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Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly

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Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Victory Ceremony
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates8 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
9 August 2016 (final)
Competitors29 from 21 nations
Winning time1:53.36
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Phelps  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Masato Sakai  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tamás Kenderesi  Hungary
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Swimming at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 8–9 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]

Summary

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As the most decorated Olympian of all-time, Michael Phelps got the opportunity to avenge the distance butterfly title that he lost in London four years earlier, when South Africa's Chad le Clos beat him to the wall.[2] Moving to the front at the halfway turn, Phelps held off the Japanese challenger Masato Sakai by a 0.04-second margin to claim his twentieth Olympic gold medal and twenty-fifth overall in 1:53.36.[3][4][5] Coming from sixth at the 150-metre turn, Sakai made a late surge on the final length to nearly upset Phelps towards a close finish, but he ended up taking the silver in 1:53.40.[6] Meanwhile, Hungary's top seed and 2014 Youth Olympic champion Tamás Kenderesi powered home with a bronze in 1:53.62.[7][8]

Le Clos did not produce another striking effort to halt the most decorated Olympian from snatching the title, as he was shut out of the medals to fourth in 1:54.06.[9] Sakai's teammate Daiya Seto finished fifth in 1:54.82, with Denmark's Viktor Bromer following him to pick up the sixth spot in 1:55.64.[6] Hungarian swimmer, 2008 Olympic silver medalist, and reigning world champion László Cseh commanded a brief lead on the initial length, but faded shortly to seventh place in 1:56.24. Belgium's Louis Croenen rounded out the field with an eighth-place time in 1:57.04.[8]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Michael Phelps (USA) 1:51.51 Rome, Italy 29 July 2009 [10][11]
Olympic record  Michael Phelps (USA) 1:52.03 Beijing, China 13 August 2008 [12]

Competition format

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The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[1]

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 3 Tamás Kenderesi  Hungary 1:54.73 Q
2 4 4 László Cseh  Hungary 1:55.14 Q
3 2 4 Chad le Clos  South Africa 1:55.57 Q
4 3 2 Grant Irvine  Australia 1:55.64 Q
5 3 4 Michael Phelps  United States 1:55.73 Q
6 2 5 Masato Sakai  Japan 1:55.76 Q
7 4 3 Viktor Bromer  Denmark 1:55.77 Q
8 3 5 Daiya Seto  Japan 1:55.79 Q
9 4 6 Leonardo de Deus  Brazil 1:55.98 Q
10 2 7 Quah Zheng Wen  Singapore 1:56.01 Q
11 2 3 Evgeny Koptelov  Russia 1:56.13 Q
12 4 7 Kaio de Almeida  Brazil 1:56.45 Q
13 1 4 Simon Sjödin  Sweden 1:56.46 Q
14 3 6 Louis Croenen  Belgium 1:56.48 Q
15 4 8 Jonathan Gómez  Colombia 1:56.65 Q
16 2 6 Li Zhuhao  China 1:56.72 Q
17 4 5 Jan Świtkowski  Poland 1:56.73
18 3 7 Stefanos Dimitriadis  Greece 1:56.76
19 4 2 David Morgan  Australia 1:56.81
20 2 2 Tom Shields  United States 1:56.93
21 3 1 Carlos Peralta  Spain 1:56.98
22 1 5 Robert Žbogar  Slovenia 1:57.05
23 4 1 Sebastien Rousseau  South Africa 1:57.33
24 2 8 Daniil Pakhomov  Russia 1:57.36
25 2 1 Jordan Coelho  France 1:58.62
26 1 6 Gal Nevo  Israel 1:58.64
27 3 8 Wu Yuhang  China 1:59.04
28 1 3 Sajan Prakash  India 1:59.37
29 1 2 Bradlee Ashby  New Zealand 2:01.22

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 László Cseh  Hungary 1:55.18 Q
2 6 Daiya Seto  Japan 1:55.28 Q
3 3 Masato Sakai  Japan 1:55.32 Q
4 1 Louis Croenen  Belgium 1:56.03 Q
5 5 Grant Irvine  Australia 1:56.07
6 2 Quah Zheng Wen  Singapore 1:56.11
7 7 Kaio de Almeida  Brazil 1:57.45
8 8 Li Zhuhao  China 1:57.62

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Tamás Kenderesi  Hungary 1:53.96 Q
2 3 Michael Phelps  United States 1:54.12 Q
3 5 Chad le Clos  South Africa 1:55.19 Q
4 6 Viktor Bromer  Denmark 1:55.59 Q
5 7 Evgeny Koptelov  Russia 1:56.46
6 1 Simon Sjödin  Sweden 1:56.71
7 2 Leonardo de Deus  Brazil 1:56.77
8 8 Jonathan Gómez  Colombia 1:57.47

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Michael Phelps  United States 1:53.36
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Masato Sakai  Japan 1:53.40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Tamás Kenderesi  Hungary 1:53.62
4 6 Chad le Clos  South Africa 1:54.06
5 2 Daiya Seto  Japan 1:54.82
6 1 Viktor Bromer  Denmark 1:55.64
7 3 László Cseh  Hungary 1:56.24
8 8 Louis Croenen  Belgium 1:57.04

References

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  1. ^ a b "Men's 200m Butterfly". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Michael Phelps gets 20th gold medal of career at Rio Olympics". CBS News. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  3. ^ Auerbach, Nicole (10 August 2016). "Michael Phelps wins gold in 200 fly, adds to record medal tally". USA Today. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Michael Phelps wins 200 butterfly, helps 4x200 free relay team to gold". ESPN. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Phelps avenges 2012 defeat in 200m butterfly". Fox Sports. United States. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  6. ^ a b McKirdy, Andrew (10 August 2016). "Sakai takes silver in 200 butterfly; Phelps claims 20th, 21st gold medals of career". The Japan Times. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Message Sent: 21 and Counting for Michael Phelps". The New York Times. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Michael Phelps Secures 20th Olympic Gold By Only .04 in 200 Butterfly". Swimming World Magazine. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Chad le Clos finished with 200m fly?". News24. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  10. ^ Crouse, Karen (30 July 2012). "Phelps Rebounds Amid Boycott Threat". New York Times. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  11. ^ "Phelps bounces back with 200m fly world record triumph". Sydney Morning Herald. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  12. ^ Siddons, Larry (13 August 2008). "Water-Filled Goggles Can't Keep Phelps From Gold Mark". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
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