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200 metres Freestyle, Men

Date7 – 8 August 2016
StatusOlympic
LocationEstádio Aquático Olímpico, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants47 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.

PosCompetitorNOCR1SFFinal
1Sun YangCHN1:45.75 (1 h5)1:44.63 (1 h2)1:44.65 (1)Gold
2Chad le ClosRSA1:45.89 (2 h5)1:45.94 (5 h2)1:45.20 (2)Silver
3Conor DwyerUSA1:45.95 (1 h6)1:45.55 (1 h1)1:45.23 (3)Bronze
4James GuyGBR1:46.13 (2 h6)1:46.23 (3 h1)1:45.49 (4)
5Townley HaasUSA1:46.13 (2 h4)1:45.92 (4 h2)1:45.58 (5)
6Paul BiedermannGER1:45.78 (1 h4)1:45.69 (2 h1)1:45.84 (6)
7Kosuke HaginoJPN1:46.19 (3 h6)1:45.45 (2 h2)1:45.90 (7)
8Aleksandr KrasnykhRUS1:47.15 (5 h6)1:45.69 (3 h2)1:45.91 (8)
9Thomas Fraser-HolmesAUS1:46.49 (4 h5)1:46.24 (6 h2)
10Kacper MajchrzakPOL1:47.12 (6 h5)1:46.30 (4 h1)
11Sebastiaan VerschurenNED1:46.32 (3 h5)1:46.34 (5 h1)
12Myles BrownRSA1:46.78 (5 h5)1:46.57 (6 h1)
13Velimir StjepanovićSRB1:46.64 (4 h6)1:47.28 (7 h1)
14Glenn SurgelooseBEL1:47.19 (5 h4)1:47.36 (8 h1)
15Dominik KozmaHUN1:46.68 (4 h4)1:47.53 (7 h2)
16Cristian QuinteroVEN1:47.02 (1 h2)1:48.00 (8 h2)
17Jérémy StraviusFRA1:46.67 (3 h4)
18Felix AuböckAUT1:47.24 (1 h3)
19Yannick AgnelFRA1:47.35 (6 h4)
20Matt StanleyNZL1:47.37 (2 h3)
21Matias KoskiFIN1:47.40 (6 h6)
22Federico GrabichARG1:47.41 (3 h3)
23Andrea D'ArrigoITA1:47.46 (4 h3)
24Marwan El-KamashEGY1:47.52 (5 h3)
25João de LuccaBRA1:47.63 (7 h4)
26Welson SimMAS1:47.67 (6 h3)
27Dion DreesensNED1:47.76 (7 h6)
28Christoph FildebrandtGER1:47.81 (7 h5)
29Park Tae-HwanKOR1:48.06 (8 h6)
30David McKeonAUS1:48.38 (8 h5)
31Khader BaqlahJOR1:48.42 (1 h1)
32Shang KeyuanCHN1:48.46 (2 h2)
33Marco BelottiITA1:48.71 (3 h2)
34Alexei SancovMDA1:48.85 (2 h1)
35Cam KurleGBR1:49.08 (4 h2)
36Nikita LobintsevRUS1:49.35 (7 h3)
37Péter BernekHUN1:49.73 (8 h3)
38Alexandre HaldemannSUI1:49.94 (5 h2)
39Anže TavčarSLO1:49.96 (3 h1)
40Henrik ChristiansenNOR1:50.09 (6 h2)
=41Hoàng Quý PhướcVIE1:50.39 (=7 h2)
=41Ahmed MathlouthiTUN1:50.39 (=7 h2)
43Marcelo AcostaESA1:51.46 (4 h1)
44Noah Mascoll-GomesANT1:53.16 (5 h1)
45Mikel SchreudersARU1:55.10 (6 h1)
46Brandon SchusterSAM1:57.72 (7 h1)
47Ahmed GebrelPLE1:59.71 (8 h1)
DNSNicolas OliveiraBRA– (DNS h4)

