Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre backstroke

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Records

Medalists

Note

This result is being appealed - Aaron Peirsol won the race but was disqualified for a noncontinuous backstroke turn [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15563-2004Aug19.html] . In backstroke, a swimmer is allowed to rotate onto his/her stomach as long as 1) only one arm pull occurs while the swimmer is on his/her stomach and 2) the turn is one smooth motion. [http://www.fina.org/rules/SW/rules_sw6.htm FINA Rules for Backstroke]

Resolution

The appeal succeeded; Peirsol has been re-instated as the gold medal winner with a new Olympic Record time.

Continuation

The British team have announced their intention to appeal to a higher body in an attempt to get their fourth placed swimmer James Goddard a bronze medal.

Heats

Heat 1

# 2:06.29
# 2:06.97
# 2:07.26
# 2:10.45

Heat 2

# 2:02.67
# 2:02.69
# 2:02.84
# 2:03.21
# 2:03.54
# 2:03.73
# 2:04.82
# 2:04.86

Heat 3

# 2:00.49 -Q
# 2:00.94 -Q
# 2:01.09 -Q
# 2:01.19 -Q
# 2:01.26
# , Australia 2:01.73
# 2:04.30
# 2:04.33

Heat 4

# 1:57.96 -Q
# , Great Britain 1:59.35 -Q
# 1:59.82 -Q
# , Canada 2:00.97 -Q
# 2:01.13 -Q
# , Russia 2:01.25
# 2:02.65
# 2:03.16

Heat 5

# , United States 1:57.33 -Q
# 1:58.06 -Q
# 1:58.81 -Q
# 1:59.52 -Q
# , Spain 2:00.10 -Q
# 2:00.10 -Q
# 2:00.60 -Q
# 2:04.51

Heats ranking

# Aaron Peirsol, United States 1:57.33 -Q
# James Goddard, Great Britain 1:57.96 -Q
# Markus Rogan, Austria 1:58.06 -Q
# Răzvan Florea, Romania 1:58.81 -Q
# Gregor Tait, Great Britain 1:59.35 -Q
# Simon Dufour, France 1:59.52 -Q
# Bryce Hunt, United States 1:59.82 -Q
# Jorge Sanchez, Spain 2:00.10 -Q
# Emanuele Merisi, Italy 2:00.10 -Q
# Nathaniel O Brien, Canada 2:00.49 -Q
# Rogerio Romero, Brazil 2:00.60 -Q
# Gordan Kozulj, Croatia 2:00.94 -Q
# Keith Beavers, Canada 2:00.97 -Q
# Arkady Vyatchanin, Russia 2:01.09 -Q
# Blaz Medvesek, Slovenia 2:01.13 -Q
# Tomomi Morita, Japan 2:01.19 -Q
# Evgeny Aleshin, Russia 2:01.25
# Patrick Murphy, Australia 2:01.26
# Matt Welsh, Australia 2:01.73
# Cameron Gibson, New Zealand 2:02.65
# Keng Liat Alex Lim, Malaysia 2:02.67
# Derya Buyukuncu, Turkey 2:02.69
# Nicholas Neckles, Barbados 2:02.84
# Viktor Bodrogi, Hungary 2:03.16
# Volodymyr Nikolaychuk, Ukraine 2:03.21
# Pavel Suskov, Lithuania 2:03.54
# Adam Mania, Poland 2:03.73
# Antonios Gkioulmpas, Greece 2:04.30
# Aschwin Wildeboer, Spain 2:04.33
# Rui Yu, China 2:04.51
# Ahmed Hussein, Egypt 2:04.82
# Min Sung, Korea 2:04.86
# Matti Maki, Finland 2:06.29
# Andrei Mihailov, Republic of Moldova 2:06.97
# Omar Pinzon, Colombia 2:07.26
# Yury Zaharov, Kyrgyzstan 2:10.45

emi-finals

emi-final 1

# James Goddard, Great Britain 1:57.25 -Q
# Răzvan Florea, Romania 1:58.20 -Q
# Simon Dufour, France 1:58.96 -Q
# Tomomi Morita, Japan 1:59.52 -Q
# Gordan Kozulj, Croatia 1:59.61
# Arkady Vyatchanin, Russia 1:59.80
# Jorge Sanchez, Spain 2:00.12
# Nathaniel O Brien, Canada 2:00.13

emi-final 2

# Aaron Peirsol, United States 1:55.14 -Q Olympic Record
# Markus Rogan, Austria 1:57.50 -Q
# Gregor Tait, Great Britain 1:58.75 -Q
# Blaz Medvesek, Slovenia 1:59.37 -Q
# Bryce Hunt, United States 1:59.74
# Keith Beavers, Canada 1:59.98
# Rogerio Romero, Brazil 2:00.48
# Emanuele Merisi, Italy 2:00.83

emi-final ranking

# Aaron Peirsol, United States 1:55.14 -Q
# James Goddard, Great Britain 1:57.25 -Q
# Markus Rogan, Austria 1:57.50 -Q
# Răzvan Florea, Romania 1:58.20 -Q
# Gregor Tait, Great Britain 1:58.75 -Q
# Simon Dufour, France 1:58.96 -Q
# Blaz Medvesek, Slovenia 1:59.37 -Q
# Tomomi Morita, Japan 1:59.52 -Q
# Gordan Kozulj, Croatia 1:59.61
# Bryce Hunt, United States 1:59.74
# Arkady Vyatchanin, Russia 1:59.80
# Keith Beavers, Canada 1:59.98
# Jorge Sanchez, Spain 2:00.12
# Nathaniel O Brien, Canada 2:00.13
# Rogerio Romero, Brazil 2:00.48
# Emanuele Merisi, Italy 2:00.83

Final

# Aaron Peirsol, United States 1:54.95 Olympic Record
# Markus Rogan, Austria 1:57.35
# Răzvan Florea, Romania 1:57.56
# James Goddard, Great Britain 1:57.76
# Tomomi Morita, Japan 1:58.40 Asian Record
# Simon Dufour, France 1:58.49
# Gregor Tait, Great Britain 1:59.28
# Blaz Medvesek, Slovenia 2:00.06