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200 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	7 – 8 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Aquático Olímpico, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	47 from 36 countries

British swimmer James Guy had won this event at the 2015 World Championships, but Sun Yang of China led the world list coming into Rio. Defending gold medalist Yannick Agnel of France was back, although he had only finished third in the French Olympic trials and was controversially added to the team for this event. German Paul Biedermann was the world record holder, but set that mark in the high-tech suit era, and had never won an Olympic medal.

Sun won the gold medal, swimming 1:44.65, ahead of the surprising Chad le Clos of South Africa, who set an African record with 1:45.20. Bronze went to American Conor Dwyer as Guy finished fourth and Biedermann sixth.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Sun Yang	CHN	1:45.75 (1 h5)	1:44.63 (1 h2)	1:44.65 (1)	Gold
2	Chad le Clos	RSA	1:45.89 (2 h5)	1:45.94 (5 h2)	1:45.20 (2)	Silver
3	Conor Dwyer	USA	1:45.95 (1 h6)	1:45.55 (1 h1)	1:45.23 (3)	Bronze
4	James Guy	GBR	1:46.13 (2 h6)	1:46.23 (3 h1)	1:45.49 (4)
5	Townley Haas	USA	1:46.13 (2 h4)	1:45.92 (4 h2)	1:45.58 (5)
6	Paul Biedermann	GER	1:45.78 (1 h4)	1:45.69 (2 h1)	1:45.84 (6)
7	Kosuke Hagino	JPN	1:46.19 (3 h6)	1:45.45 (2 h2)	1:45.90 (7)
8	Aleksandr Krasnykh	RUS	1:47.15 (5 h6)	1:45.69 (3 h2)	1:45.91 (8)
9	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	AUS	1:46.49 (4 h5)	1:46.24 (6 h2)	–
10	Kacper Majchrzak	POL	1:47.12 (6 h5)	1:46.30 (4 h1)	–
11	Sebastiaan Verschuren	NED	1:46.32 (3 h5)	1:46.34 (5 h1)	–
12	Myles Brown	RSA	1:46.78 (5 h5)	1:46.57 (6 h1)	–
13	Velimir Stjepanović	SRB	1:46.64 (4 h6)	1:47.28 (7 h1)	–
14	Glenn Surgeloose	BEL	1:47.19 (5 h4)	1:47.36 (8 h1)	–
15	Dominik Kozma	HUN	1:46.68 (4 h4)	1:47.53 (7 h2)	–
16	Cristian Quintero	VEN	1:47.02 (1 h2)	1:48.00 (8 h2)	–
17	Jérémy Stravius	FRA	1:46.67 (3 h4)	–	–
18	Felix Auböck	AUT	1:47.24 (1 h3)	–	–
19	Yannick Agnel	FRA	1:47.35 (6 h4)	–	–
20	Matt Stanley	NZL	1:47.37 (2 h3)	–	–
21	Matias Koski	FIN	1:47.40 (6 h6)	–	–
22	Federico Grabich	ARG	1:47.41 (3 h3)	–	–
23	Andrea D'Arrigo	ITA	1:47.46 (4 h3)	–	–
24	Marwan El-Kamash	EGY	1:47.52 (5 h3)	–	–
25	João de Lucca	BRA	1:47.63 (7 h4)	–	–
26	Welson Sim	MAS	1:47.67 (6 h3)	–	–
27	Dion Dreesens	NED	1:47.76 (7 h6)	–	–
28	Christoph Fildebrandt	GER	1:47.81 (7 h5)	–	–
29	Park Tae-Hwan	KOR	1:48.06 (8 h6)	–	–
30	David McKeon	AUS	1:48.38 (8 h5)	–	–
31	Khader Baqlah	JOR	1:48.42 (1 h1)	–	–
32	Shang Keyuan	CHN	1:48.46 (2 h2)	–	–
33	Marco Belotti	ITA	1:48.71 (3 h2)	–	–
34	Alexei Sancov	MDA	1:48.85 (2 h1)	–	–
35	Cam Kurle	GBR	1:49.08 (4 h2)	–	–
36	Nikita Lobintsev	RUS	1:49.35 (7 h3)	–	–
37	Péter Bernek	HUN	1:49.73 (8 h3)	–	–
38	Alexandre Haldemann	SUI	1:49.94 (5 h2)	–	–
39	Anže Tavčar	SLO	1:49.96 (3 h1)	–	–
40	Henrik Christiansen	NOR	1:50.09 (6 h2)	–	–
=41	Hoàng Quý Phước	VIE	1:50.39 (=7 h2)	–	–
=41	Ahmed Mathlouthi	TUN	1:50.39 (=7 h2)	–	–
43	Marcelo Acosta	ESA	1:51.46 (4 h1)	–	–
44	Noah Mascoll-Gomes	ANT	1:53.16 (5 h1)	–	–
45	Mikel Schreuders	ARU	1:55.10 (6 h1)	–	–
46	Brandon Schuster	SAM	1:57.72 (7 h1)	–	–
47	Ahmed Gebrel	PLE	1:59.71 (8 h1)	–	–
DNS	Nicolas Oliveira	BRA	– (DNS h4)	–	–

