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
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates10 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
11 August 2016 (final)
Competitors30 from 23 nations
Winning time1:54.66
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Kosuke Hagino Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Wang Shun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2012
2020  

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 22nd gold medal and 26th 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 recordFlag of the United States.svg  Ryan Lochte  (USA)1:54.00 Shanghai, China 28 July 2011 [9] [10]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124 Ryan Lochte Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:57.38Q
226 Philip Heintz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:57.59Q, NR
344 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:58.41Q
425 Henrique Rodrigues Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:58.56Q
545 Thiago Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:58.63Q
634 Kosuke Hagino Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:58.79Q
743 Hiromasa Fujimori Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:58.88Q
835 Wang Shun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:58.98Q
936 Andreas Vazaios Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:59.33Q
1046 Simon Sjödin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:59.41Q
1133 Daniel Wallace Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:59.44Q
1221 Alexis Santos Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:59.67Q
32 Jérémy Desplanches Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Q
42 Eduardo Solaeche Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Q
1547 Ieuan Lloyd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:59.74Q
1648 Bradlee Ashby Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:59.77Q
1731 Gal Nevo Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:59.80
1838 Semen Makovich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:59.86
1941 Diogo Carvalho Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:00.17
2022 Travis Mahoney Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:00.18
2113 Raphaël Stacchiotti Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2:00.21
2214 Hu Yixuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:00.70
2315 Emmanuel Vanluchene Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:01.36
2416 Uvis Kalniņš Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2:02.34
2528 Mohamed Hussein Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2:02.36
2617 Marko Blaževski Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 2:02.54
2711 Ahmed Mathlouthi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 2:04.95
23 Thomas Fraser-Holmes Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DNS
27 Federico Turrini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNS
37 Dávid Verrasztó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13 Kosuke Hagino Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:57.38Q
26 Wang Shun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:58.12Q
34 Philip Heintz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:58.85Q
45 Henrique Rodrigues Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:59.23
57 Alexis Santos Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:00.08
68 Bradlee Ashby Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:00.45
71 Eduardo Solaeche Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:00.47
82 Simon Sjödin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:00.81

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:55.78Q
24 Ryan Lochte Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:56.28Q
33 Thiago Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:57.11Q
47 Daniel Wallace Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:57.97Q
56 Hiromasa Fujimori Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:58.20Q
68 Ieuan Lloyd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:59.49
72 Andreas Vazaios Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:59.54
81 Jérémy Desplanches Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:00.38

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:54.66
Silver medal icon.svg6 Kosuke Hagino Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:56.61
Bronze medal icon.svg7 Wang Shun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:57.05
41 Hiromasa Fujimori Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:57.21
55 Ryan Lochte Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:57.47
68 Philip Heintz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:57.48 NR
73 Thiago Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:58.02
82 Daniel Wallace Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:58.54

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