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200 metres Butterfly, Men

Date	30 – 31 July 2012
Status	Olympic
Location	London Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Participants	37 from 28 countries

Michael Phelps had won this event at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics and was also World Champion in 2011. He was attempting to become the first man to three-peat in an Olympic swimming event. In the final he took the early lead and held it through most of the race, chased by South African Chad le Clos, 2010 gold medalist in the 200 IM at the Youth Olympics, and Japan’s Takeshi Matsuda, the bronze medalist from Beijing, and silver medalist to Phelps at the 2011 Worlds. Less than 15 metres from the wall, Phelps seemed to have his three-peat but then Le Clos closed quickly and out-touched Phelps for the gold medal – 1:52.96 to 1:53.01. Matsuda held on for his second consecutive bronze medal in the event.

For Phelps this was his 18th Olympic medal, tying him with Soviet gymnast Larysa Latynina for the all-time record for most Olympic medals. Phelps would soon break that and finish the London Olympics with a career total of 22 medals and 18 gold medals.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Chad le Clos	RSA	1:55.23 (2 h3)	1:54.34 (2 h1)	1:52.96 (1)	Gold
2	Michael Phelps	USA	1:55.53 (3 h5)	1:54.53 (1 h2)	1:53.01 (2)	Silver
3	Takeshi Matsuda	JPN	1:55.81 (1 h4)	1:54.25 (1 h1)	1:53.21 (3)	Bronze
4	Dinko Jukic	AUT	1:54.79 (1 h5)	1:54.95 (2 h2)	1:54.35 (4)
5	Tyler Clary	USA	1:54.96 (2 h5)	1:54.93 (4 h1)	1:55.06 (5)
6	Velimir Stjepanović	SRB	1:54.99 (1 h3)	1:55.13 (4 h2)	1:55.07 (6)
7	Paweł Korzeniowski	POL	1:56.09 (4 h5)	1:55.04 (3 h2)	1:55.08 (7)
8	Chen Yin	CHN	1:55.60 (3 h3)	1:54.43 (3 h1)	1:55.18 (8)
9	Bence Biczó	HUN	1:56.51 (3 h4)	1:55.36 (5 h2)	–
10	Kazuya Kaneda	JPN	1:55.70 (4 h3)	1:55.56 (6 h2)	–
11	Wu Peng	CHN	1:55.88 (5 h3)	1:55.65 (5 h1)	–
12	László Cseh, Jr.	HUN	1:55.86 (2 h4)	1:55.88 (7 h2)	–
13	Nick D'Arcy	AUS	1:56.25 (5 h5)	1:56.07 (6 h1)	–
14	Nikolay Skvortsov	RUS	1:56.76 (4 h4)	1:56.53 (8 h2)	–
15	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	1:56.97 (6 h3)	1:58.05 (7 h1)	–
16	Chris Wright	AUS	1:56.69 (6 h5)	1:58.56 (8 h1)	–
=17	Kaio Márcio	BRA	1:56.99 (5 h4)	–	–
=17	Joe Roebuck	GBR	1:56.99 (7 h3)	–	–
19	Marcin Cieślak	POL	1:57.07 (6 h4)	–	–
20	Roberto Pavoni	GBR	1:57.55 (7 h5)	–	–
21	Leonardo de Deus	BRA	1:58.03 (7 h4)	–	–
22	Pedro Oliveira	POR	1:58.45 (1 h2)	–	–
23	Stefanos Dimitriadis	GRE	1:58.79 (8 h4)	–	–
24	Robert Žbogar	SLO	1:58.99 (8 h3)	–	–
25	Mauricio Fiol	PER	1:59.02 (2 h2)	–	–
26	Joseph Schooling	SGP	1:59.18 (8 h5)	–	–
27	Marcos Lavado	VEN	1:59.31 (3 h2)	–	–
28	Illia Chuiev	UKR	1:59.65 (4 h2)	–	–
29	Alexandru Coci	ROU	1:59.67 (5 h2)	–	–
30	Hsu Chi-Chieh	TPE	1:59.81 (6 h2)	–	–
31	David Sharpe	CAN	1:59.87 (7 h2)	–	–
32	Gal Nevo	ISR	1:59.98 (1 h1)	–	–
33	Alexandre Liess	SUI	2:00.13 (8 h2)	–	–
34	Omar Pinzón	COL	2:02.32 (2 h1)	–	–
35	Diego Castillo	PAN	2:04.72 (3 h1)	–	–
36	Yousef Al-Askari	KUW	2:05.41 (4 h1)	–	–
37	Hocine Haciane	AND	2:06.37 (5 h1)	–	–