Round One (7 August 2016 — 13:19)

Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

Heat One (13:19)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Khader Baqlah	JOR	25.29 (2) 27.60 (2)	52.89 (2) 27.84 (1)	1:20.73 (2) 27.69 (2)	1:48.42	0.73
2	3	Alexei Sancov	MDA	25.61 (3) 27.95 (3)	53.56 (3) 27.90 (2)	1:21.46 (3) 27.39 (1)	1:48.85	0.64
3	5	Anže Tavčar	SLO	25.14 (1) 27.35 (1)	52.49 (1) 28.04 (3)	1:20.53 (1) 29.43 (4)	1:49.96	0.76
4	6	Marcelo Acosta	ESA	26.21 (5) 28.14 (4)	54.35 (4) 28.76 (5)	1:23.11 (4) 28.35 (3)	1:51.46	0.66
5	7	Noah Mascoll-Gomes	ANT	26.72 (6) 28.16 (5)	54.88 (6) 28.75 (4)	1:23.63 (5) 29.53 (5)	1:53.16	0.68
6	2	Mikel Schreuders	ARU	26.03 (4) 28.35 (6)	54.38 (5) 29.32 (6)	1:23.70 (6) 31.40 (7)	1:55.10	0.71
7	1	Brandon Schuster	SAM	26.78 (7) 30.05 (8)	56.83 (8) 30.17 (7)	1:27.00 (7) 30.72 (6)	1:57.72	0.70
8	8	Ahmed Gebrel	PLE	27.66 (8) 28.99 (7)	56.65 (7) 31.19 (8)	1:27.81 (8) 31.90 (8)	1:59.71	0.74

Heat Two (13:24)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Cristian Quintero	VEN	25.06 (2) 26.87 (1)	51.93 (1) 27.22 (1)	1:19.15 (1) 27.87 (3)	1:47.02	0.66	Q
2	6	Shang Keyuan	CHN	25.76 (6) 27.84 (=5)	53.60 (6) 28.08 (4)	1:21.68 (6) 26.78 (1)	1:48.46	0.71
3	5	Marco Belotti	ITA	25.37 (3) 27.64 (3)	53.01 (3) 28.21 (6)	1:21.22 (4) 27.49 (2)	1:48.71	0.66
4	3	Cam Kurle	GBR	25.38 (4) 27.67 (4)	53.05 (4) 27.87 (3)	1:20.92 (3) 28.16 (5)	1:49.08	0.73
5	2	Alexandre Haldemann	SUI	24.95 (1) 27.60 (2)	52.55 (2) 27.67 (2)	1:20.22 (2) 29.72 (8)	1:49.94	0.78
6	1	Henrik Christiansen	NOR	25.62 (5) 27.93 (8)	53.55 (5) 28.11 (5)	1:21.66 (5) 28.43 (7)	1:50.09	0.76
=7	7	Hoàng Quý Phước	VIE	25.84 (7) 27.90 (7)	53.74 (7) 28.64 (8)	1:22.38 (8) 28.01 (4)	1:50.39	0.67
=7	8	Ahmed Mathlouthi	TUN	26.01 (8) 27.84 (=5)	53.85 (8) 28.33 (7)	1:22.18 (7) 28.21 (6)	1:50.39	0.70

