Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly
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The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 11 | Heat 6 | Michael Phelps Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions... |
1:53.70 | OR | ||
| August 12 | Semifinal 2 | Michael Phelps Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions... |
1:53.70 | =OR | ||
| August 13 | Final | Michael Phelps Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions... |
1:52.03 | OR | WR |
Heat 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Niksa Roki | 1:59.58 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Rehan Jehangir Poncha | 2:01.89 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Emmanuel Crescimbeni | 2:02.13 | ||
| 4 | 6 | Javier Hernanadez Maradiaga | 2:02.23 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | James Walsh James Walsh (swimmer) James Bernard "J.B" Walsh is an American-born college and international swimmer who represented the Philippines in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.... |
1:59.39 | NR | |
| 2 | 1 | Javier Núñez | 2:00.24 | ||
| 3 | 7 | José Andreas González | 2:00.36 | ||
| 4 | 6 | Jeongnam Yu | 2:01.00 | ||
| 5 | 8 | Alexis Márquez Rivas | 2:01.25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Douglas Lennox-Silva Douglas Lennox-Silva Douglas Lennox-Silva is a male butterfly swimmer from Puerto Rico, who was born in the United States. He represented Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China. He is the younger brother of Kristina Lennox-Silva, who also competed as a swimmer at the 2008 Summer... |
2:01.69 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Vladan Marković Vladan Markovic Vladan Marković is a Serbian swimmer also considered to be one of the country's all-time best. He is the current president of PK Zlatni Delfin, a swimming club from Belgrade and is a University of Belgrade alumni since 2001.Marković represented his country at three different Summer Olympics... |
2:03.12 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Donny Budiarto Utomo | 2:03.44 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Chi-Chieh Hsu | 1:56.59 | Q | |
| 2 | 6 | Pedro Oliveira Pedro Oliveira (swimmer) Pedro Oliveira is a butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Portugal. Currently he studies at the University of Louisville and trains with the college's swimming team.... |
1:57.41 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Simon Sjödin Simon Sjödin Simon Sjödin is a Swedish Olympic swimmer of the SK Neptun, represented Sweden at the 2008 Olympic Games.-Biography:Simon Sjödin was born 4 October 1986 in, to parents Kristina and Omar.... |
1:57.75 | ||
| 4 | 8 | Alon Mandel Alon Mandel Alon Mandel is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Biography:He is Jewish.He competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.... |
1:59.27 | NR | |
| 5 | 3 | Omar Pinzón Omar Pinzón Omar Andrés Pinzón García is a Colombian international swimmer. He competed at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece and 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. Pinzón attended college in the United States, where he swam for the University of Florida.At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Pinzón finished... |
1:59.47 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Jeremy Knowles Jeremy Knowles (swimmer) Jeremy Daniel Knowles is a 3-time Olympic and Bahamian-Record-holding swimmer from The Bahamas.He was the Bahamas flag-bearer at the 2007 Pan American Games.-International tournaments:*1997 Short Course Worlds... |
2:01.08 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Daniel Bego | 2:01.28 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Georgi Palazov | 2:01.84 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | László Cseh László Cseh László Cseh , is a four-time Olympic medalist Hungarian swimmer.-Personal:Cseh has competed in swimming from an early age, and has won numerous Hungarian swimming events. Cseh is coached by György Turi and Zoltán Nemes... |
1:54.48 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | Paweł Korzeniowski | 1:55.21 | Q | |
| 3 | 5 | Moss Burmester Moss Burmester Moss James Burmester is a New Zealand swimmer. His specialist event is the 200m butterfly in which he holds the Commonwealth record of 1:54.35 set at the 2008 Summer Olympics... |
1:55.80 | Q | |
| 4 | 6 | Dinko Jukić Dinko Jukic Dinko Jukić is a male medley and butterfly swimmer from Austria of Croatian origin. He competed for Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, finishing in tenth place in the men's 200 m butterfly event. He is the younger brother of swimmer Mirna Jukić.-References:*... |
