Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke
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The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 15 and 16.[1]
Quick Facts Men's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, Venue ...
Men's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | August 15, 2004 (heats & semifinals) August 16, 2004 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 45 from 39 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 54.06 | ||||||||||||
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U.S. swimmer Aaron Peirsol won a gold medal in this event, outside an Olympic record time of 54.06 seconds. Markus Rogan captured Austria's first ever medal in swimming after a hundred years, earning the silver at 54.35. Japan's Tomomi Morita, on the other hand, edged out defending Olympic champion and world record holder Lenny Krayzelburg to take a bronze by two hundredths of a second (0.02), breaking an Asian record time of 54.36 seconds.[2][3]