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

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

Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
DateAugust 13, 2008 (heats)
August 14, 2008 (semifinals)
August 15, 2008 (final)
Competitors47 from 42 nations
Winning time1:54.23 WR
Medalists
Michael Phelps  United States
László Cseh  Hungary
Ryan Lochte  United States
Swimming at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps blasted a new world record to defend his title in the event, and more importantly, claim his sixth Olympic gold, twelfth career, and fourteenth overall medal. He established a sterling time of 1:54.23 to lower his prior standard from the Olympic trials by almost six-tenths of a second (0.60). Hungary's László Cseh added a third silver to his collection, finishing with a European record of 1:56.52. Phelps' teammate and archrival Ryan Lochte earned a bronze in a time of 1:56.53, just a hundredth of a second (0.01) behind Cseh. The podium placements also replicated the results of the 400 m individual medley, held on the first day of the Games.[2][3]

Brazil's Thiago Pereira finished fourth with a time of 1:58.14, and was followed in the fifth spot by Japan's Ken Takakuwa, in an Asian record of 1:58.22. A full second later, Great Britain's James Goddard posted a time of 1:59.24 to earn a sixth spot, while Canada's Keith Beavers (1:59.43) and Goddard's teammate Liam Tancock (2:00.76) rounded out the finale.[2]

Records

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

World record Michael Phelps (USA)1:54.80Omaha, United States5 July 2008[4]
Olympic record Michael Phelps (USA)1:57.14Athens, Greece19 August 2004-

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 15FinalMichael Phelps United States1:54.23WR, OR

Results

Heats
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Ryan Lochte United States1:58.15Q
244László Cseh Hungary1:58.29Q
355Thiago Pereira Brazil1:58.41Q
446Ken Takakuwa Japan1:58.51Q, AS
547Bradley Ally Barbados1:58.57Q, NR
664Michael Phelps United States1:58.65Q
757Alessio Boggiatto Italy1:58.80Q
862Takuro Fujii Japan1:59.19Q
951Keith Beavers Canada1:59.19Q, NR
1061Darian Townsend South Africa1:59.22Q, AF
1166Vytautas Janušaitis Lithuania1:59.63Q
1231Gal Nevo Israel1:59.66Q
1365James Goddard Great Britain1:59.74Q
1445Liam Tancock Great Britain1:59.79Q
1556Leith Brodie Australia1:59.96Q
1643Dinko Jukić Austria2:00.57Q
1753Tamás Kerékjártó Hungary2:00.60
1863Brian Johns Canada2:00.66
1967Diogo Carvalho Portugal2:00.66
2036Mihail Alexandrov Bulgaria2:00.70NR
2152Dean Kent New Zealand2:01.12
2268Alexander Tikhonov Russia2:01.21
2335Ioannis Kokkodis Greece2:01.22
2438Jeremy Knowles Bahamas2:01.35NR
2526Gard Kvale Norway2:01.52NR
2642Łukasz Wójt Poland2:01.54
2723Miguel Molina Philippines2:01.61
2824Vadym Lepskyy Ukraine2:01.73
2937Saša Imprić Croatia2:01.83
3017Omar Pinzón Colombia2:02.28
3122Tomáš Fučík Czech Republic2:02.85
3215Chris Christensen Denmark2:02.93
3341Brenton Cabello Spain2:03.08
3434Qu Jingyu China2:03.15
3548Martin Liivamägi Estonia2:03.56
3625Nicholas Bovell Trinidad and Tobago2:03.90
3733Dmitriy Gordiyenko Kazakhstan2:03.92
3811Andrejs Dūda Latvia2:04.18
3958Robin van Aggele Netherlands2:04.33
4032Markus Deibler Germany2:04.54
4112Mehdi Hamama Algeria2:04.91
4228Serkan Atasay Turkey2:05.25
4321Leopoldo Andara Venezuela2:05.71NR
4414Park Beom-ho South Korea2:06.17
4513Iurii Zakharov Kyrgyzstan2:07.01
4616Danil Bugakov Uzbekistan2:10.04
27Andrew Bree IrelandDNS

Semifinal 1
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Michael Phelps United States1:57.70Q
24László Cseh Hungary1:58.19Q
35Ken Takakuwa Japan1:58.49Q, AS
41Liam Tancock Great Britain1:59.42Q
56Keith Beavers Canada1:59.43Q
62Darian Townsend South Africa1:59.65
77Gal Nevo Israel2:00.43
88Dinko Jukić Austria2:00.98

Semifinal 2
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Ryan Lochte United States1:57.69Q
25Thiago Pereira Brazil1:58.06Q
31James Goddard Great Britain1:58.63Q
43Bradley Ally Barbados1:59.53
52Takuro Fujii Japan1:59.59
66Alessio Boggiatto Italy1:59.77
78Leith Brodie Australia2:00.57
87Vytautas Janušaitis Lithuania2:00.76

Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5 Michael Phelps United States 1:54.23 WR
6 László Cseh Hungary 1:56.52 EU
4 Ryan Lochte United States 1:56.53
4 3 Thiago Pereira Brazil 1:58.14
5 2 Ken Takakuwa Japan 1:58.22 AS
6 7 James Goddard Great Britain 1:59.24
7 8 Keith Beavers Canada 1:59.43
8 1 Liam Tancock Great Britain 2:00.76

References
  1. "Olympic Swimming Schedule". USA Today. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. Lohn, John (14 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Michael Phelps Wins Sixth Gold, World Record in 200 IM". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 21 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  3. Crouse, Karen (15 August 2008). "Phelps Moves 200 Meters Closer to His Goal". New York Times. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  4. Van Valkenburg, Kevin (5 July 2008). "Phelps in a world of his own". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
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