Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly
Men's 200 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 26 July 2021 (heats) 27 July 2021 (semifinals) 28 July 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 38 from 30 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:51.25 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |||
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Qualification | |||
Freestyle | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
800 m | men | women | |
1500 m | men | women | |
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 | mixed | women |
Marathon | |||
10 km | men | women | |
The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2020 Summer Olympics will be held in 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It will be the event's seventeenth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1956.
Records[]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Kristóf Milák (HUN) | 1:50.73 | Gwangju, South Korea | 24 July 2019 |
Olympic record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:52.03 | Beijing, China | 13 August 2008 |
The following record was established during the competition:
Date | Event | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Record |
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July 28 | Final | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 1:51.25 | OR |
Qualification[]
The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 1:56.48. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 1:59.97. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a male swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place.[2]
Indian Swimmer, Sajan Prakash failed to qualify in the 200m butterfly event.[3]
Competition format[]
The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[4]
Schedule[]
All times are Japan standard time (UTC+9)[1]
Date | Time | Round |
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26 July 2021 | 19:17 | Heats |
27 July 2021 | 11:35 | Semifinals |
28 July 2021 | 10:49 | Final |
Results[]
Heats[]
The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advance to the semifinals.[5]
Semifinals[]
The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[6]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | 4 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 1:52.22 | Q |
2 | 2 | 5 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 1:54.97 | Q |
3 | 1 | 8 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:55.06 | Q |
4 | 2 | 6 | Federico Burdisso | Italy | 1:55.11 | Q |
5 | 1 | 6 | Tamás Kenderesi | Hungary | 1:55.17 | Q |
6 | 2 | 7 | Gunnar Bentz | United States | 1:55.28 | Q |
7 | 2 | 1 | Krzysztof Chmielewski | Poland | 1:55.29 | Q |
8 | 1 | 3 | Tomoru Honda | Japan | 1:55.31 | Q |
9 | 1 | 5 | Zach Harting | United States | 1:55.35 | |
10 | 2 | 3 | Noè Ponti | Switzerland | 1:55.37 | |
11 | 2 | 2 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 1:55.50 | |
12 | 1 | 7 | Aleksandr Kudashev | ROC | 1:55.51 | |
13 | 1 | 4 | Wang Kuan-hung | Chinese Taipei | 1:55.52 | |
14 | 2 | 8 | Léon Marchand | France | 1:55.68 | |
15 | 1 | 2 | Giacomo Carini | Italy | 1:55.95 | |
16 | 1 | 1 | Louis Croenen | Belgium | 1:56.67 |
Final[]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
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4 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 1:51.25 | OR | |
8 | Tomoru Honda | Japan | 1:53.73 | ||
6 | Federico Burdisso | Italy | 1:54.45 | ||
4 | 2 | Tamás Kenderesi | Hungary | 1:54.52 | |
5 | 3 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:54.93 | |
6 | 5 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 1:55.19 | |
7 | 7 | Gunnar Bentz | United States | 1:55.46 | |
8 | 1 | Krzysztof Chmielewski | Poland | 1:55.88 |
References[]
- ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "Swimmers Sajan failed to qualify for semifinals". in.news.yahoo.com. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ Heats results
- ^ Semifinals results
- ^ Final results
- Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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