2016 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 200m Freestyle (Men)

sport	swim
discipline	200 meters freestyle
gender	Men
place	Estádio Aquático Olímpico
Attendees	48 athletes from 36 countries
Competition phase	7th / 8th August 2016

The men's 200 meter freestyle competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 7th and 8th, 2016 in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium . 48 athletes from 36 countries took part.

There were six preliminary runs. The sixteen fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the two semi-finals, which were held on the same day (CEST the next day). The eight fastest starters in both races qualified here for the final on the next day.

leader

Forward 1

7th August 2016

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Khader Baqlah	Jordan	1: 48.42 min
2	Alexei Sancov	Moldova	1: 48.85 min
3	Anže Tavčar	Slovenia	1: 49.96 min
4th	Marcelo Alberto Acosta Jimenez	El Salvador	1: 51.46 min
5	Noah Mascoll-Gomes	Netherlands Antilles	1: 53.16 min
6th	Mikel Schreuders	Aruba	1: 55.10 min
7th	Brandon Schuster	Samoa	1: 57.72 min
8th	Ahmed Gebrel	Palestine	1: 59.71 min

Forward 2

7th August 2016

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Christian Quintero	Venezuela	1: 47.02 min
2	Keyuan Shang	People's Republic of China	1: 48.46 min
3	Marco Belotti	Italy	1: 48.71 min
4th	Cam Kurle	United Kingdom	1: 49.08 min
5	Alexandre Haldemann	Switzerland	1: 49.94 min
6th	Henrik Christiansen	Norway	1: 50.09 min
7th	Phuoc Hoang	Vietnam	1: 50.39 min
7th	Ahmed Mathlouthi	Tunisia	1: 50.39 min

Forward 3

7th August 2016

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Felix Auböck	Austria	1: 47.24 min
2	Matthew Stanley	New Zealand	1: 47.37 min
3	Federico Grabich	Argentina	1: 47.41 min
4th	Andrea D'Arrigo	Italy	1: 47.46 min
5	Marwan Elkamash	Egypt	1: 47.52 min
6th	Welson sim	United States	1: 47.67 min
7th	Nikita Lobinsev	Russia	1: 49.35 min
8th	Peter Bernek	Hungary	1: 49.73 min

Forward 4

7th August 2016

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Paul Biedermann	Germany	1: 45.78 min
2	Francis Haas	United States	1: 46.13 min
3	Jérémy Stravius	France	1: 46.67 min
4th	Dominik Kozma	Hungary	1: 46.68 min
5	Glenn Surgeloose	Belgium	1: 47.19 min
6th	Yannick Agnel	France	1: 47.35 min
7th	Joao de Lucca	Brazil	1: 47.63 min
8th	Nicolas Nilo	Brazil	DNS

Forward 5

7th August 2016

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Sun Yang	People's Republic of China	1: 45.75 min
2	Chad Le Clos	South Africa	1: 45.89 min
3	Sebastiaan Verschuren	Netherlands	1: 46.32 min
4th	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	Australia	1: 46.49 min
5	Devon Myles William Brown	South Africa	1: 46.78 min
6th	Kacper Majchrzak	Poland	1: 47.12 min
7th	Christoph Fildebrandt	Germany	1: 47.81 min
8th	David McKeon	Australia	1: 48.38 min

Forward 6

7th August 2016

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Conor Dwyer	United States	1: 45.95 min
2	James Guy	United Kingdom	1: 46.13 min
3	Kosuke Hagino	Japan	1: 46.19 min
4th	Velimir Stjepanović	Serbia	1: 46.64 min
5	Alexander Krasnych	Russia	1: 47.15 min
6th	Matias Koski	Finland	1: 47.40 min
7th	Dion Dreesens	Netherlands	1: 47.76 min
8th	Taehwan Park	South Korea	1: 48.06 min

Semifinals

Semi-final 1

August 9, 2016, CEST

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Conor Dwyer	United States	1: 45.55 min
2	Paul Biedermann	Germany	1: 45.69 min
3	James Guy	United Kingdom	1: 46.23 min
4th	Kacper Majchrzak	Poland	1: 46.30 min
5	Sebastian Verschuren	Netherlands	1: 46.34 min
6th	Devon Myles William Brown	South Africa	1: 46.57 min
7th	Velimir Stjepanović	Serbia	1: 47.28 min
8th	Glenn Surgeloose	Belgium	1: 47.36 min

Semi-final 2

August 8, 2016, CEST

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Sun Yang	People's Republic of China	1: 44.63 min
2	Kosuke Hagino	Japan	1: 45.45 min
3	Alexander Krasnych	Russia	1: 45.69 min
4th	Francis Haas	United States	1: 45.92 min
5	Chad Le Clos	South Africa	1: 45.94 min
6th	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	Australia	1: 46.24 min
7th	Dominik Kozma	Hungary	1: 47.53 min
8th	Cristian Quintero	Venezuela	1: 48.00 min

final

August 9, 2016, CEST

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Sun Yang	People's Republic of China	1: 44.65 min
2	Chad Le Clos	South Africa	1: 45.20 min	AFR
3	Conor Dwyer	United States	1: 45.23 min
4th	James Guy	United Kingdom	1: 45.49 min
5	Francis Haas	United States	1: 45.58 min
6th	Paul Biedermann	Germany	1: 45.84 min
7th	Kosuke Hagino	Japan	1: 45.90 min
8th	Alexander Krasnych	Russia	1: 45.91 min

Web links

• Result of the preliminary runs
• Result of the semifinals
• Result of the final