Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle
Men's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 25 July 2021 (heats) 26 July 2021 (semifinals) 27 July 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 39 from 30 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:44.22 NR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |||
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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 freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 25 to 27 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] There were 39 competitors from 30 nations, with the ultimate numbers determined through the ongoing selection process, including universality places.[2]
Background[edit]
It was the event's 16th appearance, having been held in 1900 and 1904 and then at every edition since 1968.
The only finalist from the 2016 Games to return was fifth-place finisher Townley Haas of the United States, who did not make the final this time. Reigning Olympic champion and two-time reigning World Champion Sun Yang of China missed the Games due to a doping ban.[3]
Qualification[edit]
The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event was 1:47.02. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) could automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time was 1:50.23. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time was 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 could also use their universality place.[2]
Competition format[edit]
The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. A swim-off were used to break a tie for advancement to the next round.[4]
Records[edit]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Paul Biedermann (GER) | 1:42.00 | Rome, Italy | 28 July 2009 | [5][6] |
Olympic record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:42.96 | Beijing, China | 12 August 2008 | [7] |
No new records were set during the competition.
Schedule[edit]
The event was moved to a three-day schedule, with each round on separate, consecutive days.[1] All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Date | Time | Round |
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Sunday, 25 July 2021 | 19:17 | Heats |
Monday, 26 July 2021 | 10:37 | Semifinals |
Tuesday, 27 July 2021 | 10:43 | Final |
Results[edit]
Heats[edit]
The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals.[8]
- Swim-off
Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Katsuhiro Matsumoto | Japan | 1:46.06 | |
2 | 5 | Lukas Märtens | Germany | 1:46.40 |
Semifinals[edit]
The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[9]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | 3 | Duncan Scott | Great Britain | 1:44.60 | Q |
2 | 2 | 1 | Kieran Smith | United States | 1:45.07 | Q |
3 | 2 | 2 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 1:45.32 | Q |
4 | 2 | 5 | Thomas Dean | Great Britain | 1:45.34 | Q |
5 | 1 | 3 | Martin Malyutin | ROC | 1:45.45 | Q |
6 | 2 | 4 | Hwang Sun-woo | South Korea | 1:45.53 | Q |
7 | 1 | 5 | David Popovici | Romania | 1:45.68 | Q |
8 | 1 | 4 | Fernando Scheffer | Brazil | 1:45.71 | Q |
9 | 1 | 6 | Thomas Neill | Australia | 1:45.74 | |
10 | 2 | 6 | Stefano Ballo | Italy | 1:45.84 | |
11 | 2 | 8 | Antonio Djakovic | Switzerland | 1:45.92 | |
12 | 1 | 2 | Townley Haas | United States | 1:46.07 | |
13 | 2 | 7 | Kregor Zirk | Estonia | 1:46.67 | |
14 | 1 | 8 | Stefano Di Cola | Italy | 1:47.19 | |
15 | 1 | 7 | Nándor Németh | Hungary | 1:47.20 | |
16 | 1 | 1 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 1:47.62 |
Final[edit]
200m freestyle final[10]
Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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6 | Thomas Dean | Great Britain | 1:44.22 | NR | |
4 | Duncan Scott | Great Britain | 1:44.26 | ||
8 | Fernando Scheffer | Brazil | 1:44.66 | SA | |
4 | 1 | David Popovici | Romania | 1:44.68 | NR |
5 | 2 | Martin Malyutin | ROC | 1:45.01 | |
6 | 5 | Kieran Smith | United States | 1:45.12 | |
7 | 7 | Hwang Sun-woo | South Korea | 1:45.26 | |
8 | 3 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 1:45.78 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "China's Sun Yang has doping ban reduced but will still miss Tokyo Olympics". CNN. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ Dillman, Lisa (29 July 2009). "Suit case: German ends Phelps' reign". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ Jeffery, Nicole (29 July 2009). "Paul Biedermann beats Michael Phelps in 200m freestyle". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ "Phelps breaks 200 free world record by nearly a second". ESPN. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.