Round One

Date	30 July 2012 — 10:21
Format	Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Dinko Jukic	AUT	1:54.79	Q
2	–	Tyler Clary	USA	1:54.96	Q
3	–	Velimir Stjepanović	SRB	1:54.99	Q
4	–	Chad le Clos	RSA	1:55.23	Q
5	–	Michael Phelps	USA	1:55.53	Q
6	–	Chen Yin	CHN	1:55.60	Q
7	–	Kazuya Kaneda	JPN	1:55.70	Q
8	–	Takeshi Matsuda	JPN	1:55.81	Q
9	–	László Cseh, Jr.	HUN	1:55.86	Q
10	–	Wu Peng	CHN	1:55.88	Q
11	–	Paweł Korzeniowski	POL	1:56.09	Q
12	–	Nick D'Arcy	AUS	1:56.25	Q
13	–	Bence Biczó	HUN	1:56.51	Q
14	–	Chris Wright	AUS	1:56.69	Q
15	–	Nikolay Skvortsov	RUS	1:56.76	Q
16	–	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	1:56.97	Q
=17	–	Joe Roebuck	GBR	1:56.99
=17	–	Kaio Márcio	BRA	1:56.99
19	–	Marcin Cieślak	POL	1:57.07
20	–	Roberto Pavoni	GBR	1:57.55
21	–	Leonardo de Deus	BRA	1:58.03
22	–	Pedro Oliveira	POR	1:58.45
23	–	Stefanos Dimitriadis	GRE	1:58.79
24	–	Robert Žbogar	SLO	1:58.99
25	–	Mauricio Fiol	PER	1:59.02
26	–	Joseph Schooling	SGP	1:59.18
27	–	Marcos Lavado	VEN	1:59.31
28	–	Illia Chuiev	UKR	1:59.65
29	–	Alexandru Coci	ROU	1:59.67
30	–	Hsu Chi-Chieh	TPE	1:59.81
31	–	David Sharpe	CAN	1:59.87
32	–	Gal Nevo	ISR	1:59.98
33	–	Alexandre Liess	SUI	2:00.13
34	–	Omar Pinzón	COL	2:02.32
35	–	Diego Castillo	PAN	2:04.72
36	–	Yousef Al-Askari	KUW	2:05.41
37	–	Hocine Haciane	AND	2:06.37

Heat #1

Time	10:21

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	–	Gal Nevo	ISR	1:59.98	0.65	27.52 (4)	58.36 (3)	1:29.66 (1)	30.84	31.30	30.32
2	–	Omar Pinzón	COL	2:02.32	0.63	26.97 (1)	57.94 (1)	1:29.80 (2)	30.97	31.86	32.52
3	–	Diego Castillo	PAN	2:04.72	0.80	27.22 (3)	58.50 (4)	1:31.21 (4)	31.28	32.71	33.51
4	–	Yousef Al-Askari	KUW	2:05.41	0.69	27.11 (2)	58.26 (2)	1:30.29 (3)	31.15	32.03	35.12
5	–	Hocine Haciane	AND	2:06.37	0.80	28.05 (5)	59.73 (5)	1:32.35 (5)	31.68	32.62	34.02

Heat #2

Time	10:25

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	–	Pedro Oliveira	POR	1:58.45	0.75	26.65 (5)	56.57 (5)	1:27.26 (2)	29.92	30.69	31.19
2	–	Mauricio Fiol	PER	1:59.02	0.66	25.98 (1)	56.36 (4)	1:27.44 (3)	30.38	31.08	31.58
3	–	Marcos Lavado	VEN	1:59.31	0.69	26.76 (7)	57.07 (6)	1:28.30 (7)	30.31	31.23	31.01
4	–	Illia Chuiev	UKR	1:59.65	0.70	26.73 (6)	57.46 (7)	1:28.06 (6)	30.73	30.60	31.59
5	–	Alexandru Coci	ROU	1:59.67	0.72	26.57 (3)	56.19 (1)	1:27.18 (1)	29.62	30.99	32.49
6	–	Hsu Chi-Chieh	TPE	1:59.81	0.71	27.05 (8)	57.81 (8)	1:28.65 (8)	30.76	30.84	31.16
7	–	David Sharpe	CAN	1:59.87	0.71	26.60 (4)	56.28 (2)	1:27.56 (4)	29.68	31.28	32.31
8	–	Alexandre Liess	SUI	2:00.13	0.77	26.34 (2)	56.29 (3)	1:28.02 (5)	29.95	31.73	32.11