1:55.96 | Q | |
| 5 | 1 | Ioan Gherghel Ioan Gherghel Ioan Gherghel is an Olympic butterfly swimmer from Romania. He swam for Romania at three consecutive Olympics: 2000, 2004 and 2008.... |
1:56.09 | Q | |
| 6 | 7 | Niccolo Beni | 1:56.99 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Denys Sylantiev | 1:57.02 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Adam Sioui Adam Sioui Adam Carter Sioui is a former Canadian college and international swimmer who is a butterfly and freestyle specialist. He was the Canadian national record holder in the 200-metre butterfly.- U.S... |
1:57.45 |
Heat 5
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Wu Peng Wu Peng Wu Peng is a Chinese swimmer. His height is 1.80 m and he weights approximately 72 kg. His father died when he was only 16 years old. He has concentrated on the butterfly since the 10th National Games in 2005.-Early life and career:... |
1:55.39 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | Gil Stovall Gil Stovall William Gilbert "Gil" Stovall V is an American swimmer who competed at the 2008 Olympic Games. Stovall placed second in his signature event, the 200 m butterfly, at the US Olympic Team Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, with a career-best time of 1:53.86, which earned him a place on the olympic team... |
1:55.42 | Q | |
| 3 | 7 | Michael Rock Michael Rock (swimmer) Michael Paul Rock is a British butterfly stroke swimmer.Rock competed in the 100 m and 200 m butterfly events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, after becoming British champion in both events at the 2008 British Olympic Swimming Trials in Sheffield.At the 2010 Commonwealth... |
1:55.55 | Q | |
| 4 | 3 | Ryuichi Shibata | 1:55.82 | Q | |
| 5 | 6 | Chen Yin | 1:56.55 | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | Christophe Lebon | 1:56.63 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Tamas Kerekjarto Tamás Kerékjártó Tamás Kerékjártó is a Hungarian swimmer. He represented his home country at the 1996, 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games.-References:... |
1:57.29 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Iasonas Romanos Alyfantis | 1:57.99 |
Heat 6
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Michael Phelps Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions... |
1:53.70 | Q, OR | |
| 2 | 3 | Kaio Almeida | 1:54.65 | Q | |
| 3 | 6 | Takeshi Matsuda Takeshi Matsuda is a Japanese Olympic and Asian and National Record holding swimmer. He swam for Japan at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. At the latter event, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200m long course butterfly in an Asian Record of 1:52.97; in doing so, he also set the Japanese Record in the event... |
1:55.06 | Q | |
| 4 | 5 | Nikolay Skvortsov Nikolay Skvortsov (swimmer) Nikolay Valeryevich Skvortsov is a butterfly swimmer from Russia, who won a silver and a bronze medal at the 2004 European Championships in Madrid, Spain. He swam for Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he finished in seventh place in the 200 fly.... |
1:55.33 | Q | |
| 5 | 1 | Sergii Advena | 1:56.24 | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | Travis Nederpelt Travis Nederpelt Travis Nederpelt is a swimmer from Western Australia. A butterfly specialist, he represented his country in the 2004 Olympic Games at Athens and in 2008 at Beijing... |
1:56.64 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Mathieu Fonteyn | 1:56.65 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Juan Veloz Juan Veloz Juan José Veloz Dávila is an Olympic and national record-holding swimmer for Mexico. He swam for his native country at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympics.-Career:... |
1:57.32 |
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 5 | Takeshi Matsuda Takeshi Matsuda is a Japanese Olympic and Asian and National Record holding swimmer. He swam for Japan at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. At the latter event, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200m long course butterfly in an Asian Record of 1:52.97; in doing so, he also set the Japanese Record in the event... |
1:54.02 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | Nikolay Skvortsov Nikolay Skvortsov (swimmer) Nikolay Valeryevich Skvortsov is a butterfly swimmer from Russia, who won a silver and a bronze medal at the 2004 European Championships in Madrid, Spain. He swam for Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he finished in seventh place in the 200 fly.... |
1:54.31 | Q | |
