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Beijing Olympics 2008 Swimming Events Schedules

Medalists

Gold United States Michael Phelps
United States (USA)
Silver Hungary  László Cseh
Hungary (HUN)
Bronze Japan  Takeshi Matsuda
Japan (JPN)

Records

World Record Michael Phelps (USA) 1:52.09 Melbourne, Australia 28 March 2007
Olympic Record Michael Phelps (USA) 1:54.04 Athens, Greece 17 August 2004

 

DateEventNameNationalityTimeORWR
August 11 Heat 6 Michael Phelps United States 1:53.70 OR
August 12 Semifinal 2 Michael Phelps United States 1:53.70 =OR
August 13 Final Michael Phelps United States 1:52.03 OR WR

Heats

Heat 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 3 Niksa Roki Croatia 1:59.58
2 5 Rehan Jehangir Poncha India 2:01.89
3 4 Emmanuel Crescimbeni Peru 2:02.13
4 6 Javier Hernanadez Maradiaga Honduras 2:02.23

Heat 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 5 James Walsh Philippines 1:59.39 NR
2 1 Javier Núñez Spain 2:00.24
3 7 José Andreas González Argentina 2:00.36
4 6 Jeongnam Yu South Korea 2:01.00
5 8 Alexis Márquez Rivas Venezuela 2:01.25
6 3 Douglas Lennox-Silva Puerto Rico 2:01.69
7 4 Vladan Markovic Serbia 2:03.12
8 2 Donny Budiarto Utomo Indonesia 2:03.44

Heat 3

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 2 Chi-Chieh Hsu Chinese Taipei 1:56.59 Q
2 6 Pedro Oliveira Portugal 1:57.41
3 5 Simon Sjödin Sweden 1:57.75
4 8 Alon Mandel Israel 1:59.27 NR
5 3 Omar Pinzón Colombia 1:59.47
6 4 Jeremy Knowles Bahamas 2:01.08
7 7 Daniel Bego Malaysia 2:01.28
8 1 Georgi Palazov Bulgaria 2:01.84

Heat 4

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 2 László Cseh Hungary 1:54.48 Q
2 4 Paweł Korzeniowski Poland 1:55.21 Q
3 5 Moss Burmester New Zealand 1:55.80 Q
4 6 Dinko Jukic Austria 1:55.96 Q
5 1 Ioan Gherghel Romania 1:56.09 Q
6 7 Niccolo Beni Italy 1:56.99
7 3 Denys Sylantiev Ukraine 1:57.02
8 8 Adam Sioui Canada 1:57.45

Heat 5

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 5 Peng Wu China 1:55.39 Q
2 4 Gil Stovall United States 1:55.42 Q
3 7 Michael Rock Great Britain 1:55.55 Q
4 3 Ryuichi Shibata Japan 1:55.82 Q
5 6 Yin Chen China 1:56.55 Q
6 2 Christophe Lebon France 1:56.63
7 1 Tamas Kerekjarto Hungary 1:57.29
8 8 Iasonas Romanos Alyfantis Greece 1:57.99

Heat 6

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 4 Michael Phelps United States 1:53.70 Q, OR
2 3 Kaio Almeida Brazil 1:54.65 Q
3 6 Takeshi Matsuda Japan 1:55.06 Q
4 5 Nikolay Skvortsov Russia 1:55.33 Q
5 1 Sergii Advena Ukraine 1:56.24 Q
6 2 Travis Nederpelt Australia 1:56.64
7 7 Mathieu Fonteyn Belgium 1:56.65
8 8 Juan José Veloz Mexico 1:57.32

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank  Lane  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes  
2 5 Takeshi Matsuda Japan 1:54.02 Q
3 3 Nikolay Skvortsov Russia 1:54.31 Q
4 4 Laszlo Cseh Hungary 1:54.35 Q
7 2 Moss Burmester New Zealand 1:55.26 Q
9 6 Gil Stovall United States 1:55.36
10 7 Dinko Jukic Austria 1:55.65
15 1 Sergii Advena Ukraine 1:56.64
16 8 Chi-Chieh Hsu Chinese Taipei 1:57.48

Semifinal 2

Rank  Lane  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes  
1 4 Michael Phelps United States 1:53.70 Q, =OR
5 6 Peng Wu China 1:54.93 Q
6 5 Kaio de Almeida Brazil 1:55.21 Q
8 3 Paweł Korzeniowski Poland 1:55.35 Q
11 8 Yin Chen China 1:55.88
12 2 Michael Rock Great Britain 1:55.90
13 7 Ryuichi Shibata Japan 1:56.17
14 1 Ioan Gherghel Romania 1:56.57

Final


Rank  Lane  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes  
1 4 Michael Phelps United States 1:52.03 WR
2 6 László Cseh Hungary 1:52.70 ER
3 5 Takeshi Matsuda Japan 1:52.97 AR
4 1 Moss Burmester New Zealand 1:54.35 CR
4 2 Peng Wu China 1:54.35  
6 8 Paweł Korzeniowski Poland 1:54.60  
7 7 Kaio de Almeida Brazil 1:54.71  
8 3 Nikolay Skvortsov Russia 1:55.14





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