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Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 27 and 28. The heats and semifinals took place July 27 and the final was held July 28.

Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
DatesJuly 27, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 28, 2011 (final)
Competitors48 from 39 nations
Winning time1:54.00 WR
Medalists
gold medal Ryan Lochte   United States
silver medal Michael Phelps   United States
bronze medal László Cseh   Hungary
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The two main contenders for the event were the reigning World Champion and world record holder Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps, the reigning Olympic champion. The final was won by Lochte in a world record time 1:54.00, bettering his previous time of 1:54.10. Phelps finished in second place with a personal best time of 1:54.16. So emphatic was Lochte and Phelps performance, that third-place finisher László Cseh said, "The Americans are too good for me. Only Ryan can beat Michael, but I can improve myself and continue to swim faster."

Record edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship record were as follows.

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record
Championship record		 Ryan Lochte   United States 1:54.10 Rome July 30, 2009

The following record was established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nation Time WR CR
July 28, 2011 Final Ryan Lochte   United States 1:54.00 WR CR

Results edit

Heats edit

47 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Thiago Pereira   Brazil 1:57.82 Q
2 4 1 Dávid Verrasztó   Hungary 1:58.69 Q
3 4 7 Kenneth To   Australia 1:59.02 Q
4 6 4 Ryan Lochte   United States 1:59.04 Q
5 4 5 Markus Rogan   Austria 1:59.22 Q
6 6 2 Yuya Horihata   Japan 1:59.25 Q
7 6 1 Vytautas Janušaitis   Lithuania 1:59.43 Q, NR
8 5 4 Michael Phelps   United States 1:59.48 Q
9 4 2 Diogo Carvalho   Portugal 1:59.51 Q, NR
10 4 3 Henrique Rodrigues   Brazil 1:59.54 Q
11 5 5 James Goddard   Great Britain 1.59.68 Q
12 4 8 Marcin Cieślak   Poland 1:59.77 Q, NR
13 6 5 László Cseh   Hungary 1:59.80 Q
14 5 6 Darian Townsend   South Africa 1:59.97 Q
15 6 7 Gal Nevo   Israel 1:59.98 Q
16 6 6 Jan David Schepers   Germany 1:59.99 Q
17 5 8 Bradley Ally   Barbados 2:00.03
18 5 2 Wang Shun   China 2:00.12
19 6 3 Joe Roebuck   Great Britain 2:00.42
20 3 1 Raphaël Stacchiotti   Luxembourg 2:00.87 NR
21 3 2 Andrew Ford   Canada 2:00.92
22 5 3 Markus Deibler   Germany 2:00.99
23 3 4 Marcin Tarczyński   Poland 2:01.14
24 3 7 Taki Mrabet   Tunisia 2:01.44
25 5 7 Simon Sjödin   Sweden 2:01.60
26 3 3 Martin Liivamägi   Estonia 2:01.88
27 2 6 Jung Won-Yong   South Korea 2:02.50
28 2 5 Aleksey Derlyugov   Uzbekistan 2:03.30
29 2 4 Pavel Sankovich   Belarus 2:03.52
30 3 8 Nikša Roki   Croatia 2:03.89
31 6 8 Federico Turrini   Italy 2:04.35
32 2 3 Omar Pinzón   Colombia 2:04.38
33 3 6 Zhang Fenglin   China 2:04.49
34 4 6 Mitch Larkin   Australia 2:04.57
35 1 4 Morad Berrada   Morocco 2:06.90 NR
36 1 3 Hocine Haciane   Andorra 2:07.14
37 1 1 Irakli Bolkvadze   Georgia 2:07.29
38 2 1 Vasilii Danilov   Kyrgyzstan 2:08.68
39 1 6 Rafael Ferracuti   El Salvador 2:09.16
40 2 8 Branden Whitehurst   U.S. Virgin Islands 2:09.58
41 2 7 Saeed Ashtiani   Iran 2:09.81
42 1 5 Pavol Jelenak   Slovakia 2:10.15
43 1 7 Eli Ebenezer Wong   Northern Mariana Islands 2:10.18
44 1 2 Edwin Angjeli   Albania 2:10.27 NR
45 2 2 Ensar Hajder   Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:11.99
46 1 8 Paul Elaisa   Fiji 2:20.73
5 1 Alexander Tikhonov   Russia DSQ
3 5 Dinko Jukić   Austria DNS

Semifinals edit

The semifinals were held at 19:24.[2]

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Ryan Lochte   United States 1:56.74 Q
2 6 Michael Phelps   United States 1:57.26 Q
3 3 Yuya Horihata   Japan 1:59.47 Q
4 1 Darian Townsend   South Africa 1:59.49
5 8 Jan David Schepers   Germany 1:59.83
6 2 Henrique Rodrigues   Brazil 2:00.04
7 4 Dávid Verrasztó   Hungary 2:00.05
8 7 Marcin Cieślak   Poland 2:01.65

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 László Cseh   Hungary 1:57.66 Q
2 3 Markus Rogan   Austria 1:57.74 Q, NR
3 4 Thiago Pereira   Brazil 1:58.27 Q
4 7 James Goddard   Great Britain 1:58.50 Q
5 5 Kenneth To   Australia 1:59.17 Q
6 6 Vytautas Janušaitis   Lithuania 1:59.51
7 8 Gal Nevo   Israel 1:59.67
8 2 Diogo Carvalho   Portugal 1:59.80

Final edit

The final was held at 18:13.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Ryan Lochte   United States 1:54.00 WR
  5 Michael Phelps   United States 1:54.16
  3 László Cseh   Hungary 1:57.69
4 7 James Goddard   Great Britain 1:57.79
5 6 Markus Rogan   Austria 1:58.14
6 2 Thiago Pereira   Brazil 1:59.00
7 1 Kenneth To   Australia 1:59.26
8 8 Yuya Horihata   Japan 1:59.52

References edit

  1. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-27.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-27.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-28.

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