Swimming 2020/Men's 200 metre butterfly

The men's 200 metre butterfly of Swimming 2020 during the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 26-28 July 2021 in the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. With 38 athletes competing, the event was won by Kristof Milak from Hungary, with Tomoru Honda from Japan taking the silver medal and Federico Burdisso from Italy taking bronze.

Format[]

The competition exists out of three rounds, each with races of up to nine athletes. In the first round, the sixteen fastest athletes qualify for the semifinals. In the semifinals, the two fastest athletes of each race, as well as the four fastest non-qualifiers advance to the final. The fastest competitor in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview[]

Thirty-eight athletes qualified with Kristof Milak as the reigning world champion and world record holder in the event. Daiya Seto and Chad le Clos took silver and bronze at the most recent world championships and would be some of the main contenders for the medals, together with defending bronze medalist Tamas Kenderesi and talent Federico Burdisso, who won silver at the European championships. Other potential medal contenders and outsiders also included Antani Ivanov, Tomoru Honda, Wang Kuan-hung, and Denys Kesyl.

Athlete	Nationality
Matin Balsini	Iran
Keanan Dols	Jamaica
Richard Nagy	Slovakia
Navaphat Wongcharoen	Thailand
Ayman Kelzi	Syria
Simon Bachmann	Seychelles
Tomoe Hvas	Norway
Kregor Zirk	Estonia
Brendan Hyland	Ireland
Sajan Prakash	India
Ihor Troianovskyi	Ukraine
Zheng Wen Quah	Singapore
Alexei Sancov	Moldova
Luis Emigdio Vega Torres	Cuba
Giacomo Carini	Italy
Gunnar Bentz	United States
Denys Kesyl	Ukraine
Tamas Kenderesi	Hungary
Antani Ivanov	Bulgaria
Noe Ponti	Switzerland
Leon Marchand	France
Jakub Majerski	Poland
Louis Croenen	Belgium
David Morgan	Australia
Wang Kuan-hung	Chinese Taipei
Daiya Seto	Japan
Federico Burdisso	Italy
Zach Harting	United States
Aleksandr Kudashev	ROC
Moon Seung-woo	South Korea
Krzysztof Chmielewski	Poland
Matthew Temple	Australia
Tomoru Honda	Japan
Kristof Milak	Hungary
Chad le Clos	South Africa
David Thomasberger	Germany
Leonardo de Deus	Brazil
Ethan du Preez	South Africa

Current Records[]

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Time
WR	24 July 2019		Kristof Milak	1:50.73
OR	13 August 2008		Michael Phelps	1:52.03

Summary[]

Round 1[]

Heat 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Ayman Kelzi	1:59.57	NR
2		Matin Balsini	1:59.97	NR
3		Keanan Dols	2:00.25
4		Navaphat Wongcharoen	2:01.43
5		Richard Nagy	2:01.91
6		Simon Bachmann	2:03.54	NR

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Tomoe Hvas	1:56.30	NR
2		Zheng Wen Quah	1:56.42
3		Brendan Hyland	1:57.09
4		Sajan Prakesh	1:57.22
5		Kregor Zirk	1:57.26
6		Alexei Sancov	1:57.55	NR
7		Ihor Troianovskyi	1:58.37
8		Luis Emigdio Vega Torres	1:59.00

Heat 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Noe Ponti	1:55.05	Q, NR
2		Tamas Kenderesi	1:55.18	Q
3		Giacomo Carini	1:55.33	Q, PR
4		Gunnar Bentz	1:55.46	Q
5		Leon Marchand	1:55.85	Q
6		Antani Ivanov	1:56.36
7		Denys Kesyl	1:56.37
8		Jakub Majerski	1:57.91

Heat 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Wang Kuan-hung	1:54.44	Q, NR
2		Zach Harting	1:54.92	Q, PR
3		Federico Burdisso	1:55.14	Q
4		Daiya Seto	1:55.26	Q
5		Aleksandr Kudashev	1:55.54	Q
6		Louis Croenen	1:55.78	Q
7		Moon Seung-woo	1:58.09
8		David Morgan	2:00.27

