<page_title> Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle </page_title> <section_title> Final </section_title> <table> <cell> Ian Thorpe <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> Australia <col_header> Nationality </col_header> </cell> <cell> 48.56 <col_header> Time </col_header> </cell> <cell> Ryk Neethling <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> 48.63 <col_header> Time </col_header> </cell> </table>
Australia's Ian Thorpe edged out Ryk Neethling with 48.56 and clinched a bronze medal by 0.07 of a second.