Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley
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The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 15 | 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... |
1:54.23 | OR | WR |
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Ryan Lochte Ryan Lochte Ryan Steven Lochte is an American swimmer and a six-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay... |
1:58.15 | Q | |
| 2 | 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... |
1:58.29 | Q | |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | Thiago Pereira Thiago Pereira Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira is an international competition swimmer from Brazil. He became known in his native country after winning the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2003.Pereira's biggest success came one year... |
1:58.41 | Q | |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | Ken Takakuwa | 1:58.51 | Q | |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | Bradley Ally Bradley Ally Bradley Kevin Ally is a two-time Olympic swimmer from Barbados. He represented Barbados at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He was the bronze medalist in the 200-metre individual medley at the Pan-American Games in Brazil 2007... |
1:58.57 | Q, NR | |
| 6 | 6 | 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... |
1:58.65 | Q | |
| 7 | 5 | 7 | Alessio Boggiatto Alessio Boggiatto Alessio Boggiatto is an Italian medley swimmer.Born at Moncalieri, Boggiatto is specialized in 400 m medley, he won several European Championship and one World Championship medals... |
1:58.80 | Q | |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Takuro Fujii Takuro Fujii is a Japanese swimmer. He won the bronze medal in the Men's 4 x 100 metre Medley Relay event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Personal bests:In long course* 100m freestyle: 48.73 Asian, Japanese Record... |
1:59.19 | Q | |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Keith Beavers Keith Beavers Keith Beavers was born in London, Ontario and grew up in the small town of Orangeville, Ontario, attending Mono and Amaranth Public School. He is a backstroke and medley swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Keith is a Masters... |
1:59.19 | Q | |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Darian Townsend Darian Townsend Darian Roy Townsend is a college and international swimmer from South Africa who is an Olympic gold medalist.Townsend was born in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.... |
1:59.22 | Q | |
| 11 | 6 | 6 | Vytautas Janušaitis Vytautas Janušaitis Vytautas Janušaitis is an Olympic swimmer from Lithuania, who represented his home country at the 2004 and 2008 Games.He has swam at every edition of the SC Europeans from 2004-'08.... |
1:59.63 | Q | |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Gal Nevo Gal Nevo Gal Nevo is an Israeli swimmer who holds three Israeli records in the 200m IM, 400m IM and 200m butterfly. He represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Biography:Nevo is Jewish.... |
1:59.66 | Q | |
| 13 | 6 | 5 | James Goddard James Goddard James Francis Goddard is a British backstroke swimmer.Goddard represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 m backstroke and 200 m individual medley swimming events... |
1:59.74 | Q | |
| 14 | 4 | 5 | Liam Tancock Liam Tancock Liam John Tancock is an English backstroke swimmer who specializes in the 50 m and 100 m events. He began his swimming career at Exeter City Swimming Club in Devon and continued at Loughborough University where he studied sports science... |
1:59.79 | Q | |
| 15 | 5 | 6 | Leith Brodie Leith Brodie Leith Brodie is an Australian sprint freestyle and medley swimmer.-External links:... |
1:59.96 | Q | |
| 16 | 4 | 3 | 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:*... |
2:00.57 | Q | |
| 17 | 5 | 3 | Tamas Kerekjarto Tamás Kerékjártó Tamás Kerékjártó is a Hungarian swimmer. He represented his home country at the 1996, 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games.-References:... |
2:00.60 | ||
| 18 | 6 | 3 | Brian Johns Brian Johns Brian Johns is an Olympic swimmer from Canada. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, he grew up in Richmond, British Columbia and trained with the Aquanauts and Racers swim clubs. He started swimming at age five. He is currently attending the University of British Columbia and is on the varsity swimming... |
2:00.66 | ||