Heat 5 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Kristof Milak	1:53.58	Q
2		Leonardo de Deus	1:54.83	Q, PR
3		Tomoru Hondu	1:55.10	Q
4		Krzysztof Chmielewski	1:55.77	Q
5		Chad le Clos	1:55.96	Q
6		David Thomasberger	1:56.04
7		Matthew Temple	1:56.25
8		Ethan du Preez	1:58.50

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Chad le Clos	1:55.06	Q
2		Tamas Kenderesi	1:55.17	Q
3		Tomoru Honda	1:55.31	Q
4		Zach Harting	1:55.35
5		Aleksandr Kudashev	1:55.51
6		Wang Kuan-hung	1:55.52
7		Giacomo Carini	1:55.95
8		Louis Croenen	1:56.67

Semifinal 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Kristof Milak	1:52.22	Q
2		Leonardo de Deus	1:54.97	Q
3		Federico Burdisso	1:55.11	Q
4		Gunnar Bentz	1:55.28	Q, PR
5		Krzysztof Chmielewski	1:55.29	Q, PR
6		Noe Ponti	1:55.37
7		Daiya Seto	1:55.50
8		Leon Marchand	1:55.68

Final[]

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Kristof Milak	1:51.25	OR
2		Tomoru Honda	1:53.73	PR
3		Federico Burdisso	1:54.45
4		Tamas Kenderesi	1:54.52
5		Chad le Clos	1:54.93
6		Leonardo de Deus	1:55.19
7		Gunnar Bentz	1:55.46
8		Krzysztof Chmielewski	1:55.88

Results[]

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Kristof Milak	Hungary
	Tomoru Honda	Japan
	Federico Burdisso	Italy
4	Tamas Kenderesi	Hungary
5	Chad le Clos	South Africa
6	Leonarde de Deus	Brazil
7	Gunnar Bentz	United States
8	Krzysztof Chmielewski	Poland
9	Zach Harting	United States
10	Noe Ponti	Switzerland
11	Daiya Seto	Japan
12	Aleksandr Kudashev	ROC
13	Wang Kuan-hung	Chinese Taipei
14	Leon Marchand	France
15	Giacomo Carini	Italy
16	Louis Croenen	Belgium
17	David Thomasberger	Germany
18	Matthew Temple	Australia
19	Tomoe Hvas	Norway
20	Antani Ivanov	Bulgaria
21	Denys Kesyl	Ukraine
22	Zheng Wen Quah	Singapore
23	Brendan Hyland	Ireland
24	Sajan Prakash	India
25	Kregor Zirk	Estonia
26	Alexei Sancov	Moldova
27	Jakub Majerski	Poland
28	Moon Seung-woo	South Korea
29	Ihor Troianovskyi	Ukraine
30	Ethan du Preez	South Africa
31	Luis Emigdio Vega Torres	Cuba
32	Ayman Kelzi	Syria
33	Matin Balsini	Iran
34	Keanan Dols	Jamaica
35	David Morgan	Australia
36	Navaphat Wongcharoen	Thailand
37	Richard Nagy	Slovakia
38	Simon Bachmann	Seychelles

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Freestyle	Backstroke
50 m	100 m
100 m	200 m
200 m	Breaststroke
400 m	100 m
800 m	200 m
1500 m
Butterfly	Individual Medley
100 m	200 m
200 m	400 m
Freestyle Relay
4x100 m	4x100 m medley
4x200 m	10 km open water
Women
Freestyle	Backstroke
50 m	100 m
100 m	200 m
200 m	Breaststroke
400 m	100 m
800 m	200 m
1500 m
Butterfly	Individual Medley
100 m	200 m
200 m	400 m
Freestyle Relay
4x100 m	4x100 m medley
4x200 m	10 km open water
Mixed
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