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200 metres Individual Medley, Men

Date1 – 2 August 2012
StatusOlympic
LocationLondon Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Participants36 from 27 countries

Michael Phelps came into London heralded as the swimming GOAT (greatest of all-time), and was attempting to three-peat in four individual events in London, the 100 and 200 butterfly, and the 200 and 400 individual medleys. But he had already failed to medal in the 400 IM and was out-touched in the 200 fly for a silver medal. In this event he was facing his teammate Ryan Lochte, who had beaten him to win the 2011 World Championships in the 200 IM and had won the 400 IM in London. But Phelps left no doubt in this race as to who was The King.

Phelps went ahead on the opening butterfly leg, no surprise as that is his best stroke. But he maintained it on the backstroke, Lochte’s best individual stroke, and on his weakest leg, the breaststroke, Phelps held off Brazil’s Thiago Pereira, silver medalist behind Lochte in the 400 IM. As they entered the final freestyle leg, Phelps had a bodylength lead and with his freestyle strength, the race was over. He won in 1:54.27 to become the first male swimmer to three-peat in any individual Olympic event, with Lochte closing fast for the silver medal. In third was Hungary’s László Cseh, Jr., who had placed second in this event in 2008.

Phelps three-peat was the third in Olympic swimming in an individual event, after Australian Dawn Fraser in the 100 freestyle in 1956-64, and Hungarian Krisztina Egerszegi in the 100 backstroke in 1988-96. The podium for this event had the same three swimmers as in Beijing, with Phelps winning in 2008, Cseh second, and Lochte third. This was only the 7th time in Olympic history that this had occurred, but it was the first time in swimming.

PosCompetitorNOCR1SFFinal
1Michael PhelpsUSA1:58.24 (2 h4)1:57.11 (2 h1)1:54.27 (1)Gold
2Ryan LochteUSA1:58.03 (1 h5)1:56.13 (1 h1)1:54.90 (2)Silver
3László Cseh, Jr.HUN1:57.20 (1 h3)1:56.74 (1 h2)1:56.22 (3)Bronze
4Thiago PereiraBRA1:58.31 (2 h5)1:57.45 (2 h2)1:56.74 (4)
5Kosuke HaginoJPN1:58.22 (1 h4)1:57.95 (3 h2)1:57.35 (5)
6Ken TakakuwaJPN1:58.82 (4 h4)1:58.31 (4 h2)1:58.53 (6)
7James GoddardGBR1:58.56 (2 h3)1:58.49 (3 h1)1:59.05 (7)
8Markus DeiblerGER1:58.61 (3 h5)1:58.88 (6 h2)1:59.10 (8)
9Chad le ClosRSA1:59.45 (3 h3)1:58.49 (5 h2)
10Gal NevoISR1:59.56 (5 h5)1:59.17 (4 h1)
11Joe RoebuckGBR2:00.04 (4 h3)1:59.57 (7 h2)
12Henrique RodriguesBRA1:59.37 (4 h5)1:59.58 (5 h1)
13Vytautas JanušaitisLTU1:59.84 (7 h5)2:00.13 (6 h1)
14Dan TranterAUS1:59.70 (6 h5)2:00.46 (8 h2)
15Andrew FordCAN2:00.28 (1 h2)2:01.58 (7 h1)
16Markus RoganAUT1:58.66 (3 h4)– (DQ h1)
17Raphaël StacchiottiLUX2:00.38 (2 h2)
18Diogo CarvalhoPOR2:00.40 (5 h3)
19Marcin CieślakPOL2:00.45 (6 h3)
20Federico TurriniITA2:00.63 (5 h4)
21Darian TownsendRSA2:00.67 (7 h3)
=22Bradley AllyBAR2:00.85 (3 h2)
=22Wang ShunCHN2:00.85 (8 h3)
24Aleksandr TikhonovRUS2:01.00 (4 h2)
25Martin LiivamägiEST2:01.09 (5 h2)
26Andreas VazaiosGRE2:01.23 (6 h2)
27Philip HeintzGER2:01.32 (6 h4)
28David KarasekSUI2:01.35 (7 h2)
29Taki M'RabetTUN2:01.41 (8 h2)
30Wu PengCHN2:01.43 (7 h4)
31Jayden HadlerAUS2:01.54 (8 h4)
32Jeong Won-YongKOR2:03.33 (1 h1)
33Maksym ShemberievUKR2:03.40 (2 h1)
34Nuttapong KetinTHA2:03.91 (3 h1)
35Dávid VerrasztóHUN2:04.53 (8 h5)
36Ensar HajderBIH2:05.70 (4 h1)

