Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly
Men's 100 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | London Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | August 2, 2012 (heats & semifinals) August 3, 2012 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 43 from 35 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 51.21 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
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 |
Marathon | ||
10 km | men | women |
The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the
As the most decorated Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps continued to ramp up his already astonishing resume with an unprecedented second Olympic three-peat and another title defense. Rallying from seventh at the halfway turn, he produced a remarkable swim over the rest of the field to claim his seventeenth gold and twenty-first career medal in 51.21.[2][3] Trailing behind Phelps by 0.23 seconds, South Africa's Chad le Clos and Russia's Yevgeny Korotyshkin tied for the silver in a matching time of 51.44.[4][5]
Leading early at the turn, Serbia's Milorad Čavić, who famously lost to Phelps in Beijing four years earlier by a fingertip, faded down the stretch to match Germany's Steffen Deibler with a fourth-place time in 51.81.[6] Netherlands' Joeri Verlinden (51.82), U.S. swimmer Tyler McGill (51.88), and Poland's Konrad Czerniak (52.05) also vied for an Olympic medal to round out a historic finish.[5]
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Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:
World record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 49.82 | Rome, Italy | 1 August 2009 | [10][11] |
Olympic record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 50.58 | Beijing, China | 16 August 2008 | [12] |
Results
Heats
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Michael Phelps | United States | 50.86 | Q |
2 | 3 | Steffen Deibler | Germany | 51.76 | Q |
3 | 5 | Konrad Czerniak | Poland | 51.78 | Q |
4 | 2 | Chris Wright | Australia | 52.11 | |
5 | 6 | Zhou Jiawei | China | 52.30 | |
6 | 7 | Bence Pulai | Hungary | 52.40 | |
8 | Benjamin Starke | Germany | |||
8 | 1 | François Heersbrandt | Belgium | 52.71 |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 51.42 | Q, NR |
2 | 6 | Tyler McGill | United States | 51.61 | Q |
3 | 3 | Milorad Čavić | Serbia | 51.66 | Q |
4 | 2 | Joeri Verlinden | Netherlands | 51.75 | Q, NR |
5 | 5 | Yevgeny Korotyshkin | Russia | 51.85 | Q |
6 | 1 | Dinko Jukić | Austria | 51.99 | NR |
7 | 7 | Nikolay Skvortsov | Russia | 52.03 | |
8 | 8 | Jason Dunford | Kenya | 52.16 |
Final
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Michael Phelps | United States | 51.21 | ||
5 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 51.44 | ||
8 | Yevgeny Korotyshkin | Russia | |||
4 | 6 | Milorad Čavić | Serbia | 51.81 | |
7 | Steffen Deibler | Germany | |||
6 | 2 | Joeri Verlinden | Netherlands | 51.82 | |
7 | 3 | Tyler McGill | United States | 51.88 | |
8 | 1 | Konrad Czerniak | Poland | 52.05 |
References
- NBC Olympics. 29 July 2012. Archived from the originalon 3 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- France24. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ Zaccardi, Nick (3 August 2012). "Phelps surges toward exit as Franklin, Ledecky rise to stardom". Sports Illustrated. CNN. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "Le Clos pleased with silver". Sport24. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ Swimming World Magazine. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ Okoth, Omulo (4 August 2012). "Dunford bows out". London: The Standard (Kenya). Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- Swimming World Magazine. 2 August 2012. Archived from the originalon 2013-01-28. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "Lars Frolander doesn't advance". ESPN. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- New York Times. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ "Phelps 1st to break 50 seconds in event". ESPN. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ Michaelis, Vicki (16 August 2008). "Phelps wins 100m butterfly thriller to tie Spitz's record". USA Today. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- LOCOG. Archived from the originalon 10 December 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.