200 m Butterfly, Men

Competition 2001 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Fukuoka JPN
Held 23 – 24 July 2001
Status Medal
Competitors 40
Countries 32
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Michael Phelps USA 1:56.11
(2 h5)		 1:56.41
(3 h1)		 1:54.58
(1 F)
🥈 Tom Malchow USA 1:56.13
(3 h4)		 1:55.03
(=1 h2)		 1:55.28
(2 F)
🥉 Anatoly Polyakov RUS 1:58.27
(7 h3)		 1:57.34
(7 h2)		 1:55.68
(3 F)
4 Franck Esposito FRA 1:56.05
(1 h5)		 1:55.03
(=1 h2)		 1:55.71
(4 F)
5 Takashi Yamamoto JPN 1:57.76
(4 h4)		 1:56.85
(5 h1)		 1:55.84
(5 F)
6 Denys Sylantiev UKR 1:58.41
(8 h3)		 1:56.51
(4 h1)		 1:56.71
(6 F)
7 Justin Norris AUS 1:57.79
(5 h4)		 1:56.98
(6 h2)		 1:57.18
(7 F)
8 Andrew Livingston PUR 1:58.72
(10 h3)		 1:57.94
(8 h1)		 1:58.68
(8 F)
9 Ștefan Gherghel ROU 1:58.71
(9 h5)		 1:57.96
(9 h2)		 —
10 Thomas Rupprath GER 1:57.80
(6 h5)		 1:58.15
(10 h1)		 —
11 Christian Galenda ITA 1:59.31
(12 h5)		 1:58.20
(11 h1)		 —
12 Viktor Bodrogi HUN 2:00.54
(16 h4)		 1:58.60
(12 h1)		 —
13 Juan Veloz MEX 1:58.85
(11 h3)		 1:59.06
(13 h2)		 —
14 Bill Kirby AUS 2:00.12
(15 h5)		 1:59.52
(14 h2)		 —
15 Ioannis Drymonakos GRE 1:59.41
(13 h3)		 1:59.56
(15 h2)		 —
16 Tero Välimaa FIN 1:59.77
(14 h3)		 2:01.37
(16 h1)		 —
17 Alessio Boggiatto ITA 2:01.32
(17 h4)		 — —
18 Xie Xufeng CHN 2:01.37
(18 h5)		 — —
19 Miki Halika ISR 2:01.67
(19 h5)		 — —
20 Simão Morgado POR 2:02.10
(20 h2)		 — —
21 Hisayoshi Tanaka JPN 2:02.72
(21 h4)		 — —
22 Dean Kent NZL 2:03.09
(22 h2)		 — —
23 Zoran Lazarovski MKD 2:03.71
(23 h4)		 — —
24 Jacob Fraire MEX 2:03.72
(24 h2)		 — —
25 Jo Jae-Hyon KOR 2:03.95
(25 h4)		 — —
26 Yu Jeong-Nam KOR 2:03.96
(26 h3)		 — —
27 Benjamin Gan SGP 2:04.19
(27 h2)		 — —
28 Aleksandar Miladinovski MKD 2:04.22
(28 h3)		 — —
29 Raazik Nordien RSA 2:05.29
(29 h2)		 — —
30 Georgi Palazov BUL 2:05.31
(30 h2)		 — —
31 Sergio Cabrera PAR 2:06.51
(31 h1)		 — —
32 Sergio de León GUA 2:06.81
(32 h1)		 — —
33 Jiang Bing-Ru TPE 2:08.73
(33 h1)		 — —
34 Chen Jui-Chen TPE 2:08.97
(34 h2)		 — —
35 Oleg Lyashko UZB 2:09.90
(35 h2)		 — —
36 Carlos Meléndez ESA 2:11.38
(36 h1)		 — —
37 Bertrand Bristol SEY 2:12.28
(37 h1)		 — —
38 Zulfiqar Ali PAK 2:15.78
(38 h1)		 — —
39 Obaid Al-Jasmi UAE 2:17.03
(39 h1)		 — —
40 Zaid Saeed IRQ 2:29.74
(40 h1)		 — —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
31 Sergio Cabrera PAR 2:06.51
32 Sergio de León GUA 2:06.81
33 Jiang Bing-Ru TPE 2:08.73
36 Carlos Meléndez ESA 2:11.38
37 Bertrand Bristol SEY 2:12.28
38 Zulfiqar Ali PAK 2:15.78
39 Obaid Al-Jasmi UAE 2:17.03
40 Zaid Saeed IRQ 2:29.74

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
20 Simão Morgado POR 2:02.10
22 Dean Kent NZL 2:03.09
24 Jacob Fraire MEX 2:03.72
27 Benjamin Gan SGP 2:04.19
29 Raazik Nordien RSA 2:05.29
30 Georgi Palazov BUL 2:05.31
34 Chen Jui-Chen TPE 2:08.97
35 Oleg Lyashko UZB 2:09.90

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
7 Anatoly Polyakov RUS 1:58.27
8 Denys Sylantiev UKR 1:58.41
10 Andrew Livingston PUR 1:58.72
11 Juan Veloz MEX 1:58.85
13 Ioannis Drymonakos GRE 1:59.41
14 Tero Välimaa FIN 1:59.77
26 Yu Jeong-Nam KOR 2:03.96
28 Aleksandar Miladinovski MKD 2:04.22

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
3 Tom Malchow USA 1:56.13
4 Takashi Yamamoto JPN 1:57.76
5 Justin Norris AUS 1:57.79
16 Viktor Bodrogi HUN 2:00.54
17 Alessio Boggiatto ITA 2:01.32
21 Hisayoshi Tanaka JPN 2:02.72
23 Zoran Lazarovski MKD 2:03.71
25 Jo Jae-Hyon KOR 2:03.95

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Franck Esposito FRA 1:56.05
2 Michael Phelps USA 1:56.11
6 Thomas Rupprath GER 1:57.80
9 Ștefan Gherghel ROU 1:58.71
12 Christian Galenda ITA 1:59.31
15 Bill Kirby AUS 2:00.12
18 Xie Xufeng CHN 2:01.37
19 Miki Halika ISR 2:01.67

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
3 Michael Phelps USA 1:56.41
4 Denys Sylantiev UKR 1:56.51
5 Takashi Yamamoto JPN 1:56.85
8 Andrew Livingston PUR 1:57.94
10 Thomas Rupprath GER 1:58.15
11 Christian Galenda ITA 1:58.20
12 Viktor Bodrogi HUN 1:58.60
16 Tero Välimaa FIN 2:01.37

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
=1 Tom Malchow USA 1:55.03
=1 Franck Esposito FRA 1:55.03
6 Justin Norris AUS 1:56.98
7 Anatoly Polyakov RUS 1:57.34
9 Ștefan Gherghel ROU 1:57.96
13 Juan Veloz MEX 1:59.06
14 Bill Kirby AUS 1:59.52
15 Ioannis Drymonakos GRE 1:59.56

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Michael Phelps USA 1:54.58
2 Tom Malchow USA 1:55.28
3 Anatoly Polyakov RUS 1:55.68
4 Franck Esposito FRA 1:55.71
5 Takashi Yamamoto JPN 1:55.84
6 Denys Sylantiev UKR 1:56.71
7 Justin Norris AUS 1:57.18
8 Andrew Livingston PUR 1:58.68