U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps blasted a new world record of 1:52.03 to defend his title in the event, and more importantly, claim his fourth Olympic gold, tenth career, and twelfth overall medal. During the final, Phelps' goggles filled with water, which prevented him from seeing anything, while he was finishing the second lap.[2]
Earlier in the semifinals, Phelps registered his own Olympic record of 1:53.70 to establish a strong lead for the top 8 final, matching his preliminary time in the process.[5]
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The men s 200 metre butterfly event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 11 13 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing China 1 Men s 200 metre butterflyat the Games of the XXIX OlympiadVenueBeijing National Aquatics CenterDateAugust 11 2008 heats August 12 2008 semifinals August 13 2008 final Competitors44 from 39 nationsWinning time1 52 03 WRMedalistsMichael Phelps United StatesLaszlo Cseh HungaryTakeshi Matsuda Japan 20042012 U S swimmer Michael Phelps blasted a new world record of 1 52 03 to defend his title in the event and more importantly claim his fourth Olympic gold tenth career and twelfth overall medal During the final Phelps goggles filled with water which prevented him from seeing anything while he was finishing the second lap 2 Hungary s Laszlo Cseh added a second silver to his hardware from the 400 m individual medley breaking a European record of 1 52 70 Japan s Takeshi Matsuda powered home with a bronze medal in 1 52 97 3 4 New Zealand s Moss Burmester shared a fourth place with host nation China s Wu Peng in 1 54 35 while Poland s Pawel Korzeniowski finished sixth with a time of 1 54 60 Brazil s Kaio de Almeida 1 54 71 and Russia s Nikolay Skvortsov 1 55 14 rounded out the finale 3 Earlier in the semifinals Phelps registered his own Olympic record of 1 53 70 to establish a strong lead for the top 8 final matching his preliminary time in the process 5 Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2 1 Heats 2 2 Semifinals 2 2 1 Semifinal 1 2 2 2 Semifinal 2 2 3 Final 3 References 4 External linksRecords EditPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record Michael Phelps USA 1 52 09 Melbourne Australia 28 March 2007 6 Olympic record Michael Phelps USA 1 54 04 Athens Greece 17 August 2004 The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition Date Event Name Nationality Time RecordAugust 11 Heat 6 Michael Phelps United States 1 53 70 ORAugust 12 Semifinal 2 Michael Phelps United States 1 53 70 ORAugust 13 Final Michael Phelps United States 1 52 03 WRResults EditHeats Edit Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 6 4 Michael Phelps United States 1 53 70 Q OR2 4 2 Laszlo Cseh Hungary 1 54 48 Q3 6 3 Kaio de Almeida Brazil 1 54 65 Q4 6 6 Takeshi Matsuda Japan 1 55 06 Q5 4 4 Pawel Korzeniowski Poland 1 55 21 Q6 6 5 Nikolay Skvortsov Russia 1 55 33 Q7 5 5 Wu Peng China 1 55 39 Q8 5 4 Gil Stovall United States 1 55 42 Q9 5 7 Michael Rock Great Britain 1 55 55 Q10 4 5 Moss Burmester New Zealand 1 55 80 Q11 5 3 Ryuichi Shibata Japan 1 55 82 Q12 4 6 Dinko Jukic Austria 1 55 96 Q13 4 1 Ioan Gherghel Romania 1 56 09 Q NR14 6 1 