Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly
Men's 100 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
Date | 24 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 61 from 56 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 52.27 WR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
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.
Records
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 |
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24 July | Heat 7 | Scott Miller | Australia | 52.89 | OR |
24 July | Final A | Denis Pankratov | Russia | 52.27 | WR |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
Finals
Final B
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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 |