Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly

The men's 200 metre butterfly event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 30–31 July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.[1][2]

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Palau Sant Jordi
Dates	July 30, 2013 (heats & semifinals) July 31, 2013 (final)
Competitors	34 from 30 nations
Winning time	1:54.32
Medalists
Chad le Clos    South Africa   Paweł Korzeniowski    Poland   Wu Peng    China

Records

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

World record	Michael Phelps (USA)	1:51.51	Rome, Italy	29 July 2009	[3][4]
Competition record	Michael Phelps (USA)	1:51.51	Rome, Italy	29 July 2009	[3][4]

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:38.[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5	Tyler Clary	United States	1:56.03	Q
2	4	4	Chad le Clos	South Africa	1:56.21	Q
3	3	6	Tom Luchsinger	United States	1:56.32	Q
4	2	6	Nikolay Skvortsov	Russia	1:56.47	Q
5	4	5	Chen Yin	China	1:56.48	Q
6	4	7	Leonardo de Deus	Brazil	1:56.52	Q
7	4	3	Paweł Korzeniowski	Poland	1:56.61	Q
8	4	6	Yuki Kobori	Japan	1:56.64	Q
9	2	3	Bence Biczó	Hungary	1:56.70	Q
10	2	4	Wu Peng	China	1:56.96	Q
11	3	4	Takeshi Matsuda	Japan	1:57.14	Q
12	3	3	Grant Irvine	Australia	1:57.18	Q
13	2	2	Jordan Coelho	France	1:57.19	Q
14	2	7	Joseph Schooling	Singapore	1:57.23	Q
15	2	5	Velimir Stjepanović	Serbia	1:57.34	Q
16	3	7	Roberto Pavoni	Great Britain	1:57.37	Q
17	4	0	Alexandru Coci	Romania	1:57.86
18	4	1	Zackariah Chetrat	Canada	1:57.92
19	3	8	Mauricio Fiol	Peru	1:58.29	NR
20	3	2	Michal Poprawa	Poland	1:58.34
21	4	2	Francesco Pavone	Italy	1:58.68
22	2	8	Marcos Lavado	Venezuela	1:58.69
23	3	1	Pedro Oliveira	Portugal	1:58.78
24	2	1	Shaun Burnett	New Zealand	1:59.35
25	2	0	Gal Nevo	Israel	1:59.37
26	2	9	Yury Suvorau	Belarus	2:01.28
27	1	5	Esteban Enderica	Ecuador	2:01.46	NR
28	3	0	Hsu Chi-chieh	Chinese Taipei	2:01.49
29	1	4	Ramiro Ramírez	Mexico	2:02.37
30	4	9	Jan Šefl	Czech Republic	2:02.43
31	4	8	Chang Gyu-Cheol	South Korea	2:03.32
32	3	9	Yousef Al-Askari	Kuwait	2:07.03
33	1	6	Khalid Baba	Bahrain	2:20.23
34	1	2	Andrianirina Lalanomena	Madagascar	2:33.87
	1	3	Nuno Miguel Rola	Angola		DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:35.[6]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Chad le Clos	South Africa	1:55.33	Q
2	2	Wu Peng	China	1:55.42	Q
3	5	Nikolay Skvortsov	Russia	1:56.02	Q
4	3	Leonardo de Deus	Brazil	1:56.06	Q
5	6	Yuki Kobori	Japan	1:56.15
6	1	Joseph Schooling	Singapore	1:56.27
7	7	Grant Irvine	Australia	1:56.95
8	8	Roberto Pavoni	Great Britain	1:57.60

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	Paweł Korzeniowski	Poland	1:55.67	Q
2	3	Chen Yin	China	1:55.97	Q
2	4	Tyler Clary	United States	1:55.97	Q
4	5	Tom Luchsinger	United States	1:56.10	Q
5	7	Takeshi Matsuda	Japan	1:56.42
6	2	Bence Biczó	Hungary	1:56.48
7	8	Velimir Stjepanović	Serbia	1:56.60
8	1	Jordan Coelho	France	1:57.12

Final

The final was held at 18:23.[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Chad le Clos	South Africa	1:54.32
	3	Paweł Korzeniowski	Poland	1:55.01
	5	Wu Peng	China	1:55.09
4	6	Chen Yin	China	1:55.47
5	8	Tom Luchsinger	United States	1:55.70
6	7	Nikolay Skvortsov	Russia	1:56.02
7	2	Tyler Clary	United States	1:56.34
8	1	Leonardo de Deus	Brazil	1:56.44

References

1. "BCN 2013 – Swimming: Schedule". FINA. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
2. Start list
3. Crouse, Karen (30 July 2012). "Phelps Rebounds Amid Boycott Threat". New York Times. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
4. "Phelps bounces back with 200m fly world record triumph". Sydney Morning Herald. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
5. Heats Results
6. Semifinals Results
7. Final Results

External links

• Barcelona 2013 Swimming Coverage