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200 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	10 – 12 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Guojia Youyong Zhongxin, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants	57 from 49 countries

Already having won the 400 individual medley and the 4×100 freestyle relay as part of the US team, Michael Phelps entered the 200 metre freestyle as an overwhelming favourite. Phelps, the world record holder in the event, had been beaten into third in this race in 2004 and, when he failed to win either his heat or semi-final, a little seed of doubt was sown. The final proved that Phelps had simply been careful not to exert himself too much early in his competition schedule as he powered clear by halfway and then kept up his scintillating pace to take 0.90 seconds off his own world record and win the race by nearly two seconds. Behind Phelps was the newly crowned 400 metre freestyle champion Park Tae-Hwan of Korea who held off the challenge of Phelps’ training partner at Team Wolverine, Peter Vanderkaay.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Michael Phelps	USA	1:46.48 (2 h8)	1:46.28 (3 h2)	1:42.96 (1)	Gold
2	Park Tae-Hwan	KOR	1:46.73 (3 h8)	1:45.99 (2 h2)	1:44.85 (2)	Silver
3	Peter Vanderkaay	USA	1:47.39 (2 h7)	1:45.76 (1 h2)	1:45.14 (3)	Bronze
4	Jean Basson	RSA	1:46.31 (1 h6)	1:46.13 (1 h1)	1:45.97 (4)
5	Paul Biedermann	GER	1:47.09 (1 h7)	1:46.41 (4 h2)	1:46.00 (5)
6	Dominik Meichtry	SUI	1:45.80 (1 h8)	1:46.54 (6 h2)	1:46.95 (6)
7	Yoshihiro Okumura	JPN	1:46.89 (5 h8)	1:46.44 (5 h2)	1:47.14 (7)
8	Robbie Renwick	GBR	1:47.82 (3 h7)	1:47.07 (7 h2)	1:47.47 (8)
9	Dan Izotov	RUS	1:46.80 (4 h8)	1:47.24 (2 h1)	–
10	Ross Davenport	GBR	1:47.13 (6 h8)	1:47.35 (3 h1)	–
11	Emiliano Brembilla	ITA	1:47.04 (4 h6)	1:47.70 (4 h1)	–
12	Nicholas Sprenger	AUS	1:47.64 (6 h6)	1:47.80 (5 h1)	–
13	Dominik Koll	AUT	1:47.81 (7 h8)	1:47.87 (6 h1)	–