| 19 | 6 | 7 | Diogo Carvalho Diogo Carvalho Diogo Carvalho is a Portuguese swimmer. He participated for the first time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the discipline 200 metre individual medley. He currently holds 9 individual national records, 7 short course and 3 long course... |
2:00.66 | ||
| 20 | 3 | 6 | Mihail Alexandrov | 2:00.70 | ||
| 21 | 5 | 2 | Dean Kent Dean Kent Dean Kent is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from New Zealand. He represented New Zealand at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympics.At the 2004 Olympics, he set the New Zealand Records in the 200 and 400 IMs... |
2:01.12 | ||
| 22 | 6 | 8 | Alexander Tikhonov | 2:01.21 | ||
| 23 | 3 | 5 | Ioannis Kokkodis | 2:01.22 | ||
| 24 | 3 | 8 | 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... |
2:01.35 | NR | |
| 25 | 2 | 6 | Gard Kvale Gard Kvale Gard Kvale is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Norway. He swam for Norway at the 2008 Olympics, where he lowered the Norwegian Records in the 3 events he swam: the 200 and 400 frees and the 200 IM.... |
2:01.52 | NR | |
| 26 | 4 | 2 | Łukasz Wójt | 2:01.54 | ||
| 27 | 2 | 3 | Miguel Molina Miguel Molina (swimmer) Miguel Molina is a swimmer from the Philippines. He represented the country in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. Attended St. Mary's International School in Tokyo.-References:*... |
2:01.61 | ||
| 28 | 2 | 4 | Vadym Lepskyy | 2:01.73 | ||
| 29 | 3 | 7 | Sasa Impric Saša Impric Saša Imprić is a medley swimmer from Croatia, who made his Olympic debut for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the 400 m Individual Medley.... |
2:01.83 | ||
| 30 | 1 | 7 | 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... |
2:02.28 | ||
| 31 | 2 | 2 | Tomas Fucik | 2:02.85 | ||
| 32 | 1 | 5 | Chris Christensen Chris Christensen Chris Christensen is a Danish swimmer. He participated for the first time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the disciplines 200 metre breaststroke and the 200 metre individual medley. His swimming club is West-Swim Esbjerg.-References:... |
2:02.93 | ||
| 33 | 4 | 1 | Brenton Cabello | 2:03.08 | ||
| 34 | 3 | 4 | Jingyu Qu | 2:03.15 | ||
| 35 | 4 | 8 | Martin Liivamägi Martin Liivamägi Martin Liivamägi is an Estonian individual medley swimmer. Liivamägi is representing 2008 Estonia Olympics Team in Men's 200 metre individual medley swimming event.-External links:*... |
2:03.56 | ||
| 36 | 2 | 5 | Nicholas Bovell Nicholas Bovell Nicholas Bovell is an Olympic swimmer from Trinidad and Tobago. He is the younger brother of fellow Trinidad swimming Olympic George Bovell.Bovell represented his native country at the:*2008 Olympics,*2003 World Championships,... |
2:03.90 | ||
| 37 | 3 | 3 | Dmitriy Gordiyenko | 2:03.92 | ||
| 38 | 1 | 1 | Andrejs Duda Andrejs Duda Andrejs Dūda , is a Latvian swimmer, is a two-time Olympian and nine-time NCAA DIII national individual champion in swimming. Duda represented Latvia at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece and has qualified to compete in the 2008 summer Games... |
2:04.18 | ||
| 39 | 5 | 8 | Robin van Aggele Robin van Aggele Robin van Aggele is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from the Netherlands who is the most all-round Dutch swimmer since Marcel Wouda.... |
2:04.33 | ||
| 40 | 3 | 2 | Markus Deibler | 2:04.54 | ||
| 41 | 1 | 2 | Mehdi Hamama | 2:04.91 | ||
| 42 | 2 | 8 | Serkan Atasay | 2:05.25 | ||
| 43 | 2 | 1 | Leopoldo José Andara González | 2:05.71 | ||
| 44 | 1 | 4 | Meomho Park | 2:06.17 | ||
| 45 | 1 | 3 | Iurii Zakharov | 2:07.01 | ||
| 46 | 1 | 6 | Danil Bugakov | 2:10.04 | ||
| 47 | 2 | 7 | Andrew Bree Andrew Bree Andrew Patrick Bree is a breaststroke swimmer from Helen's Bay, Co. Down Northern Ireland. He is a 2-time Irish Olympian, having swum at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics.... |
DNS |
- Q = Qualified
- DNS = Did Not Start
Semifinals
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Ryan Lochte Ryan Lochte Ryan Steven Lochte is an American swimmer and a six-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay... |
1:57.69 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 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... |
1:57.70 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Thiago Pereira Thiago Pereira Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira is an international competition swimmer from Brazil. He became known in his native country after winning the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2003.Pereira's biggest success came one year... |
1:58.06 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | 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... |
