| Date | 29 – 30 July 2012 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | London Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park, Stratford, London |
| Participants | 40 from 31 countries |
American Ryan Lochte was the 2011 World Champion and had been World Swimmer of the Year in 2011. He had twice defeated Michael Phelps at the US Olympic Trials in June and was favored in this event, especially after Phelps elected not to swim it. Lochte’s biggest challengers were expected to be Korean Park Tae-Hwan, silver medalist in the event in 2008 and gold medalist at Beijing in the 400, and France’s Yannick Agnel, who was European Champion in 2010 in the 400 free. An outsider was considered to be Sun Yang of China, who had already won the 400 free in London.
All four of the favorites qualified for the final. Agnel took the early lead but at 100 metres was in a virtual tie with Park. On the third lap, Lochte made his move but could never get into the lead. Sun had started very slowly, lying only sixth at 50 metres, but his strength was pulling him back into the race. On the final lap, Agnel pulled away and won easily in a textile world best of 1:43.14, with Park and Sun tying for second in 1:44.93, as Lochte dropped off the podium and finished fourth. For Agnel it was his second gold medal in London, having anchored the French team to the victory in the 4×100 freestyle relay.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | R1 | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yannick Agnel |  FRA | 1:46.60 (1 h6) | 1:45.84 (2 h2) | 1:43.14 (1) | Gold | ||
| =2 | Park Tae-Hwan |  KOR | 1:46.79 (2 h6) | 1:46.02 (3 h2) | 1:44.93 (=2) | Silver | ||
| =2 | Sun Yang |  CHN | 1:46.24 (1 h5) | 1:45.61 (1 h2) | 1:44.93 (=2) | Silver | ||
| 4 | Ryan Lochte |  USA | 1:46.45 (2 h5) | 1:46.31 (2 h1) | 1:45.04 (4) | |||
| 5 | Paul Biedermann |  GER | 1:47.27 (3 h4) | 1:46.10 (1 h1) | 1:45.53 (5) | |||
| 6 | Robbie Renwick |  GBR | 1:46.86 (2 h4) | 1:46.65 (=3 h1) | 1:46.53 (6) | |||
| 7 | Thomas Fraser-Holmes |  AUS | 1:47.50 (5 h6) | 1:46.80 (4 h2) | 1:46.93 (7) | |||
| 8 | Dan Izotov |  RUS | 1:46.61 (1 h4) | 1:46.65 (=3 h1) | 1:47.75 (8) | |||
| 9 | Ricky Berens | USA | 1:47.07 (3 h5) | 1:46.87 (5 h1) | – | |||
| 10 | Dominik Kozma |  HUN | 1:47.18 (4 h5) | 1:46.93 (5 h2) | – | |||
| 11 | Sebastiaan Verschuren |  NED | 1:47.31 (4 h6) | 1:46.95 (6 h2) | – | |||
| 12 | Brett Fraser |  CAY | 1:47.74 (5 h5) | 1:47.01 (6 h1) | – | |||
| 13 | Kenrick Monk | AUS | 1:46.94 (3 h6) | 1:47.38 (7 h2) | – | |||
| 14 | Grégory Mallet | FRA | 1:47.39 (4 h4) | 1:47.56 (7 h1) | – | |||
| 15 | Dominik Meichtry |  SUI | 1:47.97 (5 h4) | 1:48.25 (8 h1) | – | |||
| 16 | Artyom Lobuzov | RUS | 1:47.91 (6 h6) | 1:48.26 (8 h2) | – | |||
| 17 | Blake Worsley |  CAN | 1:48.14 (1 h3) | – | – | |||
| 18 | Matt Stanley |  NZL | 1:48.19 (7 h6) | – | – | |||
| 19 | Ieuan Lloyd | GBR | 1:48.52 (6 h4) | – | – | |||
