Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley

Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Competitors 49 from 41 nations
Medalists
  Michael Phelps   United States
  Ryan Lochte   United States
  George Bovell   Trinidad and Tobago
«2000 2008»
Swimming events at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
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 women

The final of the Men's 200 metres Individual Medley event at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held in Athens, Greece.

Records

World Record Michael Phelps (USA) College Park, USA 1:54.98 29 March 2007
Previous Olympic Record Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) Sydney, Australia 1:58.98 21 September 2000
New Olympic Record (Semi-final 1) Michael Phelps (USA) Athens, Greece 1:58.52 18 August 2004
New Olympic Record (Final) Michael Phelps (USA) Athens, Greece 1:57.14 19 August 2004

Heats

Heat 1

  1. Jorge Oliver, Puerto Rico 2:08.84
  2. Georgios Dimitriadis, Cyprus 2:12.27
  3. Yevgeniy Ryzhkov, Kazakhstan Disqualified or excluded

Heat 2

  1. Raouf Benabid, Algeria 2:06.34
  2. Hocine Haciane, Andorra 2:06.48
  3. Aleksandar Miladinovski, Macedonia 2:07.39
  4. Andrew Mackay, Cayman Islands 2:07.65
  5. Oleg Pukhnatiy, Uzbekistan 2:08.24
  6. Nien Pin Wu, Chinese Taipei 2:08.72
  7. Oguz Orel Oral, Turkey 2:08.84

Heat 3

  1. Jacob Carstensen, Denmark 2:04.80
  2. Bang-Hyun Kim, Korea 2:05.06
  3. Miguel Molina, Philippines 2:05.28
  4. Krešimir Čač, Croatia 2:05.33
  5. Andrei Zaharov, Republic of Moldova 2:07.40
  6. Albert Sutanto, Indonesia 2:07.55
  7. Gary Tan, Singapore 2:08.44
  8. Malick Fall, Senegal 2:12.13

Heat 4

  1. Ioannis Kokkodis, Greece — 2:02.11 -Q
  2. Mihail Alexandrov, Bulgaria — 2:02.39
  3. Sergiy Sergeyev, Ukraine — 2:03.26
  4. Bradley Ally, Barbados — 2:03.29
  5. Guntars Deicmans, Latvia — 2:03.68
  6. Jeremy Knowles, Bahamas — 2:04.22
  7. Darian Townsend, South Africa — 2:07.04
  8. Peter Mankoč, Slovenia — Did not swim

Heat 5

  1. George Bovell, Trinidad and Tobago 2:00.65 -Q
  2. Oussama Mellouli, Tunisia 2:01.94 -Q African Record
  3. Jani Sievinen, Finland 2:02.79
  4. Christian Keller, Germany 2:02.93
  5. Wu Peng, China 2:03.60
  6. Diogo Yabe, Brazil 2:03.86
  7. Justin Norris, Australia 2:03.87
  8. Brian Johns, Canada 2:03.95

Heat 6

  1. László Cseh, Hungary 1:59.50 -Q
  2. Alessio Boggiatto, Italy 2:01.30 -Q
  3. Dean Kent, New Zealand 2:01.31 -Q
  4. Vytautas Janušaitis, Lithuania 2:01.32 -Q
  5. Ryan Lochte, United States 2:01.41 -Q
  6. Massimiliano Rosolino, Italy 2:01.56 -Q
  7. Adrian Turner, Great Britain 2:01.73 -Q
  8. Tao Zhao, China 2:02.41

Heat 7

  1. Michael Phelps, United States 2:00.01 -Q
  2. Jiro Miki, Japan 2:00.93 -Q
  3. Thiago Pereira, Brazil 2:01.12 -Q
  4. Takahiro Mori, Japan 2:01.33 -Q
  5. Robin Francis, Great Britain 2:01.57 -Q
  6. Tamas Kerekjarto, Hungary 2:01.75 -Q
  7. Adam Lucas, Australia 2:02.12
  8. Alexei Zatsepine, Russia 2:04.11