1:58.19 | Q | |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Ken Takakuwa | 1:58.49 | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | James Goddard James Goddard James Francis Goddard is a British backstroke swimmer.Goddard represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 m backstroke and 200 m individual medley swimming events... |
1:58.63 | Q | |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Liam Tancock Liam Tancock Liam John Tancock is an English backstroke swimmer who specializes in the 50 m and 100 m events. He began his swimming career at Exeter City Swimming Club in Devon and continued at Loughborough University where he studied sports science... |
1:59.42 | Q | |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Keith Beavers Keith Beavers Keith Beavers was born in London, Ontario and grew up in the small town of Orangeville, Ontario, attending Mono and Amaranth Public School. He is a backstroke and medley swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Keith is a Masters... |
1:59.43 | Q | |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Bradley Ally Bradley Ally Bradley Kevin Ally is a two-time Olympic swimmer from Barbados. He represented Barbados at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He was the bronze medalist in the 200-metre individual medley at the Pan-American Games in Brazil 2007... |
1:59.53 | ||
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Takuro Fujii Takuro Fujii is a Japanese swimmer. He won the bronze medal in the Men's 4 x 100 metre Medley Relay event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Personal bests:In long course* 100m freestyle: 48.73 Asian, Japanese Record... |
1:59.59 | ||
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Darian Townsend Darian Townsend Darian Roy Townsend is a college and international swimmer from South Africa who is an Olympic gold medalist.Townsend was born in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.... |
1:59.65 | ||
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Alessio Boggiatto Alessio Boggiatto Alessio Boggiatto is an Italian medley swimmer.Born at Moncalieri, Boggiatto is specialized in 400 m medley, he won several European Championship and one World Championship medals... |
1:59.77 | ||
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Gal Nevo Gal Nevo Gal Nevo is an Israeli swimmer who holds three Israeli records in the 200m IM, 400m IM and 200m butterfly. He represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Biography:Nevo is Jewish.... |
2:00.43 | ||
| 14 | 2 | 8 | Leith Brodie Leith Brodie Leith Brodie is an Australian sprint freestyle and medley swimmer.-External links:... |
2:00.57 | ||
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Vytautas Janušaitis Vytautas Janušaitis Vytautas Janušaitis is an Olympic swimmer from Lithuania, who represented his home country at the 2004 and 2008 Games.He has swam at every edition of the SC Europeans from 2004-'08.... |
2:00.76 | ||
| 16 | 1 | 8 | 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:*... |
2:00.98 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 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... |
1:54.23 | |||
| 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... |
1:56.52 | ER | ||
| 4 | Ryan Lochte Ryan Lochte Ryan Steven Lochte is an American swimmer and a six-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay... |
1:56.53 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Thiago Pereira Thiago Pereira Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira is an international competition swimmer from Brazil. He became known in his native country after winning the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2003.Pereira's biggest success came one year... |
1:58.14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Ken Takakuwa | 1:58.22 | AS | |
| 6 | 7 | James Goddard James Goddard James Francis Goddard is a British backstroke swimmer.Goddard represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 m backstroke and 200 m individual medley swimming events... |
1:59.24 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Keith Beavers Keith Beavers Keith Beavers was born in London, Ontario and grew up in the small town of Orangeville, Ontario, attending Mono and Amaranth Public School. He is a backstroke and medley swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Keith is a Masters... |
1:59.43 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Liam Tancock Liam Tancock Liam John Tancock is an English backstroke swimmer who specializes in the 50 m and 100 m events. He began his swimming career at Exeter City Swimming Club in Devon and continued at Loughborough University where he studied sports science... |
2:00.76 |