Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly
Appearance
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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2001 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Synchronised | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Open water swimming | ||
5 km | men | women |
10 km | men | women |
25 km | men | women |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | women | |
Duet | women | |
Team | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
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]
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
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:
World record | 1:54.92 | Austin, United States | 30 March 2001 | |
Championship record | 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 |
1:55.03 | CR | |
Tom Malchow | |||||
24 July | Final | Michael Phelps | 1:54.58 | WR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Semifinals
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Franck Esposito | 1:55.03 | Q, CR | |
1 | Tom Malchow | 1:55.03 | Q, CR | |
3 | Michael Phelps | 1:56.41 | Q | |
4 | Denys Sylantyev | 1:56.51 | Q | |
5 | Takashi Yamamoto | 1:56.85 | Q | |
6 | Justin Norris | 1:56.98 | Q | |
7 | Anatoly Polyakov | 1:57.34 | Q | |
8 | Andrew Livingston | 1:57.94 | Q | |
9 | Ioan Gherghel | 1:57.96 | ||
10 | Thomas Rupprath | 1:58.15 | ||
11 | Christian Galenda | 1:58.20 | ||
12 | Viktor Bodrogi | 1:58.60 | ||
13 | Juan José Veloz | 1:59.06 | ||
14 | William Kirby | 1:59.52 | ||
15 | Ioannis Drymonakos | 1:59.56 | ||
16 | Tero Välimaa | 2:01.37 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Michael Phelps | 1:54.58 | WR | ||
Tom Malchow | 1:55.28 | |||
Anatoly Polyakov | 1:55.68 | |||
4 | Franck Esposito | 1:55.71 | ||
5 | Takashi Yamamoto | 1:55.84 | ||
6 | Denys Sylantyev | 1:56.71 | ||
7 | Justin Norris | 1:57.18 | ||
8 | Andrew Livingston | 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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