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3242:. ESPN. 20 August 2004
3194:. ESPN. 19 August 2004
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2037:South Korea
1653:New Zealand
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667:event used
62:Competitors
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3744:Hubert Kós
3514:Rick Carey
3468:John Naber
3289:NBC Sports
3041:References
2536:Bryce Hunt
2178:Semifinals
2165:Kyrgyzstan
2058:Matti Mäki
1866:Adam Mania
1610:Matt Welsh
1196:Bryce Hunt
918:Semifinals
721:Long Beach
669:backstroke
622:Matt Welsh
608:Background
585:Mitch Ivey
542:backstroke
315:Backstroke
3399:Jed Graef
3092:Olympedia
3059:BBC Sport
1845:Lithuania
1621:Australia
1589:Australia
838:19 August
807:Semifinal
804:18 August
768:Australia
495:4 × 100 m
475:4 × 200 m
460:4 × 100 m
385:Butterfly
226:Freestyle
83:Medalists
3299:21 March
3217:. SFGate
3123:26 March
3028:Slovenia
2445:Slovenia
2133:Colombia
2026:Sung Min
1749:Barbados
1685:Malaysia
1674:Alex Lim
1487:Slovenia
874:Schedule
759:1:56.76
716:1:54.74
665:swimming
206:Swimming
73:1:54.95
3269:13 July
3246:13 July
3221:13 July
3198:13 July
3176:4 April
3151:4 April
3097:13 July
3065:17 June
3032:2:00.06
3003:1:59.28
2974:1:58.49
2940:1:58.40
2911:1:57.76
2882:1:57.56
2878:Romania
2847:1:57.35
2843:Austria
2807:1:54.95
2765:Swimmer
2743:2:00.83
2711:2:00.48
2679:2:00.13
2647:2:00.12
2615:1:59.98
2583:1:59.80
2551:1:59.74
2519:1:59.61
2515:Croatia
2484:1:59.52
2449:1:59.37
2414:1:58.96
2379:1:58.75
2344:1:58.20
2340:Romania
2309:1:57.50
2305:Austria
2274:1:57.25
2233:1:55.14
2194:Swimmer
2169:2:10.45
2137:2:07.26
2105:2:06.97
2101:Moldova
2073:2:06.29
2069:Finland
2041:2:04.86
2009:2:04.82
1977:2:04.51
1945:2:04.33
1913:2:04.30
1881:2:03.73
1849:2:03.54
1817:2:03.21
1813:Ukraine
1785:2:03.16
1781:Hungary
1753:2:02.84
1721:2:02.69
1689:2:02.67
1657:2:02.65
1625:2:01.73
1593:2:01.26
1561:2:01.25
1526:2:01.19
1491:2:01.13
1456:2:01.09
1421:2:00.97
1386:2:00.94
1382:Croatia
1351:2:00.60
1316:2:00.49
1281:2:00.10
1246:2:00.10
1211:1:59.82
1176:1:59.52
1141:1:59.35
1106:1:58.81
1102:Romania
1071:1:58.06
1067:Austria
1036:1:57.96
1001:1:57.33
962:Swimmer
941:Results
860:1:54.95
826:1:55.14
799:Record
790:Swimmer
679:Records
552:of the
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144:Austria
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558:Athens
303:1500 m
208:at the
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2936:Japan
2752:Final
2739:Italy
2643:Spain
2480:Japan
2005:Egypt
1973:China
1941:Spain
1522:Japan
1277:Italy
1242:Spain
946:Heats
933:Final
928:19:49
914:Heats
909:19:50
905:10:23
893:Time
890:Date
881:UTC+2
841:Final
787:Event
663:This
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484:women
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449:women
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434:women
425:200 m
414:women
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399:women
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364:women
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344:women
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329:women
320:100 m
297:women
291:800 m
285:women
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270:women
261:200 m
255:women
246:100 m
240:women
52:Dates
42:Venue
3734:2024
3711:2020
3688:2016
3665:2012
3642:2008
3619:2004
3596:2000
3573:1996
3550:1992
3527:1988
3504:1984
3481:1980
3458:1976
3435:1972
3412:1968
3389:1964
3366:1900
3301:2013
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3248:2021
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3200:2021
3178:2012
3171:FINA
3153:2012
3125:2013
3117:ESPN
3099:2021
3067:2007
2771:Time
2762:Lane
2759:Rank
2200:Time
2191:Lane
2188:Heat
2185:Rank
968:Time
959:Lane
956:Heat
953:Rank
796:Time
784:Date
644:and
642:2001
583:and
231:50 m
192:2008
187:2000
3750:HUN
3727:ROC
3704:USA
3681:USA
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3589:USA
3566:ESP
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709:USA
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