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

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Swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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 butterfly event was on of sixteen events for male swimmers at the 2004 Olympics.

Records

Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Michael Phelps, USA	Takashi Yamamoto, JPN	Stephen Parry, GBR

By winning a medal, Parry puts fellow Briton Melanie Marshall on the spot to fulfill her promise, made after Britain failed to win any swimming medals in Sydney, of shaving her head if the team won a single medal in Athens.

Heats

Heat 1

1. Gaston Rodriguez, Argentina, 2:04.01
2. Donny Utomo, Indonesia, 2:05.71
3. Roy Barahona, Honduras, 2:05.99
4. Sergio Cabrera, Paraguay, 2:06.15
5. James Walsh, Philippines, 2:06.76
6. Bertrand Bristol, Seychelles, 2:09.07
7. Sergey Pankov, Uzbekistan, 2:13.06

Heat 2

1. Nathaniel O'Brien, Canada, 2:00.12
2. Doo-Hee Jeong, South Korea, 2:00.96
3. Georgi Palazov, Bulgaria, 2:02.15
4. Zoran Lazarovski, Macedonia, 2:02.26
5. Paulius Andrijauskas, Lithuania, 2:04.64
6. Vladan Marković, Serbia and Montenegro, 2:04.77
7. Aghiles Slimani, Algeria, 2:04.93
8. Tzu-Cheng Yeh, Chinese Taipei, 2:06.41

Heat 3

1. Tom Malchow, United States 1:57.75 -Q
2. Peng Wu, China 1:57.96 -Q
3. Nikolay Skvortsov, Russia 1:58.18 -Q
4. Sergii Advena, Ukraine 1:58.41 -Q
5. Denys Sylant'yev, Ukraine 1:58.44 -Q
6. Stephen Parry, Great Britain 1:58.88 -Q
7. Jeremy Knowles, Bahamas 1:59.32
8. Andrew Livingston, Puerto Rico 1:59.42

Heat 4

1. Takashi Yamamoto, Japan 1:57.36 -Q
2. Anatoly Polyakov, Russia 1:58.12 -Q
3. Franck Esposito, France 1:58.12 -Q
4. Takeshi Matsuda, Japan 1:58.23 -Q
5. Travis Nederpelt, Australia 1:58.93
6. Ioannis Drymonakos, Greece 1:59.42
7. David Kolozar, Hungary 2:01.89
8. Juan Pablo Valdivieso, Peru 2:02.79

Heat 5

1. Michael Phelps, United States, 1:57.36 -Q
2. Paweł Korzeniowski, Poland, 1:57.45 -Q
3. Justin Norris, Australia, 1:58.05 -Q
4. Ioan Gherghel, Romania, 1:58.12 -Q
5. Moss Burmester, New Zealand, 1:58.13 -Q
6. Juan Veloz, Mexico, 1:58.32 -Q
7. Helge Meeuw, Germany, 1:58.96
8. Kaio de Almeida, Brazil, 1:59.23