Round One

Date1 August 2012 — 11:06
FormatFastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1László Cseh, Jr.HUN1:57.20Q
2Ryan LochteUSA1:58.03Q
3Kosuke HaginoJPN1:58.22Q
4Michael PhelpsUSA1:58.24Q
5Thiago PereiraBRA1:58.31Q
6James GoddardGBR1:58.56Q
7Markus DeiblerGER1:58.61Q
8Markus RoganAUT1:58.66Q
9Ken TakakuwaJPN1:58.82Q
10Henrique RodriguesBRA1:59.37Q
11Chad le ClosRSA1:59.45Q
12Gal NevoISR1:59.56Q
13Dan TranterAUS1:59.70Q
14Vytautas JanušaitisLTU1:59.84Q
15Joe RoebuckGBR2:00.04Q
16Andrew FordCAN2:00.28Q
17Raphaël StacchiottiLUX2:00.38
18Diogo CarvalhoPOR2:00.40
19Marcin CieślakPOL2:00.45
20Federico TurriniITA2:00.63
21Darian TownsendRSA2:00.67
=22Bradley AllyBAR2:00.85
=22Wang ShunCHN2:00.85
24Aleksandr TikhonovRUS2:01.00
25Martin LiivamägiEST2:01.09
26Andreas VazaiosGRE2:01.23
27Philip HeintzGER2:01.32
28David KarasekSUI2:01.35
29Taki M'RabetTUN2:01.41
30Wu PengCHN2:01.43
31Jayden HadlerAUS2:01.54
32Jeong Won-YongKOR2:03.33
33Maksym ShemberievUKR2:03.40
34Nuttapong KetinTHA2:03.91
35Dávid VerrasztóHUN2:04.53
36Ensar HajderBIH2:05.70

Heat #1

Time11:06
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Jeong Won-YongKOR2:03.330.7226.69 (3)58.09 (1)1:34.03 (1)31.4035.9429.30
2Maksym ShemberievUKR2:03.400.8226.78 (4)58.83 (2)1:34.18 (3)32.0535.3529.22
3Nuttapong KetinTHA2:03.910.7926.54 (2)59.28 (3)1:34.14 (2)32.7434.8629.77
4Ensar HajderBIH2:05.700.7326.53 (1)59.37 (4)1:36.46 (4)32.8437.0929.24

Heat #2

Time11:10
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Andrew FordCAN2:00.280.6425.82 (2)55.71 (1)1:30.86 (1)29.8935.1529.42Q
2Raphaël StacchiottiLUX2:00.380.6125.73 (1)56.20 (2)1:31.39 (2)30.4735.1928.99
3Bradley AllyBAR2:00.850.7426.08 (5)56.67 (4)1:31.63 (4)30.5934.9629.22
4Aleksandr TikhonovRUS2:01.000.7126.28 (6)56.40 (3)1:32.03 (5)30.1235.6328.97
5Martin LiivamägiEST2:01.090.7526.00 (4)57.32 (7)1:31.58 (3)31.3234.2629.51
6Andreas VazaiosGRE2:01.230.7426.40 (8)56.81 (5)1:32.24 (7)30.4135.4328.99
7David KarasekSUI2:01.350.7326.33 (7)58.02 (8)1:32.27 (8)31.6934.2529.08
8Taki M'RabetTUN2:01.410.6925.89 (3)56.94 (6)1:32.11 (6)31.0535.1729.30

Heat #3

Time11:14
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1László Cseh, Jr.HUN1:57.200.7725.04 (2)54.10 (1)1:28.57 (1)29.0634.4728.63Q
2James GoddardGBR1:58.560.6825.25 (3)54.35 (2)1:28.97 (2)29.1034.6229.59Q
3Chad le ClosRSA1:59.450.7424.89 (1)54.94 (3)1:31.18 (5)30.0536.2428.27Q
4Joe RoebuckGBR2:00.040.7625.49 (4)56.27 (5)1:31.02 (3)30.7834.7529.02Q
5Diogo CarvalhoPOR2:00.400.6825.84 (8)56.89 (8)1:31.26 (6)31.0534.3729.14
6Marcin CieślakPOL2:00.450.7125.53 (5)55.76 (4)1:31.11 (4)30.2335.3529.34
7Darian TownsendRSA2:00.670.7125.64 (6)56.49 (6)1:32.29 (7)30.8535.8028.38
8Wang ShunCHN2:00.850.6825.66 (7)56.86 (7)1:32.34 (8)31.2035.4828.51

Heat #4

Time11:17
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Kosuke HaginoJPN1:58.220.7026.35 (8)56.07 (5)1:30.48 (4)29.7234.4127.74Q
2Michael PhelpsUSA1:58.240.7425.82 (5)55.30 (1)1:29.97 (3)29.4834.6728.27Q
3Markus RoganAUT1:58.660.8025.93 (7)55.59 (2)1:29.92 (2)29.6634.3328.74Q
4Ken TakakuwaJPN1:58.820.6125.74 (4)55.69 (3)1:29.85 (1)29.9534.1628.97Q
5Federico TurriniITA2:00.630.7425.89 (6)56.01 (4)1:31.29 (5)30.1235.2829.34
6Philip HeintzGER2:01.320.7025.21 (1)57.30 (8)1:33.63 (8)32.0936.3327.69
7Wu PengCHN2:01.430.7225.62 (3)56.31 (6)1:32.30 (7)30.6935.9929.13
8Jayden HadlerAUS2:01.540.6425.36 (2)56.55 (7)1:31.71 (6)31.1935.1629.83