| 20 | Shaune Fraser | CAY | 1:48.53 (8 h6) | – | – | |||
| 21 | Nimrod Shapira |  ISR | 1:48.60 (2 h3) | – | – | |||
| 22 | Cristian Quintero |  VEN | 1:48.71 (3 h3) | – | – | |||
| 23 | Li Yunqi | CHN | 1:48.72 (6 h5) | – | – | |||
| 24 | Clemens Rapp | GER | 1:48.75 (7 h4) | – | – | |||
| 25 | Glenn Surgeloose |  BEL | 1:48.77 (4 h3) | – | – | |||
| 26 | Ben Hockin |  PAR | 1:48.91 (7 h5) | – | – | |||
| =27 | David Brandl |  AUT | 1:49.00 (5 h3) | – | – | |||
| =27 | Dion Dreesens | NED | 1:49.00 (8 h5) | – | – | |||
| 29 | Marco Belotti |  ITA | 1:49.14 (8 h4) | – | – | |||
| 30 | Ahmed Mathlouthi |  TUN | 1:49.68 (6 h3) | – | – | |||
| 31 | Matias Koski |  FIN | 1:49.84 (1 h2) | – | – | |||
| 32 | Radovan Siljevski |  SRB | 1:51.40 (2 h2) | – | – | |||
| 33 | Mario Montoya |  CRC | 1:51.66 (3 h2) | – | – | |||
| =34 | Sebastián Jahnsen |  PER | 1:52.36 (4 h2) | – | – | |||
| =34 | Tiago Venâncio |  POR | 1:52.36 (7 h3) | – | – | |||
| 36 | Jessie Lacuna |  PHI | 1:52.91 (5 h2) | – | – | |||
| 37 | Nicholas Schwab |  DOM | 1:53.41 (1 h1) | – | – | |||
| 38 | Raúl Martínez |  PUR | 1:54.23 (6 h2) | – | – | |||
| 39 | Mathieu Marquet |  MRI | 1:58.91 (2 h1) | – | – | |||
| 40 | Anderson Lim |  BRU | 2:02.26 (3 h1) | – | – | |||
| Mads Glæsner |  DEN | – (DNS h3) | – | – |
| Date | 29 July 2012 — 10:20 |
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| Format | Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals |
| Time | 10:20 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | Reaction Time | 50 m | 100 m | 150 m | 50-100 m Time (Rank) | 100-150 m Time (Rank) | 150-200 m Time (Rank) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Nicholas Schwab | DOM | 1:53.41 | 0.64 | 26.82 (1) | 55.37 (1) | 1:24.88 (1) | 28.55 | 29.51 | 28.53 | ||
| 2 | – | Mathieu Marquet | MRI | 1:58.91 | 0.76 | 27.95 (3) | 56.97 (2) | 1:27.51 (2) | 29.02 | 30.54 | 31.40 | ||
| 3 | – | Anderson Lim | BRU | 2:02.26 | 0.68 | 27.63 (2) | 57.79 (3) | 1:30.07 (3) | 30.16 | 32.28 | 32.19 |
| Time | 10:24 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | Reaction Time | 50 m | 100 m | 150 m | 50-100 m Time (Rank) | 100-150 m Time (Rank) | 150-200 m Time (Rank) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Matias Koski | FIN | 1:49.84 | 0.67 | 25.90 (1) | 53.45 (1) | 1:21.77 (1) | 27.55 | 28.32 | 28.07 | ||
| 2 | – | Radovan Siljevski | SRB | 1:51.40 | 0.79 | 26.09 (4) | 54.21 (3) | 1:22.81 (3) | 28.12 | 28.60 | 28.59 | ||
| 3 | – | Mario Montoya | CRC | 1:51.66 | 0.70 | 26.39 (5) | 55.09 (5) | 1:23.89 (5) | 28.70 | 28.80 | 27.77 | ||
| 4 | – | Sebastián Jahnsen | PER | 1:52.36 | 0.66 | 26.01 (2) | 54.36 (4) | 1:23.49 (4) | 28.35 | 29.13 | 28.87 | ||
| 5 | – | Jessie Lacuna | PHI | 1:52.91 | 0.66 | 26.03 (3) | 53.82 (2) | 1:22.67 (2) | 27.79 | 28.85 | 30.24 | ||
| 6 | – | Raúl Martínez | PUR | 1:54.23 | 0.72 | 26.50 (6) | 55.43 (6) | 1:24.46 (6) | 28.93 | 29.03 | 29.77 |