Round One

Date7 August 2016 — 13:19
FormatFastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Sun YangCHN1:45.75Q
2Paul BiedermannGER1:45.78Q
3Chad le ClosRSA1:45.89Q
4Conor DwyerUSA1:45.95Q
=5Townley HaasUSA1:46.13Q
=5James GuyGBR1:46.13Q
7Kosuke HaginoJPN1:46.19Q
8Sebastiaan VerschurenNED1:46.32Q
9Thomas Fraser-HolmesAUS1:46.49Q
10Velimir StjepanovićSRB1:46.64Q
11Jérémy StraviusFRA1:46.671
12Dominik KozmaHUN1:46.68Q
13Myles BrownRSA1:46.78Q
14Cristian QuinteroVEN1:47.02Q
15Kacper MajchrzakPOL1:47.12Q
16Aleksandr KrasnykhRUS1:47.15Q
17Glenn SurgelooseBEL1:47.19Q
18Felix AuböckAUT1:47.24
19Yannick AgnelFRA1:47.35
20Matt StanleyNZL1:47.37
21Matias KoskiFIN1:47.40
22Federico GrabichARG1:47.41
23Andrea D'ArrigoITA1:47.46
24Marwan El-KamashEGY1:47.52
25João de LuccaBRA1:47.63
26Welson SimMAS1:47.67
27Dion DreesensNED1:47.76
28Christoph FildebrandtGER1:47.81
29Park Tae-HwanKOR1:48.06
30David McKeonAUS1:48.38
31Khader BaqlahJOR1:48.42
32Shang KeyuanCHN1:48.46
33Marco BelottiITA1:48.71
34Alexei SancovMDA1:48.85
35Cam KurleGBR1:49.08
36Nikita LobintsevRUS1:49.35
37Péter BernekHUN1:49.73
38Alexandre HaldemannSUI1:49.94
39Anže TavčarSLO1:49.96
40Henrik ChristiansenNOR1:50.09
=41Hoàng Quý PhướcVIE1:50.39
=41Ahmed MathlouthiTUN1:50.39
43Marcelo AcostaESA1:51.46
44Noah Mascoll-GomesANT1:53.16
45Mikel SchreudersARU1:55.10
46Brandon SchusterSAM1:57.72
47Ahmed GebrelPLE1:59.71
DNSNicolas OliveiraBRA

Heat #1

Time13:19
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Khader BaqlahJOR1:48.420.7325.29 (2)52.89 (2)1:20.73 (2)27.60 (2)27.84 (1)27.69 (2)
2Alexei SancovMDA1:48.850.6425.61 (3)53.56 (3)1:21.46 (3)27.95 (3)27.90 (2)27.39 (1)
3Anže TavčarSLO1:49.960.7625.14 (1)52.49 (1)1:20.53 (1)27.35 (1)28.04 (3)29.43 (4)
4Marcelo AcostaESA1:51.460.6626.21 (5)54.35 (4)1:23.11 (4)28.14 (4)28.76 (5)28.35 (3)
5Noah Mascoll-GomesANT1:53.160.6826.72 (6)54.88 (6)1:23.63 (5)28.16 (5)28.75 (4)29.53 (5)
6Mikel SchreudersARU1:55.100.7126.03 (4)54.38 (5)1:23.70 (6)28.35 (6)29.32 (6)31.40 (7)
7Brandon SchusterSAM1:57.720.7026.78 (7)56.83 (8)1:27.00 (7)30.05 (8)30.17 (7)30.72 (6)
8Ahmed GebrelPLE1:59.710.7427.66 (8)56.65 (7)1:27.81 (8)28.99 (7)31.19 (8)31.90 (8)

Heat #2

Time13:24
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Cristian QuinteroVEN1:47.020.6625.06 (2)51.93 (1)1:19.15 (1)26.87 (1)27.22 (1)27.87 (3)Q
2Shang KeyuanCHN1:48.460.7125.76 (6)53.60 (6)1:21.68 (6)27.84 (=5)28.08 (4)26.78 (1)
3Marco BelottiITA1:48.710.6625.37 (3)53.01 (3)1:21.22 (4)27.64 (3)28.21 (6)27.49 (2)
4Cam KurleGBR1:49.080.7325.38 (4)53.05 (4)1:20.92 (3)27.67 (4)27.87 (3)28.16 (5)
5Alexandre HaldemannSUI1:49.940.7824.95 (1)52.55 (2)1:20.22 (2)27.60 (2)27.67 (2)29.72 (8)
6Henrik ChristiansenNOR1:50.090.7625.62 (5)53.55 (5)1:21.66 (5)27.93 (8)28.11 (5)28.43 (7)
=7Hoàng Quý PhướcVIE1:50.390.6725.84 (7)53.74 (7)1:22.38 (8)27.90 (7)28.64 (8)28.01 (4)
=7Ahmed MathlouthiTUN1:50.390.7026.01 (8)53.85 (8)1:22.18 (7)27.84 (=5)28.33 (7)28.21 (6)

