Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle
Men's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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Venue | Beijing National Aquatics Center | ||||||||||||
Date | August 10, 2008 (heats) August 11, 2008 (semifinals) August 12, 2008 (final) |
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Competitors | 58 from 50 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:42.96 WR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics |
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Freestyle | ||||
50 m | men | women | ||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
800 m | women | |||
1500 m | men | |||
Backstroke | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Breaststroke | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Butterfly | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Individual medley | ||||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
Freestyle relay | ||||
4×100 m | men | women | ||
4×200 m | men | women | ||
Medley relay | ||||
4×100 m | men | women | ||
Marathon | ||||
10 km | men | women |
The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 10–12 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China.[1]
After winning a bronze in Athens four years earlier, Michael Phelps blasted a new world record of 1:42.96 to claim his third straight gold, ninth career, and eleventh overall medal at the Olympics.[2][3] South Korea's Park Tae-Hwan added a silver to his collection, following an unprecedented triumph in the 400 m freestyle two days earlier. He established a new Asian record of 1:44.85 to clear a 1:45 barrier, and used a final-lap split of 26.17 to edge out Phelps' teammate Peter Vanderkaay, who took home a bronze medal in a personal best of 1:45.14.[2][4]
South Africa's Jean Basson finished fourth with a time of 1:45.97, and was followed in the fifth spot by Germany's Paul Biedermann in 1:46.00. Switzerland's Dominik Meichtry, who raced to a top seed in the prelims, earned a sixth spot in 1:46.95, while Japan's Yoshihiro Okumura (1:47.14) and Great Britain's Robbie Renwick (1:47.47) rounded out the finale.[5] Renwick missed out the semifinals by 0.01 of a second from the prelims, but was offered a second shot, following a sudden withdrawal of two swimmers. Canada's Brent Hayden and France's Amaury Leveaux later scratched the event to focus on their duty in the 4×100 m freestyle relay.[6]
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Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:43.86 | Melbourne, Australia | 27 March 2007 | [7] |
Olympic record | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | 1:44.71 | Athens, Greece | 16 August 2004 | - |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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August 12 | Final | Michael Phelps | United States | 1:42.96 | WR |
Results
Heats
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Jean Basson | South Africa | 1:46.13 | Q |
2 | 3 | Danila Izotov | Russia | 1:47.24 | |
3 | 2 | Ross Davenport | Great Britain | 1:47.35 | |
4 | 6 | Emiliano Brembilla | Italy | 1:47.70 | |
5 | 7 | Nicholas Sprenger | Australia | 1:47.80 | |
6 | 1 | Dominik Koll | Austria | 1:47.87 | |
7 | 5 | Colin Russell | Canada | 1:48.13 | |
8 | 8 | Rodrigo Castro | Brazil | 1:48.71 |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 7 | Peter Vanderkaay | United States | 1:45.76 | Q |
2 | 3 | Park Tae-Hwan | 23x15px South Korea | 1:45.99 | Q, AS |
3 | 5 | Michael Phelps | United States | 1:46.28 | Q |
4 | 2 | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 1:46.41 | Q |
5 | 6 | Yoshihiro Okumura | Japan | 1:46.44 | Q |
6 | 4 | Dominik Meichtry | Switzerland | 1:46.54 | Q |
7 | 8 | Robbie Renwick | Great Britain | 1:47.07 | Q |
8 | 1 | Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or | Israel | 1:48.16 |
Final
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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6 | Michael Phelps | United States | 1:42.96 | WR | |
5 | Park Tae-Hwan | 23x15px South Korea | 1:44.85 | AS | |
4 | Peter Vanderkaay | United States | 1:45.14 | ||
4 | 3 | Jean Basson | South Africa | 1:45.97 | |
5 | 2 | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 1:46.00 | |
6 | 1 | Dominik Meichtry | Switzerland | 1:46.95 | |
7 | 7 | Yoshihiro Okumura | Japan | 1:47.14 | |
8 | 8 | Robbie Renwick | Great Britain | 1:47.47 |
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