Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly

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Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates26 July 2021 (heats)
27 July 2021 (semifinals)
28 July 2021 (final)
Competitors38 from 30 nations
Winning time1:51.25 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Kristóf Milák Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg Tomoru Honda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Federico Burdisso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
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The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held in 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. [1] It was the event's seventeenth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1956.

Summary

After breaking Michael Phelps' decade-long world record in the event in 2019, Hungary's Kristóf Milák finally won his first individual Olympic title. Overcoming a suit malfunction [2] minutes before the start of the race, Milák dominated the race to win gold in an Olympic record of 1:51.25. Despite overhauling the field by more than two seconds, Milák expressed disappointment in not breaking the world record due to his suit change.

Fourth at the final turn, Japan's Tomoru Honda rallied to join Milák on the podium and deliver the host nation a silver medal in 1:53.73. Meanwhile, Italy's Federico Burdisso moved from third to second at the 150 m mark, but could not hold off Honda in the final lap, settling for bronze in 1:54.45. Hungary's Tamás Kenderesi (1:54.52) eclipsed South Africa's 2012 champion Chad le Clos (1:54.93), who faded in the closing stages after commanding a brief lead, by 0.41 seconds to take fourth. Outside the 1:54 club, Brazil's Leonardo de Deus (1:55.19), the U.S.' Gunnar Bentz (1:55.46) and Poland's Krzysztof Chmielewski (1:55.88) rounded out the championship field.

Notably, it marked the first time in the 21st century where U.S. great Michael Phelps did not appear in the event.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of Hungary.svg  Kristóf Milák  (HUN)1:50.73 Gwangju, South Korea 24 July 2019
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Michael Phelps  (USA)1:52.03 Beijing, China 13 August 2008

The following record was established during the competition:

DateEventSwimmerNationTimeRecord
July 28Final Kristóf Milák Flag of Hungary.svg  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. [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]

DateTimeRound
26 July 202119:17Heats
27 July 202111:35Semifinals
28 July 202110:49Final

Results

Heats

The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advance to the semifinals. [5]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
154 Kristóf Milák Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:53.58Q
243 Wang Kuan-hung Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1:54.44Q, NR
357 Leonardo de Deus Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:54.83Q
446 Zach Harting Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:54.92Q
536 Noè Ponti Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:55.05Q, NR
653 Tomoru Honda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:55.10Q
745 Federico Burdisso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:55.14Q
834 Tamás Kenderesi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:55.18Q
944 Daiya Seto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:55.26Q
1031 Giacomo Carini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:55.33Q
1132 Gunnar Bentz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:55.46Q
1247 Aleksandr Kudashev Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 1:55.54Q
1351 Krzysztof Chmielewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:55.77Q
1441 Louis Croenen Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:55.78Q
1537 Léon Marchand Flag of France.svg  France 1:55.85Q
1655 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:55.96Q
1756 David Thomasberger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:56.04
1852 Matthew Temple Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:56.25
1921 Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:56.30 NR
2035 Antani Ivanov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1:56.36
2133 Denys Kesyl Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:56.37
2226 Quah Zheng Wen Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1:56.42
2323 Brendan Hyland Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 1:57.09
2424 Sajan Prakash Flag of India.svg  India 1:57.22
2522 Kregor Zirk Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1:57.26
2627 Alexei Sancov Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 1:57.55 NR
2738 Jakub Majerski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:57.91
2848 Moon Seung-woo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1:58.09
2925 Ihor Troianovskyi Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:58.37
3058 Ethan du Preez Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:58.50
3128 Luis Vega Torres Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 1:59.00
3216 Ayman Kelzi Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 1:59.57 NR
3312 Matin Balsini Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 1:59.97 NR
3413 Keanan Dols Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 2:00.25
3542 David Morgan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:00.27
3615 Navaphat Wongcharoen Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2:01.43
3714 Richard Nagy Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2:01.91
3817 Simon Bachmann Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 2:03.54

Semifinals

The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final. [6]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
124 Kristóf Milák Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:52.22Q
225 Leonardo de Deus Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:54.97Q
318 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:55.06Q
426 Federico Burdisso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:55.11Q
516 Tamás Kenderesi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:55.17Q
627 Gunnar Bentz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:55.28Q
721 Krzysztof Chmielewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:55.29Q
813 Tomoru Honda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:55.31Q
915 Zach Harting Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:55.35
1023 Noè Ponti Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:55.37
1122 Daiya Seto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:55.50
1217 Aleksandr Kudashev Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 1:55.51
1314 Wang Kuan-hung Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1:55.52
1428 Léon Marchand Flag of France.svg  France 1:55.68
1512 Giacomo Carini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:55.95
1611 Louis Croenen Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:56.67

Final

[7]

RankLaneNameNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Kristóf Milák Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:51.25 OR
Silver medal icon.svg8 Tomoru Honda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:53.73
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Federico Burdisso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:54.45
42 Tamás Kenderesi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:54.52
53 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:54.93
65 Leonardo de Deus Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:55.19
77 Gunnar Bentz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:55.46
81 Krzysztof Chmielewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:55.88

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