Heat #3

Time	10:29

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	–	Velimir Stjepanović	SRB	1:54.99	0.65	25.63 (1)	54.26 (1)	1:24.38 (1)	28.63	30.12	30.61	Q
2	–	Chad le Clos	RSA	1:55.23	0.71	25.71 (2)	55.27 (4)	1:25.09 (3)	29.56	29.82	30.14	Q
3	–	Chen Yin	CHN	1:55.60	0.66	26.03 (5)	55.53 (5)	1:26.00 (5)	29.50	30.47	29.60	Q
4	–	Kazuya Kaneda	JPN	1:55.70	0.61	26.22 (7)	54.97 (2)	1:24.97 (2)	28.75	30.00	30.73	Q
5	–	Wu Peng	CHN	1:55.88	0.73	25.87 (4)	55.62 (6)	1:25.77 (4)	29.75	30.15	30.11	Q
6	–	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	1:56.97	0.70	26.25 (8)	56.26 (7)	1:26.46 (7)	30.01	30.20	30.51	Q
7	–	Joe Roebuck	GBR	1:56.99	0.76	26.18 (6)	56.31 (8)	1:26.75 (8)	30.13	30.44	30.24
8	–	Robert Žbogar	SLO	1:58.99	0.68	25.86 (3)	55.19 (3)	1:26.39 (6)	29.33	31.20	32.60

Heat #4

Time	10:32

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	–	Takeshi Matsuda	JPN	1:55.81	0.65	25.54 (1)	54.79 (1)	1:24.99 (1)	29.25	30.20	30.82	Q
2	–	László Cseh, Jr.	HUN	1:55.86	0.77	25.83 (=4)	55.36 (5)	1:25.61 (3)	29.53	30.25	30.25	Q
3	–	Bence Biczó	HUN	1:56.51	0.70	25.95 (6)	55.03 (2)	1:25.64 (4)	29.08	30.61	30.87	Q
4	–	Nikolay Skvortsov	RUS	1:56.76	0.72	25.83 (=4)	55.66 (6)	1:25.93 (5)	29.83	30.27	30.83	Q
5	–	Kaio Márcio	BRA	1:56.99	0.63	25.67 (3)	55.09 (3)	1:25.57 (2)	29.42	30.48	31.42
6	–	Marcin Cieślak	POL	1:57.07	0.68	26.50 (8)	56.56 (7)	1:26.95 (=7)	30.06	30.39	30.12
7	–	Leonardo de Deus	BRA	1:58.03	0.65	25.59 (2)	55.11 (4)	1:25.98 (6)	29.52	30.87	32.05
8	–	Stefanos Dimitriadis	GRE	1:58.79	0.77	26.13 (7)	56.63 (8)	1:26.95 (=7)	30.50	30.32	31.84

Heat #5

Time	10:36

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	–	Dinko Jukic	AUT	1:54.79	0.70	26.36 (=6)	55.55 (6)	1:25.61 (4)	29.19	30.06	29.18	Q
2	–	Tyler Clary	USA	1:54.96	0.65	25.87 (4)	54.82 (2)	1:24.42 (1)	28.95	29.60	30.54	Q
3	–	Michael Phelps	USA	1:55.53	0.67	25.50 (1)	54.80 (1)	1:25.12 (2)	29.30	30.32	30.41	Q
4	–	Paweł Korzeniowski	POL	1:56.09	0.71	26.07 (5)	55.47 (5)	1:25.68 (5)	29.40	30.21	30.41	Q
5	–	Nick D'Arcy	AUS	1:56.25	0.73	25.78 (3)	55.19 (3)	1:25.22 (3)	29.41	30.03	31.03	Q
6	–	Chris Wright	AUS	1:56.69	0.69	25.51 (2)	55.44 (4)	1:26.21 (6)	29.93	30.77	30.48	Q
7	–	Roberto Pavoni	GBR	1:57.55	0.70	26.36 (=6)	56.37 (8)	1:26.75 (7)	30.01	30.38	30.80
8	–	Joseph Schooling	SGP	1:59.18	0.66	26.54 (8)	56.29 (7)	1:27.26 (8)	29.75	30.97	31.92

Semi-Finals

Date	30 July 2012 — 20:32
Format	Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Takeshi Matsuda	JPN	1:54.25	Q
2	–	Chad le Clos	RSA	1:54.34	Q
3	–	Chen Yin	CHN	1:54.43	Q
4	–	Michael Phelps	USA	1:54.53	Q
5	–	Tyler Clary	USA	1:54.93	Q
6	–	Dinko Jukic	AUT	1:54.95	Q
7	–	Paweł Korzeniowski	POL	1:55.04	Q
8	–	Velimir Stjepanović	SRB	1:55.13	Q
9	–	Bence Biczó	HUN	1:55.36
10	–	Kazuya Kaneda	JPN	1:55.56
11	–	Wu Peng	CHN	1:55.65
12	–	László Cseh, Jr.	HUN	1:55.88
13	–	Nick D'Arcy	AUS	1:56.07
14	–	Nikolay Skvortsov	RUS	1:56.53
15	–	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	1:58.05
16	–	Chris Wright	AUS	1:58.56

