The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 19 and 20.

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps broke an Olympic record of 51.25 to claim his fifth gold medal, edging out his teammate and world record holder Ian Crocker by four hundredths of a second (0.04). Meanwhile, Ukraine's Andriy Serdinov earned a bronze in a European record of 51.36. Earlier in the semifinals, Serdinov blasted a new Olympic record, previously set by Australia's Geoff Huegill in Sydney four years ago, with a time of 51.74. One heat later, Phelps stopped the clock at 51.61 to lower the record by 0.13 of a second.

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

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record August 19 Semifinal 1 Andriy Serdinov 51.74 August 19 Semifinal 2 Michael Phelps 51.61 August 20 Final Michael Phelps 51.25

Results

Heats Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 8 4 Ian Crocker 52.03 Q 2 6 4 Andriy Serdinov 52.05 Q 3 7 4 Michael Phelps 52.35 Q 4 5 4 Milorad Čavić 52.44 Q 5 7 7 Geoff Huegill 52.54 Q 6 7 1 Duje Draganja 52.56 Q 7 7 5 Thomas Rupprath 52.57 Q 8 8 3 Franck Esposito 52.61 Q 9 8 5 Igor Marchenko 52.62 Q 10 7 6 Takashi Yamamoto 52.71 Q 11 8 2 Gabriel Mangabeira 52.76 Q 12 7 2 James Hickman 52.91 Q 13 6 3 Yevgeny Korotyshkin 52.93 Q 14 8 6 Mike Mintenko 52.96 Q 15 7 3 Corney Swanepoel 53.07 Q 16 8 7 Helge Meeuw 53.11 Q 17 8 8 Kaio Almeida 53.22 18 5 1 Ryan Pini 53.26 19 6 6 Joris Keizer 53.41 20 8 1 Adam Pine 53.45 21 6 2 Denys Sylantyev 53.46 22 6 5 Todd Cooper 53.48 23 6 1 Mattia Nalesso 53.49 24 5 7 Simão Morgado 53.53 25 5 5 Frederick Bousquet 53.63 26 5 6 Pavel Lagoun 53.87 27 7 8 Ioan Gherghel 53.89 28 4 4 Jere Hård 54.02 29 4 6 Peter Mankoč 54.14 30 6 8 Eugene Botes 54.15 31 4 5 Sotirios Pastras 54.20 32 5 2 Erik Andersson 54.26 33 6 7 Joshua Ilika Brenner 54.29 34 5 3 Zsolt Gáspár 54.43 35 4 1 Rimvydas Šalčius 54.46 36 5 8 Luis Rojas 54.58 37 4 2 Camilo Becerra 54.71 38 3 5 Jeong Doo-hee 54.76 39 2 3 Michal Rubáček 54.87 40 4 7 Georgi Palazov 54.91 41 3 7 Rustam Khudiyev 55.03 42 3 2 Hjörtur Már Reynisson 55.12 43 4 3 Wu Peng 55.17 44 3 4 Eduardo Germán Otero 55.24 45 3 3 Aleksandar Miladinovski 55.71 46 2 6 Oleg Lyashko 55.90 47 3 1 Juan Pablo Valdivieso 55.98 48 3 6 Aghiles Slimani 56.22 49 3 8 Onur Uras 56.37 50 2 5 Nicholas Rees 56.39 51 2 8 Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw 56.68 52 2 2 Conrad Francis 56.80 53 4 8 Andrejs Dūda 56.81 54 2 4 Andy Wibowo 56.86 55 2 7 Daniel O'Keeffe 57.39 56 2 1 Davy Bisslik 57.85 57 1 5 Luis Matias 58.92 58 1 4 Fernando Medrano Medina 1:00.91 59 1 3 Rad Aweisat 1:01.60

Semifinals

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Andriy Serdinov 51.74 Q, 2 3 Duje Draganja 52.74 Q 3 2 Takashi Yamamoto 52.81 4 6 Franck Esposito 52.88 5 1 Mike Mintenko 52.89 6 8 Helge Meeuw 52.99 7 7 James Hickman 53.10 8 5 Milorad Čavić 53.12

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Michael Phelps 51.61 Q, 2 4 Ian Crocker 51.83 Q 3 2 Igor Marchenko 52.32 Q 4 7 Gabriel Mangabeira 52.33 Q 5 3 Geoff Huegill 52.64 Q 6 6 Thomas Rupprath 52.71 Q 7 1 Yevgeny Korotyshkin 52.85 8 8 Corney Swanepoel 52.99

Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Michael Phelps 51.25 3 Ian Crocker 51.29 5 Andriy Serdinov 51.36 EU 4 1 Thomas Rupprath 52.27 5 6 Igor Marchenko 52.32 6 2 Gabriel Mangabeira 52.34 7 8 Duje Draganja 52.46 8 7 Geoff Huegill 52.56

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