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

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates	23 July 2001 (heats, semifinals) 24 July 2001 (final)
Competitors	40
Winning time	1 minute 54.58 seconds
Medalists
Michael Phelps    United States   Tom Malchow    United States   Anatoly Polyakov    Russia
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Main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships

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]

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 record	Michael Phelps  (USA)	1:54.92	Austin, United States	30 March 2001
Championship record	Melvin Stewart  (USA)	1:55.69	Perth, Australia	12 January 1991

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	Record
23 July	Semifinal 2	Franck Esposito	France	1:55.03	CR
		Tom Malchow	United States
24 July	Final	Michael Phelps	United States	1:54.58	WR

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 Gherghel	Romania	1:58.71	Q
10	Andrew Livingston	Puerto Rico	1:58.72	Q
11	Juan José Veloz	Mexico	1:58.85	Q
12	Christian Galenda	Italy	1:59.31	Q
13	Ioannis Drymonakos	Greece	1:59.41	Q
14	Tero Välimaa	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	Simão Morgado	Portugal	2:02.10
21	Hisayoshi Tanaka	Japan	2:02.72
22	Dean Kent	New Zealand	2:03.09
23	Zoran Lazarevski	Macedonia	2:03.71
24	Jacob Fraire	Mexico	2:03.72
25	Joe Jae-hyon	South Korea	2:03.95
26	Yoo Jung-nam	South Korea	2:03.96
27	Benjamin Gan	Singapore	2:04.19
28	Aleksandar Miladinovski	Macedonia	2:04.22
29	Raazik Nordien	South Africa	2:05.29
30	Georgi Palazov	Bulgaria	2:05.31
31	Sergio Cabrera	Paraguay	2:06.51
32	Sergio Rafael De Leon Alfaro	Guatemala	2:06.81
33	Jiang Bing-Ru	Chinese Taipei	2:08.73
34	Chen Jui-Chen	Chinese Taipei	2:08.97
35	Oleg Lyashko	Uzbekistan	2:09.90
36	Carlos Melendez	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	Zaid Saeed	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 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 José Veloz	Mexico	1:59.06
14	William Kirby	Australia	1:59.52
15	Ioannis Drymonakos	Greece	1:59.56
16	Tero Välimaa	Finland	2:01.37

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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Michael Phelps	United States	1:54.58	WR
	Tom Malchow	United States	1:55.28
	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. "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.
5. "FINA World Swimming Fukoka". Archived from the original on 18 December 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
6. "FINA World Swimming Fukoka". Archived from the original on 9 November 2001. Retrieved 21 August 2016.