14	Colin Russell	CAN	1:46.58 (3 h6)	1:48.13 (7 h1)	–
15	Nimrod Shapira	ISR	1:47.78 (1 h5)	1:48.16 (8 h2)	–
16	Rodrigo Castro	BRA	1:47.87 (7 h6)	1:48.71 (8 h1)	–
17	Brent Hayden	CAN	1:46.40 (2 h6)	–	–		1
18	Amaury Leveaux	FRA	1:47.44 (5 h6)	–	–		2
=19	Oussama Mellouli	TUN	1:47.97 (8 h6)	–	–
=19	Aleksandr Sukhorukov	RUS	1:47.97 (4 h7)	–	–
21	Darian Townsend	RSA	1:48.08 (2 h5)	–	–
22	Kenrick Monk	AUS	1:48.17 (5 h7)	–	–
23	Serhiy Advena	UKR	1:48.18 (3 h5)	–	–
24	Sho Uchida	JPN	1:48.34 (4 h5)	–	–
25	Romāns Miloslavskis	LAT	1:48.41 (6 h7)	–	–
26	Shaune Fraser	CAY	1:48.60 (5 h5)	–	–
27	Gard Kvale	NOR	1:48.73 (1 h4)	–	–
28	Massi Rosolino	ITA	1:48.76 (7 h7)	–	–
29	Andreas Zisimos	GRE	1:48.82 (6 h5)	–	–
30	Glenn Surgeloose	BEL	1:48.92 (7 h5)	–	–
31	Jon Rud	DEN	1:48.96 (2 h4)	–	–
32	Ryan Pini	PNG	1:49.04 (1 h3)	–	–
33	Zhang Enjian	CHN	1:49.15 (8 h7)	–	–
34	Łukasz Gąsior	POL	1:49.25 (8 h8)	–	–
35	Norbert Kovács	HUN	1:49.34 (3 h4)	–	–
36	Martín Kutscher	URU	1:49.61 (4 h4)	–	–
37	Dominik Straga	CRO	1:49.63 (2 h3)	–	–
38	Christoffer Wikström	SWE	1:49.84 (5 h4)	–	–
39	Tiago Venâncio	POR	1:50.24 (8 h5)	–	–
40	Radovan Siljevski	SRB	1:50.25 (3 h3)	–	–
41	Bryan Tay	SGP	1:50.41 (1 h2)	–	–
42	Crox Acuña	VEN	1:50.52 (4 h3)	–	–
43	Julio César Galofre	COL	1:50.62 (5 h3)	–	–
44	Daniel Bego	MAS	1:50.92 (6 h3)	–	–
45	Vladimir Sidorkin	EST	1:51.27 (2 h2)	–	–
46	Květoslav Svoboda	CZE	1:51.67 (6 h4)	–	–
47	Saulius Binevičius	LTU	1:51.80 (7 h3)	–	–
48	Virdhawal Khade	IND	1:51.86 (7 h4)	–	–
49	Raphaël Stacchiotti	LUX	1:52.01 (8 h4)	–	–
50	Mario Montoya	CRC	1:52.19 (3 h2)	–	–
51	Mahrez Mebarek	ALG	1:52.66 (4 h2)	–	–
52	Artur Dilman	KAZ	1:52.90 (5 h2)	–	–
53	Irakli Revishvili	GEO	1:53.60 (1 h1)	–	–
54	Ibragim Nazarov	UZB	1:56.27 (6 h2)	–	–
55	Mihajlo Ristovski	MKD	1:57.45 (2 h1)	–	–
56	Andrei Zaharov	MDA	1:58.62 (7 h2)	–	–
57	Emanuele Nicolini	SMR	1:59.47 (3 h1)	–	–
DNS	Luka Turk	SLO	– (DNS h3)	–	–

