Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Date August 13, 2008 (heats)
August 14, 2008 (semifinals)
August 15, 2008 (final)
Competitors 42 from 33 nations
Winning time 1:53.94 WR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Ryan Lochte  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Aaron Peirsol  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Arkady Vyatchanin  Russia

The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 13–15 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China.[1]

Billed as the Clash of the Titans, Ryan Lochte stormed home on the final lap to defeat his teammate Aaron Peirsol and claim his first individual Olympic gold medal. He touched the wall first in 1:53.94, faster than the world record he shared with Peirsol at 1:54.32.[2][3][4]

Peirsol enjoyed a head-to-head battle against Lochte in the first 150 metres, but ended up only with a silver in 1:54.33. Russia's Arkady Vyatchanin added a second bronze to his collection, finishing in a new European record of 1:54.93 to hold off Austria's Markus Rogan (1:55.49), the silver medalist in Athens four years earlier.[3] Earlier in the semifinals, Vyatchanin edged out Germany's Helge Meeuw in a swimoff to secure a last spot for the top 8 final.[5]

Japan's Ryosuke Irie finished fifth with a time of 1:55.72, and was followed in the sixth spot by Australia's Hayden Stoeckel, who shared bronze medals with Vyatchanin in the 100 m backstroke, in an Oceanian record of 1:56.39. Romania's Răzvan Florea (1:56.52) and Great Britain's Gregor Tait (1:57.00) rounded out the finale.[3]

Records

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

World record Ryan Lochte (USA)
 Aaron Peirsol (USA)		1:54.32Melbourne, Australia
Omaha, United States		30 March 2007
4 July 2008
Olympic record Aaron Peirsol (USA)1:54.95Athens, Greece19 August 2004

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 15FinalRyan Lochte United States1:53.94WR, OR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164Ryan Lochte United States1:56.29Q
254Aaron Peirsol United States1:56.35Q
344Markus Rogan Austria1:56.64Q
455Arkady Vyatchanin Russia1:56.97Q
565Gregor Tait Great Britain1:57.03Q
645Hayden Stoeckel Australia1:57.15Q
753Ryosuke Irie Japan1:57.68Q
867Gordan Kožulj Croatia1:57.81Q
963Ashley Delaney Australia1:57.87Q
1043Răzvan Florea Romania1:57.97Q
1156Helge Meeuw Germany1:58.42Q
1242Damiano Lestingi Italy1:58.53Q
1337George Du Rand South Africa1:58.62Q, AF
1466Stanislav Donets Russia1:58.68Q
1568Keith Beavers Canada1:58.84Q
1634Tobias Oriwol Canada1:58.94Q
1752Pierre Roger France1:59.01
1831Omar Pinzón Colombia1:59.11
1941Sebastian Stoss Austria1:59.44
61Roland Rudolf Hungary
2146Takashi Nakano Japan1:59.59
2236Derya Büyükuncu Turkey1:59.86
2358Lucas Salatta Brazil1:59.91
2451Nick Driebergen Netherlands2:00.24
2557Mattia Aversa Italy2:00.25
2638Kim Ji-heun South Korea2:00.72
2725Itai Chammah Israel2:00.93
2832Pedro Oliveira Portugal2:01.08
2914Brett Fraser Cayman Islands2:01.17
3021Pedro Medel Cuba2:01.32
3147Gábor Balog Hungary2:01.42
3233Jonathan Massacand Switzerland2:01.80
3315Oleg Rabota Kazakhstan2:01.95
3448Simon Dufour France2:02.00
3535Dimitrios Chasiotis Greece2:02.30
3622Květoslav Svoboda Czech Republic2:03.12
3724Deng Jian China2:03.34
3813Sergey Pankov Uzbekistan2:03.51
3926Oleksandr Isakov Ukraine2:03.59
4023Andres Olvik Estonia2:03.66
27Simon Sjödin SwedenDNS
62Aschwin Wildeboer Faber SpainDNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Aaron Peirsol United States1:55.26Q
22Răzvan Florea Romania1:56.45Q, NR
33Hayden Stoeckel Australia1:56.73Q, OC
45Arkady Vyatchanin Russia1:56.85QSO
57Damiano Lestingi Italy1:58.25
66Gordan Kožulj Croatia1:59.22
78Tobias Oriwol Canada1:59.50
81Stanislav Donets Russia1:59.87

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Ryan Lochte United States1:55.40Q
25Markus Rogan Austria1:56.34Q
36Ryosuke Irie Japan1:56.35Q
43Gregor Tait Great Britain1:56.72Q
57Helge Meeuw Germany1:56.85QSO
62Ashley Delaney Australia1:57.73
78Keith Beavers Canada1:58.50
81George Du Rand South Africa1:58.61AF

Swimoff

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Arkady Vyatchanin Russia1:57.75Q
25Helge Meeuw Germany2:00.97

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s) 5 Ryan Lochte United States 1:53.94 WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 4 Aaron Peirsol United States 1:54.33
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 8 Arkady Vyatchanin Russia 1:54.93 EU
4 3 Markus Rogan Austria 1:55.49 NR
5 6 Ryosuke Irie Japan 1:55.72
6 1 Hayden Stoeckel Australia 1:56.39 OC
7 2 Răzvan Florea Romania 1:56.52
8 7 Gregor Tait Great Britain 1:57.00

References

  1. ↑ "Olympic Swimming Schedule". USA Today. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Lochte, Peirsol take gold, silver in 200 back". NBC News. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 Lohn, John (14 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Ryan Lochte Claims Epic Battle Against Aaron Peirsol With 200 Back World Record". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Lochte grabs 200m backstroke gold". BBC Sport. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  5. ↑ Lohn, John (13 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Americans Go 1-2 in Men's 200 Back, Aaron Peirsol Top Seed". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
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