Heat Three (13:29)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	6	Felix Auböck	AUT	25.91 (8) 27.09 (4)	53.00 (8) 27.31 (3)	1:20.31 (7) 26.93 (1)	1:47.24	0.78
2	7	Matt Stanley	NZL	25.57 (7) 26.63 (1)	52.20 (4) 27.52 (5)	1:19.72 (3) 27.65 (3)	1:47.37	0.73
3	4	Federico Grabich	ARG	24.53 (1) 26.94 (2)	51.47 (1) 27.44 (4)	1:18.91 (1) 28.50 (6)	1:47.41	0.67
4	3	Andrea D'Arrigo	ITA	25.34 (4) 27.22 (6)	52.56 (5) 27.05 (1)	1:19.61 (2) 27.85 (4)	1:47.46	0.69
5	8	Marwan El-Kamash	EGY	24.99 (3) 27.03 (3)	52.02 (3) 27.87 (6)	1:19.89 (5) 27.63 (2)	1:47.52	0.68
6	2	Welson Sim	MAS	25.52 (6) 27.13 (5)	52.65 (6) 27.13 (2)	1:19.78 (4) 27.89 (5)	1:47.67	0.70
7	1	Nikita Lobintsev	RUS	24.65 (2) 27.24 (7)	51.89 (2) 28.01 (7)	1:19.90 (6) 29.45 (8)	1:49.35	0.72
8	5	Péter Bernek	HUN	25.46 (5) 27.44 (8)	52.90 (7) 28.16 (8)	1:21.06 (8) 28.67 (7)	1:49.73	0.74

Heat Four (13:34)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Paul Biedermann	GER	24.99 (5) 26.71 (4)	51.70 (5) 27.02 (1)	1:18.72 (1) 27.06 (2)	1:45.78	0.84	Q
2	5	Townley Haas	USA	24.90 (4) 26.60 (1)	51.50 (2) 27.36 (=3)	1:18.86 (2) 27.27 (3)	1:46.13	0.79	Q
3	6	Jérémy Stravius	FRA	24.46 (1) 26.62 (2)	51.08 (1) 27.96 (7)	1:19.04 (4) 27.63 (4)	1:46.67	0.70		1
4	8	Dominik Kozma	HUN	24.84 (3) 26.69 (3)	51.53 (3) 27.40 (5)	1:18.93 (3) 27.75 (5)	1:46.68	0.71	Q
5	7	Glenn Surgeloose	BEL	25.85 (7) 27.12 (6)	52.97 (7) 27.36 (=3)	1:20.33 (7) 26.86 (1)	1:47.19	0.74	Q
6	3	Yannick Agnel	FRA	24.58 (2) 27.05 (5)	51.63 (4) 27.42 (6)	1:19.05 (5) 28.30 (7)	1:47.35	0.70
7	2	João de Lucca	BRA	25.07 (6) 27.15 (7)	52.22 (6) 27.14 (2)	1:19.36 (6) 28.27 (6)	1:47.63	0.68
DNS	1	Nicolas Oliveira	BRA	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–	–