Round One

Date	10 August 2008
Format	Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Dominik Meichtry	SUI	1:45.80	Q
2	–	Jean Basson	RSA	1:46.31	Q
3	–	Brent Hayden	CAN	1:46.40	Q
4	–	Michael Phelps	USA	1:46.48	Q
5	–	Colin Russell	CAN	1:46.58	Q
6	–	Park Tae-Hwan	KOR	1:46.73	Q
7	–	Dan Izotov	RUS	1:46.80	Q
8	–	Yoshihiro Okumura	JPN	1:46.89	Q
9	–	Emiliano Brembilla	ITA	1:47.04	Q
10	–	Paul Biedermann	GER	1:47.09	Q
11	–	Ross Davenport	GBR	1:47.13	Q
12	–	Peter Vanderkaay	USA	1:47.39	Q
13	–	Amaury Leveaux	FRA	1:47.44	Q
14	–	Nicholas Sprenger	AUS	1:47.64	Q
15	–	Nimrod Shapira	ISR	1:47.78	Q
16	–	Dominik Koll	AUT	1:47.81	Q
17	–	Robbie Renwick	GBR	1:47.82	q
18	–	Rodrigo Castro	BRA	1:47.87	q
=19	–	Oussama Mellouli	TUN	1:47.97
=19	–	Aleksandr Sukhorukov	RUS	1:47.97
21	–	Darian Townsend	RSA	1:48.08
22	–	Kenrick Monk	AUS	1:48.17
23	–	Serhiy Advena	UKR	1:48.18
24	–	Sho Uchida	JPN	1:48.34
25	–	Romāns Miloslavskis	LAT	1:48.41
26	–	Shaune Fraser	CAY	1:48.60
27	–	Gard Kvale	NOR	1:48.73
28	–	Massi Rosolino	ITA	1:48.76
29	–	Andreas Zisimos	GRE	1:48.82
30	–	Glenn Surgeloose	BEL	1:48.92
31	–	Jon Rud	DEN	1:48.96
32	–	Ryan Pini	PNG	1:49.04
33	–	Zhang Enjian	CHN	1:49.15
34	–	Łukasz Gąsior	POL	1:49.25
35	–	Norbert Kovács	HUN	1:49.34
36	–	Martín Kutscher	URU	1:49.61
37	–	Dominik Straga	CRO	1:49.63
38	–	Christoffer Wikström	SWE	1:49.84
39	–	Tiago Venâncio	POR	1:50.24
40	–	Radovan Siljevski	SRB	1:50.25
41	–	Bryan Tay	SGP	1:50.41
42	–	Crox Acuña	VEN	1:50.52
43	–	Julio César Galofre	COL	1:50.62
44	–	Daniel Bego	MAS	1:50.92
45	–	Vladimir Sidorkin	EST	1:51.27
46	–	Květoslav Svoboda	CZE	1:51.67
47	–	Saulius Binevičius	LTU	1:51.80
48	–	Virdhawal Khade	IND	1:51.86
49	–	Raphaël Stacchiotti	LUX	1:52.01
50	–	Mario Montoya	CRC	1:52.19
51	–	Mahrez Mebarek	ALG	1:52.66
52	–	Artur Dilman	KAZ	1:52.90
53	–	Irakli Revishvili	GEO	1:53.60
54	–	Ibragim Nazarov	UZB	1:56.27
55	–	Mihajlo Ristovski	MKD	1:57.45
56	–	Andrei Zaharov	MDA	1:58.62
57	–	Emanuele Nicolini	SMR	1:59.47
DNS	–	Luka Turk	SLO	–

Heat #1

Time	18:54

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Irakli Revishvili	GEO	1:53.60	0.77	26.50 (1)	55.01 (1)	1:24.21 (1)	28.51 (1)	29.20 (1)	29.39 (1)
2	–	Mihajlo Ristovski	MKD	1:57.45	0.84	27.73 (2)	57.37 (3)	1:27.62 (2)	29.64 (3)	30.25 (2)	29.83 (2)
3	–	Emanuele Nicolini	SMR	1:59.47	0.72	27.99 (3)	57.04 (2)	1:27.82 (3)	29.05 (2)	30.78 (3)	31.65 (3)

Heat #2

Time	18:58

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Bryan Tay	SGP	1:50.41	0.62	25.86 (1)	53.94 (2)	1:22.30 (1)	28.08 (2)	28.36 (1)	28.11 (1)
2	–	Vladimir Sidorkin	EST	1:51.27	0.76	25.97 (2)	53.90 (1)	1:22.72 (2)	27.93 (1)	28.82 (2)	28.55 (3)
3	–	Mario Montoya	CRC	1:52.19	0.99	26.12 (3)	54.79 (4)	1:23.76 (4)	28.67 (4)	28.97 (3)	28.43 (2)
4	–	Mahrez Mebarek	ALG	1:52.66	0.77	26.15 (4)	54.86 (5)	1:23.98 (5)	28.71 (5)	29.12 (5)	28.68 (4)
5	–	Artur Dilman	KAZ	1:52.90	0.86	26.27 (5)	54.58 (3)	1:23.64 (3)	28.31 (3)	29.06 (4)	29.26 (5)
6	–	Ibragim Nazarov	UZB	1:56.27	0.90	26.60 (6)	55.33 (6)	1:25.11 (6)	28.73 (6)	29.78 (6)	31.16 (6)
7	–	Andrei Zaharov	MDA	1:58.62	0.86	27.03 (7)	55.90 (7)	1:26.47 (7)	28.87 (7)	30.57 (7)	32.15 (7)

