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Host City: Athina, Greece
Venue(s): Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Olympic Sports Complex Spiros Loues, Athina
Date Started: August 15, 2004
Date Finished: August 15, 2004
Format: Fastest eight advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Ian Thorpe |
| Silver: | Pieter van den Hoogenband |
| Bronze: | Michael Phelps |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pieter van den Hoogenband | 26 | Netherlands | NED | 1:46.00 | QU |
| 2 | Klete Keller | 22 | United States | USA | 1:47.28 | QU |
| 3 | Simon Burnett | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:47.72 | QU |
| 4 | Květoslav Svoboda | 21 | Czech Republic | CZE | 1:49.27 | |
| 5 | Yoshihiro Okumura | 21 | Japan | JPN | 1:49.49 | |
| 6 | Andreas Zisimos | 20 | Greece | GRE | 1:49.76 | |
| 7 | Dominik Meichtry | 19 | Switzerland | SUI | 1:50.02 | |
| 8 | Olaf Wildeboer | 21 | Spain | ESP | 1:50.61 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Thorpe | 21 | Australia | AUS | 1:46.65 | QU |
| 2 | Michael Phelps | 19 | United States | USA | 1:47.08 | QU |
| 3 | Grant Hackett | 24 | Australia | AUS | 1:47.61 | QU |
| 4 | Emiliano Brembilla | 25 | Italy | ITA | 1:47.93 | QU |
| 5 | Rick Say | 25 | Canada | CAN | 1:48.16 | QU |
| 6 | George Bovell | 21 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 1:49.59 | |
| 7 | Brent Hayden | 20 | Canada | CAN | 1:50.00 | |
| 8 | Andrey Kapralov | 23 | Russia | RUS | 1:51.35 |