Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:Men's 50 metre freestyle
Games:2004 Summer
Venue:Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Dates:August 19, 2004 (heats &<br />semifinals)
August 20, 2004 (final)
Competitors:86
Nations:78
Win Value:21.93
Gold:Gary Hall Jr.
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Duje Draganja
Silvernoc:CRO
Bronze:Roland Mark Schoeman
Bronzenoc:RSA
Prev:2000
Next:2008

The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 19 and 20.[1]

United States' Gary Hall Jr. defended his Olympic title in the event in 21.93, just two hundredths of a second off the record set by Alexander Popov in 1992.[2] The silver medal was awarded to Croatia's Duje Draganja, who placed behind Hall in 21.94. South Africa's Roland Mark Schoeman completed his full set of medals by adding a bronze in 22.02.[3]

Defending bronze medalist Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands (22.56), and dual Olympic champion Alexander Popov of Russia (22.58) missed the semifinals.[4] By the following year, Popov announced his retirement from swimming, and became a full-time member of the International Olympic Committee.

Eleven first round heats were raced, comprising a total of 86 swimmers. The fastest 16 swimmers from this group qualified to move on to the semifinals stage.[5] After the heats had been raced, the cut-off time was 22.53 seconds. The 16 swimmers who advanced then raced in two semifinals of eight swimmers each, the results being pooled and the fastest eight swimmers advancing to the final. The cut-off time to proceed into the final was 22.19 seconds.

Records

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

Competition format

The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.

Results

The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals.

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Time Notes
1 11 4 22.04
2 10 8 22.24
3 9 3 22.26
11 8 , NR
5 8 5 22.28
6 9 6 22.30
7 9 4 22.33
8 11 5 22.41
11 2
10 9 2 22.42
11 1
12 8 4 22.45
13 8 2 22.51
14 9 5 22.52
10 7
16 11 6 22.53
17 11 3 22.56
18 10 3 22.58
10 4
8 6 Rafed El-Masri
21 7 1 Rolandas Gimbutis22.59
22 10 2 Lorenzo Vismara22.70
23 10 5 Eduardo Lorente22.71
24 7 3 Apostolos Tsagkarakis22.72
25 9 1 Michele Scarica22.80
26 11 7 Ashley Callus22.82
27 9 7 José Meolans22.90
28 10 6 Vyacheslav Shyrshov22.96
29 9 8 Andrey Kapralov22.97
30 10 1 Matthew Rose23.01
31 7 6 Milorad Čavić23.05
32 6 2 Krisztián Takács23.12
33 6 1 Stanislau Neviarouski23.13
34 8 7 Marcos Hernández23.19
35 7 2 Lee Chung-hee23.20
36 7 7 Camilo Becerra23.23
7 4 Pedro Silva
5 7 Ravil Nachaev
39 6 8 Kaan Tayla23.26
40 5 4 Carl Probert23.31
41 7 5 Jere Hård23.33
42 7 3 Chen Zuo23.41
43 6 3 Julio Santos23.43
5 6 Joshua Laban
45 6 4 Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou23.51
46 5 1 Allen Ong23.52
6 6 Arwut Chinnapasaen
48 6 7 Wang Shao-an23.54
49 6 5 Danil Haustov23.56
50 4 4 José Mafio23.58
51 4 5 Jevon Atkinson23.61
52 5 2 Raichin Antonov23.67
53 4 6 Rodrigo Díaz23.69
54 5 5 Örn Arnarson23.84
55 5 8 Oleg Shteynikov23.88
56 4 3 Terrence Haynes23.90
57 4 8 Abed Rahman Kaaki24.68
58 4 2 Gregory Arkhurst24.82
4 7 Mauricio Prudencio
60 4 1 Alois Dansou24.86
61 1 4 Emile Rony Bakale25.07
62 3 5 Chris Hackel25.33
63 1 3 Ahmed Mohamed Jewel25.47
64 3 4 Cole Shade Sule26.16
65 3 3 Johnathan Steele26.40
66 3 6 Kreshnik Gjata26.61
5 3 Semen Danilov
68 2 4 Anderson Bonabart26.75
69 1 2 Ibrahim Maliki26.81
70 3 8 Hem Kiri27.49
71 3 2 Khaled Ghezzawi27.55
72 2 3 Hojamamed Hojamamedov27.68
73 3 1 Hassan Mubah27.71
74 1 7 Donnie Defreitas27.72
75 3 7 Edgar Luberenga27.77
76 1 5 Abdourahamane Diawara28.10
77 2 5 Bounthanom Vongphachanh28.17
78 2 7 Leonce Sekama28.99
79 1 6 David Keita29.96
80 2 2 Mohamed Saad29.97
81 2 6 Mamadou Ouedraogo30.36
82 2 8 Malique Williams32.86
83 2 1 Yona Walesi34.11
8 1 Luis Rojas
8 3 Peter Mankoč
8 8 George Bovell

Semifinals

The swimmers with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Time Notes
1 1 6 21.99 , AF
2 1 2 22.07 , OC
3 2 6 22.12
4 1 5 22.16 , NR
5 2 2 22.18
2 4
2 7
8 2 3 22.19
9 2 5 22.22
10 1 3 22.26
11 2 8 22.27
12 1 4 22.29
13 1 1 22.36
14 1 8 22.46
15 1 7 22.52
16 2 1 22.63

Final

Rank Lane Name Nation Time Notes
2 21.93
8 21.94
4 22.02
4 1 22.08
5 3 22.11
6 5 22.18
7 7 22.26
8 6 22.37

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swimming schedule . . 5 August 2004. 17 June 2007.
  2. News: Defiant Hall wins 50m free . Harris, Beth . . . 21 August 2004. 17 June 2007.
  3. News: Thomas. Stephen. Hall Does it Again, Repeats as 50 Free Champ. Swimming World Magazine. 20 August 2004. 19 April 2013.
  4. News: Thomas. Stephen. Men’s 50 Freestyle Prelims Day 6: Hall Splashes a Hot 22.04, Fastest Qualifier; Lezak Makes This One but Popov, Hoogie Bow Out. Swimming World Magazine. 19 August 2004. 19 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204025/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7897.asp. 29 October 2013.
  5. Web site: Beginner's guide to swimming . 15 April 2004 . . 17 June 2007.

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