Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle

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Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Dates August 15, 2004 (heats &
semifinals)
August 16, 2004 (final)
Competitors 59 from 55 nations
Winning time 1:44.71 OR
Medalists
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1st Ian Thorpe
 Australia
2nd Pieter van den Hoogenband
 Netherlands
3rd Michael Phelps
 United States
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Swimming events at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women

The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece. The event took place on 15 and 16 August.

In the lead-up to the final, the event was billed as The Race of the Century or the "greatest swimming race of all-time", due to its significance and high-class field. It featured four of the fastest swimmers in Olympic history: Ian Thorpe (Australia, world record holder in the event at the time), Pieter van den Hoogenband (Netherlands, defending Olympic champion), Grant Hackett (Australia, former world record holder in the event), and Michael Phelps (United States, later became the most decorated all-time Olympian, with a total of 22 medals).

Thorpe edged out Pieter van den Hoogenband in the final 50 metres to claim his second gold at the Games and fifth career medal, following his triumph in the 400 m freestyle two days earlier.[1] With only 50 metres to go, he powered past his arch-rival to touch the wall first in an Olympic record of 1:44.71, matching the third fastest swim over the distance. Van den Hoogenband, who led the field through the first three laps under a world record pace, settled only for the silver in 1:45.23.[2] Meanwhile, Phelps finished the race with a bronze in an American record of 1:45.32, ending his hopes of emulating Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven gold medals.[2][3][4]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record  Ian Thorpe (AUS) 1:44.06 Fukuoka, Japan 25 July 2001
Olympic record  Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) 1:45.35 Sydney, Australia 18 September 2000

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
16 August Final Ian Thorpe  Australia 1:44.71 OR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 4 Ian Thorpe  Australia 1:47.22 Q
2 8 5 Pieter van den Hoogenband  Netherlands 1:47.32 Q
3 8 3 Emiliano Brembilla 23x15px Italy 1:47.95 Q
4 7 5 Klete Keller  United States 1:47.97 Q
5 6 4 Michael Phelps  United States 1:48.43 Q
6 8 6 Simon Burnett  Great Britain 1:48.68 Q
7 7 4 Grant Hackett  Australia 1:48.90 Q
8 7 6 Jens Schreiber  Germany 1:49.00 Q, WD
9 8 2 Květoslav Svoboda  Czech Republic 1:49.25 Q
10 6 5 Rick Say  Canada 1:49.32 Q
11 8 1 Dominik Meichtry  Switzerland 1:49.45 Q
12 7 7 George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago 1:49.48 Q
13 7 2 Yoshihiro Okumura  Japan 1:49.54 Q
14 7 3 Brent Hayden  Canada 1:49.56 Q
15 7 8 Andreas Zisimos  Greece 1:49.60 Q
16 6 3 Andrey Kapralov  Russia 1:49.91 Q
17 6 7 Olaf Wildeboer  Spain 1:50.01 Q
18 5 3 Jacob Carstensen  Denmark 1:50.15
19 6 6 Stefan Herbst  Germany 1:50.23
20 6 1 Rodrigo Castro  Brazil 1:50.27
21 5 8 Saulius Binevičius  Lithuania 1:50.50
22 8 7 Peter Mankoč  Slovenia 1:50.72
23 5 4 Romāns Miloslavskis  Latvia 1:50.83
24 7 1 Maksim Kuznetsov  Russia 1:50.93
25 8 8 Nicolas Rostoucher  France 1:50.96
26 5 5 Dominik Koll  Austria 1:51.36
27 4 2 Dmytro Vereitinov  Ukraine 1:51.38
28 4 3 Joshua Ilika Brenner  Mexico 1:51.66
29 5 1 Luís Monteiro  Portugal 1:51.78
30 5 1 Łukasz Drzewiński  Poland 1:51.90
31 2 6 Mihail Alexandrov  Bulgaria 1:52.12
32 5 7 Tamás Szűcs  Hungary 1:52.26
33 5 6 Han Kyu-chul 23x15px South Korea 1:52.28
34 4 8 Damian Alleyne  Barbados 1:52.89
35 3 2 Aleksandar Malenko  North Macedonia 1:53.00
35 4 7 Mahrez Mebarek  Algeria 1:53.00
37 4 5 Yahor Salabutau  Belarus 1:53.03
38 3 5 Albert Subirats 23x15px Venezuela 1:53.11
39 4 6 Giancarlo Zolezzi  Chile 1:53.18
40 3 7 Juan Martín Pereyra  Argentina 1:53.19
40 3 8 Shaune Fraser  Cayman Islands 1:53.19
42 4 1 Miguel Molina  Philippines 1:53.81
43 6 8 Zhang Lin  China 1:53.84
44 3 3 Alexandros Aresti  Cyprus 1:53.90
45 2 3 Martín Kutscher  Uruguay 1:53.91
46 6 2 Andrea Beccari 23x15px Italy 1:54.00
47 3 4 Chen Te-tung  Chinese Taipei 1:54.14
48 1 5 Igor Erhartić  Serbia and Montenegro 1:54.21
49 2 5 Ştefan Pinciuc  Moldova 1:54.56
50 2 1 Anouar Ben Naceur  Tunisia 1:54.69
51 2 2 Mark Chay  Singapore 1:54.70
52 4 4 Aytekin Mindan  Turkey 1:55.65
53 2 4 Adil Bellaz  Morocco 1:55.79
54 3 6 Mario Delač  Croatia 1:55.82
55 2 7 Vitaliy Khan  Kazakhstan 1:56.11
56 3 1 Diego Mularoni  San Marino 1:56.18
57 2 8 Petr Vasiliev  Uzbekistan 1:56.93
58 1 3 Zurab Khomasuridze  Georgia 1:58.02
59 1 4 Ruslan Ismailov  Kyrgyzstan 2:01.53

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Pieter van den Hoogenband  Netherlands 1:46.00 Q
2 5 Klete Keller  United States 1:47.28 Q
3 3 Simon Burnett  Great Britain 1:47.72 Q
4 6 Květoslav Svoboda  Czech Republic 1:49.27
5 7 Yoshihiro Okumura  Japan 1:49.49
6 1 Andreas Zisimos  Greece 1:49.76
7 2 Dominik Meichtry  Switzerland 1:50.02
8 8 Olaf Wildeboer  Spain 1:50.61

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Ian Thorpe  Australia 1:46.65 Q
2 3 Michael Phelps  United States 1:47.08 Q
3 6 Grant Hackett  Australia 1:47.61 Q
4 5 Emiliano Brembilla 23x15px Italy 1:47.93 Q
5 2 Rick Say  Canada 1:48.16 Q
6 7 George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago 1:49.59
7 1 Brent Hayden  Canada 1:50.00
8 8 Andrey Kapralov  Russia 1:51.35

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 5 Ian Thorpe  Australia 1:44.71 OR
2nd 4 Pieter van den Hoogenband  Netherlands 1:45.23
3rd 3 Michael Phelps  United States 1:45.32 AM
4 6 Klete Keller  United States 1:46.13
5 2 Grant Hackett  Australia 1:46.56
6 8 Rick Say  Canada 1:47.55
7 7 Simon Burnett  Great Britain 1:48.02
8 1 Emiliano Brembilla 23x15px Italy 1:48.40

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