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 | ||||||||||
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Dates | 23 July 2001 (heats, semifinals) 24 July 2001 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 40 | |||||||||
Winning time | 1 minute 54.58 seconds | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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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
editPrior 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 |
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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
editHeats
editSemifinals
editRank | 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 |
Final
editRank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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
edit- ^ "Heats Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Semifinals Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Final Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 19 October 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Swimming: Thorpe and Phelps smash world records". The Daily Telegraph. 24 July 2001. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
- ^ "FINA World Swimming Fukoka". Archived from the original on 18 December 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ "FINA World Swimming Fukoka". Archived from the original on 9 November 2001. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
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