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

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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100 mmenwomen
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100 mmenwomen
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4 × 100 mmenwomen
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Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

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]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Denis Pankratov  Russia 52.27 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Scott Miller  Australia 52.53 OC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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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