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

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Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
DateAugust 10, 2008 (heats)
August 11, 2008 (semifinals)
August 12, 2008 (final)
Competitors58 from 50 nations
Winning time1:42.96 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Phelps  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Park Tae-Hwan  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Peter Vanderkaay  United States
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Swimming at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
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

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]

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
August 12 Final Michael Phelps  United States 1:42.96 WR, OR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 2 Dominik Meichtry  Switzerland 1:45.80 Q, NR
2 6 4 Jean Basson  South Africa 1:46.31 Q
3 6 2 Brent Hayden  Canada 1:46.40 Q, WD
4 8 4 Michael Phelps  United States 1:46.48 Q
5 6 3 Colin Russell  Canada 1:46.58 Q
6 8 5 Park Tae-Hwan  South Korea 1:46.73 Q
7 8 3 Danila Izotov  Russia 1:46.80 Q
8 8 7 Yoshihiro Okumura  Japan 1:46.89 Q
9 6 7 Emiliano Brembilla  Italy 1:47.04 Q
10 7 5 Paul Biedermann  Germany 1:47.09 Q
11 8 6 Ross Davenport  Great Britain 1:47.13 Q
12 7 4 Peter Vanderkaay  United States 1:47.39 Q
13 6 5 Amaury Leveaux  France 1:47.44 Q, WD
14 6 6 Nicholas Sprenger  Australia 1:47.64 Q
15 5 6 Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or  Israel 1:47.78 Q, NR
16 8 1 Dominik Koll  Austria 1:47.81 Q, NR
17 7 7 Robbie Renwick  Great Britain 1:47.82
18 6 1 Rodrigo Castro  Brazil 1:47.87
19 6 8 Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 1:47.97
7 3 Alexander Sukhorukov  Russia
21 5 5 Darian Townsend  South Africa 1:48.08
22 7 6 Kenrick Monk  Australia 1:48.17
23 5 1 Sergiy Advena  Ukraine 1:48.18 NR
24 5 4 Sho Uchida  Japan 1:48.34
25 7 8 Romāns Miloslavskis  Latvia 1:48.41 NR
26 5 2 Shaune Fraser  Cayman Islands 1:48.60
27 4 4 Gard Kvale  Norway 1:48.73 NR
28 7 2 Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy 1:48.76
29 5 3 Andreas Zisimos  Greece 1:48.82
30 5 8 Glenn Surgeloose  Belgium 1:48.92
31 4 7 Jon Raahauge Rud  Denmark 1:48.96
32 3 5 Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 1:49.04
33 7 1 Zhang Enjian  China 1:49.15
34 8 8 Łukasz Gąsior  Poland 1:49.25
35 4 5 Norbert Kovács  Hungary 1:49.34
36 4 6 Martín Kutscher  Uruguay 1:49.61
37 3 1 Dominik Straga  Croatia 1:49.63
38 4 3 Christoffer Wikström  Sweden 1:49.84
39 5 7 Tiago Venâncio  Portugal 1:50.24
40 3 7 Radovan Siljevski  Serbia 1:50.25
41 2 6 Bryan Tay  Singapore 1:50.41 NR
42 3 3 Crox Acuña  Venezuela 1:50.52
43 3 2 Julio Galofre  Colombia 1:50.62
44 3 6 Daniel Bego  Malaysia 1:50.92
45 2 5 Vladimir Sidorkin  Estonia 1:51.27 NR
46 4 2 Květoslav Svoboda  Czech Republic 1:51.67
47 3 8 Saulius Binevičius  Lithuania 1:51.80
48 4 8 Virdhawal Khade  India 1:51.86
49 4 1 Raphael Stacchiotti  Luxembourg 1:52.01
50 2 3 Mario Montoya  Costa Rica 1:52.19 NR
51 2 4 Mahrez Mebarek  Algeria 1:52.66
52 2 2 Artur Dilman  Kazakhstan 1:52.90
53 1 4 Irakli Revishvili  Georgia 1:53.60
54 2 1 Ibrahim Nazarov  Uzbekistan 1:56.27
55 1 3 Mihajlo Ristovski  Macedonia 1:57.45
56 2 7 Andrei Zaharov  Moldova 1:58.62
57 1 5 Emanuele Nicolini  San Marino 1:59.47
3 4 Luka Turk  Slovenia DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
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
1 7 Peter Vanderkaay  United States 1:45.76 Q
2 3 Park Tae-Hwan  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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Michael Phelps  United States 1:42.96 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Park Tae-Hwan  South Korea 1:44.85 AS
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

  1. ^ "Olympic Swimming Schedule". USA Today. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b Lohn, John (11 August 2008). "Michael Phelps Sets World Record in 200 Free Win". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 26 February 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Phelps breaks 200 free world record by nearly a second". ESPN. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  4. ^ Coffey, Wayne (11 August 2008). "Michael Phelps wins third gold medal, sets record in 200-meter freestyle". New York Daily News. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  5. ^ Ross, Jack (26 August 2008). "Dominik Meichtry Leaves Beijing Having Accomplished The Rarest of Feats: He Beat Michael Phelps-Sort Of". The Daily Californian. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Rebecca Adlington wins 400 metres freestyle gold for Great Britain – Beijing Olympics 2008". The Daily Telegraph. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  7. ^ Clarey, Christopher (28 March 2007). "In night of world records, Phelps leaves biggest ripple in the pool". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 August 2008.

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