Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly

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Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue London Aquatics Centre
DateJuly 30, 2012 (heats &
semifinals)
July 31, 2012 (final)
Competitors37 from 28 nations
Winning time1:52.96 AF
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Silver medal icon.svg Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Takeshi Matsuda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
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The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 30–31 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom. [1]

For the second time at the 2012 Olympic Games, Michael Phelps fell short in his attempt to win the same event three consecutive times, due to a spectacular performance from South Africa's Chad le Clos. Phelps was considered a favorite to win the race, but Le Clos came from third at the final turn to edge out the superstar (and his personal hero) by five-hundredths of a second (0.05) for the gold medal and an African record in 1:52.96. [2] [3] By finishing with a time of 1:53.01, Phelps earned his second silver medal of the games, bringing his overall total to eighteen, and matching Larisa Latynina's record of eighteen medals as the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. [4] [5] [6] Japan's Takeshi Matsuda managed to repeat his bronze from Beijing four years earlier in 1:53.21. [7] [8]

Austria's Dinko Jukić, who claimed the top seed earlier in the prelims, missed the podium by over a body length with a fourth-place time and a national record in 1:54.35. [8] [9] U.S. swimmer Tyler Clary finished fifth in 1:55.06 to hold off a close battle from Serbia's Velimir Stjepanović (1:55.07) and Poland's three-time Olympic finalist Paweł Korzeniowski (1:55.08) by a hundredth of a second (0.01) each. [10] [11] China's Chen Yin rounded out the historic finale with an eighth-place time in 1:55.18. [8]

Hungary's László Cseh missed a chance to reach the final roster and defend his Olympic silver medal after placing twelfth in the semifinals (1:55.88). [9]

Records

Prior to this competition, the world and Olympic records were:

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Michael Phelps  (USA)1:51.51 Rome, Italy 29 July 2009 [12] [13]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Michael Phelps  (USA)1:52.03 Beijing, China 13 August 2008 [14]

Results

Heats

[15]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
153 Dinko Jukić Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:54.79Q
256 Tyler Clary Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:54.96Q
337 Velimir Stjepanović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 1:54:99Q, NR
433 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:55.23Q
554 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:55.53Q
635 Chen Yin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:55.60Q
736 Kazuya Kaneda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:55.70Q
844 Takeshi Matsuda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:55.81Q
943 László Cseh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:55.86Q
1034 Wu Peng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:55.88Q
1152 Paweł Korzeniowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:56.09Q
1255 Nick D'Arcy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:56.25Q
1345 Bence Biczó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:56.51Q
1451 Chris Wright Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:56.69Q
1541 Nikolay Skvortsov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:56.76Q
1631 Ioannis Drymonakos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:56.97Q
1746 Kaio de Almeida Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:56.99
32 Joe Roebuck Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
1947 Marcin Cieślak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:57.07
2057 Roberto Pavoni Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:57.55
2142 Leonardo de Deus Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:58.03
2223 Pedro Oliveira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:58.45
2348 Stefanos Dimitriadis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:58.79
2438 Robert Žbogar Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:58.99
2528 Mauricio Fiol Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1:59.02 NR
2658 Joseph Schooling Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1:59.18
2721 Marcos Lavado Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1:59.31
2822 Illya Chuyev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:59.65
2925 Alexandru Coci Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:59.67
3027 Hsu Chi-Chieh Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1:59.81
3126 David Sharpe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:59.87
3214 Gal Nevo Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:59.98
3324 Alexandre Liess Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:00.13
3413 Omar Pinzón Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:02.32
3516 Diego Castillo Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 2:04.72
3615 Yousef Al-Askari Flag of Kuwait (3-2).svg  Kuwait 2:05.41
3712 Hocine Haciane Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 2:06.37

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
16 Takeshi Matsuda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:54.25Q
25 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:54.43Q, AF
23 Chen Yin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:54.43Q
44 Tyler Clary Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:54.93Q
52 Wu Peng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:55.65
67 Nick D'Arcy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:56.07
78 Ioannis Drymonakos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:58.05
81 Chris Wright Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:58.56

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:54.53Q
24 Dinko Jukić Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:54.95Q
37 Paweł Korzeniowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:55.04Q
45 Velimir Stjepanović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 1:55.13Q
51 Bence Biczó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:55.36
66 Kazuya Kaneda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:55.56
72 László Cseh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:55.88
88 Nikolay Skvorstov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:56.53

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:52.96 AF
Silver medal icon.svg6 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:53.01
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Takeshi Matsuda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:53.21
47 Dinko Jukic Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:54.35 NR
52 Tyler Clary Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:55.06
68 Velimir Stjepanović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 1:55.07
71 Paweł Korzeniowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:55.08
83 Chen Yin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:55.18

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