2016 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming
| Men's 200m Butterfly | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 - Final | |||
USAUnited States | Michael Phelps | 1:53.36 | |
JPNJapan | Masato Sakai | 1:53.40 | |
HUNHungary | Tamas Kenderesi | 1:53.62 | |
| 4 | RSASouth Africa | Chad Le Clos | 1:54.06 |
| 5 | JPNJapan | Daiya Seto | 1:54.82 |
| 6 | DENDenmark | Viktor Bromer | 1:55.64 |
| 7 | HUNHungary | László Cseh | 1:56.24 |
| 8 | BELBelgium | Louis Croenen | 1:57.04 |
| 9 | AUSAustralia | Grant Irvine | 1:56.07 |
| 10 | SGPSingapore | Quah Zheng Wen | 1:56.11 |
| 11 | RUSRussia | Evgeny Koptelov | 1:56.46 |
| 12 | SWESweden | Simon Sjödin | 1:56.71 |
| 13 | BRABrazil | Leonardo De Deus | 1:56.77 |
| 14 | BRABrazil | Kaio Almeida | 1:57.45 |
| 15 | COLColombia | Jonathan David Gómez Noriega | 1:57.47 |
| 16 | CHNChina | Li Zhuhao | 1:57.62 |
| 17 | POLPoland | Jan Switkowski | 1:56.73 |
| 18 | GREGreece | Stefanos Dimitriadis | 1:56.76 |
| 19 | AUSAustralia | David Morgan | 1:56.81 |
| 20 | USAUnited States | Tom Shields | 1:56.93 |
| 21 | ESPSpain | Carlos Peralta | 1:56.98 |
| 22 | SLOSlovenia | Robert Zbogar | 1:57.05 |
| 23 | RSASouth Africa | Sebastien Rousseau | 1:57.33 |
| 24 | RUSRussia | Daniil Pakhomov | 1:57.36 |
| 25 | FRAFrance | Jordan Coelho | 1:58.62 |
| 26 | ISRIsrael | Gal Nevo | 1:58.64 |
| 27 | CHNChina | Wu Yuhang | 1:59.04 |
| 28 | INDIndia | Sajan Prakash | 1:59.37 |
| 29 | NZLNew Zealand | Bradlee Ashby | 2:01.22 |
| Men's 200m Butterfly, Heats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 - Final | |||
| 1 | HUNHungary | Tamas Kenderesi | 1:54.73 Q |
| 2 | HUNHungary | László Cseh | 1:55.14 Q |
| 3 | RSASouth Africa | Chad Le Clos | 1:55.57 Q |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Grant Irvine | 1:55.64 Q |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Michael Phelps | 1:55.73 Q |
| 6 | JPNJapan | Masato Sakai | 1:55.76 Q |
| 7 | DENDenmark | Viktor Bromer | 1:55.77 Q |
| 8 | JPNJapan | Daiya Seto | 1:55.79 Q |
| 9 | BRABrazil | Leonardo De Deus | 1:55.98 Q |
| 10 | SGPSingapore | Quah Zheng Wen | 1:56.01 Q |
| 11 | RUSRussia | Evgeny Koptelov | 1:56.13 Q |
| 12 | BRABrazil | Kaio Almeida | 1:56.45 Q |
| 13 | SWESweden | Simon Sjödin | 1:56.46 Q |
| 14 | BELBelgium | Louis Croenen | 1:56.48 Q |
| 15 | COLColombia | Jonathan David Gómez Noriega | 1:56.65 Q |
| 16 | CHNChina | Li Zhuhao | 1:56.72 Q |
| 17 | POLPoland | Jan Switkowski | 1:56.73 |
| 18 | GREGreece | Stefanos Dimitriadis | 1:56.76 |
| 19 | AUSAustralia | David Morgan | 1:56.81 |
| 20 | USAUnited States | Tom Shields | 1:56.93 |
| 21 | ESPSpain | Carlos Peralta | 1:56.98 |
| 22 | SLOSlovenia | Robert Zbogar | 1:57.05 |
| 23 | RSASouth Africa | Sebastien Rousseau | 1:57.33 |
| 24 | RUSRussia | Daniil Pakhomov | 1:57.36 |
| 25 | FRAFrance | Jordan Coelho | 1:58.62 |
| 26 | ISRIsrael | Gal Nevo | 1:58.64 |
| 27 | CHNChina | Wu Yuhang | 1:59.04 |
| 28 | INDIndia | Sajan Prakash | 1:59.37 |
| 29 | NZLNew Zealand | Bradlee Ashby | 2:01.22 |
| Men's 200m Butterfly, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 10 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Michael Phelps | 1:53.36 |
| 2 | JPNJapan | Masato Sakai | 1:53.40 |
| 3 | HUNHungary | Tamas Kenderesi | 1:53.62 |
| 4 | RSASouth Africa | Chad Le Clos | 1:54.06 |
| 5 | JPNJapan | Daiya Seto | 1:54.82 |
| 6 | DENDenmark | Viktor Bromer | 1:55.64 |
| 7 | HUNHungary | László Cseh | 1:56.24 |
| 8 | BELBelgium | Louis Croenen | 1:57.04 |
| Men's 200m Butterfly, Semifinal, Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 9 - Final | |||
