Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly

Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates23 July 2001 (heats, semifinals)
24 July 2001 (final)
Competitors40
Winning time1 minute 54.58 seconds
Medalists
gold medal Michael Phelps   United States
silver medal Tom Malchow   United States
bronze medal Anatoly Polyakov   Russia
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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[1][2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:

World record  Michael Phelps (USA) 1:54.92 Austin, United States 30 March 2001
Championship record  Melvin Stewart (USA) 1:55.69 Perth, Australia 12 January 1991

The following record was established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nation Time Record
23 July Semifinal 2 Franck Esposito
  France 1:55.03 CR
Tom Malchow  United States
24 July Final Michael Phelps  United States 1:54.58 WR


Results

Heats

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Franck Esposito  France 1:56.05 Q
2 Michael Phelps  United States 1:56.11 Q
3 Tom Malchow  United States 1:56.13 Q
4 Takashi Yamamoto  Japan 1:57.76 Q
5 Justin Norris  Australia 1:57.79 Q
6 Thomas Rupprath  Germany 1:57.80 Q
7 Anatoly Polyakov  Russia 1:58.27 Q
8 Denys Sylantyev  Ukraine 1:58.41 Q
9 Ioan Gherghel  Romania 1:58.71 Q
10 Andrew Livingston  Puerto Rico 1:58.72 Q
11 Juan José Veloz  Mexico 1:58.85 Q
12 Christian Galenda  Italy 1:59.31 Q
13 Ioannis Drymonakos  Greece 1:59.41 Q
14 Tero Välimaa  Finland 1:59.77 Q
15 William Kirby  Australia 2:00.12 Q
16 Viktor Bodrogi  Hungary 2:00.54 Q
17 Alessio Boggiatto  Italy 2:01.32
18 Xie Xufeng  China 2:01.37
19 Mickey Halika  Israel 2:01.67
20 Simão Morgado  Portugal 2:02.10
21 Hisayoshi Tanaka  Japan 2:02.72
22 Dean Kent  New Zealand 2:03.09
23 Zoran Lazarevski  Macedonia 2:03.71
24 Jacob Fraire  Mexico 2:03.72
25 Joe Jae-hyon  South Korea 2:03.95
26 Yoo Jung-nam  South Korea 2:03.96
27 Benjamin Gan  Singapore 2:04.19
28 Aleksandar Miladinovski  Macedonia 2:04.22
29 Raazik Nordien  South Africa 2:05.29
30 Georgi Palazov  Bulgaria 2:05.31
31 Sergio Cabrera  Paraguay 2:06.51
32 Sergio Rafael De Leon Alfaro  Guatemala 2:06.81
33 Jiang Bing-Ru  Chinese Taipei 2:08.73
34 Chen Jui-Chen  Chinese Taipei 2:08.97
35 Oleg Lyashko  Uzbekistan 2:09.90
36 Carlos Melendez  El Salvador 2:11.38
37 Bertrand Bristol  Seychelles 2:12.28
38 Zulfiqar Ali  Pakistan 2:15.78
39 Obaid Ahmed Al Jassimi  United Arab Emirates 2:17.03
40 Zaid Saeed  Iraq 2:29.74

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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  Australia 1:56.98 Q
7 Anatoly Polyakov  Russia 1:57.34 Q
8 Andrew Livingston  Puerto Rico 1:57.94 Q
9 Ioan 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 José Veloz  Mexico 1:59.06
14 William Kirby  Australia 1:59.52
15 Ioannis Drymonakos  Greece 1:59.56
16 Tero Välimaa  Finland 2:01.37

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Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Phelps  United States 1:54.58 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tom Malchow  United States 1:55.28
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  1. ^ "Heats Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Semifinals Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Final Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 19 October 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Swimming: Thorpe and Phelps smash world records". The Daily Telegraph. 24 July 2001. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  5. ^ "FINA World Swimming Fukoka". Archived from the original on 18 December 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  6. ^ "FINA World Swimming Fukoka". Archived from the original on 9 November 2001. Retrieved 21 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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World long-course champions in men's 200 m butterfly