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

























Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad

Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Date August 11, 2008 (heats)
August 12, 2008 (semifinals)
August 13, 2008 (final)
Competitors 44 from 39 nations
Winning time 1:52.03 WR
Medalists



















1st, gold medalist(s)

Michael Phelps
 United States
2nd, silver medalist(s)

László Cseh
 Hungary
3rd, bronze medalist(s)

Takeshi Matsuda
 Japan

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Swimming at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Marathon
10 km men women

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The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 11–13 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China.[1]


U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps blasted a new world record of 1:52.03 to defend his title in the event, and more importantly, claim his fourth Olympic gold, tenth career, and twelfth overall medal. During the final, Phelps' goggles filled with water, which prevented him from seeing anything, while he was finishing the second lap.[2]


Hungary's László Cseh added a second silver to his hardware from the 400 m individual medley, breaking a European record of 1:52.70. Japan's Takeshi Matsuda powered home with a bronze medal in 1:52.97.[3][4]


New Zealand's Moss Burmester shared a fourth place with host nation China's Wu Peng in 1:54.35, while Poland's Paweł Korzeniowski finished sixth with a time of 1:54.60. Brazil's Kaio de Almeida (1:54.71) and Russia's Nikolay Skvortsov (1:55.14) rounded out the finale.[3]


Earlier in the semifinals, Phelps registered his own Olympic record of 1:53.70 to establish a strong lead for the top 8 final, matching his preliminary time in the process.[5]




Contents






  • 1 Records


  • 2 Results


    • 2.1 Heats


    • 2.2 Semifinals


      • 2.2.1 Semifinal 1


      • 2.2.2 Semifinal 2




    • 2.3 Final




  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Records


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

















World record
 Michael Phelps (USA)
 1:52.09
Melbourne, Australia
 28 March 2007
Olympic record
 Michael Phelps (USA)
 1:54.04
Athens, Greece
 17 August 2004

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



































Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
August 11 Heat 6 Michael Phelps
 United States
 1:53.70
OR
August 12 Semifinal 2 Michael Phelps
 United States
 1:53.70
=OR
August 13 Final Michael Phelps
 United States
 1:52.03
WR, OR


Results



Heats
























































































































































































































































































































































































































Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Michael Phelps
 United States
 1:53.70 Q, OR
2 4 2 László Cseh
 Hungary
 1:54.48 Q
3 6 3 Kaio de Almeida
 Brazil
 1:54.65 Q
4 6 6 Takeshi Matsuda
 Japan
 1:55.06 Q
5 4 4 Paweł Korzeniowski
 Poland
 1:55.21 Q
6 6 5 Nikolay Skvortsov
 Russia
 1:55.33 Q
7 5 5 Wu Peng
 China
 1:55.39 Q
8 5 4 Gil Stovall
 United States
 1:55.42 Q
9 5 7 Michael Rock
 Great Britain
 1:55.55 Q
10 4 5 Moss Burmester
 New Zealand
 1:55.80 Q
11 5 3 Ryuichi Shibata
 Japan
 1:55.82 Q
12 4 6 Dinko Jukić
 Austria
 1:55.96 Q
13 4 1 Ioan Gherghel
 Romania
 1:56.09 Q, NR
14 6 1 Sergiy Advena
 Ukraine
 1:56.24 Q
15 5 6 Chen Yin
 China
 1:56.55 Q
16 3 2 Hsu Chi-chieh
 Chinese Taipei
 1:56.59 Q
17 5 2 Christophe Lebon
 France
 1:56.63
18 6 2 Travis Nederpelt
 Australia
 1:56.64
19 6 7 Mathieu Fonteyn
 Belgium
 1:56.65
NR
20 4 7 Niccolo Beni
 Italy
 1:56.99
21 4 3 Denys Sylantyev
 Ukraine
 1:57.02
22 5 1 Tamás Kerékjártó
 Hungary
 1:57.29
23 6 8 Juan Veloz
 Mexico
 1:57.32
NR
24 3 6 Pedro Oliveira
 Portugal
 1:57.41
25 4 8 Adam Sioui
 Canada
 1:57.45
26 3 5 Simon Sjödin
 Sweden
 1:57.75
27 5 8 Romanos Alyfantis
 Greece
 1:57.99
28 3 8 Alon Mandel
 Israel
 1:59.27
NR
29 2 5 James Walsh
 Philippines
 1:59.39
NR
30 3 3 Omar Pinzón
 Colombia
 1:59.47
31 1 3 Nikša Roki
 Croatia
 1:59.58
NR
32 2 1 Javier Núñez
 Spain
 2:00.24
33 2 7 Andrés José González
 Argentina
 2:00.36
34 2 6 Yoo Jung-nam
 South Korea
 2:01.00
35 3 4 Jeremy Knowles
 Bahamas
 2:01.08
36 2 8 Alexis Márquez Rivas
 Venezuela
 2:01.25
37 3 7 Daniel Bego
 Malaysia
 2:01.28
38 2 3 Douglas Lennox-Silva
 Puerto Rico
 2:01.69
39 3 1 Georgi Palazov
 Bulgaria
 2:01.84
40 1 5 Rehan Poncha
 India
 2:01.89
41 1 4 Emmanuel Crescimbeni
 Peru
 2:02.13
42 1 6 Javier Hernández Maradiaga
 Honduras
 2:02.23
43 2 4 Vladan Marković
 Serbia
 2:03.12
44 2 2 Donny Utomo
 Indonesia
 2:03.44