Heat Five (13:39)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Sun Yang	CHN	25.36 (8) 26.87 (3)	52.23 (6) 27.12 (1)	1:19.35 (4) 26.40 (1)	1:45.75	0.77	Q
2	6	Chad le Clos	RSA	24.16 (1) 26.50 (1)	50.66 (1) 27.68 (6)	1:18.34 (1) 27.55 (6)	1:45.89	0.66	Q
3	3	Sebastiaan Verschuren	NED	25.03 (4) 27.03 (6)	52.06 (4) 27.19 (2)	1:19.25 (=2) 27.07 (=3)	1:46.32	0.70	Q
4	5	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	AUS	24.72 (2) 26.96 (4)	51.68 (2) 27.57 (5)	1:19.25 (=2) 27.24 (5)	1:46.49	0.67	Q
5	7	Myles Brown	RSA	24.82 (3) 26.97 (5)	51.79 (3) 27.92 (7)	1:19.71 (5) 27.07 (=3)	1:46.78	0.68	Q
6	1	Kacper Majchrzak	POL	25.24 (6) 27.75 (8)	52.99 (8) 27.33 (4)	1:20.32 (8) 26.80 (2)	1:47.12	0.70	Q
7	8	Christoph Fildebrandt	GER	25.33 (7) 26.76 (2)	52.09 (5) 27.94 (8)	1:20.03 (6) 27.78 (7)	1:47.81	0.66
8	2	David McKeon	AUS	25.23 (5) 27.57 (7)	52.80 (7) 27.26 (3)	1:20.06 (7) 28.32 (8)	1:48.38	0.71

Heat Six (13:44)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	3	Conor Dwyer	USA	24.73 (1) 26.90 (4)	51.63 (3) 27.18 (1)	1:18.81 (1) 27.14 (3)	1:45.95	0.67	Q
2	4	James Guy	GBR	24.77 (3) 26.75 (=2)	51.52 (2) 27.51 (4)	1:19.03 (2) 27.10 (2)	1:46.13	0.65	Q
3	5	Kosuke Hagino	JPN	24.99 (5) 27.1 (=6)	52.09 (6) 27.63 (5)	1:19.72 (5) 26.47 (1)	1:46.19	0.66	Q
4	6	Velimir Stjepanović	SRB	24.75 (2) 26.61 (1)	51.36 (1) 27.69 (6)	1:19.05 (3) 27.59 (6)	1:46.64	0.66	Q
5	7	Aleksandr Krasnykh	RUS	25.30 (7) 26.75 (=2)	52.05 (5) 27.29 (2)	1:19.34 (4) 27.81 (8)	1:47.15	0.67	Q
6	8	Matias Koski	FIN	24.84 (4) 26.92 (5)	51.76 (4) 28.26 (8)	1:20.02 (6) 27.38 (4)	1:47.40	0.70
7	1	Dion Dreesens	NED	25.64 (8) 27.1 (=6)	52.74 (8) 27.49 (3)	1:20.23 (7) 27.53 (5)	1:47.76	0.76
8	2	Park Tae-Hwan	KOR	25.18 (6) 27.36 (8)	52.54 (7) 27.79 (7)	1:20.33 (8) 27.73 (7)	1:48.06	0.65

Semi-Finals (7 August 2016 — 22:11)

Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Heat One (22:11)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Conor Dwyer	USA	24.72 (3) 26.96 (5)	51.68 (3) 27.11 (2)	1:18.79 (3) 26.76 (1)	1:45.55	0.68	Q
2	4	Paul Biedermann	GER	24.88 (5) 26.85 (3)	51.73 (4) 27.03 (1)	1:18.76 (2) 26.93 (3)	1:45.69	0.83	Q
3	3	James Guy	GBR	24.52 (2) 26.92 (4)	51.44 (2) 27.28 (3)	1:18.72 (1) 27.51 (7)	1:46.23	0.64	Q
4	1	Kacper Majchrzak	POL	24.77 (4) 27.12 (8)	51.89 (6) 27.41 (4)	1:19.30 (5) 27.00 (5)	1:46.30	0.69
5	6	Sebastiaan Verschuren	NED	25.08 (6) 26.73 (1)	51.81 (5) 27.57 (6)	1:19.38 (6) 26.96 (4)	1:46.34	0.72
6	7	Myles Brown	RSA	25.17 (7) 26.78 (2)	51.95 (7) 27.72 (8)	1:19.67 (7) 26.90 (2)	1:46.57	0.67
7	2	Velimir Stjepanović	SRB	24.28 (1) 27.05 (6)	51.33 (1) 27.48 (5)	1:18.81 (4) 28.47 (8)	1:47.28	0.64
8	8	Glenn Surgeloose	BEL	25.35 (8) 27.06 (7)	52.41 (8) 27.71 (7)	1:20.12 (8) 27.24 (6)	1:47.36	0.75

