The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 15 and 16.
U.S. swimmer Aaron Peirsol won a gold medal in this event, outside an Olympic record time of 54.06 seconds. Markus Rogan captured Austria's first ever medal in swimming after a hundred years, earning the silver at 54.35. Japan's Tomomi Morita, on the other hand, edged out defending Olympic champion and world record holder Lenny Krayzelburg to take a bronze by two hundredths of a second (0.02), breaking an Asian record time of 54.36 seconds.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
Results
Heats
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! Rank !! Heat !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 1 || 6 || 3 ||align=left| Tomomi Morita ||align=left| || 54.41 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 2 || 6 || 4 ||align=left| Aaron Peirsol ||align=left| || 54.65 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 3 || 4 || 6 ||align=left| László Cseh ||align=left| || 54.80 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| rowspan=2|4 || 5 || 3 ||align=left| Markus Rogan ||align=left| || rowspan=2|54.87 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 6 || 5 ||align=left| Lenny Krayzelburg ||align=left| || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 6 || 5 || 5 ||align=left| Steffen Driesen ||align=left| || 54.92 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 7 || 4 || 4 ||align=left| Arkady Vyatchanin ||align=left| || 55.17 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 8 || 6 || 6 ||align=left| Alex Lim ||align=left| || 55.22 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 9 || 5 || 4 ||align=left| Matt Welsh ||align=left| || 55.35 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 10 || 4 || 5 ||align=left| Ouyang Kunpeng ||align=left| || 55.50 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 11 || 4 || 3 ||align=left| Marco di Carli ||align=left| || 55.58 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 12 || 5 || 1 ||align=left| Gerhard Zandberg ||align=left| || 55.62 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 13 || 6 || 7 ||align=left| Simon Dufour ||align=left| || 55.76 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| rowspan=2|14 || 5 || 6 ||align=left| Gregor Tait ||align=left| || rowspan=2|55.77 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 6 || 1 ||align=left| Răzvan Florea ||align=left| || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 16 || 3 || 5 ||align=left| Gordan Kožulj ||align=left| || 55.80 || Q
|-
| rowspan=2|17 || 3 || 2 ||align=left| Aristeidis Grigoriadis ||align=left| || rowspan=2|55.85 |||
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| 5 || 2 ||align=left| Josh Watson ||align=left| ||
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| 19 || 4 || 2 ||align=left| Yevgeny Aleshin ||align=left| || 55.91 ||
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| 20 || 3 || 6 ||align=left| Ryan Pini ||align=left| || 55.97 ||
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| 21 || 5 || 8 ||align=left| Pierre Roger ||align=left| || 56.07 ||
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| 22 || 4 || 7 ||align=left| Cameron Gibson ||align=left| || 56.14 ||
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| 23 || 4 || 1 ||align=left| Adam Mania ||align=left| || 56.20 ||
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| 24 || 3 || 3 ||align=left| Darius Grigalionis ||align=left| || 56.21 ||
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| 25 || 2 || 5 ||align=left| Nicholas Neckles ||align=left| || 56.32 ||
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| 26 || 3 || 7 ||align=left| Derya Büyükuncu ||align=left| || 56.34 ||
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| rowspan=3|27 || 2 || 6 ||align=left| Ľuboš Križko ||align=left| || rowspan=3|56.62 ||
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| 4 || 8 ||align=left| Volodymyr Nikolaychuk ||align=left| ||
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| 5 || 7 ||align=left| Matthew Rose ||align=left| ||
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| 30 || 2 || 4 ||align=left| Sung Min ||align=left| || 56.78 ||
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| 31 || 3 || 4 ||align=left| Ahmed Hussein ||align=left| || 56.86 ||
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| 32 || 3 || 1 ||align=left| Paulo Machado ||align=left| || 57.07 ||
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| 33 || 3 || 8 ||align=left| Eduardo German Otero ||align=left| || 57.28 ||
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| 34 || 6 || 8 ||align=left| Péter Horváth ||align=left| || 57.29 ||
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| 35 || 6 || 2 ||align=left| Aschwin Wildeboer ||align=left| || 57.35 ||
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| 36 || 2 || 2 ||align=left| Matti Mäki ||align=left| || 57.57 ||
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| 37 || 2 || 3 ||align=left| George Gleason ||align=left| || 57.64 ||
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| 38 || 1 || 3 ||align=left| Chris Vythoulkas ||align=left| || 58.31 || NR
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| 39 || 2 || 1 ||align=left| Brendan Ashby ||align=left| || 58.91 ||
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| 40 || 2 || 7 ||align=left| Igor Beretić ||align=left| || 59.38 ||
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| 41 || 1 || 4 ||align=left| Stanislav Osinsky ||align=left| || 59.92 ||
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| 42 || 1 || 5 ||align=left| Alexandru Ivlev ||align=left| || 1:00.13 ||
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| 43 || 2 || 8 ||align=left| Danil Bugakov ||align=left| || 1:02.28 ||
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| 44 || 1 || 6 ||align=left| Omar Abu Fares ||align=left| || 1:02.36 ||
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| || 1 || 2 ||align=left| Donnie Defreitas ||align=left| || ||
|}
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! Rank !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 1 || 4 ||align=left| Aaron Peirsol ||align=left| || 54.34 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 2 || 5 ||align=left| Markus Rogan ||align=left| || 54.42 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 3 || 3 ||align=left| Steffen Driesen ||align=left| || 54.64 || Q
|-
| 4 || 2 ||align=left| Ouyang Kunpeng ||align=left| || 55.28 ||
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| 5 || 1 ||align=left| Gregor Tait ||align=left| || 55.31 ||
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| 6 || 7 ||align=left| Gerhard Zandberg ||align=left| || 55.76 ||
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| 7 || 8 ||align=left| Gordan Kožulj ||align=left| || 56.02 ||
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| 8 || 6 ||align=left| Alex Lim ||align=left| || 56.08 ||
|}
Semifinal 2
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! Rank !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 1 || 4 ||align=left| Tomomi Morita ||align=left| || 54.62 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 2 || 3 ||align=left| Lenny Krayzelburg ||align=left| || 54.63 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 3 || 2 ||align=left| Matt Welsh ||align=left| || 54.69 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 4 || 5 ||align=left| László Cseh ||align=left| || 54.86 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 5 || 7 ||align=left| Marco di Carli ||align=left| || 55.03 || Q
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| 6 || 6 ||align=left| Arkady Vyatchanin ||align=left| || 55.20 ||
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| 7 || 8 ||align=left| Răzvan Florea ||align=left| || 55.27 ||
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| 8 || 1 ||align=left| Simon Dufour ||align=left| || 56.15 ||
|}
Final
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! Rank !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
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| || 4 ||align=left| Aaron Peirsol ||align=left| || 54.06 ||
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| || 5 ||align=left| Markus Rogan ||align=left| || 54.35 ||
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| || 3 ||align=left| Tomomi Morita ||align=left| || 54.36 || AS
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| 4 || 6 ||align=left| Lenny Krayzelburg ||align=left| || 54.38 ||
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| 5 || 7 ||align=left| Matt Welsh ||align=left| || 54.52 ||
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| 6 || 1 ||align=left| László Cseh ||align=left| || 54.61 ||
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| 7 || 2 ||align=left| Steffen Driesen ||align=left| || 54.63 ||
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| 8 || 8 ||align=left| Marco di Carli ||align=left| || 55.27 ||
|}
References
External links
- Official Olympic Report