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Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley

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Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates10 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
11 August 2016 (final)
Competitors30 from 23 nations
Winning time1:54.66
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Phelps  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kosuke Hagino  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wang Shun  China
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The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 10–11 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]

Summary

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As the most decorated Olympian of all-time, Michael Phelps continued to etch his name into the history records with a first Olympic four-peat in the same individual swimming event. Hanging with some of his career rivals at the final turn, Phelps established a body-length lead over the rest of the field on the freestyle leg to claim his 22nd gold medal and 26th overall in 1:54.66.[2][3][4] Trailing almost two seconds behind Phelps, Japan's Kosuke Hagino produced a late surge to snatch the silver with a 1:56.61.[5] Meanwhile, China's Wang Shun took home the bronze in 1:57.05, joining Hagino as the first Asian men to stand on the podium in this event.[6][7]

Hagino's teammate Hiromasa Fujimori missed out of the medals with a fourth-place time in 1:57.21. Phelps' longtime rival and twelve-time medalist Ryan Lochte seized a brief lead into the halfway point with a signature backstroke swim, but faded down the home stretch to fifth, and missed out on his fourth straight medal in this event with a 1:57.47, a hundredth of a second ahead of Germany's Philip Heintz (1:57.48).[8] Backed by the raucous home crowd, Brazilian medal favorite Thiago Pereira, who got off to an early lead with a powerful butterfly effort, slipped to seventh with a 1:58.02. Great Britain's Daniel Wallace posted an eighth-place finish of 1:58.54 to round out the field.[7]

Records

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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 [9][10]
Olympic record  Michael Phelps (USA) 1:54.23 Beijing, China 15 August 2008 [11]

Competition format

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The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[1]

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Ryan Lochte  United States 1:57.38 Q
2 2 6 Philip Heintz  Germany 1:57.59 Q, NR
3 4 4 Michael Phelps  United States 1:58.41 Q
4 2 5 Henrique Rodrigues  Brazil 1:58.56 Q
5 4 5 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 1:58.63 Q
6 3 4 Kosuke Hagino  Japan 1:58.79 Q
7 4 3 Hiromasa Fujimori  Japan 1:58.88 Q
8 3 5 Wang Shun  China 1:58.98 Q
9 3 6 Andreas Vazaios  Greece 1:59.33 Q
10 4 6 Simon Sjödin  Sweden 1:59.41 Q
11 3 3 Daniel Wallace  Great Britain 1:59.44 Q
12 2 1 Alexis Santos  Portugal 1:59.67 Q
3 2 Jérémy Desplanches  Switzerland Q
4 2 Eduardo Solaeche  Spain Q
15 4 7 Ieuan Lloyd  Great Britain 1:59.74 Q
16 4 8 Bradlee Ashby  New Zealand 1:59.77 Q
17 3 1 Gal Nevo  Israel 1:59.80
18 3 8 Semen Makovich  Russia 1:59.86
19 4 1 Diogo Carvalho  Portugal 2:00.17
20 2 2 Travis Mahoney  Australia 2:00.18
21 1 3 Raphaël Stacchiotti  Luxembourg 2:00.21
22 1 4 Hu Yixuan  China 2:00.70
23 1 5 Emmanuel Vanluchene  Belgium 2:01.36
24 1 6 Uvis Kalniņš  Latvia 2:02.34
25 2 8 Mohamed Hussein  Egypt 2:02.36
26 1 7 Marko Blaževski  Macedonia 2:02.54
27 1 1 Ahmed Mathlouthi  Tunisia 2:04.95
2 3 Thomas Fraser-Holmes  Australia DNS
2 7 Federico Turrini  Italy DNS
3 7 Dávid Verrasztó  Hungary DNS

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Kosuke Hagino  Japan 1:57.38 Q
2 6 Wang Shun  China 1:58.12 Q
3 4 Philip Heintz  Germany 1:58.85 Q
4 5 Henrique Rodrigues  Brazil 1:59.23
5 7 Alexis Santos  Portugal 2:00.08
6 8 Bradlee Ashby  New Zealand 2:00.45
7 1 Eduardo Solaeche  Spain 2:00.47
8 2 Simon Sjödin  Sweden 2:00.81

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Michael Phelps  United States 1:55.78 Q
2 4 Ryan Lochte  United States 1:56.28 Q
3 3 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 1:57.11 Q
4 7 Daniel Wallace  Great Britain 1:57.97 Q
5 6 Hiromasa Fujimori  Japan 1:58.20 Q
6 8 Ieuan Lloyd  Great Britain 1:59.49
7 2 Andreas Vazaios  Greece 1:59.54
8 1 Jérémy Desplanches  Switzerland 2:00.38

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Michael Phelps  United States 1:54.66
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Kosuke Hagino  Japan 1:56.61
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Wang Shun  China 1:57.05
4 1 Hiromasa Fujimori  Japan 1:57.21
5 5 Ryan Lochte  United States 1:57.47
6 8 Philip Heintz  Germany 1:57.48 NR
7 3 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 1:58.02
8 2 Daniel Wallace  Great Britain 1:58.54

References

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  1. ^ a b "Men's 200m Individual Medley". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ^ Auerbach, Nicole (11 August 2016). "Michael Phelps takes no shortcuts on path to fourth Rio Olympics gold medal". USA Today. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Michael Phelps blows away competition in 200-meter I.M. for 22nd gold medal". CBS News. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  4. ^ Gregory, Sean (11 August 2016). "Michael Phelps Wins 22nd Gold Medal as U.S. Swimmers Break New Ground in Rio". Time. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  5. ^ McKirdy, Andrew (12 August 2016). "Kaneto victorious in 200-meter breaststroke; Phelps beats Hagino for 22nd gold". The Japan Times. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Superb Michael Phelps writes yet more history in Rio as he claims 22nd gold medal win". South China Morning Post. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Michael Phelps Collects 22nd Gold Medal; Becomes First Swimmer Ever To Fourpeat An Event". Swimming World Magazine. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Michael Phelps takes gold, Ryan Lochte fails to medal in 200 IM". ESPN. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Ryan Lochte sets world record in 200 IM". ESPN. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ Crouse, Karen (15 August 2008). "Phelps Moves 200 Meters Closer to His Goal". New York Times. Retrieved 17 May 2013.