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)
Competitors40
Winning time1 minute 54.58 seconds
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
  1998
2003  

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 [1] [2] 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. [3]

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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. [4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Michael Phelps  (USA)1:54.92 Austin, United States30 March 2001
Championship recordFlag of the United States.svg  Melvin Stewart  (USA)1:55.69 Perth, Australia12 January 1991

The following record was established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
23 JulySemifinal 2 Franck Esposito
Flag of France.svg  France 1:55.03 CR
Tom Malchow Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
24 JulyFinal Michael Phelps Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1:54.58 WR


Results

Heats

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Franck Esposito Flag of France.svg  France 1:56.05Q
2 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1:56.11Q
3 Tom Malchow Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1:56.13Q
4 Takashi Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:57.76Q
5 Justin Norris Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:57.79Q
6 Thomas Rupprath Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:57.80Q
7 Anatoly Polyakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:58.27Q
8 Denys Sylantyev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:58.41Q
9 Ioan Gherghel Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:58.71Q
10 Andrew Livingston Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1:58.72Q
11 Juan José Veloz Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:58.85Q
12 Christian Galenda Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:59.31Q
13 Ioannis Drymonakos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:59.41Q
14 Tero Välimaa Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:59.77Q
15 William Kirby Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:00.12Q
16 Viktor Bodrogi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:00.54Q
17 Alessio Boggiatto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:01.32
18 Xie Xufeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:01.37
19 Mickey Halika Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:01.67
20 Simão Morgado Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 2:02.10
21 Hisayoshi Tanaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:02.72
22 Dean Kent Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:03.09
23 Zoran Lazarevski Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia 2:03.71
24 Jacob Fraire Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:03.72
25 Joe Jae-hyon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:03.95
26 Yoo Jung-nam Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:03.96
27 Benjamin Gan Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:04.19
28 Aleksandar Miladinovski Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia 2:04.22
29 Raazik Nordien Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:05.29
30 Georgi Palazov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:05.31
31 Sergio Cabrera Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 2:06.51
32 Sergio Rafael De Leon Alfaro Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2:06.81
33 Jiang Bing-Ru Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:08.73
34 Chen Jui-Chen Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:08.97
35 Oleg Lyashko Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 2:09.90
36 Carlos Melendez Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2:11.38
37 Bertrand Bristol Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 2:12.28
38 Zulfiqar Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2:15.78
39 Obaid Ahmed Al Jassimi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 2:17.03
40 Zaid Saeed Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 2:29.74

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Semifinals

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Franck Esposito Flag of France.svg  France 1:55.03Q, CR
1 Tom Malchow Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1:55.03Q, CR
3 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1:56.41Q
4 Denys Sylantyev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:56.51Q
5 Takashi Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:56.85Q
6 Justin Norris Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:56.98Q
7 Anatoly Polyakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:57.34Q
8 Andrew Livingston Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1:57.94Q
9 Ioan Gherghel Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:57.96
10 Thomas Rupprath Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:58.15
11 Christian Galenda Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:58.20
12 Viktor Bodrogi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:58.60
13 Juan José Veloz Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:59.06
14 William Kirby Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:59.52
15 Ioannis Drymonakos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:59.56
16 Tero Välimaa Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:01.37

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Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Michael Phelps Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1:54.58 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Tom Malchow Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1:55.28
Bronze medal icon.svg Anatoly Polyakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:55.68
4 Franck Esposito Flag of France.svg  France 1:55.71
5 Takashi Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:55.84
6 Denys Sylantyev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:56.71
7 Justin Norris Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:57.18
8 Andrew Livingston Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1:58.68

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. "Heats Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  2. "Semifinals Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  3. "Final Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 19 October 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  4. "Swimming: Thorpe and Phelps smash world records". The Daily Telegraph. 24 July 2001. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
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