Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly

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Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates11 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
12 August 2016 (final)
Competitors43 from 32 nations
Winning time50.39 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Joseph Schooling  Singapore
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michael Phelps  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chad le Clos  South Africa
2nd place, silver medalist(s) László Cseh  Hungary
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The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 11–12 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]

Summary

Michael Phelps fell short of his attempt to fulfill an Olympic four-peat in the sprint butterfly event, due to a brilliant performance of Joseph Schooling, who became Singapore's first ever Olympic gold medalist. The Singapore National Olympic Council awarded Schooling S$1 million (about US$740,000) under the Multi-Million Dollar Award Programme (MAP).[2] Singapore's unique "rewards for sports excellence" were the world's largest Olympic cash prize.[3] Leading from the start, Schooling defeated the field of experienced sprinters, including all-time medal leader and his personal hero Phelps, to establish a new Olympic record of 50.39 for a gold-medal triumph.[4][5] Schooling did not only erase Phelps' eight-year-old record by 0.19 seconds, but also produced the fastest time of the event in textile.[6]

Three-quarters of a second later, Phelps touched the wall at the same moment as two of his rivals Chad le Clos of South Africa and four-time Olympian László Cseh of Hungary, leaving them with a matching 51.14 in a historic three-way tie for the silver.[7][8] Despite missing out an Olympic title defense, Phelps continued to extend his Olympic résumé with a twenty-seventh career medal.

Separated by the leader of the field by almost a second, Chinese swimmer and 2014 Youth Olympic champion Li Zhuhao picked up the fifth spot with a junior world record of 51.26. Meanwhile, France's Mehdy Metella (51.58), Phelps' teammate Tom Shields (51.73), and Russia's Aleksandr Sadovnikov (51.84) closed out the championship field.[8]

Notable swimmers failed to reach the top eight roster, featuring Schooling's countryman Quah Zheng Wen; London 2012 finalists Steffen Deibler (Germany), Joeri Verlinden (Netherlands), and Konrad Czerniak (Poland); Canada's Santo Condorelli, who produced a surprising top 16 finish from an unseeded prelims heat; and Papua New Guinea's Ryan Pini, who missed another chance to reproduce a top eight feat from Beijing 2008 in his fourth Olympic appearance.[9][10]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:

World record  Michael Phelps (USA) 49.82 Rome, Italy 1 August 2009 [11][12]
Olympic record  Michael Phelps (USA) 50.58 Beijing, China 16 August 2008 [13]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
12 August Final Joseph Schooling  Singapore 50.39 OR

Competition format

The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[1]

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 5 Joseph Schooling  Singapore 51.41 Q
2 4 4 László Cseh  Hungary 51.52 Q
3 5 5 Tom Shields  United States 51.58 Q
4 6 4 Michael Phelps  United States 51.60 Q
5 5 3 Mehdy Metella  France 51.71 Q
6 4 3 Piero Codia  Italy 51.72 Q
7 5 4 Chad le Clos  South Africa 51.75 Q
8 3 5 James Guy  Great Britain 51.78 Q
6 3 Li Zhuhao  China Q
10 4 5 Konrad Czerniak  Poland 51.81 Q
5 7 David Morgan  Australia Q
12 6 1 Grant Irvine  Australia 51.84 Q
13 6 2 Aleksandr Sadovnikov  Russia 51.91 Q
14 2 4 Santo Condorelli  Canada 51.99 Q
15 4 6 Evgeny Koptelov  Russia 52.01 Q
16 3 7 Quah Zheng Wen  Singapore 52.08 Q
17 4 7 Jérémy Stravius  France 52.10
18 4 1 Steffen Deibler  Germany 52.14
19 3 8 Luis Martínez  Guatemala 52.22
20 6 7 Takuro Fujii  Japan 52.36
21 3 4 Henrique Martins  Brazil 52.42
22 5 1 Joeri Verlinden  Netherlands 52.48
23 3 2 Liubomyr Lemeshko  Ukraine 52.51
24 4 8 Santiago Grassi  Argentina 52.56
25 5 2 Matteo Rivolta  Italy 52.67
26 5 8 Bence Pulai  Hungary 52.73
27 3 1 Zhang Qibin  China 52.84
28 4 2 Pavel Sankovich  Belarus 53.00
29 6 8 Albert Subirats  Venezuela 53.23
30 2 5 Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 53.24
6 6 Yauhen Tsurkin  Belarus
32 3 6
Long Yuan Gutiérrez
 Mexico 53.34
33 5 6 Paweł Korzeniowski  Poland 53.71
34 3 3 Marcos Macedo  Brazil 53.87
35 2 3 Glenn Victor Sutanto  Indonesia 54.25
36 2 6 Abbas Qali  Independent Olympic Athletes 54.63
37 2 8 Anthonny Sitraka Ralefy  Madagascar 54.72
38 2 1 Ralph Goveia  Zambia 54.84
39 2 2 Allan Gutiérrez Castro  Honduras 55.20
40 2 7 Rami Anis  Refugee Olympic Team 56.23
41 1 4 Oumar Toure  Mali 57.56
42 1 5 Hannibal Gaskin  Guyana 58.57
43 1 3 Thint Myaat  Myanmar 1:02.54

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 László Cseh  Hungary 51.57 Q
2 5 Michael Phelps  United States 51.58 Q
3 2 Konrad Czerniak  Poland 51.80
4 3 Piero Codia  Italy 51.82
5 1 Santo Condorelli  Canada 51.83
6 7 Grant Irvine  Australia 51.87
7 6 James Guy  Great Britain 52.10
8 8 Quah Zheng Wen  Singapore 52.26

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Joseph Schooling  Singapore 50.83 Q, AS
2 6 Chad le Clos  South Africa 51.43 Q
3 2 Li Zhuhao  China 51.51 Q
4 5 Tom Shields  United States 51.61 Q
5 1 Aleksandr Sadovnikov  Russia 51.71 Q
6 3 Mehdy Metella  France 51.73 Q
7 7 David Morgan  Australia 51.75
8 8 Evgeny Koptelov  Russia 52.50

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Joseph Schooling  Singapore 50.39 OR, AS
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Michael Phelps  United States 51.14
5 Chad le Clos  South Africa
6 László Cseh  Hungary
5 3 Li Zhuhao  China 51.26
6 8 Mehdy Metella  France 51.58
7 7 Tom Shields  United States 51.73
8 1 Aleksandr Sadovnikov  Russia 51.84

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