Heat #3

Time13:29
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Felix AuböckAUT1:47.240.7825.91 (8)53.00 (8)1:20.31 (7)27.09 (4)27.31 (3)26.93 (1)
2Matt StanleyNZL1:47.370.7325.57 (7)52.20 (4)1:19.72 (3)26.63 (1)27.52 (5)27.65 (3)
3Federico GrabichARG1:47.410.6724.53 (1)51.47 (1)1:18.91 (1)26.94 (2)27.44 (4)28.50 (6)
4Andrea D'ArrigoITA1:47.460.6925.34 (4)52.56 (5)1:19.61 (2)27.22 (6)27.05 (1)27.85 (4)
5Marwan El-KamashEGY1:47.520.6824.99 (3)52.02 (3)1:19.89 (5)27.03 (3)27.87 (6)27.63 (2)
6Welson SimMAS1:47.670.7025.52 (6)52.65 (6)1:19.78 (4)27.13 (5)27.13 (2)27.89 (5)
7Nikita LobintsevRUS1:49.350.7224.65 (2)51.89 (2)1:19.90 (6)27.24 (7)28.01 (7)29.45 (8)
8Péter BernekHUN1:49.730.7425.46 (5)52.90 (7)1:21.06 (8)27.44 (8)28.16 (8)28.67 (7)

Heat #4

Time13:34
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Paul BiedermannGER1:45.780.8424.99 (5)51.70 (5)1:18.72 (1)26.71 (4)27.02 (1)27.06 (2)Q
2Townley HaasUSA1:46.130.7924.90 (4)51.50 (2)1:18.86 (2)26.60 (1)27.36 (=3)27.27 (3)Q
3Jérémy StraviusFRA1:46.670.7024.46 (1)51.08 (1)1:19.04 (4)26.62 (2)27.96 (7)27.63 (4)2
4Dominik KozmaHUN1:46.680.7124.84 (3)51.53 (3)1:18.93 (3)26.69 (3)27.40 (5)27.75 (5)Q
5Glenn SurgelooseBEL1:47.190.7425.85 (7)52.97 (7)1:20.33 (7)27.12 (6)27.36 (=3)26.86 (1)Q
6Yannick AgnelFRA1:47.350.7024.58 (2)51.63 (4)1:19.05 (5)27.05 (5)27.42 (6)28.30 (7)
7João de LuccaBRA1:47.630.6825.07 (6)52.22 (6)1:19.36 (6)27.15 (7)27.14 (2)28.27 (6)
DNSNicolas OliveiraBRA– (–)– (–)– (–)

Heat #5

Time13:39
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Sun YangCHN1:45.750.7725.36 (8)52.23 (6)1:19.35 (4)26.87 (3)27.12 (1)26.40 (1)Q
2Chad le ClosRSA1:45.890.6624.16 (1)50.66 (1)1:18.34 (1)26.50 (1)27.68 (6)27.55 (6)Q
3Sebastiaan VerschurenNED1:46.320.7025.03 (4)52.06 (4)1:19.25 (=2)27.03 (6)27.19 (2)27.07 (=3)Q
4Thomas Fraser-HolmesAUS1:46.490.6724.72 (2)51.68 (2)1:19.25 (=2)26.96 (4)27.57 (5)27.24 (5)Q
5Myles BrownRSA1:46.780.6824.82 (3)51.79 (3)1:19.71 (5)26.97 (5)27.92 (7)27.07 (=3)Q
6Kacper MajchrzakPOL1:47.120.7025.24 (6)52.99 (8)1:20.32 (8)27.75 (8)27.33 (4)26.80 (2)Q
7Christoph FildebrandtGER1:47.810.6625.33 (7)52.09 (5)1:20.03 (6)26.76 (2)27.94 (8)27.78 (7)
8David McKeonAUS1:48.380.7125.23 (5)52.80 (7)1:20.06 (7)27.57 (7)27.26 (3)28.32 (8)

Heat #6

Time13:44
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Conor DwyerUSA1:45.950.6724.73 (1)51.63 (3)1:18.81 (1)26.90 (4)27.18 (1)27.14 (3)Q
2James GuyGBR1:46.130.6524.77 (3)51.52 (2)1:19.03 (2)26.75 (=2)27.51 (4)27.10 (2)Q
3Kosuke HaginoJPN1:46.190.6624.99 (5)52.09 (6)1:19.72 (5)27.1 (=6)27.63 (5)26.47 (1)Q
4Velimir StjepanovićSRB1:46.640.6624.75 (2)51.36 (1)1:19.05 (3)26.61 (1)27.69 (6)27.59 (6)Q
5Aleksandr KrasnykhRUS1:47.150.6725.30 (7)52.05 (5)1:19.34 (4)26.75 (=2)27.29 (2)27.81 (8)Q
6Matias KoskiFIN1:47.400.7024.84 (4)51.76 (4)1:20.02 (6)26.92 (5)28.26 (8)27.38 (4)
7Dion DreesensNED1:47.760.7625.64 (8)52.74 (8)1:20.23 (7)27.1 (=6)27.49 (3)27.53 (5)
8Park Tae-HwanKOR1:48.060.6525.18 (6)52.54 (7)1:20.33 (8)27.36 (8)27.79 (7)27.73 (7)

