	OR
2	6	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	25.98 (3) 29.23 (3)	55.21 (3) 29.86 (2)	1:25.07 (3) 29.49 (1)	1:54.56	0.71
3	4	Steve Parry	GBR	25.90 (2) 29.26 (4)	55.16 (2) 29.74 (1)	1:24.90 (2) 30.62 (6)	1:55.52	0.69
4	3	Paweł Korzeniowski	POL	26.37 (5) 29.14 (2)	55.51 (4) 30.11 (=6)	1:25.62 (4) 30.38 (5)	1:56.00	0.78
5	7	Ștefan Gherghel	ROU	26.32 (4) 29.64 (7)	55.96 (5) 30.03 (3)	1:25.99 (5) 30.11 (4)	1:56.10	0.85
6	2	Wu Peng	CHN	26.47 (6) 29.78 (8)	56.25 (8) 30.05 (4)	1:26.30 (6) 29.98 (3)	1:56.28	0.78
7	1	Nikolay Skvortsov	RUS	26.63 (7) 29.59 (=5)	56.22 (6) 30.11 (=6)	1:26.33 (7) 30.81 (7)	1:57.14	0.90
8	8	Tom Malchow	USA	26.64 (8) 29.59 (=5)	56.23 (7) 30.41 (8)	1:26.64 (8) 30.84 (8)	1:57.48	0.75