Semifinals



Semifinal 1











































































Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Takeshi Matsuda
 Japan
 1:54.02 Q, AS
2 3 Nikolay Skvortsov
 Russia
 1:54.31 Q, NR
3 4 László Cseh
 Hungary
 1:54.35 Q
4 2 Moss Burmester
 New Zealand
 1:55.26 Q
5 6 Gil Stovall
 United States
 1:55.36
6 7 Dinko Jukić
 Austria
 1:55.65
7 1 Sergiy Advena
 Ukraine
 1:56.64
8 8 Hsu Chi-chieh
 Chinese Taipei
 1:57.48


Semifinal 2











































































Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Michael Phelps
 United States
 1:53.70 Q, =OR
2 6 Wu Peng
 China
 1:54.93 Q
3 5 Kaio de Almeida
 Brazil
 1:55.21 Q
4 3 Paweł Korzeniowski
 Poland
 1:55.35 Q
5 8 Chen Yin
 China
 1:55.88
6 2 Michael Rock
 Great Britain
 1:55.90
7 7 Ryuichi Shibata
 Japan
 1:56.17
8 1 Ioan Gherghel
 Romania
 1:56.57


Final











































































Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 4 Michael Phelps
 United States
 1:52.03
WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 6 László Cseh
 Hungary
 1:52.70
EU
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 5 Takeshi Matsuda
 Japan
 1:52.97
AS
4 1 Moss Burmester
 New Zealand
 1:54.35
OC
4 2 Wu Peng
 China
 1:54.35
6 8 Paweł Korzeniowski
 Poland
 1:54.60
7 7 Kaio de Almeida
 Brazil
 1:54.71
8 3 Nikolay Skvortsov
 Russia
 1:55.14


References





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  2. ^ Siddons, Larry (13 August 2008). "Water-Filled Goggles Can't Keep Phelps From Gold Mark". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 17 May 2013.


  3. ^ ab Lohn, John (13 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: World Record Bonanza Continues, Michael Phelps Clips Standard in 200 Fly". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.


  4. ^ "Phelps sets world marks, becomes winningest Olympic athlete". ESPN. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2013.


  5. ^ Lohn, John (12 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Michael Phelps Ties Olympic Record in 200 Fly Semis". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.


  6. ^ Clarey, Christopher (29 March 2007). "Phelps smashes another world record, his own". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 April 2008.




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