Heats ranking

  1. László Cseh, Hungary 1:59.50 -Q
  2. Michael Phelps, United States 2:00.01 -Q
  3. George Bovell, Trinidad and Tobago 2:00.65 -Q
  4. Jiro Miki, Japan 2:00.93 -Q
  5. Thiago Pereira, Brazil 2:01.12 -Q
  6. Alessio Boggiatto, Italy 2:01.30 -Q
  7. Dean Kent, New Zealand 2:01.31 -Q
  8. Vytautas Janušaitis, Lithuania 2:01.32 -Q
  9. Takahiro Mori, Japan 2:01.33 -Q
  10. Ryan Lochte, United States 2:01.41 -Q
  11. Massimiliano Rosolino, Italy 2:01.56 -Q
  12. Robin Francis, Great Britain 2:01.57 -Q
  13. Adrian Turner, Great Britain 2:01.73 -Q
  14. Tamas Kerekjarto, Hungary 2:01.75 -Q
  15. Oussama Mellouli, Tunisia 2:01.94 -Q
  16. Ioannis Kokkodis, Greece 2:02.11 -Q
  17. Adam Lucas, Australia 2:02.12
  18. Mihail Alexandrov, Bulgaria 2:02.39
  19. Tao Zhao, China 2:02.41
  20. Jani Sievinen, Finland 2:02.79
  21. Christian Keller, Germany 2:02.93
  22. Sergiy Sergeyev, Ukraine 2:03.26
  23. Bradley Ally, Barbados 2:03.29
  24. Wu Peng, China 2:03.60
  25. Guntars Deicmans, Latvia 2:03.68
  26. Diogo Yabe, Brazil 2:03.86
  27. Justin Norris, Australia 2:03.87
  28. Brian Johns, Canada 2:03.95
  29. Alexei Zatsepine, Russia 2:04.11
  30. Jeremy Daniel Knowles, Bahamas 2:04.22
  31. Jacob Carstensen, Denmark 2:04.80
  32. Bang-Hyun Kim, Korea 2:05.06
  33. Miguel Molina, Philippines 2:05.28
  34. Krešimir Čač, Croatia 2:05.33
  35. Raouf Benabid, Algeria 2:06.34
  36. Hocine Haciane, Andorra 2:06.48
  37. Darian Townsend, South Africa 2:07.04
  38. Aleksandar Miladinovski, Macedonia 2:07.39
  39. Andrei Zaharov, Republic of Moldova 2:07.40
  40. Albert Sutanto, Indonesia 2:07.55
  41. Andrew Mackay, Cayman Islands 2:07.65
  42. Oleg Pukhnatiy, Uzbekistan 2:08.24
  43. Gary Tan, Singapore 2:08.44
  44. Nien Pin Wu, Chinese Taipei 2:08.72
  45. Jorge Oliver, Puerto Rico 2:08.84
  46. Oguz Orel Oral, Turkey 2:08.84
  47. Malick Fall, Senegal 2:12.13
  48. Georgios Dimitriadis, Cyprus 2:12.27
  49. Peter Mankoč, Slovenia Did not start
  50. Yevgeniy Ryzhkov, Kazakhstan Disqualified or excluded

Semi-finals

Semi-final heat 1

  1. Michael Phelps, United States 1:58.52 -Q Olympic Record
  2. Ryan Lochte, United States 1:59.58 -Q
  3. Vytautas Janušaitis, Lithuania 2:00.57 -Q
  4. Jiro Miki, Japan 2:01.09 -Q
  5. Alessio Boggiatto, Italy 2:01.27
  6. Ioannis Kokkodis, Greece 2:01.57
  7. Tamas Kerekjarto, Hungary 2:01.89
  8. Robin Francis, Great Britain 2:03.85

Semi-final heat 2

  1. László Cseh, Hungary 1:59.65 -Q
  2. Thiago Pereira, Brazil 2:00.07 -Q
  3. George Bovell, Trinidad and Tobago 2:00.31 -Q
  4. Takahiro Mori, Japan 2:00.57 -Q
  5. Oussama Mellouli, Tunisia 2:01.11 African Record
  6. Massimiliano Rosolino, Italy 2:01.29
  7. Dean Kent, New Zealand 2:01.94
  8. Adrian Turner, Great Britain 2:02.06

Semi-final ranking

  1. Michael Phelps, United States 1:58.52 -Q
  2. Ryan Lochte, United States 1:59.58 -Q
  3. László Cseh, Hungary 1:59.65 -Q
  4. Thiago Pereira, Brazil 2:00.07 -Q
  5. George Bovell, Trinidad and Tobago 2:00.31 -Q
  6. Vytautas Janušaitis, Lithuania 2:00.57 -Q
  7. Takahiro Mori, Japan 2:00.57 -Q
  8. Jiro Miki, Japan 2:01.09 -Q
  9. Oussama Mellouli, Tunisia 2:01.11
  10. Alessio Boggiatto, Italy 2:01.27
  11. Massimiliano Rosolino, Italy 2:01.29
  12. Ioannis Kokkodis, Greece 2:01.57
  13. Tamas Kerekjarto, Hungary 2:01.89
  14. Dean Kent, New Zealand 2:01.94
  15. Adrian Turner, Great Britain 2:02.06
  16. Robin Francis, Great Britain 2:03.85

Final

  1. Michael Phelps, United States 1:57.14 Olympic Record
  2. Ryan Lochte, United States 1:58.78
  3. George Bovell, Trinidad and Tobago 1:58.80
  4. László Cseh, Hungary 1:58.84
  5. Thiago Pereira, Brazil 2:00.11
  6. Takahiro Mori, Japan 2:00.60
  7. Vytautas Janušaitis, Lithuania 2:01.28
  8. Jiro Miki, Japan 2:02.16