Heat #5

Time11:21
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Ryan LochteUSA1:58.030.6525.60 (5)55.80 (4)1:29.63 (3)30.2033.8328.40Q
2Thiago PereiraBRA1:58.310.6625.54 (4)54.88 (2)1:28.99 (1)29.3434.1129.32Q
3Markus DeiblerGER1:58.610.7025.23 (1)55.92 (5)1:29.62 (2)30.6933.7028.99Q
4Henrique RodriguesBRA1:59.370.7225.39 (3)54.77 (1)1:30.16 (5)29.3835.3929.21Q
5Gal NevoISR1:59.560.6426.05 (7)56.90 (7)1:30.53 (7)30.8533.6329.03Q
6Dan TranterAUS1:59.700.6625.28 (2)56.07 (6)1:30.05 (4)30.7933.9829.65Q
7Vytautas JanušaitisLTU1:59.840.7425.80 (6)55.73 (3)1:30.49 (6)29.9334.7629.35Q
8Dávid VerrasztóHUN2:04.530.7626.49 (8)58.08 (8)1:34.12 (8)31.5936.0430.41

Semi-Finals

Date1 August 2012 — 20:43
FormatFastest eight swimmers advanced to final
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Ryan LochteUSA1:56.13Q
2László Cseh, Jr.HUN1:56.74Q
3Michael PhelpsUSA1:57.11Q
4Thiago PereiraBRA1:57.45Q
5Kosuke HaginoJPN1:57.95Q
6Ken TakakuwaJPN1:58.31Q
=7James GoddardGBR1:58.49Q
=7Chad le ClosRSA1:58.491
9Markus DeiblerGER1:58.88Q2
10Gal NevoISR1:59.17
11Joe RoebuckGBR1:59.57
12Henrique RodriguesBRA1:59.58
13Vytautas JanušaitisLTU2:00.13
14Dan TranterAUS2:00.46
15Andrew FordCAN2:01.58
DQMarkus RoganAUT

Heat #1

Time20:43
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Ryan LochteUSA1:56.130.7525.30 (2)54.52 (2)1:28.00 (1)29.2233.4828.13Q
2Michael PhelpsUSA1:57.110.7225.12 (1)54.46 (1)1:28.31 (2)29.3433.8528.80Q
3James GoddardGBR1:58.490.6925.41 (4)54.64 (3)1:29.35 (3)29.2334.7129.14Q
4Gal NevoISR1:59.170.6426.10 (8)56.84 (8)1:30.37 (5)30.7433.5328.80
5Henrique RodriguesBRA1:59.580.7125.34 (3)54.84 (4)1:30.00 (4)29.5035.1629.58
6Vytautas JanušaitisLTU2:00.130.7325.79 (5)56.36 (7)1:31.18 (6)30.5734.8228.95
7Andrew FordCAN2:01.580.6526.05 (7)56.32 (6)1:31.75 (7)30.2735.4329.83
DQMarkus RoganAUT[0.72][25.91] ([6])[55.49] ([5])– (–)[29.58]

Heat #2

Time20:49
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1László Cseh, Jr.HUN1:56.740.7624.88 (1)54.00 (1)1:27.71 (1)29.1233.7129.03Q
2Thiago PereiraBRA1:57.450.6725.22 (3)54.03 (2)1:27.81 (2)28.8133.7829.64Q
3Kosuke HaginoJPN1:57.950.7125.96 (8)55.37 (5)1:29.85 (5)29.4134.4828.10Q
4Ken TakakuwaJPN1:58.310.6125.31 (4)55.22 (4)1:29.31 (3)29.9134.0929.00Q
5Chad le ClosRSA1:58.490.7424.97 (2)55.07 (3)1:30.87 (6)30.1035.8027.623
6Markus DeiblerGER1:58.880.7325.38 (5)55.63 (6)1:29.72 (4)30.2534.0929.16Q4
7Joe RoebuckGBR1:59.570.7125.49 (7)56.48 (7)1:31.02 (8)30.9934.5428.55
8Dan TranterAUS2:00.460.7125.48 (6)56.61 (8)1:30.99 (7)31.1334.3829.47

Final Round

Date2 August 2012 — 20:19
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Michael PhelpsUSA1:54.270.6824.63 (1)53.26 (1)1:26.59 (1)28.6333.3327.68
2Ryan LochteUSA1:54.900.6624.79 (2)53.89 (3)1:27.37 (3)29.1033.4827.53
3László Cseh, Jr.HUN1:56.220.7625.03 (3)54.85 (5)1:27.96 (4)29.8233.1128.26
4Thiago PereiraBRA1:56.740.6525.20 (6)53.59 (2)1:27.29 (2)28.3933.7029.45
5Kosuke HaginoJPN1:57.350.7025.83 (8)54.96 (6)1:29.28 (6)29.1334.3228.07
6Ken TakakuwaJPN1:58.530.5925.49 (7)55.33 (7)1:29.80 (8)29.8434.4728.73
7James GoddardGBR1:59.050.6725.16 (5)54.23 (4)1:29.03 (5)29.0734.8030.02
8Markus DeiblerGER1:59.100.7125.03 (3)55.93 (8)1:29.55 (7)30.9033.6229.55