Heat #3

Time	19:01

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Ryan Pini	PNG	1:49.04	0.76	25.07 (1)	53.17 (1)	1:21.33 (1)	28.10 (6)	28.16 (2)	27.71 (1)
2	–	Dominik Straga	CRO	1:49.63	0.81	25.60 (2)	53.66 (2)	1:21.62 (2)	28.06 (=4)	27.96 (1)	28.01 (2)
3	–	Radovan Siljevski	SRB	1:50.25	0.75	26.09 (6)	53.88 (4)	1:22.21 (4)	27.79 (1)	28.33 (5)	28.04 (3)
4	–	Crox Acuña	VEN	1:50.52	0.78	25.79 (3)	53.75 (3)	1:21.92 (3)	27.96 (2)	28.17 (3)	28.60 (6)
5	–	Julio César Galofre	COL	1:50.62	0.72	26.02 (=4)	54.00 (5)	1:22.44 (5)	27.98 (3)	28.44 (7)	28.18 (4)
6	–	Daniel Bego	MAS	1:50.92	0.65	26.02 (=4)	54.14 (6)	1:22.54 (6)	28.12 (7)	28.40 (6)	28.38 (5)
7	–	Saulius Binevičius	LTU	1:51.80	0.84	26.31 (7)	54.37 (7)	1:22.55 (7)	28.06 (=4)	28.18 (4)	29.25 (7)
DNS	–	Luka Turk	SLO	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #4

Time	19:05

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Gard Kvale	NOR	1:48.73	0.85	26.13 (=7)	53.64 (4)	1:21.46 (2)	27.51 (2)	27.82 (1)	27.27 (1)
2	–	Jon Rud	DEN	1:48.96	0.74	25.78 (5)	53.04 (1)	1:20.93 (1)	27.26 (1)	27.89 (2)	28.03 (4)
3	–	Norbert Kovács	HUN	1:49.34	0.64	25.49 (1)	53.09 (2)	1:21.72 (4)	27.60 (4)	28.63 (6)	27.62 (2)
4	–	Martín Kutscher	URU	1:49.61	0.76	25.52 (2)	53.38 (3)	1:21.56 (3)	27.86 (5)	28.18 (5)	28.05 (5)
5	–	Christoffer Wikström	SWE	1:49.84	0.91	26.13 (=7)	53.65 (5)	1:21.82 (5)	27.52 (3)	28.17 (4)	28.02 (3)
6	–	Květoslav Svoboda	CZE	1:51.67	0.78	25.94 (6)	54.22 (8)	1:22.25 (6)	28.28 (7)	28.03 (3)	29.42 (8)
7	–	Virdhawal Khade	IND	1:51.86	0.75	25.76 (4)	53.95 (6)	1:22.76 (7)	28.19 (6)	28.81 (7)	29.10 (7)
8	–	Raphaël Stacchiotti	LUX	1:52.01	0.68	25.54 (3)	54.10 (7)	1:22.98 (8)	28.56 (8)	28.88 (8)	29.03 (6)