Heats ranking

1. Takashi Yamamoto, Japan 1:57.36 -Q
2. Michael Phelps, United States 1:57.36 -Q
3. Paweł Korzeniowski, Poland 1:57.45 -Q
4. Tom Malchow, United States 1:57.75 -Q
5. Peng Wu, China 1:57.96 -Q
6. Justin Norris, Australia 1:58.05 -Q
7. Franck Esposito, France 1:58.12 -Q
8. Anatoly Polyakov, Russia 1:58.12 -Q
9. Ioan Gherghel, Romania 1:58.12 -Q
10. Moss Burmester, New Zealand 1:58.13 -Q
11. Nikolay Skvortsov, Russia 1:58.18 -Q
12. Takeshi Matsuda, Japan 1:58.23 -Q
13. Juan José Veloz Davila, Mexico 1:58.32 -Q
14. Sergii Advena, Ukraine 1:58.41 -Q
15. Denys Sylantyev, Ukraine 1:58.44 -Q
16. Stephen Parry, Great Britain 1:58.88 -Q
17. Travis Nederpelt, Australia 1:58.93
18. Helge Folkert Meeuw, Germany 1:58.96
19. Kaio Almeida, Brazil 1:59.23
20. Jeremy Daniel Knowles, Bahamas 1:59.32
21. Andrew Livingston, Puerto Rico 1:59.42
22. Ioannis Drymonakos, Greece 1:59.42
23. Nathaniel O Brien, Canada 2:00.12
24. Doo-Hee Jeong, Korea 2:00.96
25. David Kolozar, Hungary 2:01.89
26. Georgi Palazov, Bulgaria 2:02.15
27. Zoran Lazarovski, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 2:02.26
28. Juan Pablo Valdivieso, Peru 2:02.79
29. Gaston Rodriguez, Argentina 2:04.01
30. Paulius Andrijauskas, Lithuania 2:04.64
31. Vladan Markovic, Serbia and Montenegro 2:04.77
32. Aghiles Slimani, Algeria 2:04.93
33. Donny Utomo, Indonesia 2:05.71
34. Roy Barahona, Honduras 2:05.99
35. Sergio Cabrera, Paraguay 2:06.15
36. Tzu-Cheng Yeh, Chinese Taipei 2:06.41
37. James Walsh, Philippines 2:06.76
38. Bertrand Bristol, Seychelles 2:09.07
39. Sergey Pankov, Uzbekistan 2:13.06

Semi-finals

Semifinal heat 1

1. Stephen Parry, Great Britain 1:55.57 -Q
2. Michael Phelps, United States 1:55.65 -Q
3. Tom Malchow, United States 1:57.48 -Q
4. Anatoly Polyakov, Russia 1:57.58
5. Justin Norris, Australia 1:57.96
6. Moss Burmester, New Zealand 1:58.09
7. Sergii Advena, Ukraine 1:58.11
8. Takeshi Matsuda, Japan 1:58.13

Semifinal heat 2

1. Paweł Korzeniowski, Poland 1:56.40 -Q
2. Takashi Yamamoto, Japan 1:56.69 -Q
3. Peng Wu, China 1:56.81 -Q
4. Ioan Gherghel, Romania 1:57.31 -Q
5. Nikolay Skvortsov, Russia 1:57.37 -Q
6. Denys Sylantyev, Ukraine 1:57.93
7. Franck Esposito, France 1:59.00
8. Juan José Veloz Davila, Mexico 1:59.78

Semifinal ranking

1. Stephen Parry, Great Britain 1:55.57 -Q
2. Michael Phelps, United States 1:55.65 -Q
3. Paweł Korzeniowski, Poland 1:56.40 -Q
4. Takashi Yamamoto, Japan 1:56.69 -Q
5. Peng Wu, China 1:56.81 -Q
6. Ioan Gherghel, Romania 1:57.31 -Q
7. Nikolay Skvortsov, Russia 1:57.37 -Q
8. Tom Malchow, United States 1:57.48 -Q
9. Anatoly Polyakov, Russia 1:57.58
10. Denys Sylantyev, Ukraine 1:57.93
11. Justin Norris, Australia 1:57.96
12. Moss Burmester, New Zealand 1:58.09
13. Sergii Advena, Ukraine 1:58.11
14. Takeshi Matsuda, Japan 1:58.13
15. Franck Esposito, France 1:59.00
16. Juan Jose Veloz Davila, Mexico 1:59.78

Final

1. Michael Phelps, United States 1:54.04 Olympic Record
2. Takashi Yamamoto, Japan 1:54.56 Asian Record
3. Stephen Parry, Great Britain 1:55.52
4. Paweł Korzeniowski, Poland 1:56.00
5. Ioan Gherghel, Romania 1:56.10
6. Peng Wu, China 1:56.28
7. Nikolay Skvortsov, Russia 1:57.14
8. Tom Malchow, United States 1:57.48

References

• Official Olympic Report