Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly

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Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
DateAugust 11, 2008 (heats)
August 12, 2008 (semifinals)
August 13, 2008 (final)
Competitors44 from 39 nations
Winning time1:52.03 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg László Cseh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg Takeshi Matsuda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  2004
2012  

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 11–13 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. [1]

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps blasted a new world record of 1:52.03 to defend his title in the event, and more importantly, claim his fourth Olympic gold, tenth career, and twelfth overall medal. During the final, Phelps' goggles filled with water, which prevented him from seeing anything, while he was finishing the second lap. [2]

Hungary's László Cseh added a second silver to his hardware from the 400 m individual medley, breaking a European record of 1:52.70. Japan's Takeshi Matsuda powered home with a bronze medal in 1:52.97. [3] [4]

New Zealand's Moss Burmester shared a fourth place with host nation China's Wu Peng in 1:54.35, while Poland's Paweł Korzeniowski finished sixth with a time of 1:54.60. Brazil's Kaio de Almeida (1:54.71) and Russia's Nikolay Skvortsov (1:55.14) rounded out the finale. [3]

Earlier in the semifinals, Phelps registered his own Olympic record of 1:53.70 to establish a strong lead for the top 8 final, matching his preliminary time in the process. [5]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Michael Phelps  (USA)1:52.09 Melbourne, Australia 28 March 2007 [6]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Michael Phelps  (USA)1:54.04 Athens, Greece 17 August 2004-

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 11Heat 6 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:53.70 OR
August 12Semifinal 2 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:53.70 =OR
August 13Final Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:52.03 WR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:53.70Q, OR
242 László Cseh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:54.48Q
363 Kaio de Almeida Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:54.65Q
466 Takeshi Matsuda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:55.06Q
544 Paweł Korzeniowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:55.21Q
665 Nikolay Skvortsov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:55.33Q
755 Wu Peng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:55.39Q
854 Gil Stovall Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:55.42Q
957 Michael Rock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:55.55Q
1045 Moss Burmester Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:55.80Q
1153 Ryuichi Shibata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:55.82Q
1246 Dinko Jukić Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:55.96Q
1341 Ioan Gherghel Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:56.09Q, NR
1461 Sergiy Advena Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:56.24Q
1556 Chen Yin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:56.55Q
1632 Hsu Chi-chieh Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1:56.59Q
1752 Christophe Lebon Flag of France.svg  France 1:56.63
1862 Travis Nederpelt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:56.64
1967 Mathieu Fonteyn Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:56.65 NR
2047 Niccolo Beni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:56.99
2143 Denys Sylantyev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:57.02
2251 Tamás Kerékjártó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:57.29
2368 Juan Veloz Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:57.32 NR
2436 Pedro Oliveira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:57.41
2548 Adam Sioui Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:57.45
2635 Simon Sjödin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:57.75
2758 Romanos Alyfantis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:57.99
2838 Alon Mandel Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:59.27 NR
2925 James Walsh Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 1:59.39 NR
3033 Omar Pinzón Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:59.47
3113 Nikša Roki Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:59.58 NR
3221 Javier Núñez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:00.24
3327 Andrés José González Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:00.36
3426 Yoo Jung-nam Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 2:01.00
3534 Jeremy Knowles Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 2:01.08
3628 Alexis Márquez Rivas Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:01.25
3737 Daniel Bego Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2:01.28
3823 Douglas Lennox-Silva Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2:01.69
3931 Georgi Palazov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:01.84
4015 Rehan Poncha Flag of India.svg  India 2:01.89
4114 Emmanuel Crescimbeni Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2:02.13
4216 Javier Hernández Maradiaga Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 2:02.23
4324 Vladan Marković Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 2:03.12
4422 Donny Utomo Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2:03.44

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Takeshi Matsuda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:54.02Q, AS
23 Nikolay Skvortsov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:54.31Q, NR
34 László Cseh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:54.35Q
42 Moss Burmester Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:55.26Q
56 Gil Stovall Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:55.36
67 Dinko Jukić Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:55.65
71 Sergiy Advena Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:56.64
88 Hsu Chi-chieh Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1:57.48

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:53.70Q, =OR
26 Wu Peng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:54.93Q
35 Kaio de Almeida Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:55.21Q
43 Paweł Korzeniowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:55.35Q
58 Chen Yin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:55.88
62 Michael Rock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:55.90
77 Ryuichi Shibata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:56.17
81 Ioan Gherghel Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:56.57

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:52.03 WR
Silver medal icon.svg6 László Cseh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:52.70 EU
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Takeshi Matsuda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:52.97 AS
41 Moss Burmester Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:54.35 OC
42 Wu Peng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:54.35
68 Paweł Korzeniowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:54.60
77 Kaio de Almeida Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:54.71
83 Nikolay Skvortsov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:55.14

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