| 1 | HUNHungary | Tamas Kenderesi | 1:53.96 |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Michael Phelps | 1:54.12 |
| 3 | RSASouth Africa | Chad Le Clos | 1:55.19 |
| 4 | DENDenmark | Viktor Bromer | 1:55.59 |
| 5 | RUSRussia | Evgeny Koptelov | 1:56.46 |
| 6 | SWESweden | Simon Sjödin | 1:56.71 |
| 7 | BRABrazil | Leonardo De Deus | 1:56.77 |
| 8 | COLColombia | Jonathan David Gómez Noriega | 1:57.47 |
| Men's 200m Butterfly, Semifinal, Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 9 - Final | |||
| 1 | HUNHungary | László Cseh | 1:55.18 |
| 2 | JPNJapan | Daiya Seto | 1:55.28 |
| 3 | JPNJapan | Masato Sakai | 1:55.32 |
| 4 | BELBelgium | Louis Croenen | 1:56.03 |
| 5 | AUSAustralia | Grant Irvine | 1:56.07 |
| 6 | SGPSingapore | Quah Zheng Wen | 1:56.11 |
| 7 | BRABrazil | Kaio Almeida | 1:57.45 |
| 8 | CHNChina | Li Zhuhao | 1:57.62 |
| Men's 200m Butterfly, Semifinal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 9 - Final | |||
| 1 | HUNHungary | Tamas Kenderesi | 1:53.96 Q |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Michael Phelps | 1:54.12 Q |
| 3 | HUNHungary | László Cseh | 1:55.18 Q |
| 4 | RSASouth Africa | Chad Le Clos | 1:55.19 Q |
| 5 | JPNJapan | Daiya Seto | 1:55.28 Q |
| 6 | JPNJapan | Masato Sakai | 1:55.32 Q |
| 7 | DENDenmark | Viktor Bromer | 1:55.59 Q |
| 8 | BELBelgium | Louis Croenen | 1:56.03 Q |
| 9 | AUSAustralia | Grant Irvine | 1:56.07 |
| 10 | SGPSingapore | Quah Zheng Wen | 1:56.11 |
| 11 | RUSRussia | Evgeny Koptelov | 1:56.46 |
| 12 | SWESweden | Simon Sjödin | 1:56.71 |
| 13 | BRABrazil | Leonardo De Deus | 1:56.77 |
| 14 | BRABrazil | Kaio Almeida | 1:57.45 |
| 15 | COLColombia | Jonathan David Gómez Noriega | 1:57.47 |
| 16 | CHNChina | Li Zhuhao | 1:57.62 |
| Men's 200m Butterfly, Heats, Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 - Final | |||
| 1 | HUNHungary | László Cseh | 1:55.14 |
| 2 | DENDenmark | Viktor Bromer | 1:55.77 |
| 3 | BRABrazil | Leonardo De Deus | 1:55.98 |
| 4 | BRABrazil | Kaio Almeida | 1:56.45 |
| 5 | COLColombia | Jonathan David Gómez Noriega | 1:56.65 |
| 6 | POLPoland | Jan Switkowski | 1:56.73 |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | David Morgan | 1:56.81 |
| 8 | RSASouth Africa | Sebastien Rousseau | 1:57.33 |
| Men's 200m Butterfly, Heats, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 - Final | |||
| 1 | HUNHungary | Tamas Kenderesi | 1:54.73 |
| 2 | AUSAustralia | Grant Irvine | 1:55.64 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Michael Phelps | 1:55.73 |
| 4 | JPNJapan | Daiya Seto | 1:55.79 |
| 5 | BELBelgium | Louis Croenen | 1:56.48 |
| 6 | GREGreece | Stefanos Dimitriadis | 1:56.76 |
| 7 | ESPSpain | Carlos Peralta | 1:56.98 |
| 8 | CHNChina | Wu Yuhang | 1:59.04 |
| Men's 200m Butterfly, Heats, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 - Final | |||
| 1 | RSASouth Africa | Chad Le Clos | 1:55.57 |
| 2 | JPNJapan | Masato Sakai | 1:55.76 |
| 3 | SGPSingapore | Quah Zheng Wen | 1:56.01 |
| 4 | RUSRussia | Evgeny Koptelov | 1:56.13 |
| 5 | CHNChina | Li Zhuhao | 1:56.72 |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Tom Shields | 1:56.93 |
| 7 | RUSRussia | Daniil Pakhomov | 1:57.36 |
| 8 | FRAFrance | Jordan Coelho | 1:58.62 |
| Men's 200m Butterfly, Heats, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 - Final | |||
| 1 | SWESweden | Simon Sjödin | 1:56.46 |
| 2 | SLOSlovenia | Robert Zbogar | 1:57.05 |
| 3 | ISRIsrael | Gal Nevo | 1:58.64 |
| 4 | INDIndia | Sajan Prakash | 1:59.37 |
| 5 | NZLNew Zealand | Bradlee Ashby | 2:01.22 |
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