Sergiy Advena Ukraine 1 56 24 Q15 5 6 Chen Yin China 1 56 55 Q16 3 2 Hsu Chi chieh Chinese Taipei 1 56 59 Q17 5 2 Christophe Lebon France 1 56 6318 6 2 Travis Nederpelt Australia 1 56 6419 6 7 Mathieu Fonteyn Belgium 1 56 65 NR20 4 7 Niccolo Beni Italy 1 56 9921 4 3 Denys Sylantyev Ukraine 1 57 0222 5 1 Tamas Kerekjarto Hungary 1 57 2923 6 8 Juan Veloz Mexico 1 57 32 NR24 3 6 Pedro Oliveira Portugal 1 57 4125 4 8 Adam Sioui Canada 1 57 4526 3 5 Simon Sjodin Sweden 1 57 7527 5 8 Romanos Alyfantis Greece 1 57 9928 3 8 Alon Mandel Israel 1 59 27 NR29 2 5 James Walsh Philippines 1 59 39 NR30 3 3 Omar Pinzon Colombia 1 59 4731 1 3 Niksa Roki Croatia 1 59 58 NR32 2 1 Javier Nunez Spain 2 00 2433 2 7 Andres Jose Gonzalez Argentina 2 00 3634 2 6 Yoo Jung nam South Korea 2 01 0035 3 4 Jeremy Knowles Bahamas 2 01 0836 2 8 Alexis Marquez Rivas Venezuela 2 01 2537 3 7 Daniel Bego Malaysia 2 01 2838 2 3 Douglas Lennox Silva Puerto Rico 2 01 6939 3 1 Georgi Palazov Bulgaria 2 01 8440 1 5 Rehan Poncha India 2 01 8941 1 4 Emmanuel Crescimbeni Peru 2 02 1342 1 6 Javier Hernandez Maradiaga Honduras 2 02 2343 2 4 Vladan Markovic Serbia 2 03 1244 2 2 Donny Utomo Indonesia 2 03 44Semifinals Edit Semifinal 1 Edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 5 Takeshi Matsuda Japan 1 54 02 Q AS2 3 Nikolay Skvortsov Russia 1 54 31 Q NR3 4 Laszlo Cseh Hungary 1 54 35 Q4 2 Moss Burmester New Zealand 1 55 26 Q5 6 Gil Stovall United States 1 55 366 7 Dinko Jukic Austria 1 55 657 1 Sergiy Advena Ukraine 1 56 648 8 Hsu Chi chieh Chinese Taipei 1 57 48Semifinal 2 Edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 4 Michael Phelps United States 1 53 70 Q OR2 6 Wu Peng China 1 54 93 Q3 5 Kaio de Almeida Brazil 1 55 21 Q4 3 Pawel Korzeniowski Poland 1 55 35 Q5 8 Chen Yin China 1 55 886 2 Michael Rock Great Britain 1 55 907 7 Ryuichi Shibata Japan 1 56 178 1 Ioan Gherghel Romania 1 56 57Final Edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Michael Phelps United States 1 52 03 WR 6 Laszlo Cseh Hungary 1 52 70 EU 5 Takeshi Matsuda Japan 1 52 97 AS4 1 Moss Burmester New Zealand 1 54 35 OC4 2 Wu Peng China 1 54 356 8 Pawel Korzeniowski Poland 1 54 607 7 Kaio de Almeida Brazil 1 54 718 3 Nikolay Skvortsov Russia 1 55 14References Edit Olympic Swimming Schedule USA Today 9 August 2008 Retrieved 14 May 2013 Siddons Larry 13 August 2008 Water Filled Goggles Can t Keep Phelps From Gold Mark Bloomberg L P Retrieved 17 May 2013 a b Lohn John 13 August 2008 Olympics Swimming World Record Bonanza Continues Michael Phelps Clips Standard in 200 Fly Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 9 May 2013 Retrieved 17 May 2013 Phelps sets world marks becomes winningest Olympic athlete ESPN 13 August 2008 Retrieved 17 May 2013 Lohn John 12 August 2008 Olympics Swimming Michael Phelps Ties Olympic Record in 200 Fly Semis Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 6 May 2013 Retrieved 17 May 2013 Clarey Christopher 29 March 2007 Phelps smashes another world record his own The New York Times Retrieved 2 April 2008 External links EditOfficial Reports Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men 27s 200 metre butterfly amp oldid 1120332315, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,