Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley

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Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the Games of the Olympiad
Venue Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates 28 July 2021 (heats)
29 July 2021 (semifinals)
30 July 2021 (final)
Competitors 45 from 33 nations
Winning time 1:55.00 AS
Medalists
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1st Wang Shun  China
2nd Duncan Scott  Great Britain
3rd Jérémy Desplanches  Switzerland
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Qualification
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
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 mixed women
Marathon
10 km men women

The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 28 to 30 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It was the event's twelfth appearance, having been first held in 1968 and 1972 and then at every edition since 1984.

Summary

Rio 2016 bronze medalist and top qualifier Wang Shun put up a strong performance in the finals, leading at the 100th meters mark and placing second at the 150th meters mark. He swam a stunning final freestyle leg to touch the wall first in a new Asian record of 1:55.00, beating second place Duncan Scott by 0.28 seconds to become the first Asian male swimmer to win a gold medal at the men's 200m individual medley at any Olympic Games.[2]

Hot favorite U.S. swimmer Michael Andrew, who was leading at the 150th meters mark, failed to hold on for the last leg despite having a full second lead. He finished in the fifth position.

Records

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 [3][4]
Olympic record  Michael Phelps (USA) 1:54.23 Beijing, China 15 August 2008 [5]

Qualification

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Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 1:59.67. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 2:03.26. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a male swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place.[6]

Competition format

The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[7]

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]

Date Time Round
28 July 2021 19:54 Heats
29 July 2021 12:08 Semifinals
30 July 2021 11:16 Final

Results

Heats

The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals.[8]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 6 4 Michael Andrew  United States 1:56.40 Q
2 6 3 Jérémy Desplanches  Switzerland 1:56.89 Q
3 6 1 Lewis Clareburt  New Zealand 1:57.27 Q, NR
4 5 3 Chase Kalisz  United States 1:57.38 Q
5 6 2 Kosuke Hagino  Japan 1:57.39 Q
6 5 Duncan Scott  Great Britain Q
7 5 5 Wang Shun  China 1:57.42 Q
8 5 6 Alberto Razzetti  Italy 1:57.46 Q
9 4 4 Mitch Larkin  Australia 1:57.50 Q
10 4 7 László Cseh  Hungary 1:57.51 Q
11 4 5 Hugo González  Spain 1:57.61 Q
12 3 7 Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas  Norway 1:57.64 Q, NR
13 4 3 Philip Heintz  Germany 1:57.72 Q
14 5 2 Andrey Zhilkin  Republic of China 1:57.94 Q
15 4 2 Matthew Sates  South Africa 1:58.08 Q
16 5 4 Daiya Seto  Japan 1:58.15 Q
17 4 1 Finlay Knox  Canada 1:58.29
18 5 1 Léon Marchand  France 1:58.30
19 6 7 Caio Pumputis  Brazil 1:58.36
20 6 6 Hubert Kós  Hungary 1:58.47
21 4 8 Gabriel Lopes  Portugal 1:58.56
22 3 4 Brendon Smith  Australia 1:58.57
23 3 6 Jacob Heidtmann  Germany 1:58.80
24 5 8 Andreas Vazaios  Greece 1:58.84
25 2 5 Vinicius Lanza  Brazil 1:58.92
26 4 6 Qin Haiyang  China 1:58.95
3 1 Ron Polonsky  Israel
28 6 8 Alexis Santos  Portugal 1:59.32
29 3 5 Maxim Stupin  Republic of China 1:59.39
30 2 1 Arjan Knipping  Netherlands 1:59.44 NR
2 4 Gal Cohen Groumi  Israel
32 3 8 Bernhard Reitshammer  Austria 1:59.56
33 3 3 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 1:59.90
34 5 7 Joe Litchfield  Great Britain 2:00.11
35 2 6 Apostolos Papastamos  Greece 2:00.38
36 2 7 Tomas Peribonio  Ecuador 2:00.62
37 3 2 Wang Hsing-hao  Chinese Taipei 2:00.72
38 2 2 José Ángel Martínez  Mexico 2:01.34
39 2 8 Jarod Arroyo  Puerto Rico 2:01.92
40 1 3 Tyler Christianson  Panama 2:02.70 NR
41 1 6 Munzer Kabbara  Lebanon 2:03.08 NR
42 2 3 Raphaël Stacchiotti  Luxembourg 2:03.17
43 1 4 Keanan Dols  Jamaica 2:04.29
44 1 5 Christoph Meier  Liechtenstein 2:04.34
45 1 2 Tasi Limtiaco  Federated States of Micronesia 2:07.69

Semifinals

The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[9]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 2 6 Wang Shun  China 1:56.22 Q
2 1 3 Duncan Scott  Great Britain 1:56.69 Q
3 1 8 Daiya Seto  Japan 1:56.86 Q
4 2 4 Michael Andrew  United States 1:57.08 Q
5 1 4 Jérémy Desplanches  Switzerland 1:57.38 Q
6 2 3 Kosuke Hagino  Japan 1:57.47 Q
7 2 5 Lewis Clareburt  New Zealand 1:57.55 Q
8 1 2 László Cseh  Hungary 1:57.64 Q
9 1 6 Alberto Razzetti  Italy 1:57.70
10 2 2 Mitch Larkin  Australia 1:57.80
11 2 7 Hugo González  Spain 1:57.96
12 1 5 Chase Kalisz  United States 1:58.03
13 2 1 Philip Heintz  Germany 1:58.13
14 2 8 Matthew Sates  South Africa 1:58.75
15 1 1 Andrey Zhilkin  Republic of China 1:59.05
16 1 7 Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas  Norway 2:00.21

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nation Time Notes
1st 4 Wang Shun  China 1:55.00 AS
2nd 5 Duncan Scott  Great Britain 1:55.28 NR
3rd 2 Jérémy Desplanches  Switzerland 1:56.17 NR
4 3 Daiya Seto  Japan 1:56.22
5 6 Michael Andrew  United States 1:57.31
6 7 Kosuke Hagino  Japan 1:57.49
7 8 László Cseh  Hungary 1:57.68
8 1 Lewis Clareburt  New Zealand 1:57.70

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