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Host City: Athina, Greece
Location: Olympic Aquatic Centre
Date Started: August 18, 2004
Date Finished: August 18, 2004
Format: Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Aaron Peirsol |
| Silver: | Markus Rogan |
| Bronze: | Răzvan Florea |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matti Mäki | 22 | Finland | FIN | 2:06.29 | |
| 2 | Andrei Mihailov | 23 | Moldova | MDA | 2:06.97 | |
| 3 | Omar Pinzón | 15 | Colombia | COL | 2:07.26 | |
| 4 | Yury Zakharov | 18 | Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 2:10.45 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Lim | 23 | Malaysia | MAS | 2:02.67 | |
| 2 | Derya Büyükuncu | 28 | Turkey | TUR | 2:02.69 | |
| 3 | Nicky Neckles | 25 | Barbados | BAR | 2:02.84 | |
| 4 | Volodymyr Nikolaichuk | 29 | Ukraine | UKR | 2:03.21 | |
| 5 | Pavel Suškov | 22 | Lithuania | LTU | 2:03.54 | |
| 6 | Adam Mania | 20 | Poland | POL | 2:03.73 | |
| 7 | Ahmed Hussain | 21 | Egypt | EGY | 2:04.82 | |
| 8 | Seong Min | 21 | South Korea | KOR | 2:04.86 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathaniel O'Brien | 21 | Canada | CAN | 2:00.49 | QU |
| 2 | Goran Kožulj | 27 | Croatia | CRO | 2:00.94 | QU |
| 3 | Arkady Vyachanin | 20 | Russia | RUS | 2:01.09 | QU |
| 4 | Tomomi Morita | 19 | Japan | JPN | 2:01.19 | QU |
| 5 | Patrick Murphy | 20 | Australia | AUS | 2:01.26 | |
| 6 | Matt Welsh | 27 | Australia | AUS | 2:01.73 | |
| 7 | Antonios Gioulbas | 18 | Greece | GRE | 2:04.30 | |
| 8 | Aschwin Wildeboer | 18 | Spain | ESP | 2:04.33 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Goddard | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:57.96 | QU |
| 2 | Gregor Tait | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:59.35 | QU |
| 3 | Bryce Hunt | 22 | United States | USA | 1:59.82 | QU |
| 4 | Keith Beavers | 21 | Canada | CAN | 2:00.97 | QU |
| 5 | Blaž Medvešek | 24 | Slovenia | SLO | 2:01.13 | QU |
| 6 | Yevgeny Alyoshin | 25 | Russia | RUS | 2:01.25 | |
| 7 | Cam Gibson | 21 | New Zealand | NZL | 2:02.65 | |
| 8 | Viktor Bodrogi | 20 | Hungary | HUN | 2:03.16 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Peirsol | 21 | United States | USA | 1:57.33 | QU |
| 2 | Markus Rogan | 22 | Austria | AUT | 1:58.06 | QU |
| 3 | Răzvan Florea | 23 | Romania | ROU | 1:58.81 | QU |
| 4 | Simon Dufour | 24 | France | FRA | 1:59.52 | QU |
| 5T | Jorge Sánchez | 27 | Spain | ESP | 2:00.10 | QU |
| 5T | Emanuele Merisi | 31 | Italy | ITA | 2:00.10 | QU |
| 7 | Rogério Romero | 34 | Brazil | BRA | 2:00.60 | QU |
| 8 | Yu Rui | 22 | China | CHN | 2:04.51 |