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

Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Victory Ceremony
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates 8 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
9 August 2016 (final)
Competitors 29 from 21 nations
Winning time 1:53.36
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Michael Phelps  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Masato Sakai  Japan
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Tamás Kenderesi  Hungary

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

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 could 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

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

World record Michael Phelps (USA)1:51.51Rome, Italy29 July 2009
Olympic record Michael Phelps (USA)1:52.03Beijing, China13 August 2008

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
133Tamás Kenderesi Hungary1:54.73Q
244László Cseh Hungary1:55.14Q
324Chad le Clos South Africa1:55.57Q
432Grant Irvine Australia1:55.64Q
534Michael Phelps United States1:55.73Q
625Masato Sakai Japan1:55.76Q
743Viktor Bromer Denmark1:55.77Q
835Daiya Seto Japan1:55.79Q
946Leonardo de Deus Brazil1:55.98Q
1027Quah Zheng Wen Singapore1:56.01Q
1123Evgeny Koptelov Russia1:56.13Q
1247Kaio de Almeida Brazil1:56.45Q
1314Simon Sjödin Sweden1:56.46Q
1436Louis Croenen Belgium1:56.48Q
1548Jonathan Gómez Colombia1:56.65Q
1626Li Zhuhao China1:56.72Q
1745Jan Świtkowski Poland1:56.73
1837Stefanos Dimitriadis Greece1:56.76
1942David Morgan Australia1:56.81
2022Tom Shields United States1:56.93
2131Carlos Peralta Spain1:56.98
2215Robert Žbogar Slovenia1:57.05
2341Sebastien Rousseau South Africa1:57.33
2428Daniil Pakhomov Russia1:57.36
2521Jordan Coelho France1:58.62
2616Gal Nevo Israel1:58.64
2738Wu Yuhang China1:59.04
2813Sajan Prakash India1:59.37
2912Bradlee Ashby New Zealand2:01.22

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14László Cseh Hungary1:55.18Q
26Daiya Seto Japan1:55.28Q
33Masato Sakai Japan1:55.32Q
41Louis Croenen Belgium1:56.03Q
55Grant Irvine Australia1:56.07
62Quah Zheng Wen Singapore1:56.11
77Kaio de Almeida Brazil1:57.45
88Li Zhuhao China1:57.62

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Tamás Kenderesi Hungary1:53.96Q
23Michael Phelps United States1:54.12Q
35Chad le Clos South Africa1:55.19Q
46Viktor Bromer Denmark1:55.59Q
57Evgeny Koptelov Russia1:56.46
61Simon Sjödin Sweden1:56.71
72Leonardo de Deus Brazil1:56.77
88Jonathan Gómez Colombia1:57.47

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)5Michael Phelps United States1:53.36
2nd, silver medalist(s)7Masato Sakai Japan1:53.40
3rd, bronze medalist(s)4Tamás Kenderesi Hungary1:53.62
46Chad le Clos South Africa1:54.06
52Daiya Seto Japan1:54.82
61Viktor Bromer Denmark1:55.64
73László Cseh Hungary1:56.24
88Louis Croenen Belgium1:57.04

References

  1. ↑ "Men's 200m Butterfly". Rio 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". United States: Fox Sports. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  6. 1 2 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. 1 2 "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.
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