Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre butterfly
Games:	2004 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Aquatic Centre
Date:	August 19, 2004 (heats &<br />semifinals) August 20, 2004 (final)
Competitors:	59
Nations:	52
Win Value:	51.25
Gold:	Michael Phelps
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Ian Crocker
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Andriy Serdinov
Bronzenoc:	UKR
Prev:	2000
Next:	2008

The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 19 and 20.^[1]

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps broke an Olympic record of 51.25 to claim his fifth gold medal, edging out his teammate and world record holder Ian Crocker by four hundredths of a second (0.04). Meanwhile, Ukraine's Andriy Serdinov earned a bronze in a European record of 51.36.^[2] ^[3] Earlier in the semifinals, Serdinov blasted a new Olympic record, previously set by Australia's Geoff Huegill in Sydney four years ago, with a time of 51.74. One heat later, Phelps stopped the clock at 51.61 to lower the record by 0.13 of a second.^[4]

Records

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

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

Date	Event	Nationality	Record
August 19	Semifinal 1	align=left	51.74
August 19	Semifinal 2	align=left	51.61
August 20	Final	align=left	51.25

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	8	4	52.03	Q
2	6	4	52.05	Q
3	7	4	52.35	Q
4	5	4	52.44	Q
5	7	7	52.54	Q
6	7	1	52.56	Q
7	7	5	52.57	Q
8	8	3	52.61	Q
9	8	5	52.62	Q
10	7	6	52.71	Q
11	8	2	52.76	Q
12	7	2	52.91	Q
13	6	3	52.93	Q
14	8	6	52.96	Q
15	7	3	53.07	Q
16	8	7	53.11	Q
17	8	8	53.22
18	5	1	53.26
19	6	6	53.41
20	8	1	53.45
21	6	2	53.46
22	6	5	53.48
23	6	1	53.49
24	5	7	53.53
25	5	5	53.63
26	5	6	53.87
27	7	8	53.89
28	4	4	54.02
29	4	6	54.14
30	6	8	54.15
31	4	5	54.20
32	5	2	54.26
33	6	7	54.29
34	5	3	54.43
35	4	1	54.46
36	5	8	54.58
37	4	2	54.71
38	3	5	54.76
39	2	3	54.87
40	4	7	54.91
41	3	7	55.03
42	3	2	55.12
43	4	3	55.17
44	3	4	55.24
45	3	3	55.71
46	2	6	55.90
47	3	1	55.98
48	3	6	56.22
49	3	8	56.37
50	2	5	56.39
51	2	8	56.68
52	2	2	56.80
53	4	8	56.81
54	2	4	56.86
55	2	7	57.39
56	2	1	57.85
57	1	5	58.92
58	1	4	1:00.91
59	1	3	1:01.60

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	51.74	Q,
2	3	52.74	Q
3	2	52.81
4	6	52.88
5	1	52.89
6	8	52.99
7	7	53.10
8	5	53.12

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	51.61	Q,
2	4	51.83	Q
3	2	52.32	Q
4	7	52.33	Q
5	3	52.64	Q
6	6	52.71	Q
7	1	52.85
8	8	52.99

Final

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
	4	51.25
	3	51.29
	5	51.36	EU
4	1	52.27
5	6	52.32
6	2	52.34
7	8	52.46
8	7	52.56

Notes and References

Web site: Swimming schedule . . 2004-08-05 . 2007-06-17.
News: Thomas. Stephen. Michael Phelps Adds Fifth Gold in the 100 Fly, Edges Crocker by Four-Hundredths of a Second. Swimming World Magazine. 20 August 2004. 16 March 2013.
News: McMullen. Paul. Phelps gets gold, gives up his place. Baltimore Sun. 21 August 2004. 13 May 2013.
News: Whitten. Phillip. Phelps, Serdinov, Crocker Qualify 1-2-3 for Finals of the 100 Fly. Swimming World Magazine. 19 August 2004. 16 March 2013.