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

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatic Centre
DateAugust 17, 2004 (heats and semifinals)
August 18, 2004 (final)
Competitors47 from 39 nations
Winning time2:09.44 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kosuke Kitajima  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dániel Gyurta  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Brendan Hansen  United States
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Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
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4 × 100 mmenwomen

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 17 and 18.[1]

After missing out the semifinals in Sydney four years earlier, Japan's Kosuke Kitajima shattered one of the longest-standing Olympic swimming records when he clocked 2:09.44, erasing a 0.77-second mark by American swimmer Mike Barrowman in 1992. This achievement secured a breaststroke double for the second consecutive time.[2] In a surprise turn of events, 15-year-old Dániel Gyurta of Hungary claimed the silver medal with a time of 2:10.80, narrowly edging out U.S. swimmer Brendan Hansen in a close race by 0.07 of a second. Hansen, who broke Kitajima's world record at the U.S. Olympic trials one month ago, finished third in 2:10.87.[3]

Records

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

World record  Brendan Hansen (USA) 2:09.04 Long Beach, United States 11 July 2004
Olympic record  Mike Barrowman (USA) 2:10.16 Barcelona, Spain 29 July 1992

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
August 18 Final Kosuke Kitajima  Japan 2:09.44 OR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 2 Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:11.29 Q
2 4 4 Kosuke Kitajima  Japan 2:11.97 Q
3 4 5 Paolo Bossini  Italy 2:12.09 Q
4 4 3 Mike Brown  Canada 2:12.69 Q
5 6 4 Brendan Hansen  United States 2:12.77 Q
6 5 8 Vladislav Polyakov  Kazakhstan 2:12.96 Q
7 6 3 Ian Edmond  Great Britain 2:13.08 Q
8 5 3 Grigory Falko  Russia 2:13.45 Q
9 5 5 Scott Usher  United States 2:13.59 Q
10 6 5 Jim Piper  Australia 2:13.79 Q
11 5 6 Genki Imamura  Japan 2:14.10 Q
12 4 1 Terence Parkin  South Africa 2:14.12 Q
13 5 2 Maxim Podoprigora  Austria 2:14.31 Q
14 6 7 Richárd Bodor  Hungary 2:14.36 Q
15 2 4 Lai Zhongjian  China 2:14.61 Q
16 4 6 Chris Cook  Great Britain 2:14.68 Q
17 5 4 Dmitry Komornikov  Russia 2:14.92
18 4 8 Jens Kruppa  Germany 2:15.29
19 3 2 Ratapong Sirisanont  Thailand 2:15.39
20 3 3 Valeriy Dymo  Ukraine 2:15.52
21 3 4 Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson  Iceland 2:15.60
22 6 8 Michael Williamson  Ireland 2:15.75
23 4 2 Regan Harrison  Australia 2:15.86
24 2 1 Eduardo Fischer  Brazil 2:16.04
25 5 1 Hugues Duboscq  France 2:16.56
26 5 7 Thijs van Valkengoed  Netherlands 2:16.80
27 6 1 Martin Gustavsson  Sweden 2:17.12
28 2 5 Mihail Alexandrov  Bulgaria 2:17.19
29 6 6 Morgan Knabe  Canada 2:17.20
30 3 6 Daniel Málek  Czech Republic 2:17.47
31 2 6 Sofiane Daid  Algeria 2:17.78
32 3 7 Aleksander Baldin  Estonia 2:17.90
33 3 8 Romanos Alyfantis  Greece 2:18.18
34 2 8 Andrey Morkovin  Uzbekistan 2:18.48
35 1 3 Bradley Ally  Barbados 2:18.64
36 2 2 Emil Tahirovič  Slovenia 2:18.65
37 3 1 Vanja Rogulj  Croatia 2:18.81
38 1 1 Miguel Molina  Philippines 2:19.19
39 2 3 Ben Labowitch  New Zealand 2:19.25
40 4 7 Loris Facci  Italy 2:19.38
41 2 7 Tam Chi Kin  Hong Kong 2:19.48
42 1 4 Wang Wei-wen  Chinese Taipei 2:20.65
43 1 5 Malick Fall  Senegal 2:22.31
44 1 2 Edvinas Dautartas  Lithuania 2:23.12
45 1 7 Sergiu Postica  Moldova 2:27.21
46 1 6 Anton Kramarenko  Kyrgyzstan 2:28.59
3 5 Jarno Pihlava  Finland DNS

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Kosuke Kitajima  Japan 2:10.86 Q
2 5 Mike Brown  Canada 2:12.14 Q
3 3 Vladislav Polyakov  Kazakhstan 2:12.19 Q
4 2 Jim Piper  Australia 2:12.22 Q
5 6 Grigory Falko  Russia 2:12.42
6 1 Richárd Bodor  Hungary 2:12.76
7 7 Terence Parkin  South Africa 2:13.58
8 8 Chris Cook  Great Britain 2:15.91

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:10.75 Q
2 3 Brendan Hansen  United States 2:10.81 Q
3 5 Paolo Bossini  Italy 2:11.76 Q
4 2 Scott Usher  United States 2:12.00 Q
5 7 Genki Imamura  Japan 2:12.86
6 1 Maxim Podoprigora  Austria 2:14.66
7 8 Lai Zhongjian  China 2:14.94
6 Ian Edmond  Great Britain DSQ

Final

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Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Kosuke Kitajima  Japan 2:09.44 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:10.80
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Brendan Hansen  United States 2:10.87
4 6 Paolo Bossini  Italy 2:11.20
5 1 Vladislav Polyakov  Kazakhstan 2:11.76
6 7 Mike Brown  Canada 2:11.94
7 2 Scott Usher  United States 2:11.95
8 Jim Piper  Australia DSQ

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 2004-08-05. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  2. ^ "Japan's Kitajima wins men's 200m breaststroke for 2nd gold". Xinhua. People's Daily. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  3. ^ Thomas, Stephen (18 August 2004). "Kitajima Takes the Breaststroke Double, Wins the 200 in an Olympic Record 2:09.44". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
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