Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly
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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]
Quick Facts Men's 100 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, Venue ...
Men's 100 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Aquatic Centre | ||||||||||||
Date | August 19, 2004 (heats & semifinals) August 20, 2004 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 59 from 52 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 51.25 OR | ||||||||||||
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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]