Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly

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Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates23 July 2001 (heats, semifinals)
24 July 2001 (final)
Winning time1 minute 54.58 seconds
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Russia
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The men's 200-metre butterfly event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place between 23 July – 24 July. Both the heats and semifinals were held on 23 July with the heats being held in the morning session and the semifinals being held in the evening session. The final was held on 24 July.

In the final, American swimmer Michael Phelps broke his own world record with a time of 1:54.58, bettering his previous record of 1:54.92. For Phelps, this was also his first world title since finishing 5th in the same event at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]

Results[]

Heats[]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Franck Esposito  France 1:56.05 Q
2 Michael Phelps  United States 1:56.11 Q
3 Tom Malchow  United States 1:56.13 Q
4 Takashi Yamamoto  Japan 1:57.76 Q
5 Justin Norris  Australia 1:57.79 Q
6 Thomas Rupprath  Germany 1:57.80 Q
7 Anatoly Polyakov  Russia 1:58.27 Q
8 Denys Sylantyev  Ukraine 1:58.41 Q
9 Ioan Stefan Gherghel  Romania 1:58.71 Q
10 Andrew Livingston  Puerto Rico 1:58.72 Q
11 Juan Jose Veloz  Mexico 1:58.85 Q
12 Christian Galenda  Italy 1:59.31 Q
13 Ioannis Drymonakos  Greece 1:59.41 Q
14 Tero Valimaa  Finland 1:59.77 Q
15 William Kirby  Australia 2:00.12 Q
16 Viktor Bodrogi  Hungary 2:00.54 Q
17 Alessio Boggiatto  Italy 2:01.32
18 Xie Xufeng  China 2:01.37
19 Mickey Halika  Israel 2:01.67
20 Simao Morgado  Portugal 2:02.10
21 Hisayoshi Tanaka  Japan 2:02.72
22 Dean Kent  New Zealand 2:03.09
23 Zoran Lazarevski  North Macedonia 2:03.71
24  Mexico 2:03.72
25  South Korea 2:03.95
26 Yoo Jung-nam  South Korea 2:03.96
27 Benjamin Gan  Singapore 2:04.19
28 Aleksandar Miladinovski  North Macedonia 2:04.22
29  South Africa 2:05.29
30 Georgi Palazov  Bulgaria 2:05.31
31 Sergio Cabrera  Paraguay 2:06.51
32  Guatemala 2:06.81
33  Chinese Taipei 2:08.73
34  Chinese Taipei 2:08.97
35 Oleg Lyashko  Uzbekistan 2:09.90
36  El Salvador 2:11.38
37 Bertrand Bristol  Seychelles 2:12.28
38 Zulfiqar Ali  Pakistan 2:15.78
39 Obaid Ahmed Al Jassimi  United Arab Emirates 2:17.03
40  Iraq 2:29.74

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Semifinals[]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Franck Esposito  France 1:55.03 Q, CR
1 Tom Malchow  United States 1:55.03 Q, CR
3 Michael Phelps  United States 1:56.41 Q
4 Denys Sylantyev  Ukraine 1:56.51 Q
5 Takashi Yamamoto  Japan 1:56.85 Q
6 Justin Norris  Australia 1:56.98 Q
7 Anatoly Polyakov  Russia 1:57.34 Q
8 Andrew Livingston  Puerto Rico 1:57.94 Q
9 Ioan Stefan Gherghel  Romania 1:57.96
10 Thomas Rupprath  Germany 1:58.15
11 Christian Galenda  Italy 1:58.20
12 Viktor Bodrogi  Hungary 1:58.60
13 Juan Jose Veloz  Mexico 1:59.06
14 William Kirby  Australia 1:59.52
15 Ioannis Drymonakos  Greece 1:59.56
16 Tero Valimaa  Finland 2:01.37

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Final[]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Phelps  United States 1:54.58 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tom Malchow  United States 1:55.28
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anatoly Polyakov  Russia 1:55.68
4 Franck Esposito  France 1:55.71
5 Takashi Yamamoto  Japan 1:55.84
6 Denys Sylantyev  Ukraine 1:56.71
7 Justin Norris  Australia 1:57.18
8 Andrew Livingston  Puerto Rico 1:58.68

Key: WR = World record

References[]

  1. ^ "Swimming: Thorpe and Phelps smash world records". The Daily Telegraph. 24 July 2001. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  2. ^ "FINA World Swimming Fukoka". Archived from the original on 18 December 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  3. ^ "FINA World Swimming Fukoka". Archived from the original on 9 November 2001. Retrieved 21 August 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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