Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly

The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]

Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date24 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors61 from 56 nations
Winning time52.27 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Denis Pankratov  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Scott Miller  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vladislav Kulikov  Russia
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Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Denis Pankratov (RUS) 52.32 Vienna, Austria 23 August 1995
Olympic record   Anthony Nesty (SUR) 53.00 Seoul, South Korea 21 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
24 July Heat 7 Scott Miller   Australia 52.89 OR
24 July Final A Denis Pankratov   Russia 52.27 WR

Results

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Heats

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Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 4 Scott Miller   Australia 52.89 Q, OR
2 8 4 Denis Pankratov   Russia 52.96 Q
3 7 7 Pavlo Khnykin   Ukraine 53.25 Q, NR
4 8 2 Jiang Chengji   China 53.40 Q
5 6 2 Stephen Clarke   Canada 53.41 Q
8 3 Rafał Szukała   Poland Q
7 7 5 Michael Klim   Australia 53.42 Q
8 6 4 Vladislav Kulikov   Russia 53.54 Q
9 7 3 Mark Henderson   United States 53.58 q
10 8 6 Péter Horváth   Hungary 53.69 q
11 7 6 James Hickman   Great Britain 53.73 q
12 6 3 Franck Esposito   France 53.77 q
13 4 5 Ricardo Busquets   Puerto Rico 53.90 q, NR
4 3 Francisco Sánchez   Venezuela q, WD, NR
15 7 2 Takashi Yamamoto   Japan 53.95 q, NR
16 7 1 Edward Parenti   Canada 54.03 q
17 6 5 John Hargis   United States 54.06 q
18 8 5 Denys Sylantyev   Ukraine 54.33
19 6 6 Lars Frölander   Sweden 54.37
20 8 8 Yukihiro Matsushita   Japan 54.50
21 5 6 Andrey Gavrilov   Kazakhstan 54.56 NR
6 7 Oliver Lampe   Germany
23 5 4 Miloš Milošević   Croatia 54.62
8 1 Stefan Aartsen   Netherlands
25 5 1 Vesa Hanski   Finland 54.73
26 7 8 Denislav Kalchev   Bulgaria 54.81
27 4 4 Derya Büyükuncu   Turkey 54.89
28 4 2 Vladan Marković   FR Yugoslavia 54.90
29 5 2 Jesús González   Mexico 54.94
30 6 1 Diego Perdomo   Colombia 55.08
31 5 8 Dan Kutler   Israel 55.11
32 3 4 André Teixeira   Brazil 55.23
33 4 1 Javier Golovchenko   Uruguay 55.26 NR
34 5 7 Danyon Loader   New Zealand 55.39
35 4 8 Răzvan Petcu   Romania 55.50
36 5 3 Peter Mankoč   Slovenia 55.59
37 2 3 Rubén Piñeda   El Salvador 56.01
38 8 7 José Meolans   Argentina 56.02
39 5 5 Andrea Oriana   Italy 56.04
40 3 3 Giovanni Linscheer   Suriname 56.09
41 3 6 Janko Gojković   Bosnia and Herzegovina 56.11 NR
42 1 4 Kire Filipovski   Macedonia 56.13 NR
43 4 7 Georgios Popotas   Greece 56.16
44 3 1 Roberto Delgado   Ecuador 56.29 NR
45 3 5 Anthony Ang   Malaysia 56.41
46 3 7 Maxim Cazmirciuc   Moldova 56.46
4 6 Tamer Hamed   Egypt
48 2 4 Ravil Nachaev   Uzbekistan 56.61
49 2 6 Artūrs Jakovļevs   Latvia 56.62
50 2 1 Arthur Li Kai Yien   Hong Kong 56.92
51 3 8 Patrick Sagisi   Guam 56.93
52 1 5 Yang Dae-chul   South Korea 57.05
53 2 7 Thum Ping Tjin   Singapore 57.07
54 1 3 Mindaugas Bružas   Lithuania 57.10
55 2 2 José Isaza   Panama 57.62
56 2 8 Alain Sergile   Haiti 58.23
57 1 6 Kamal Salman Masud   Pakistan 58.59
58 1 2 David Pereyra   Bolivia 1:01.63
2 5 Salim Iles   Algeria DNS
3 2 Indrek Sei   Estonia DNS
6 8 Martín López-Zubero   Spain DNS

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 3 James Hickman   Great Britain 53.23
4 Mark Henderson   United States
11 5 Péter Horváth   Hungary 53.48
12 2 Ricardo Busquets   Puerto Rico 53.65 NR
13 7 Takashi Yamamoto   Japan 53.98
14 6 Franck Esposito   France 54.02
15 1 Edward Parenti   Canada 54.19
16 8 John Hargis   United States 54.29

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Denis Pankratov   Russia 52.27 WR
  4 Scott Miller   Australia 52.53 OC
  8 Vladislav Kulikov   Russia 53.13
4 6 Jiang Chengji   China 53.20 AS
5 2 Rafał Szukała   Poland 53.29
6 1 Michael Klim   Australia 53.30
7 7 Stephen Clarke   Canada 53.33
8 3 Pavlo Khnykin   Ukraine 53.58

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 46. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 46. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
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