Semi-Finals

Date7 August 2016 — 22:11
FormatFastest eight swimmers advanced to final
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Sun YangCHN1:44.63Q
2Kosuke HaginoJPN1:45.45Q
3Conor DwyerUSA1:45.55Q
=4Paul BiedermannGER1:45.69Q
=4Aleksandr KrasnykhRUS1:45.69Q
6Townley HaasUSA1:45.92Q
7Chad le ClosRSA1:45.94Q
8James GuyGBR1:46.23Q
9Thomas Fraser-HolmesAUS1:46.24
10Kacper MajchrzakPOL1:46.30
11Sebastiaan VerschurenNED1:46.34
12Myles BrownRSA1:46.57
13Velimir StjepanovićSRB1:47.28
14Glenn SurgelooseBEL1:47.36
15Dominik KozmaHUN1:47.53
16Cristian QuinteroVEN1:48.00

Heat #1

Time22:11
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Conor DwyerUSA1:45.550.6824.72 (3)51.68 (3)1:18.79 (3)26.96 (5)27.11 (2)26.76 (1)Q
2Paul BiedermannGER1:45.690.8324.88 (5)51.73 (4)1:18.76 (2)26.85 (3)27.03 (1)26.93 (3)Q
3James GuyGBR1:46.230.6424.52 (2)51.44 (2)1:18.72 (1)26.92 (4)27.28 (3)27.51 (7)Q
4Kacper MajchrzakPOL1:46.300.6924.77 (4)51.89 (6)1:19.30 (5)27.12 (8)27.41 (4)27.00 (5)
5Sebastiaan VerschurenNED1:46.340.7225.08 (6)51.81 (5)1:19.38 (6)26.73 (1)27.57 (6)26.96 (4)
6Myles BrownRSA1:46.570.6725.17 (7)51.95 (7)1:19.67 (7)26.78 (2)27.72 (8)26.90 (2)
7Velimir StjepanovićSRB1:47.280.6424.28 (1)51.33 (1)1:18.81 (4)27.05 (6)27.48 (5)28.47 (8)
8Glenn SurgelooseBEL1:47.360.7525.35 (8)52.41 (8)1:20.12 (8)27.06 (7)27.71 (7)27.24 (6)

Heat #2

Time22:20
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Sun YangCHN1:44.630.7724.83 (6)51.54 (6)1:18.19 (1)26.71 (3)26.65 (1)26.44 (1)Q
2Kosuke HaginoJPN1:45.450.6524.49 (3)51.37 (2)1:18.99 (6)26.88 (=5)27.62 (5)26.46 (2)Q
3Aleksandr KrasnykhRUS1:45.690.6925.12 (8)51.53 (5)1:18.72 (5)26.41 (1)27.19 (3)26.97 (3)Q
4Townley HaasUSA1:45.920.8124.74 (5)51.38 (3)1:18.52 (3)26.64 (2)27.14 (2)27.40 (4)Q
5Chad le ClosRSA1:45.940.6523.91 (1)50.70 (1)1:18.44 (2)26.79 (4)27.74 (6)27.50 (5)Q
6Thomas Fraser-HolmesAUS1:46.240.6524.44 (2)51.39 (4)1:18.71 (4)26.95 (7)27.32 (4)27.53 (6)
7Dominik KozmaHUN1:47.530.6824.68 (4)51.56 (7)1:19.42 (7)26.88 (=5)27.86 (8)28.11 (7)
8Cristian QuinteroVEN1:48.000.6824.89 (7)51.90 (8)1:19.70 (8)27.01 (8)27.80 (7)28.30 (8)

Final Round

Date8 August 2016 — 22:21
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Sun YangCHN1:44.650.7624.87 (6)51.57 (5)1:17.94 (3)26.70 (5)26.37 (1)26.71 (3)
2Chad le ClosRSA1:45.200.6323.39 (1)50.36 (1)1:17.71 (1)26.97 (7)27.35 (5)27.49 (8)
3Conor DwyerUSA1:45.230.6524.54 (2)51.21 (2)1:17.81 (2)26.67 (4)26.60 (2)27.42 (7)
4James GuyGBR1:45.490.6624.78 (3)51.24 (3)1:18.70 (5)26.46 (1)27.46 (6)26.79 (4)
5Townley HaasUSA1:45.580.7624.88 (7)51.50 (4)1:18.97 (6)26.62 (2)27.47 (7)26.61 (2)
6Paul BiedermannGER1:45.840.8425.17 (8)51.81 (7)1:19.02 (7)26.64 (3)27.21 (4)26.82 (5)
7Kosuke HaginoJPN1:45.900.6524.79 (=4)51.87 (8)1:19.37 (8)27.08 (8)27.50 (8)26.53 (1)
8Aleksandr KrasnykhRUS1:45.910.6624.79 (=4)51.73 (6)1:18.58 (4)26.94 (6)26.85 (3)27.33 (6)