Heat Two (22:20)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Sun Yang	CHN	24.83 (6) 26.71 (3)	51.54 (6) 26.65 (1)	1:18.19 (1) 26.44 (1)	1:44.63	0.77	Q
2	6	Kosuke Hagino	JPN	24.49 (3) 26.88 (=5)	51.37 (2) 27.62 (5)	1:18.99 (6) 26.46 (2)	1:45.45	0.65	Q
3	8	Aleksandr Krasnykh	RUS	25.12 (8) 26.41 (1)	51.53 (5) 27.19 (3)	1:18.72 (5) 26.97 (3)	1:45.69	0.69	Q
4	3	Townley Haas	USA	24.74 (5) 26.64 (2)	51.38 (3) 27.14 (2)	1:18.52 (3) 27.40 (4)	1:45.92	0.81	Q
5	5	Chad le Clos	RSA	23.91 (1) 26.79 (4)	50.70 (1) 27.74 (6)	1:18.44 (2) 27.50 (5)	1:45.94	0.65	Q
6	2	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	AUS	24.44 (2) 26.95 (7)	51.39 (4) 27.32 (4)	1:18.71 (4) 27.53 (6)	1:46.24	0.65
7	7	Dominik Kozma	HUN	24.68 (4) 26.88 (=5)	51.56 (7) 27.86 (8)	1:19.42 (7) 28.11 (7)	1:47.53	0.68
8	1	Cristian Quintero	VEN	24.89 (7) 27.01 (8)	51.90 (8) 27.80 (7)	1:19.70 (8) 28.30 (8)	1:48.00	0.68

Final (8 August 2016 — 22:21)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Sun Yang	CHN	24.87 (6) 26.70 (5)	51.57 (5) 26.37 (1)	1:17.94 (3) 26.71 (3)	1:44.65	0.76
2	1	Chad le Clos	RSA	23.39 (1) 26.97 (7)	50.36 (1) 27.35 (5)	1:17.71 (1) 27.49 (8)	1:45.20	0.63
3	3	Conor Dwyer	USA	24.54 (2) 26.67 (4)	51.21 (2) 26.60 (2)	1:17.81 (2) 27.42 (7)	1:45.23	0.65
4	8	James Guy	GBR	24.78 (3) 26.46 (1)	51.24 (3) 27.46 (6)	1:18.70 (5) 26.79 (4)	1:45.49	0.66
5	7	Townley Haas	USA	24.88 (7) 26.62 (2)	51.50 (4) 27.47 (7)	1:18.97 (6) 26.61 (2)	1:45.58	0.76
6	6	Paul Biedermann	GER	25.17 (8) 26.64 (3)	51.81 (7) 27.21 (4)	1:19.02 (7) 26.82 (5)	1:45.84	0.84
7	5	Kosuke Hagino	JPN	24.79 (=4) 27.08 (8)	51.87 (8) 27.50 (8)	1:19.37 (8) 26.53 (1)	1:45.90	0.65
8	2	Aleksandr Krasnykh	RUS	24.79 (=4) 26.94 (6)	51.73 (6) 26.85 (3)	1:18.58 (4) 27.33 (6)	1:45.91	0.66