| Time | 10:27 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | Reaction Time | 50 m | 100 m | 150 m | 50-100 m Time (Rank) | 100-150 m Time (Rank) | 150-200 m Time (Rank) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Blake Worsley | CAN | 1:48.14 | 0.71 | 25.78 (4) | 53.26 (2) | 1:20.89 (2) | 27.48 | 27.63 | 27.25 | ||
| 2 | – | Nimrod Shapira | ISR | 1:48.60 | 0.72 | 25.70 (3) | 53.51 (4) | 1:21.50 (4) | 27.81 | 27.99 | 27.10 | ||
| 3 | – | Cristian Quintero | VEN | 1:48.71 | 0.71 | 25.99 (5) | 53.54 (5) | 1:21.54 (5) | 27.55 | 28.00 | 27.17 | ||
| 4 | – | Glenn Surgeloose | BEL | 1:48.77 | 0.70 | 25.52 (2) | 53.18 (1) | 1:20.42 (1) | 27.66 | 27.24 | 28.35 | ||
| 5 | – | David Brandl | AUT | 1:49.00 | 0.73 | 26.30 (7) | 54.35 (7) | 1:21.77 (6) | 28.05 | 27.42 | 27.23 | ||
| 6 | – | Ahmed Mathlouthi | TUN | 1:49.68 | 0.70 | 26.02 (6) | 53.90 (6) | 1:21.49 (3) | 27.88 | 27.59 | 28.19 | ||
| 7 | – | Tiago Venâncio | POR | 1:52.36 | 0.75 | 25.45 (1) | 53.49 (3) | 1:21.95 (7) | 28.04 | 28.46 | 30.41 | ||
| – | Mads Glæsner | DEN | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – | – | – |
| Time | 10:31 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | Reaction Time | 50 m | 100 m | 150 m | 50-100 m Time (Rank) | 100-150 m Time (Rank) | 150-200 m Time (Rank) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Dan Izotov | RUS | 1:46.61 | 0.73 | 25.36 (6) | 52.39 (4) | 1:19.92 (5) | 27.03 | 27.53 | 26.69 | ||
| 2 | – | Robbie Renwick | GBR | 1:46.86 | 0.65 | 25.13 (=2) | 52.31 (2) | 1:19.54 (1) | 27.18 | 27.23 | 27.32 | ||
| 3 | – | Paul Biedermann | GER | 1:47.27 | 0.74 | 25.27 (5) | 52.44 (5) | 1:19.90 (4) | 27.17 | 27.46 | 27.37 | ||
| 4 | – | Grégory Mallet | FRA | 1:47.39 | 0.75 | 25.13 (=2) | 52.38 (3) | 1:20.11 (6) | 27.25 | 27.73 | 27.28 | ||
| 5 | – | Dominik Meichtry | SUI | 1:47.97 | 0.66 | 24.92 (1) | 51.78 (1) | 1:19.57 (2) | 26.86 | 27.79 | 28.40 | ||
| 6 | – | Ieuan Lloyd | GBR | 1:48.52 | 0.74 | 25.22 (4) | 52.47 (6) | 1:19.84 (3) | 27.25 | 27.37 | 28.68 | ||
| 7 | – | Clemens Rapp | GER | 1:48.75 | 0.79 | 25.62 (8) | 53.08 (7) | 1:20.87 (7) | 27.46 | 27.79 | 27.88 | ||
| 8 | – | Marco Belotti | ITA | 1:49.14 | 0.69 | 25.49 (7) | 53.31 (8) | 1:21.04 (8) | 27.82 | 27.73 | 28.10 |
| Time | 10:35 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | Reaction Time | 50 m | 100 m | 150 m | 50-100 m Time (Rank) | 100-150 m Time (Rank) | 150-200 m Time (Rank) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Sun Yang | CHN | 1:46.24 | 0.73 | 25.20 (5) | 52.38 (2) | 1:20.05 (3) | 27.18 | 27.67 | 26.19 | ||
| 2 | – | Ryan Lochte | USA | 1:46.45 | 0.66 | 25.18 (4) | 52.54 (4) | 1:20.13 (4) | 27.36 | 27.59 | 26.32 | ||
| 3 | – | Ricky Berens | USA | 1:47.07 | 0.71 | 25.28 (7) | 52.71 (5) | 1:20.17 (5) | 27.43 | 27.46 | 26.90 | ||
| 4 | – | Dominik Kozma | HUN | 1:47.18 | 0.64 | 25.10 (2) | 52.76 (6) | 1:20.35 (6) | 27.66 | 27.59 | 26.83 | ||
| 5 | – | Brett Fraser | CAY | 1:47.74 | 0.65 | 24.92 (1) | 52.40 (3) | 1:20.03 (2) | 27.48 | 27.63 | 27.71 | ||
