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

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Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates10 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
11 August 2016 (final)
Competitors30 from 23 nations
Winning time1:54.66
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Phelps  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kosuke Hagino  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wang Shun  China
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Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen
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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]

Summary[]

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. Great Britain's Daniel Wallace posted an eighth-place finish of 1:58.54 to round out the field.[7]

Records[]

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

World record  Ryan Lochte (USA) 1:54.00 Shanghai, China 28 July 2011 [9][10]
Olympic record  Michael Phelps (USA) 1:54.23 Beijing, China 15 August 2008 [11]

Competition format[]

The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[1]

Results[]

Heats[]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Ryan Lochte  United States 1:57.38 Q
2 2 6 Philip Heintz  Germany 1:57.59 Q, NR
3 4 4 Michael Phelps  United States 1:58.41 Q
4 2 5 Henrique Rodrigues  Brazil 1:58.56 Q
5 4 5 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 1:58.63 Q
6 3 4 Kosuke Hagino  Japan 1:58.79 Q
7 4 3 Hiromasa Fujimori  Japan 1:58.88 Q
8 3 5 Wang Shun  China 1:58.98 Q
9 3 6 Andreas Vazaios  Greece 1:59.33 Q
10 4 6 Simon Sjödin  Sweden 1:59.41 Q
11 3 3 Daniel Wallace  Great Britain 1:59.44 Q
12 2 1 Alexis Santos  Portugal 1:59.67 Q
3 2 Jérémy Desplanches  Switzerland Q
4 2 Eduardo Solaeche  Spain Q
15 4 7 Ieuan Lloyd  Great Britain 1:59.74 Q
16 4 8 Bradlee Ashby  New Zealand 1:59.77 Q
17 3 1 Gal Nevo  Israel 1:59.80
18 3 8 Semen Makovich  Russia 1:59.86
19 4 1 Diogo Carvalho  Portugal 2:00.17
20 2 2 Travis Mahoney  Australia 2:00.18
21 1 3 Raphaël Stacchiotti  Luxembourg 2:00.21
22 1 4 Hu Yixuan  China 2:00.70
23 1 5 Emmanuel Vanluchene  Belgium 2:01.36
24 1 6 Uvis Kalniņš  Latvia 2:02.34
25 2 8 Mohamed Hussein  Egypt 2:02.36
26 1 7 Marko Blaževski  Macedonia 2:02.54
27 1 1 Ahmed Mathlouthi  Tunisia 2:04.95
2 3 Thomas Fraser-Holmes  Australia DNS
2 7 Federico Turrini  Italy DNS
3 7 Dávid Verrasztó  Hungary DNS

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Kosuke Hagino  Japan 1:57.38 Q
2 6 Wang Shun  China 1:58.12 Q
3 4 Philip Heintz  Germany 1:58.85 Q
4 5 Henrique Rodrigues  Brazil 1:59.23
5 7 Alexis Santos  Portugal 2:00.08
6 8 Bradlee Ashby  New Zealand 2:00.45
7 1 Eduardo Solaeche  Spain 2:00.47
8 2 Simon Sjödin  Sweden 2:00.81

Semifinal 2[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Michael Phelps  United States 1:55.78 Q
2 4 Ryan Lochte  United States 1:56.28 Q
3 3 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 1:57.11 Q
4 7 Daniel Wallace  Great Britain 1:57.97 Q
5 6 Hiromasa Fujimori  Japan 1:58.20 Q
6 8 Ieuan Lloyd  Great Britain 1:59.49
7 2 Andreas Vazaios  Greece 1:59.54
8 1 Jérémy Desplanches  Switzerland 2:00.38

Final[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Michael Phelps  United States 1:54.66
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Kosuke Hagino  Japan 1:56.61
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Wang Shun  China 1:57.05
4 1 Hiromasa Fujimori  Japan 1:57.21
5 5 Ryan Lochte  United States 1:57.47
6 8 Philip Heintz  Germany 1:57.48 NR
7 3 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 1:58.02
8 2 Daniel Wallace  Great Britain 1:58.54

References[]

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ "Ryan Lochte sets world record in 200 IM". ESPN. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  10. ^ "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Ryan Lochte Sets First Post Techsuit-Era World Record". Swimming World Magazine. 28 July 2011. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  11. ^ Crouse, Karen (15 August 2008). "Phelps Moves 200 Meters Closer to His Goal". New York Times. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
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