Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly
The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place between 23 July – 24 July. Both the heats and semifinals were held on 23 July with the heats being held in the morning session and the semifinals being held in the evening session. The final was held on 24 July.
| Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2001 FINA World Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | 23 July 2001 (heats, semifinals) 24 July 2001 (final) | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1 minute 54.58 seconds | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2001 FINA World Championships | ||
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| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Open water swimming | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Swimming | ||
| 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 | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 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 |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | women | |
| Duet | women | |
| Team | women | |
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
In the final, American swimmer Michael Phelps broke his own world record with a time of 1:54.58, bettering his previous record of 1:54.92. For Phelps, this was also his first world title since finishing 5th in the same event at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]
Results
Heats
Semifinals
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franck Esposito |  France | 1:55.03 | Q, CR |
| 1 | Tom Malchow |  United States | 1:55.03 | Q, CR |
| 3 | Michael Phelps | United States | 1:56.41 | Q |
| 4 | Denys Sylantyev |  Ukraine | 1:56.51 | Q |
| 5 | Takashi Yamamoto |  Japan | 1:56.85 | Q |
| 6 | Justin Norris | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | 1:56.98 | Q |
| 7 | Anatoly Polyakov |  Russia | 1:57.34 | Q |
| 8 | Andrew Livingston |  Puerto Rico | 1:57.94 | Q |
| 9 | Ioan Stefan Gherghel |  Romania | 1:57.96 | |
| 10 | Thomas Rupprath |  Germany | 1:58.15 | |
| 11 | Christian Galenda |  Italy | 1:58.20 | |
| 12 | Viktor Bodrogi |  Hungary | 1:58.60 | |
| 13 | Juan Jose Veloz |  Mexico | 1:59.06 | |
| 14 | William Kirby | Australia | 1:59.52 | |
| 15 | Ioannis Drymonakos |  Greece | 1:59.56 | |
| 16 | Tero Valimaa |  Finland | 2:01.37 | |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Michael Phelps | United States | 1:54.58 | WR |
 | Tom Malchow | United States | 1:55.28 | |
 | Anatoly Polyakov | Russia | 1:55.68 | |
| 4 | Franck Esposito | France | 1:55.71 | |
| 5 | Takashi Yamamoto | Japan | 1:55.84 | |
| 6 | Denys Sylantyev | Ukraine | 1:56.71 | |
| 7 | Justin Norris | Australia | 1:57.18 | |
| 8 | Andrew Livingston | Puerto Rico | 1:58.68 | |
Key: WR = World record
References
- "Swimming: Thorpe and Phelps smash world records". The Daily Telegraph. 24 July 2001. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
- "FINA World Swimming Fukoka". Archived from the original on 18 December 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- "FINA World Swimming Fukoka". Archived from the original on 9 November 2001. Retrieved 21 August 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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