Heat #5

Time	19:09

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Nimrod Shapira	ISR	1:47.78	0.78	26.06 (8)	53.45 (8)	1:20.78 (4)	27.39 (3)	27.33 (1)	27.00 (1)	Q
2	–	Darian Townsend	RSA	1:48.08	0.69	25.29 (=2)	52.79 (=2)	1:20.42 (2)	27.50 (5)	27.63 (2)	27.66 (3)
3	–	Serhiy Advena	UKR	1:48.18	0.84	25.29 (=2)	52.64 (1)	1:20.34 (1)	27.35 (2)	27.70 (3)	27.84 (5)
4	–	Sho Uchida	JPN	1:48.34	0.73	25.70 (7)	52.95 (4)	1:20.72 (3)	27.25 (1)	27.77 (4)	27.62 (2)
5	–	Shaune Fraser	CAY	1:48.60	0.71	25.13 (1)	52.79 (=2)	1:20.86 (6)	27.66 (8)	28.07 (7)	27.74 (4)
6	–	Andreas Zisimos	GRE	1:48.82	0.82	25.51 (6)	52.99 (5)	1:20.81 (5)	27.48 (4)	27.82 (5)	28.01 (7)
7	–	Glenn Surgeloose	BEL	1:48.92	0.74	25.50 (5)	53.14 (7)	1:20.99 (7)	27.64 (7)	27.85 (6)	27.93 (6)
8	–	Tiago Venâncio	POR	1:50.24	0.77	25.42 (4)	53.05 (6)	1:21.27 (8)	27.63 (6)	28.22 (8)	28.97 (8)

Heat #6

Time	19:13

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Jean Basson	RSA	1:46.31	0.68	25.35 (4)	52.75 (4)	1:19.66 (2)	27.40 (7)	26.91 (1)	26.65 (1)	Q
2	–	Brent Hayden	CAN	1:46.40	0.75	24.69 (1)	51.99 (1)	1:19.10 (1)	27.30 (3)	27.11 (2)	27.30 (6)	Q
3	–	Colin Russell	CAN	1:46.58	0.76	25.02 (2)	52.03 (2)	1:19.67 (3)	27.01 (2)	27.64 (8)	26.91 (3)	Q
4	–	Emiliano Brembilla	ITA	1:47.04	0.83	25.91 (8)	52.90 (6)	1:20.11 (5)	26.99 (1)	27.21 (=3)	26.93 (4)	Q
5	–	Amaury Leveaux	FRA	1:47.44	0.76	25.50 (6)	53.27 (8)	1:20.75 (8)	27.77 (8)	27.48 (5)	26.69 (2)	Q
6	–	Nicholas Sprenger	AUS	1:47.64	0.84	25.44 (5)	52.77 (5)	1:20.37 (6)	27.33 (4)	27.60 (6)	27.27 (5)	Q
7	–	Rodrigo Castro	BRA	1:47.87	0.69	25.11 (3)	52.47 (3)	1:19.68 (4)	27.36 (6)	27.21 (=3)	28.19 (8)	q
8	–	Oussama Mellouli	TUN	1:47.97	0.78	25.64 (7)	52.99 (7)	1:20.61 (7)	27.35 (5)	27.62 (7)	27.36 (7)

Heat #7

Time	19:17

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Paul Biedermann	GER	1:47.09	0.86	25.72 (5)	53.23 (5)	1:20.48 (=4)	27.51 (7)	27.25 (2)	26.61 (1)	Q
2	–	Peter Vanderkaay	USA	1:47.39	0.73	25.58 (=3)	52.95 (3)	1:20.43 (3)	27.37 (4)	27.48 (5)	26.96 (2)	Q
3	–	Robbie Renwick	GBR	1:47.82	0.74	25.58 (=3)	52.99 (4)	1:20.30 (2)	27.41 (6)	27.31 (3)	27.52 (4)	q
4	–	Aleksandr Sukhorukov	RUS	1:47.97	0.78	25.33 (1)	52.27 (1)	1:20.18 (1)	26.94 (1)	27.91 (8)	27.79 (6)
5	–	Kenrick Monk	AUS	1:48.17	0.75	25.45 (2)	52.83 (2)	1:20.48 (=4)	27.38 (5)	27.65 (7)	27.69 (5)
6	–	Romāns Miloslavskis	LAT	1:48.41	0.82	26.14 (6)	53.48 (7)	1:20.57 (6)	27.34 (3)	27.09 (1)	27.84 (7)
7	–	Massi Rosolino	ITA	1:48.76	0.84	26.16 (7)	53.45 (6)	1:20.87 (7)	27.29 (2)	27.42 (4)	27.89 (8)
8	–	Zhang Enjian	CHN	1:49.15	0.75	26.35 (8)	54.30 (8)	1:21.85 (8)	27.95 (8)	27.55 (6)	27.30 (3)