| 4 | 4 | László Cseh László Cseh László Cseh , is a four-time Olympic medalist Hungarian swimmer.-Personal:Cseh has competed in swimming from an early age, and has won numerous Hungarian swimming events. Cseh is coached by György Turi and Zoltán Nemes... |
1:54.35 | Q | |
| 7 | 2 | Moss Burmester Moss Burmester Moss James Burmester is a New Zealand swimmer. His specialist event is the 200m butterfly in which he holds the Commonwealth record of 1:54.35 set at the 2008 Summer Olympics... |
1:55.26 | Q | |
| 9 | 6 | Gil Stovall Gil Stovall William Gilbert "Gil" Stovall V is an American swimmer who competed at the 2008 Olympic Games. Stovall placed second in his signature event, the 200 m butterfly, at the US Olympic Team Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, with a career-best time of 1:53.86, which earned him a place on the olympic team... |
1:55.36 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Dinko Jukić Dinko Jukic Dinko Jukić is a male medley and butterfly swimmer from Austria of Croatian origin. He competed for Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, finishing in tenth place in the men's 200 m butterfly event. He is the younger brother of swimmer Mirna Jukić.-References:*... |
1:55.65 | ||
| 15 | 1 | Sergii Advena | 1:56.64 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Chi-Chieh Hsu | 1:57.48 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Michael Phelps Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions... |
1:53.70 | Q, =OR | |
| 5 | 6 | Wu Peng Wu Peng Wu Peng is a Chinese swimmer. His height is 1.80 m and he weights approximately 72 kg. His father died when he was only 16 years old. He has concentrated on the butterfly since the 10th National Games in 2005.-Early life and career:... |
1:54.93 | Q | |
| 6 | 5 | Kaio de Almeida Kaio de Almeida Kaio Márcio Ferreira Costa de Almeida is a Brazilian swimmer, who specializes in butterfly. He is also known as: Kaio Márcio, Kaio Márcio de Almeida, Kaio Almeida, or Kaio de Almeida.... |
1:55.21 | Q | |
| 8 | 3 | Paweł Korzeniowski | 1:55.35 | Q | |
| 11 | 8 | Chin Yin | 1:55.88 | ||
| 12 | 2 | Michael Rock Michael Rock (swimmer) Michael Paul Rock is a British butterfly stroke swimmer.Rock competed in the 100 m and 200 m butterfly events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, after becoming British champion in both events at the 2008 British Olympic Swimming Trials in Sheffield.At the 2010 Commonwealth... |
1:55.90 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Ryuichi Shibata | 1:56.17 | ||
| 14 | 1 | Ioan Gherghel Ioan Gherghel Ioan Gherghel is an Olympic butterfly swimmer from Romania. He swam for Romania at three consecutive Olympics: 2000, 2004 and 2008.... |
1:56.57 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Michael Phelps Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions... |
1:52.03 | |||
| 6 | László Cseh László Cseh László Cseh , is a four-time Olympic medalist Hungarian swimmer.-Personal:Cseh has competed in swimming from an early age, and has won numerous Hungarian swimming events. Cseh is coached by György Turi and Zoltán Nemes... |
1:52.70 | ER | ||
| 5 | Takeshi Matsuda Takeshi Matsuda is a Japanese Olympic and Asian and National Record holding swimmer. He swam for Japan at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. At the latter event, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200m long course butterfly in an Asian Record of 1:52.97; in doing so, he also set the Japanese Record in the event... |
1:52.97 | AS | ||
| 4 | 1 | Moss Burmester Moss Burmester Moss James Burmester is a New Zealand swimmer. His specialist event is the 200m butterfly in which he holds the Commonwealth record of 1:54.35 set at the 2008 Summer Olympics... |
1:54.35 | CR | |
| 4 | 2 | Wu Peng Wu Peng Wu Peng is a Chinese swimmer. His height is 1.80 m and he weights approximately 72 kg. His father died when he was only 16 years old. He has concentrated on the butterfly since the 10th National Games in 2005.-Early life and career:... |
1:54.35 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Paweł Korzeniowski | 1:54.60 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Kaio de Almeida Kaio de Almeida Kaio Márcio Ferreira Costa de Almeida is a Brazilian swimmer, who specializes in butterfly. He is also known as: Kaio Márcio, Kaio Márcio de Almeida, Kaio Almeida, or Kaio de Almeida.... |
1:54.71 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Nikolay Skvortsov Nikolay Skvortsov (swimmer) Nikolay Valeryevich Skvortsov is a butterfly swimmer from Russia, who won a silver and a bronze medal at the 2004 European Championships in Madrid, Spain. He swam for Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he finished in seventh place in the 200 fly.... |
1:55.14 | ||