Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly
Men's 100 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | London Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | August 2, 2012 (heats & semifinals) August 3, 2012 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 43 from 35 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 51.21 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
Marathon | ||
10 km | men | women |
The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 2–3 August at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.[1]
As the most decorated Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps continued to ramp up his already astonishing resume with an unprecedented second Olympic three-peat and another title defense. Rallying from seventh at the halfway turn, he produced a remarkable swim over the rest of the field to claim his seventeenth gold and twenty-first career medal in 51.21.[2][3] Trailing behind Phelps by 0.23 seconds, South Africa's Chad le Clos and Russia's Yevgeny Korotyshkin tied for the silver in a matching time of 51.44.[4][5]
Leading early at the turn, Serbia's Milorad Čavić, who famously lost to Phelps in Beijing four years earlier by a fingertip, faded down the stretch to match Germany's Steffen Deibler with a fourth-place time in 51.81.[6] Netherlands' Joeri Verlinden (51.82), U.S. swimmer Tyler McGill (51.88), and Poland's Konrad Czerniak (52.05) also vied for an Olympic medal to round out a historic finish.[5]
Austria's Dinko Jukic (51.99), fourth-place finalist in the 200 m butterfly few days earlier; and Kenya's Jason Dunford (52.16), fifth in Beijing, missed the final roster after placing ninth and sixteenth respectively in the semifinals.[7] Other notable swimmers featured Japan's Takeshi Matsuda, who elected not to do a swimoff with Germany's Benjamin Starke (a matching time of 52.36) on the morning prelims; his teammate Takuro Fujii (52.49) and Papua New Guinea's Ryan Pini (52.68), both of whom finished sixth and eighth in Beijing; and Sweden's 2000 champion Lars Frölander, who posted a twentieth-place time of 52.47 in his sixth Olympics.[8][9]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:
World record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 49.82 | Rome, Italy | 1 August 2009 | [10][11] |
Olympic record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 50.58 | Beijing, China | 16 August 2008 | [12] |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Semifinals
[edit]Semifinal 1
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Michael Phelps | United States | 50.86 | Q |
2 | 3 | Steffen Deibler | Germany | 51.76 | Q |
3 | 5 | Konrad Czerniak | Poland | 51.78 | Q |
4 | 2 | Chris Wright | Australia | 52.11 | |
5 | 6 | Zhou Jiawei | China | 52.30 | |
6 | 7 | Bence Pulai | Hungary | 52.40 | |
8 | Benjamin Starke | Germany | |||
8 | 1 | François Heersbrandt | Belgium | 52.71 |
Semifinal 2
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 51.42 | Q, NR |
2 | 6 | Tyler McGill | United States | 51.61 | Q |
3 | 3 | Milorad Čavić | Serbia | 51.66 | Q |
4 | 2 | Joeri Verlinden | Netherlands | 51.75 | Q, NR |
5 | 5 | Yevgeny Korotyshkin | Russia | 51.85 | Q |
6 | 1 | Dinko Jukić | Austria | 51.99 | NR |
7 | 7 | Nikolay Skvortsov | Russia | 52.03 | |
8 | 8 | Jason Dunford | Kenya | 52.16 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Michael Phelps | United States | 51.21 | ||
5 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 51.44 | ||
8 | Yevgeny Korotyshkin | Russia | |||
4 | 6 | Milorad Čavić | Serbia | 51.81 | |
7 | Steffen Deibler | Germany | |||
6 | 2 | Joeri Verlinden | Netherlands | 51.82 | |
7 | 3 | Tyler McGill | United States | 51.88 | |
8 | 1 | Konrad Czerniak | Poland | 52.05 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming: Results & Schedules". London 2012. NBC Olympics. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ "Phelps claims gold in 100-metre butterfly". France24. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ Zaccardi, Nick (3 August 2012). "Phelps surges toward exit as Franklin, Ledecky rise to stardom". Sports Illustrated. CNN. Archived from the original on August 3, 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "Le Clos pleased with silver". Sport24. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ a b "2012 London Olympics: Michael Phelps Scores Unprecedented Second Olympic Threepeat With 100 Fly Win; Now Owns 21 Career Medals; Chad le Clos, Evgeny Korotyshkin Tie for Silver; Tyler McGill Misses Podium". Swimming World Magazine. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ Addley, Esther (3 August 2012). "Michael Phelps wins 17th Olympic gold medal in 100m butterfly final". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ Okoth, Omulo (4 August 2012). "Dunford bows out". London: The Standard (Kenya). Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "2012 London Olympics: Chad le Clos Blazes to Top Seed in 100 Fly; Michael Phelps Qualifies Second in Threepeat Bid; Milorad Cavic, Tyler McGill Also Advance". Swimming World Magazine. 2 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "Lars Frolander doesn't advance". ESPN. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ Crouse, Karen (2 August 2009). "Phelps Grabs Record in 100 Butterfly". New York Times. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ "Phelps 1st to break 50 seconds in event". ESPN. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ Michaelis, Vicki (16 August 2008). "Phelps wins 100m butterfly thriller to tie Spitz's record". USA Today. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ "Men's 100m Butterfly – Heats". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.