Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly
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The men's 200 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 16 and 17.<ref name="Swimming schedule">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
After finishing fifth in Sydney four years earlier, U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps added a second gold to his collection. He touched the wall first in 1:54.04, just 0.11 of a second under his own world record. Japan's Takashi Yamamoto earned a silver medal in an Asian record of 1:54.56. Stephen Parry ended Great Britain's 8-year medal drought with a bronze in 1:55.52.<ref name=200fly>Template:Cite news</ref> Parry also put his teammate Melanie Marshall on the spot to fulfill her promise of shaving her head if the Brits won a single swimming medal in Athens.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Meanwhile, Poland's Paweł Korzeniowski pulled off a fourth-place effort in a national record of 1:56.00. Defending Olympic champion Tom Malchow rounded out the final to eighth place in 1:57.48, matching his semifinal time in the process.<ref name=200fly/>
Other notable swimmers missed the top 8 final, featuring Denys Sylantyev (Ukraine), Justin Norris (Australia), Franck Esposito (France), and Anatoly Polyakov (Russia).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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 | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 17 | Final | Michael Phelps | Template:FlagIOC | 1:54.04 | Template:OlyR |
Results
Heats
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Stephen Parry | Template:FlagIOC | 1:55.57 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Michael Phelps | Template:FlagIOC | 1:55.65 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Tom Malchow | Template:FlagIOC | 1:57.48 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Anatoly Polyakov | Template:FlagIOC | 1:57.58 | |
| 5 | 3 | Justin Norris | Template:FlagIOC | 1:57.96 | |
| 6 | 2 | Moss Burmester | Template:FlagIOC | 1:58.09 | |
| 7 | 1 | Sergiy Advena | Template:FlagIOC | 1:58.11 | |
| 8 | 7 | Takeshi Matsuda | Template:FlagIOC | 1:58.13 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Paweł Korzeniowski | Template:FlagIOC | 1:56.40 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Takashi Yamamoto | Template:FlagIOC | 1:56.69 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Wu Peng | Template:FlagIOC | 1:56.81 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Ioan Gherghel | Template:FlagIOC | 1:57.31 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Nikolay Skvortsov | Template:FlagIOC | 1:57.37 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | Denys Sylantyev | Template:FlagIOC | 1:57.93 | |
| 7 | 6 | Franck Esposito | Template:FlagIOC | 1:59.00 | |
| 8 | 1 | Juan Veloz | Template:FlagIOC | 1:59.78 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Gold01 | 5 | Michael Phelps | Template:FlagIOC | 1:54.04 | Template:OlyR |
| Template:Silver02 | 6 | Takashi Yamamoto | Template:FlagIOC | 1:54.56 | AS |
| Template:Bronze03 | 4 | Stephen Parry | Template:FlagIOC | 1:55.52 | |
| 4 | 3 | Paweł Korzeniowski | Template:FlagIOC | 1:56.00 | NR |
| 5 | 7 | Ioan Gherghel | Template:FlagIOC | 1:56.10 | |
| 6 | 2 | Wu Peng | Template:FlagIOC | 1:56.28 | |
| 7 | 1 | Nikolay Skvortsov | Template:FlagIOC | 1:57.14 | |
| 8 | 8 | Tom Malchow | Template:FlagIOC | 1:57.48 |