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

Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates 10 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
11 August 2016 (final)
Competitors 30 from 23 nations
Winning time 1:54.66
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Michael Phelps  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Kosuke Hagino  Japan
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Wang Shun  China

The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 10–11 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]

As the most decorated Olympian of all-time, Michael Phelps continued to etch his name into the history records with a first Olympic four-peat in the same individual swimming event. Hanging with some of his career rivals at the final turn, Phelps established a body-length lead over the rest of the field on the freestyle leg to claim his twenty-second gold medal and twenty-sixth overall in 1:54.66.[2][3][4] Trailing almost two seconds behind Phelps, Japan's Kosuke Hagino produced a late surge to snatch the silver with a 1:56.61.[5] Meanwhile, China's Wang Shun took home the bronze in 1:57.05, joining Hagino as the first Asian men to stand on the podium in this event.[6][7]

Hagino's teammate Hiromasa Fujimori missed out of the medals with a fourth-place time in 1:57.21. Phelps' longtime rival and twelve-time medalist Ryan Lochte seized a brief lead into the halfway point with a signature backstroke swim, but faded down the home stretch to fifth, and missed out on his fourth straight medal in this event with a 1:57.47, a hundredth of a second ahead of Germany's Philip Heintz (1:57.48).[8] Backed by the raucous home crowd, Brazilian medal favorite Thiago Pereira, who got off to an early lead with a powerful butterfly effort, slipped to seventh with a 1:58.02.[7] Great Britain's Daniel Wallace posted an eighth-place finish of 1:58.54 to round out the field.[9]

Records

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

World record Ryan Lochte (USA)1:54.00Shanghai, China28 July 2011
Olympic record Michael Phelps (USA)1:54.23Beijing, China15 August 2008

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124Ryan Lochte United States1:57.38Q
226Philip Heintz Germany1:57.59Q, NR
344Michael Phelps United States1:58.41Q
425Henrique Rodrigues Brazil1:58.56Q
545Thiago Pereira Brazil1:58.63Q
634Kosuke Hagino Japan1:58.79Q
743Hiromasa Fujimori Japan1:58.88Q
835Wang Shun China1:58.98Q
936Andreas Vazaios Greece1:59.33Q
1046Simon Sjödin Sweden1:59.41Q
1133Daniel Wallace Great Britain1:59.44Q
1221Alexis Santos Portugal1:59.67Q
32Jérémy Desplanches SwitzerlandQ
42Eduardo Solaeche SpainQ
1547Ieuan Lloyd Great Britain1:59.74Q
1648Bradlee Ashby New Zealand1:59.77Q
1731Gal Nevo Israel1:59.80
1838Semen Makovich Russia1:59.86
1941Diogo Carvalho Portugal2:00.17
2022Travis Mahoney Australia2:00.18
2113Raphaël Stacchiotti Luxembourg2:00.21
2214Hu Yixuan China2:00.70
2315Emmanuel Vanluchene Belgium2:01.36
2416Uvis Kalniņš Latvia2:02.34
2528Mohamed Hussein Egypt2:02.36
2617Marko Blaževski Macedonia2:02.54
2711Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia2:04.95
23Thomas Fraser-Holmes AustraliaDNS
27Federico Turrini ItalyDNS
37Dávid Verrasztó HungaryDNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Kosuke Hagino Japan1:57.38Q
26Wang Shun China1:58.12Q
34Philip Heintz Germany1:58.85Q
45Henrique Rodrigues Brazil1:59.23
57Alexis Santos Portugal2:00.08
68Bradlee Ashby New Zealand2:00.45
71Eduardo Solaeche Spain2:00.47
82Simon Sjödin Sweden2:00.81

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Michael Phelps United States1:55.78Q
24Ryan Lochte United States1:56.28Q
33Thiago Pereira Brazil1:57.11Q
47Daniel Wallace Great Britain1:57.97Q
56Hiromasa Fujimori Japan1:58.20Q
68Ieuan Lloyd Great Britain1:59.49
72Andreas Vazaios Greece1:59.54
81Jérémy Desplanches Switzerland2:00.38

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Michael Phelps United States1:54.66
2nd, silver medalist(s)6Kosuke Hagino Japan1:56.61
3rd, bronze medalist(s)7Wang Shun China1:57.05
41Hiromasa Fujimori Japan1:57.21
55Ryan Lochte United States1:57.47
68Philip Heintz Germany1:57.48NR
73Thiago Pereira Brazil1:58.02
82Daniel Wallace Great Britain1:58.54

References

  1. ↑ "Men's 200m Individual Medley". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Auerbach, Nicole (11 August 2016). "Michael Phelps takes no shortcuts on path to fourth Rio Olympics gold medal". USA Today. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Michael Phelps blows away competition in 200-meter I.M. for 22nd gold medal". CBS News. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Gregory, Sean (11 August 2016). "Michael Phelps Wins 22nd Gold Medal as U.S. Swimmers Break New Ground in Rio". Time. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  5. ↑ McKirdy, Andrew (12 August 2016). "Kaneto victorious in 200-meter breaststroke; Phelps beats Hagino for 22nd gold". The Japan Times. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Superb Michael Phelps writes yet more history in Rio as he claims 22nd gold medal win". South China Morning Post. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Michael Phelps Collects 22nd Gold Medal; Becomes First Swimmer Ever To Fourpeat An Event". Swimming World Magazine. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Michael Phelps takes gold, Ryan Lochte fails to medal in 200 IM". ESPN. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Michael Phelps destroys the field to win 22nd Olympic gold medal in men's 200m individual medley final". Daily Mail. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
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