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

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

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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.[1]

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.[2][3]

Records

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

World record Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)53.60 Sydney, Australia22 August 1999
Olympic record Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)53.72 Sydney, Australia17 September 2000

Results

Heats

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Semifinals

Semifinal 1

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Semifinal 2

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Final

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References

  1. "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. Thomas, Stephen (16 August 2004). "Backstroke Double to USA – Aaron Peirsol Wins his First Individual Gold". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 February 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  3. "Peirsol captures gold in Athens". Daily Pilot. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 26 March 2013.

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