Heat #1

Time	20:32

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	–	Takeshi Matsuda	JPN	1:54.25	0.67	25.65 (5)	54.84 (3)	1:24.40 (1)	29.19	29.56	29.85	Q
2	–	Chad le Clos	RSA	1:54.34	0.72	25.59 (=3)	54.93 (5)	1:24.63 (3)	29.34	29.70	29.71	Q
3	–	Chen Yin	CHN	1:54.43	0.65	25.57 (2)	54.81 (2)	1:24.76 (4)	29.24	29.95	29.67	Q
4	–	Tyler Clary	USA	1:54.93	0.64	25.70 (6)	54.74 (1)	1:24.45 (2)	29.04	29.71	30.48	Q
5	–	Wu Peng	CHN	1:55.65	0.69	25.59 (=3)	54.85 (4)	1:25.04 (5)	29.26	30.19	30.61
6	–	Nick D'Arcy	AUS	1:56.07	0.69	25.75 (7)	55.59 (7)	1:25.57 (6)	29.84	29.98	30.50
7	–	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	1:58.05	0.71	26.48 (8)	56.46 (8)	1:27.04 (8)	29.98	30.58	31.01
8	–	Chris Wright	AUS	1:58.56	0.69	25.54 (1)	55.45 (6)	1:26.54 (7)	29.91	31.09	32.02

Heat #2

Time	20:40

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	–	Michael Phelps	USA	1:54.53	0.70	25.74 (3)	55.08 (3)	1:25.04 (4)	29.34	29.96	29.49	Q
2	–	Dinko Jukic	AUT	1:54.95	0.69	26.13 (7)	55.92 (8)	1:25.49 (6)	29.79	29.57	29.46	Q
3	–	Paweł Korzeniowski	POL	1:55.04	0.70	26.11 (6)	55.38 (4)	1:25.25 (5)	29.27	29.87	29.79	Q
4	–	Velimir Stjepanović	SRB	1:55.13	0.63	25.66 (2)	54.71 (2)	1:24.81 (2)	29.05	30.10	30.32	Q
5	–	Bence Biczó	HUN	1:55.36	0.68	25.53 (1)	54.43 (1)	1:24.59 (1)	28.90	30.16	30.77
6	–	Kazuya Kaneda	JPN	1:55.56	0.61	26.33 (8)	55.40 (5)	1:25.79 (=7)	29.07	30.39	29.77
7	–	László Cseh, Jr.	HUN	1:55.88	0.76	25.87 (4)	55.44 (=6)	1:24.92 (3)	29.57	29.48	30.96
8	–	Nikolay Skvortsov	RUS	1:56.53	0.73	25.99 (5)	55.44 (=6)	1:25.79 (=7)	29.45	30.35	30.74

Final Round

Date	31 July 2012 — 19:49

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	–	Chad le Clos	RSA	1:52.96	0.72	25.27 (2)	54.06 (2)	1:23.76 (3)	28.79	29.70	29.20
2	–	Michael Phelps	USA	1:53.01	0.69	25.18 (1)	53.70 (1)	1:23.18 (1)	28.52	29.48	29.83
3	–	Takeshi Matsuda	JPN	1:53.21	0.63	25.36 (3)	54.18 (4)	1:23.56 (2)	28.82	29.38	29.65
4	–	Dinko Jukic	AUT	1:54.35	0.69	25.92 (7)	55.12 (5)	1:24.57 (5)	29.20	29.45	29.78
5	–	Tyler Clary	USA	1:55.06	0.64	26.06 (8)	55.16 (7)	1:25.04 (7)	29.10	29.88	30.02
6	–	Velimir Stjepanović	SRB	1:55.07	0.63	25.40 (4)	54.16 (3)	1:24.08 (4)	28.76	29.92	30.99
7	–	Paweł Korzeniowski	POL	1:55.08	0.74	25.91 (6)	55.15 (6)	1:24.99 (6)	29.24	29.84	30.09
8	–	Chen Yin	CHN	1:55.18	0.63	25.78 (5)	55.31 (8)	1:25.85 (8)	29.53	30.54	29.33