Heat #8

Time	19:21

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Dominik Meichtry	SUI	1:45.80	0.68	24.70 (1)	51.22 (1)	1:18.26 (1)	26.52 (1)	27.04 (3)	27.54 (6)	Q
2	–	Michael Phelps	USA	1:46.48	0.73	25.81 (7)	52.78 (=3)	1:19.81 (2)	26.97 (2)	27.03 (=1)	26.67 (1)	Q
3	–	Park Tae-Hwan	KOR	1:46.73	0.67	25.59 (4)	52.90 (6)	1:20.01 (3)	27.31 (=4)	27.11 (4)	26.72 (3)	Q
4	–	Dan Izotov	RUS	1:46.80	0.78	25.61 (5)	53.01 (7)	1:20.04 (4)	27.40 (=6)	27.03 (=1)	26.76 (4)	Q
5	–	Yoshihiro Okumura	JPN	1:46.89	0.72	25.38 (2)	52.78 (=3)	1:20.12 (6)	27.40 (=6)	27.34 (=5)	26.77 (5)	Q
6	–	Ross Davenport	GBR	1:47.13	0.72	25.52 (3)	52.83 (5)	1:20.44 (7)	27.31 (=4)	27.61 (7)	26.69 (2)	Q
7	–	Dominik Koll	AUT	1:47.81	0.83	25.62 (6)	52.74 (2)	1:20.08 (5)	27.12 (3)	27.34 (=5)	27.73 (=7)	Q
8	–	Łukasz Gąsior	POL	1:49.25	0.74	25.98 (8)	53.70 (8)	1:21.52 (8)	27.72 (8)	27.82 (8)	27.73 (=7)

Semi-Finals

Date	11 August 2008
Format	Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Peter Vanderkaay	USA	1:45.76	Q
2	–	Park Tae-Hwan	KOR	1:45.99	Q
3	–	Jean Basson	RSA	1:46.13	Q
4	–	Michael Phelps	USA	1:46.28	Q
5	–	Paul Biedermann	GER	1:46.41	Q
6	–	Yoshihiro Okumura	JPN	1:46.44	Q
7	–	Dominik Meichtry	SUI	1:46.54	Q
8	–	Robbie Renwick	GBR	1:47.07	Q
9	–	Dan Izotov	RUS	1:47.24
10	–	Ross Davenport	GBR	1:47.35
11	–	Emiliano Brembilla	ITA	1:47.70
12	–	Nicholas Sprenger	AUS	1:47.80
13	–	Dominik Koll	AUT	1:47.87
14	–	Colin Russell	CAN	1:48.13
15	–	Nimrod Shapira	ISR	1:48.16
16	–	Rodrigo Castro	BRA	1:48.71

Heat #1

Time	10:14

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Jean Basson	RSA	1:46.13	0.71	25.31 (=2)	51.82 (1)	1:18.60 (1)	26.51 (1)	26.78 (1)	27.53 (3)	Q
2	–	Dan Izotov	RUS	1:47.24	0.72	25.76 (7)	53.11 (7)	1:20.37 (5)	27.35 (8)	27.26 (2)	26.87 (2)
3	–	Ross Davenport	GBR	1:47.35	0.71	24.93 (1)	51.85 (2)	1:19.56 (2)	26.92 (3)	27.71 (4)	27.79 (=6)
4	–	Emiliano Brembilla	ITA	1:47.70	0.81	26.00 (8)	53.22 (8)	1:20.97 (8)	27.22 (=5)	27.75 (=5)	26.73 (1)
5	–	Nicholas Sprenger	AUS	1:47.80	0.86	25.31 (=2)	52.24 (3)	1:20.04 (3)	26.93 (4)	27.80 (7)	27.76 (5)
6	–	Dominik Koll	AUT	1:47.87	0.80	25.42 (4)	52.33 (4)	1:20.08 (4)	26.91 (2)	27.75 (=5)	27.79 (=6)
7	–	Colin Russell	CAN	1:48.13	0.72	25.53 (6)	52.75 (=5)	1:20.59 (7)	27.22 (=5)	27.84 (8)	27.54 (4)
8	–	Rodrigo Castro	BRA	1:48.71	0.73	25.51 (5)	52.75 (=5)	1:20.41 (6)	27.24 (7)	27.66 (3)	28.30 (8)

