Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley

Men's 200 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Centre, Paris La Défense Arena
Dates	1 August 2024 (Heats and Semis) 2 August 2024 (Final)
Competitors	25 from 22 nations
Winning time	1:54.06 OR
Medalists
Léon Marchand   France Duncan Scott   Great Britain Wang Shun   China
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The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 1 to 2 August 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre. ^[1]

Records

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

World record	Ryan Lochte  (USA)	1:54.00	Shanghai, China	28 July 2011	[2] [3]
Olympic record	Michael Phelps  (USA)	1:54.23	Beijing, China	15 August 2008	[4]

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Event	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Record
2 August	Final	Léon Marchand	France	1:54.06	OR

Qualification

Main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT). ^{[5] [6]}

Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline. ^[5]

Time standards

The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024. ^[7]

The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:

Men's events
Event	OQT*	OCT^
200 m individual medley	1:57.94	1:58.53

* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.

^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.

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.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
1 August 2024	10:00	Heats
	19:37	Semifinals
2 August 2024	17:30	Final

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	6	Daiya Seto	Japan	1:57.48	Q
2	3	5	Duncan Scott	Great Britain	1:57.77	Q
3	3	4	Léon Marchand	France	1:57.86	Q
4	3	3	Alberto Razzetti	Italy	1:58.00	Q
5	4	5	Shaine Casas	United States	1:58.04	Q
6	4	4	Wang Shun	China	1:58.09	Q
7	3	6	Ron Polonsky	Israel	1:58.30	Q
	4	3	Tom Dean	Great Britain	1:58.30	Q
9	3	7	Jérémy Desplanches	Switzerland	1:58.46	Q
10	2	4	Carson Foster	United States	1:58.63	Q
11	2	6	Lewis Clareburt	New Zealand	1:58.84	Q
	3	2	William Petric	Australia	1:58.84	Q
13	2	5	Finlay Knox	Canada	1:58.97	Q
14	4	2	Thomas Neill	Australia	1:59.13	Q
15	4	1	Jaouad Syoud	Algeria	1:59.41	Q
16	3	1	Apostolos Papastamos	Greece	2:00.79	Q
17	2	7	Berke Saka	Turkey	2:01.99
18	2	1	Erick Gordillo	Guatemala	2:02.24
19	4	8	Tomás Peribonio	Ecuador	2:03.40
20	1	4	Matheo Mateos	Paraguay	2:03.45
21	2	2	Matthew Sates	South Africa	2:04.01
22	1	3	Simon Bachmann	Seychelles	2:06.48
23	1	5	Esteban Núñez Del Prado	Bolivia	2:08.10
	2	3	Hugo González	Spain	DNS
	4	7	Gábor Zombori	Hungary	DNS

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Léon Marchand	France	1:56.31	Q
2	1	2	Carson Foster	United States	1:56.37	Q
3	1	4	Duncan Scott	Great Britain	1:56.49	Q
4	1	3	Wang Shun	China	1:56.54	Q
5	2	4	Daiya Seto	Japan	1:56.59	Q
6	1	6	Tom Dean	Great Britain	1:56.92	Q
7	1	5	Alberto Razzetti	Italy	1:57.10	Q
8	2	1	Finlay Knox	Canada	1:57.76	Q
9	2	3	Shaine Casas	United States	1:57.82
10	1	7	William Petric	Australia	1:58.13
11	1	1	Thomas Neill	Australia	1:58.77
12	2	6	Ron Polonsky	Israel	1:58.89
13	2	2	Jérémy Desplanches	Switzerland	1:58.93
14	2	7	Lewis Clareburt	New Zealand	2:00.06
15	2	8	Jaouad Syoud	Algeria	2:00.13
16	1	8	Apostolos Papastamos	Greece	2:01.02

Final

Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
	4	Léon Marchand	France	1:54.06	OR , ER
	3	Duncan Scott	Great Britain	1:55.31
	6	Wang Shun	China	1:56.00
4	5	Carson Foster	United States	1:56.10
5	7	Tom Dean	Great Britain	1:56.46
6	1	Alberto Razzetti	Italy	1:56.82
7	2	Daiya Seto	Japan	1:57.21
8	8	Finlay Knox	Canada	1:57.26

References

1. "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
2. "Ryan Lochte sets world record in 200 IM". ESPN. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
3. "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Ryan Lochte Sets First Post Techsuit-Era World Record". Swimming World Magazine. 28 July 2011. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
4. Crouse, Karen (15 August 2008). "Phelps Moves 200 Meters Closer to His Goal". New York Times . Retrieved 17 May 2013.
5. "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
6. Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 12 November 2022.
7. "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.