| 6 | – | Li Yunqi | CHN | 1:48.72 | 0.75 | 25.78 (8) | 53.10 (8) | 1:20.82 (7) | 27.32 | 27.72 | 27.90 | ||
| 7 | – | Ben Hockin | PAR | 1:48.91 | 0.85 | 25.22 (6) | 52.89 (7) | 1:21.11 (8) | 27.67 | 28.22 | 27.80 | ||
| 8 | – | Dion Dreesens | NED | 1:49.00 | 0.76 | 25.16 (3) | 52.03 (1) | 1:20.02 (1) | 26.87 | 27.99 | 28.98 |
| Time | 10:35 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | Reaction Time | 50 m | 100 m | 150 m | 50-100 m Time (Rank) | 100-150 m Time (Rank) | 150-200 m Time (Rank) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Yannick Agnel | FRA | 1:46.60 | 0.71 | 25.03 (4) | 51.90 (3) | 1:19.37 (2) | 26.87 | 27.47 | 27.23 | ||
| 2 | – | Park Tae-Hwan | KOR | 1:46.79 | 0.65 | 25.22 (7) | 52.20 (=4) | 1:19.81 (5) | 26.98 | 27.61 | 26.98 | ||
| 3 | – | Kenrick Monk | AUS | 1:46.94 | 0.70 | 25.13 (5) | 52.20 (=4) | 1:19.50 (4) | 27.07 | 27.30 | 27.44 | ||
| 4 | – | Sebastiaan Verschuren | NED | 1:47.31 | 0.71 | 24.73 (1) | 51.53 (1) | 1:19.24 (1) | 26.80 | 27.71 | 28.07 | ||
| 5 | – | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | AUS | 1:47.50 | 0.68 | 25.19 (6) | 52.37 (6) | 1:19.86 (6) | 27.18 | 27.49 | 27.64 | ||
| 6 | – | Artyom Lobuzov | RUS | 1:47.91 | 0.65 | 24.92 (2) | 51.83 (2) | 1:19.43 (3) | 26.91 | 27.60 | 28.48 | ||
| 7 | – | Matt Stanley | NZL | 1:48.19 | 0.71 | 25.42 (8) | 53.03 (8) | 1:20.57 (8) | 27.61 | 27.54 | 27.62 | ||
| 8 | – | Shaune Fraser | CAY | 1:48.53 | 0.68 | 24.96 (3) | 52.44 (7) | 1:20.39 (7) | 27.48 | 27.95 | 28.14 |
| Date | 29 July 2012 — 19:37 |
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| Format | Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Sun Yang | CHN | 1:45.61 | ||
| 2 | – | Yannick Agnel | FRA | 1:45.84 | ||
| 3 | – | Park Tae-Hwan | KOR | 1:46.02 | ||
| 4 | – | Paul Biedermann | GER | 1:46.10 | ||
| 5 | – | Ryan Lochte | USA | 1:46.31 | ||
| =6 | – | Dan Izotov | RUS | 1:46.65 | ||
| =6 | – | Robbie Renwick | GBR | 1:46.65 | ||
| 8 | – | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | AUS | 1:46.80 | ||
| 9 | – | Ricky Berens | USA | 1:46.87 | ||
| 10 | – | Dominik Kozma | HUN | 1:46.93 | ||
| 11 | – | Sebastiaan Verschuren | NED | 1:46.95 | ||
| 12 | – | Brett Fraser | CAY | 1:47.01 | ||
| 13 | – | Kenrick Monk | AUS | 1:47.38 | ||
| 14 | – | Grégory Mallet | FRA | 1:47.56 | ||
| 15 | – | Dominik Meichtry | SUI | 1:48.25 | ||
| 16 | – | Artyom Lobuzov | RUS | 1:48.26 |
| Time | 19:37 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | Reaction Time | 50 m | 100 m | 150 m | 50-100 m Time (Rank) | 100-150 m Time (Rank) | 150-200 m Time (Rank) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Paul Biedermann | GER | 1:46.10 | 0.76 | 25.30 (5) | 52.26 (2) | 1:19.54 (1) | 26.96 | 27.28 | 26.56 | ||
| 2 | – | Ryan Lochte | USA | 1:46.31 | 0.68 | 25.14 (3) | 52.60 (4) | 1:20.08 (4) | 27.46 | 27.48 | 26.23 | ||
| =3 | – | Dan Izotov | RUS | 1:46.65 | 0.79 | 25.41 (7) | 52.90 (6) | 1:20.45 (6) | 27.49 | 27.55 | 26.20 | ||