Heat #2

Time	10:19

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Peter Vanderkaay	USA	1:45.76	0.75	25.14 (2)	52.13 (=2)	1:19.23 (2)	26.99 (5)	27.10 (3)	26.53 (1)	Q
2	–	Park Tae-Hwan	KOR	1:45.99	0.68	25.35 (3)	52.13 (=2)	1:19.38 (3)	26.78 (2)	27.25 (6)	26.61 (3)	Q
3	–	Michael Phelps	USA	1:46.28	0.74	25.53 (6)	52.35 (4)	1:19.41 (4)	26.82 (3)	27.06 (2)	26.87 (5)	Q
4	–	Paul Biedermann	GER	1:46.41	0.88	25.77 (7)	52.60 (5)	1:19.84 (6)	26.83 (4)	27.24 (5)	26.57 (2)	Q
5	–	Yoshihiro Okumura	JPN	1:46.44	0.74	25.47 (5)	52.92 (7)	1:19.81 (5)	27.45 (8)	26.89 (1)	26.63 (4)	Q
6	–	Dominik Meichtry	SUI	1:46.54	0.65	25.08 (1)	51.64 (1)	1:18.83 (1)	26.56 (1)	27.19 (4)	27.71 (8)	Q
7	–	Robbie Renwick	GBR	1:47.07	0.76	25.39 (4)	52.66 (6)	1:19.96 (7)	27.27 (6)	27.30 (7)	27.11 (6)	Q
8	–	Nimrod Shapira	ISR	1:48.16	0.78	25.98 (8)	53.42 (8)	1:20.87 (8)	27.44 (7)	27.45 (8)	27.29 (7)

Final Round

Date	12 August 2008 — 10:16

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Michael Phelps	USA	1:42.96	0.73	24.31 (1)	50.29 (1)	1:16.84 (1)	25.98 (1)	26.55 (1)	26.12 (1)	WR
2	–	Park Tae-Hwan	KOR	1:44.85	0.67	24.91 (3)	51.54 (2)	1:18.68 (3)	26.63 (2)	27.14 (5)	26.17 (2)
3	–	Peter Vanderkaay	USA	1:45.14	0.75	24.97 (4)	51.67 (4)	1:18.61 (2)	26.70 (3)	26.94 (3)	26.53 (3)
4	–	Jean Basson	RSA	1:45.97	0.69	25.39 (7)	52.21 (6)	1:18.94 (4)	26.82 (5)	26.73 (2)	27.03 (5)
5	–	Paul Biedermann	GER	1:46.00	0.86	25.61 (8)	52.37 (7)	1:19.36 (6)	26.76 (4)	26.99 (4)	26.64 (4)
6	–	Dominik Meichtry	SUI	1:46.95	0.68	24.75 (2)	51.63 (3)	1:19.02 (5)	26.88 (6)	27.39 (6)	27.93 (8)
7	–	Yoshihiro Okumura	JPN	1:47.14	0.71	25.17 (6)	52.39 (8)	1:19.96 (8)	27.22 (8)	27.57 (7)	27.18 (6)
8	–	Robbie Renwick	GBR	1:47.47	0.74	25.03 (5)	52.17 (5)	1:19.92 (7)	27.14 (7)	27.75 (8)	27.55 (7)