Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre Backstroke: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Records

Medals

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Aaron Peirsol, USA	Markus Rogan, AUT	Razvan Florea, ROM

This result is being appealed - Aaron Peirsol came first in the race but was disqualified for staying under the water for more than 15 metres at the start of a length.

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

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.

Heat 1

1. Matti Maki, Finland 2:06.29
2. Andrei Mihailov, Republic of Moldova 2:06.97
3. Omar Pinzon, Colombia 2:07.26
4. Yury Zaharov, Kyrgyzstan 2:10.45

Heat 2

1. Keng Liat Alex Lim, Malaysia 2:02.67
2. Derya Buyukuncu, Turkey 2:02.69
3. Nicholas Neckles, Barbados 2:02.84
4. Volodymyr Nikolaychuk, Ukraine 2:03.21
5. Pavel Suskov, Lithuania 2:03.54
6. Adam Mania, Poland 2:03.73
7. Ahmed Hussein, Egypt 2:04.82
8. Min Sung, Korea 2:04.86

Heat 3

1. Nathaniel O Brien, Canada 2:00.49 -Q
2. Gordan Kozulj, Croatia 2:00.94 -Q
3. Arkady Vyatchanin, Russia 2:01.09 -Q
4. Tomomi Morita, Japan 2:01.19 -Q
5. Patrick Murphy, Australia 2:01.26
6. Matt Welsh, Australia 2:01.73
7. Antonios Gkioulmpas, Greece 2:04.30
8. Aschwin Wildeboer, Spain 2:04.33

Heat 4

1. James Goddard, Great Britain 1:57.96 -Q
2. Gregor Tait, Great Britain 1:59.35 -Q
3. Bryce Hunt, United States 1:59.82 -Q
4. Keith Beavers, Canada 2:00.97 -Q
5. Blaz Medvesek, Slovenia 2:01.13 -Q
6. Evgeny Aleshin, Russia 2:01.25
7. Cameron Gibson, New Zealand 2:02.65
8. Viktor Bodrogi, Hungary 2:03.16

Heat 5

1. Aaron Peirsol, United States 1:57.33 -Q
2. Markus Rogan, Austria 1:58.06 -Q
3. Razvan Florea, Romania 1:58.81 -Q
4. Simon Dufour, France 1:59.52 -Q
5. Jorge Sanchez, Spain 2:00.10 -Q
6. Emanuele Merisi, Italy 2:00.10 -Q
7. Rogerio Romero, Brazil 2:00.60 -Q
8. Rui Yu, China 2:04.51

1. Aaron Peirsol, United States 1:57.33 -Q
2. James Goddard, Great Britain 1:57.96 -Q
3. Markus Rogan, Austria 1:58.06 -Q
4. Razvan Florea, Romania 1:58.81 -Q
5. Gregor Tait, Great Britain 1:59.35 -Q
6. Simon Dufour, France 1:59.52 -Q
7. Bryce Hunt, United States 1:59.82 -Q
8. Jorge Sanchez, Spain 2:00.10 -Q
9. Emanuele Merisi, Italy 2:00.10 -Q
10. Nathaniel O Brien, Canada 2:00.49 -Q
11. Rogerio Romero, Brazil 2:00.60 -Q
12. Gordan Kozulj, Croatia 2:00.94 -Q
13. Keith Beavers, Canada 2:00.97 -Q
14. Arkady Vyatchanin, Russia 2:01.09 -Q
15. Blaz Medvesek, Slovenia 2:01.13 -Q
16. Tomomi Morita, Japan 2:01.19 -Q
17. Evgeny Aleshin, Russia 2:01.25
18. Patrick Murphy, Australia 2:01.26
19. Matt Welsh, Australia 2:01.73
20. Cameron Gibson, New Zealand 2:02.65
21. Keng Liat Alex Lim, Malaysia 2:02.67
22. Derya Buyukuncu, Turkey 2:02.69
23. Nicholas Neckles, Barbados 2:02.84
24. Viktor Bodrogi, Hungary 2:03.16
25. Volodymyr Nikolaychuk, Ukraine 2:03.21
26. Pavel Suskov, Lithuania 2:03.54
27. Adam Mania, Poland 2:03.73
28. Antonios Gkioulmpas, Greece 2:04.30
29. Aschwin Wildeboer, Spain 2:04.33
30. Rui Yu, China 2:04.51
31. Ahmed Hussein, Egypt 2:04.82
32. Min Sung, Korea 2:04.86
33. Matti Maki, Finland 2:06.29
34. Andrei Mihailov, Republic of Moldova 2:06.97
35. Omar Pinzon, Colombia 2:07.26
36. Yury Zaharov, Kyrgyzstan 2:10.45

Semi-final 1

1. James Goddard, Great Britain 1:57.25 -Q
2. Razvan Florea, Romania 1:58.20 -Q
3. Simon Dufour, France 1:58.96 -Q
4. Tomomi Morita, Japan 1:59.52 -Q
5. Gordan Kozulj, Croatia 1:59.61
6. Arkady Vyatchanin, Russia 1:59.80
7. Jorge Sanchez, Spain 2:00.12
8. Nathaniel O Brien, Canada 2:00.13

Semi-final 2

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

1. Aaron Peirsol, United States 1:55.14 -Q
2. James Goddard, Great Britain 1:57.25 -Q
3. Markus Rogan, Austria 1:57.50 -Q
4. Razvan Florea, Romania 1:58.20 -Q
5. Gregor Tait, Great Britain 1:58.75 -Q
6. Simon Dufour, France 1:58.96 -Q
7. Blaz Medvesek, Slovenia 1:59.37 -Q
8. Tomomi Morita, Japan 1:59.52 -Q
9. Gordan Kozulj, Croatia 1:59.61
10. Bryce Hunt, United States 1:59.74
11. Arkady Vyatchanin, Russia 1:59.80
12. Keith Beavers, Canada 1:59.98
13. Jorge Sanchez, Spain 2:00.12
14. Nathaniel O Brien, Canada 2:00.13
15. Rogerio Romero, Brazil 2:00.48
16. Emanuele Merisi, Italy 2:00.83

1. Aaron Peirsol, United States 1:54.95 Olympic Record
2. Markus Rogan, Austria 1:57.35
3. Razvan Florea, Romania 1:57.56
4. James Goddard, Great Britain 1:57.76
5. Tomomi Morita, Japan 1:58.40 Asian Record
6. Simon Dufour, France 1:58.49
7. Gregor Tait, Great Britain 1:59.28
8. Blaz Medvesek, Slovenia 2:00.06