Men's Swimming
Gold	1996	100m butterfly
Gold	1996	200m butterfly
Silver	1996	4x100m medley Relay

Denis Pankratov (born July 4, 1974 in Volgograd, Soviet Union) was a Russian butterfly swimmer of the 1990s, who was best known for winning the butterfly double at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He trained at the Volgograd club with fellow individual gold medallist at Swimming World World Swimmer of the Year Evgeni Sadovyi. Subject: The Olympic Rings. ... A breaststroke swimmer A dog swimming Swimming describes any method by which living creatures move themselves through water apart from walking on the bottom. ... At the 1996 Summer Olympics, 32 swimming events were contested. ... At the 1996 Summer Olympics, 32 swimming events were contested. ... At the 1996 Summer Olympics, 32 swimming events were contested. ... July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... (help· info) (Russian: ) (population: 1,012,000), formerly called (help· info) (, Tsaritsyn) (1598–1925) and (help· info) () (1925–1961) is a city in and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... The Swimming World Swimmers of the Year, awarded by the American-based Swimming World magazine, are a set of awards which are often regarded as being the most prestigious in the swimming world. ...

At the age of 16, in 1990 and again in 1991, Pankratov won the Junior European Championships in the butterfly. In his first international appearance at senior level, he placed 6th in the final of the 200m butterfly at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In 1993, at the European Championships in Sheffield, Pankratov won his first international medals, with gold medals in the 200m butterfly and 4x100m medley relay and a silver medal in the 100m butterfly. He repeated this performance in the 1995 European Championships in Vienna, this time winning all three gold medals and breaking Pablo Morales'� nine-year-old 100m butterfly world record with a time of 52.32s . He held the 100m butterfly world record for over two years, until it was broken by Michael Klim. This article is about the year. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Games of the XXV Olympiad were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ... Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia, an autonomous region in Spain. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... , For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Slovenian: Dunaj, Croatian and Serbian: Beč Romanian: Viena, Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya;) Vienna is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... Pablo Morales (born 5 December 1964 in Chicago) was an Olympic swimmer for the United States. ... Michael Klim (born August 13, 1977 in Gdynia) is an Australian swimmer. ...

At the 1994 World Championships in Rome, Pankratov swam head-to-head with all the best swimmers of the world. He won the 200m butterfly, placed second in the 4x100m medley relay and third in the 100m butterfly. This competition established Pankratov as the leading butterflier in the world and two years later in Atlanta, at the 1996 Summer Olympics, he won two gold medals, one each in the 100m and 200m butterfly and a silver medal in the 4x100m medley with his Russian teammates. His 100m butterfly victory was another world record of 52.27s , breaking his own record set the previous year. For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. ...

Pankratov attempted to repeat his success at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and finished 7th in the 200m butterfly. He retired after the games. In total, he set seven world records� three long course and four short course. His two long course 100m butterfly world records stood for two years until broken in 1997, and his 200m butterfly world record of 1:55.22s lasted five years before broken by Tom Malchow of the United States. His short course world records included two in the 100m butterfly and one each in the 50m and 200m butterfly, set in 1997. He was named as the male World Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine in 1995 and 1996. The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... Thomas (Tom) Malchow (born August 18, 1976) is a swimmer from the United States, who won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. ... The Swimming World Swimmers of the Year, awarded by the American-based Swimming World magazine, are a set of awards which are often regarded as being the most prestigious in the swimming world. ... Swimming World magazine is an American-based monthly swimming magazine, that was first published in January 1960. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...