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Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley

Men's 200 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates	28 July 2021 (heats) 29 July 2021 (semifinals) 30 July 2021 (final)
Competitors	45 from 33 nations
Winning time	1:55.00 AS
Medalists
Wang Shun  China Duncan Scott  Great Britain Jérémy Desplanches  Switzerland
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Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Qualification
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
100 m	men		women
200 m	men		women
Breaststroke
100 m	men		women
200 m	men		women
Butterfly
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	mixed	women
Marathon
10 km	men		women
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The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 28 to 30 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.^[1] It was the event's twelfth appearance, having been first held in 1968 and 1972 and then at every edition since 1984.

Summary[edit]

Rio 2016 bronze medalist and top qualifier Wang Shun put up a strong performance in the finals, leading at the 100th meters mark and placing second at the 150th meters mark. He swam a stunning final freestyle leg to touch the wall first in a new Asian record of 1:55.00, beating second place Duncan Scott by 0.28 seconds to become the first Asian male swimmer to win a gold medal at the men's 200m individual medley at any Olympic Games.^[2]

Hot favorite U.S. swimmer Michael Andrew, who was leading at the 150th meters mark, failed to hold on for the last leg despite having a full second lead. He finished in the fifth position.

Records[edit]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Ryan Lochte (USA)	1:54.00	Shanghai, China	28 July 2011	[3][4]
Olympic record	Michael Phelps (USA)	1:54.23	Beijing, China	15 August 2008	[5]

Qualification[edit]

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 1:59.67. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 2:03.26. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a male swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place.^[6]

Competition format[edit]

The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.^[7]

Schedule[edit]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)^[1]

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals.^[8]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	4	Michael Andrew	United States	1:56.40	Q
2	6	3	Jérémy Desplanches	Switzerland	1:56.89	Q
3	6	1	Lewis Clareburt	New Zealand	1:57.27	Q, NR
4	5	3	Chase Kalisz	United States	1:57.38	Q
5	6	2	Kosuke Hagino	Japan	1:57.39	Q
	6	5	Duncan Scott	Great Britain		Q
7	5	5	Wang Shun	China	1:57.42	Q
8	5	6	Alberto Razzetti	Italy	1:57.46	Q
9	4	4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:57.50	Q
10	4	7	László Cseh	Hungary	1:57.51	Q
11	4	5	Hugo González	Spain	1:57.61	Q
12	3	7	Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas	Norway	1:57.64	Q, NR
13	4	3	Philip Heintz	Germany	1:57.72	Q
14	5	2	Andrey Zhilkin	ROC	1:57.94	Q
15	4	2	Matthew Sates	South Africa	1:58.08	Q
16	5	4	Daiya Seto	Japan	1:58.15	Q
17	4	1	Finlay Knox	Canada	1:58.29
18	5	1	Léon Marchand	France	1:58.30
19	6	7	Caio Pumputis	Brazil	1:58.36
20	6	6	Hubert Kós	Hungary	1:58.47
21	4	8	Gabriel Lopes	Portugal	1:58.56
22	3	4	Brendon Smith	Australia	1:58.57
23	3	6	Jacob Heidtmann	Germany	1:58.80
24	5	8	Andreas Vazaios	Greece	1:58.84
25	2	5	Vinicius Lanza	Brazil	1:58.92
26	4	6	Qin Haiyang	China	1:58.95
	3	1	Ron Polonsky	Israel
28	6	8	Alexis Santos	Portugal	1:59.32
29	3	5	Maxim Stupin	ROC	1:59.39
30	2	1	Arjan Knipping	Netherlands	1:59.44	NR
	2	4	Gal Cohen Groumi	Israel
32	3	8	Bernhard Reitshammer	Austria	1:59.56
33	3	3	Danas Rapšys	Lithuania	1:59.90
34	5	7	Joe Litchfield	Great Britain	2:00.11
35	2	6	Apostolos Papastamos	Greece	2:00.38
36	2	7	Tomas Peribonio	Ecuador	2:00.62
37	3	2	Wang Hsing-hao	Chinese Taipei	2:00.72
38	2	2	José Ángel Martínez	Mexico	2:01.34
39	2	8	Jarod Arroyo	Puerto Rico	2:01.92
40	1	3	Tyler Christianson	Panama	2:02.70	NR
41	1	6	Munzer Kabbara	Lebanon	2:03.08	NR
42	2	3	Raphaël Stacchiotti	Luxembourg	2:03.17
43	1	4	Keanan Dols	Jamaica	2:04.29
44	1	5	Christoph Meier	Liechtenstein	2:04.34
45	1	2	Tasi Limtiaco	Federated States of Micronesia	2:07.69

Semifinals[edit]

The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.^[9]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	2	6	Wang Shun	China	1:56.22	Q
2	1	3	Duncan Scott	Great Britain	1:56.69	Q
3	1	8	Daiya Seto	Japan	1:56.86	Q
4	2	4	Michael Andrew	United States	1:57.08	Q
5	1	4	Jérémy Desplanches	Switzerland	1:57.38	Q
6	2	3	Kosuke Hagino	Japan	1:57.47	Q
7	2	5	Lewis Clareburt	New Zealand	1:57.55	Q
8	1	2	László Cseh	Hungary	1:57.64	Q
9	1	6	Alberto Razzetti	Italy	1:57.70
10	2	2	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:57.80
11	2	7	Hugo González	Spain	1:57.96
12	1	5	Chase Kalisz	United States	1:58.03
13	2	1	Philip Heintz	Germany	1:58.13
14	2	8	Matthew Sates	South Africa	1:58.75
15	1	1	Andrey Zhilkin	ROC	1:59.05
16	1	7	Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas	Norway	2:00.21

Final[edit]

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Rank	Lane	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
	4	Wang Shun	China	1:55.00	AS
	5	Duncan Scott	Great Britain	1:55.28	NR
	2	Jérémy Desplanches	Switzerland	1:56.17	NR
4	3	Daiya Seto	Japan	1:56.22
5	6	Michael Andrew	United States	1:57.31
6	7	Kosuke Hagino	Japan	1:57.49
7	8	László Cseh	Hungary	1:57.68
8	1	Lewis Clareburt	New Zealand	1:57.70

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