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

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]

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    United States
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Russia
← 1998
2003 →

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

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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

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Heats

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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

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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

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Michael Phelps   United States 1:54.58 WR
  Tom Malchow   United States 1:55.28
  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

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  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)