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Brendan Hansen has competed for USA Brendan Hansen has won 3 gold medals at the Olympic Games Brendan Hansen has won 1 silver medal at the Olympic Games Brendan Hansen has won 2 bronze medals at the Olympic Games

Brendan Hansen is a swimmer who has competed for the United States. He competed at the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

Hansen was favored to win a gold in the breaststroke double (100 and 200) at his first Games in 2004 after breaking a world record each from the U.S. trials. He was renowned for his duel with Kosuke Kitajima in the breaststroke races, with the latter beating him at the final lap for a gold in the double. Hansen's defeat left him with a silver in the 100 and a bronze in the 200. He also helped the U.S. men's team of Aaron Peirsol, Ian Crocker, and Jason Lezak solidify a gold-medal triumph with a new world record time (3:30.68) in the 4x100 metres medley relay.

Four years later in Beijing, Hansen missed the podium by two tenths of a second (0.2) behind Hugues Duboscq in the 100 metres breaststroke with a fourth place time of 59.57. He also teamed with Peirsol, Michael Phelps, and Lezak to clear the 3:30 barrier with a new world record time (3:29.34) and defend their title for the seventh straight streak in the 4x100 metres medley relay.

At his third and final Games in 2012, Hansen redeemed from an out-of-medal feat to snare the last podium spot for the bronze in his pet race with a time of 59.49. He closed out his Olympic career by sharing the gold with Matthew Grevers, Phelps, and Nathan Adrian in the 4x100 metres medley relay.

Olympic Results[]

Year Event Rank
2004 Men's 100m breaststroke Silver
Men's 200m breaststroke Bronze
Men's 4x100m medley relay Gold
2008 Men's 100m breaststroke 4th
Men's 4x100m medley relay Gold
2012 Men's 100m breaststroke Bronze
Men's 4x100m medley relay Gold

2004[]

Discipline Round Time
100 metres breaststroke Heats 1:00.25
Semifinal 1:00.01 OR
Final 1:00.25
200 metres breaststroke Heats 2:12.77
Semifinal 2:10.81
Final 2:10.87
4x100 metres medley relay Heats 3:35.10
(Reserve)
Final 3:30.68
(59.37 split)
WR

2008[]

Discipline Round Time
100 metres breaststroke Heats 1:00.65
Semifinal 59.94
Final 59.57
4x100 metres medley relay Heats 3:32.75
(Reserve)
Final 3:29.34
(59.27 split)
WR

2012[]

Discipline Round Time
100 metres breaststroke Heats 59.93
Semifinal 59.78
Final 59.49
4x100 metres medley relay Heats 3:32.75
(Reserve)
Final 3:29.34
(59.19 split)
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