| =3 | – | Robbie Renwick | GBR | 1:46.65 | 0.66 | 25.29 (4) | 52.61 (5) | 1:20.03 (3) | 27.32 | 27.42 | 26.62 | ||
| 5 | – | Ricky Berens | USA | 1:46.87 | 0.69 | 25.43 (8) | 53.08 (8) | 1:20.56 (8) | 27.65 | 27.48 | 26.31 | ||
| 6 | – | Brett Fraser | CAY | 1:47.01 | 0.64 | 24.91 (1) | 52.02 (1) | 1:19.55 (2) | 27.11 | 27.53 | 27.46 | ||
| 7 | – | Grégory Mallet | FRA | 1:47.56 | 0.77 | 25.04 (2) | 52.91 (7) | 1:20.46 (7) | 27.87 | 27.55 | 27.10 | ||
| 8 | – | Dominik Meichtry | SUI | 1:48.25 | 0.65 | 25.31 (6) | 52.57 (3) | 1:20.41 (5) | 27.26 | 27.84 | 27.84 |
| Time | 19:45 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | Reaction Time | 50 m | 100 m | 150 m | 50-100 m Time (Rank) | 100-150 m Time (Rank) | 150-200 m Time (Rank) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Sun Yang | CHN | 1:45.61 | 0.79 | 25.14 (3) | 52.13 (2) | 1:19.18 (1) | 26.99 | 27.05 | 26.43 | ||
| 2 | – | Yannick Agnel | FRA | 1:45.84 | 0.80 | 25.33 (5) | 52.48 (5) | 1:19.38 (3) | 27.15 | 26.90 | 26.46 | ||
| 3 | – | Park Tae-Hwan | KOR | 1:46.02 | 0.66 | 25.08 (2) | 52.25 (3) | 1:19.26 (2) | 27.17 | 27.01 | 26.76 | ||
| 4 | – | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | AUS | 1:46.80 | 0.68 | 24.88 (1) | 52.05 (1) | 1:19.54 (4) | 27.17 | 27.49 | 27.26 | ||
| 5 | – | Dominik Kozma | HUN | 1:46.93 | 0.65 | 25.36 (6) | 53.04 (8) | 1:20.62 (8) | 27.68 | 27.58 | 26.31 | ||
| 6 | – | Sebastiaan Verschuren | NED | 1:46.95 | 0.69 | 25.52 (8) | 52.66 (6) | 1:20.06 (5) | 27.14 | 27.40 | 26.89 | ||
| 7 | – | Kenrick Monk | AUS | 1:47.38 | 0.68 | 25.37 (7) | 52.76 (7) | 1:20.44 (6) | 27.39 | 27.68 | 26.94 | ||
| 8 | – | Artyom Lobuzov | RUS | 1:48.26 | 0.63 | 25.15 (4) | 52.44 (4) | 1:20.58 (7) | 27.29 | 28.14 | 27.68 |
| Date | 30 July 2012 — 19:43 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | Reaction Time | 50 m | 100 m | 150 m | 50-100 m Time (Rank) | 100-150 m Time (Rank) | 150-200 m Time (Rank) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Yannick Agnel | FRA | 1:43.14 | 0.70 | 24.55 (1) | 50.64 (1) | 1:17.16 (1) | 26.09 | 26.52 | 25.98 | ||
| =2 | – | Park Tae-Hwan | KOR | 1:44.93 | 0.64 | 24.73 (4) | 50.80 (2) | 1:17.88 (3) | 26.07 | 27.08 | 27.05 | ||
| =2 | – | Sun Yang | CHN | 1:44.93 | 0.73 | 24.96 (6) | 51.22 (4) | 1:17.93 (4) | 26.26 | 26.71 | 27.00 | ||
| 4 | – | Ryan Lochte | USA | 1:45.04 | 0.67 | 24.72 (3) | 51.19 (3) | 1:17.79 (2) | 26.47 | 26.60 | 27.25 | ||
| 5 | – | Paul Biedermann | GER | 1:45.53 | 0.77 | 25.17 (8) | 51.58 (5) | 1:18.56 (5) | 26.41 | 26.98 | 26.97 | ||
| 6 | – | Robbie Renwick | GBR | 1:46.53 | 0.68 | 25.06 (7) | 51.93 (8) | 1:19.23 (6) | 26.87 | 27.30 | 27.30 | ||
| 7 | – | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | AUS | 1:46.93 | 0.70 | 24.65 (2) | 51.72 (7) | 1:19.54 (8) | 27.07 | 27.82 | 27.39 | ||
| 8 | – | Dan Izotov | RUS | 1:47.75 | 0.71 | 24.90 (5) | 51.60 (6) | 1:19.38 (7) | 26.70 | 27.78 | 28.37 |
