Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	OR	WR
August 12	Final	Michael Phelps Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...		1:42.96	OR	WR

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	8	2	Dominik Meichtry Dominik Meichtry Dominik Meichtry is a Swiss swimmer specializing in the middle distance freestyle events. He currently holds six Swiss national records ....	1:45.80	Q
2	6	4	Jean Basson Jean Basson Jean Basson is an Olympic swimmer from South Africa. At the 2008 Olympic Games, Basson placed fourth in the 200 m freestyle final with a time of 1:45.97. Basson lives and trains in Tucson, Arizona, under coach Frank Busch. He was on the University of Arizona swim team.-External links:*...	1:46.31	Q
3	6	2	Brent Hayden Brent Hayden Brent Matthew Hayden is a Canadian swimmer.Hayden was born and raised in Mission, British Columbia and started swimming when he was five. In his youth, he earned a blackbelt in Isshin Ryu karate. He attended the University of British Columbia for one year...	1:46.40	Q scratched
4	8	4	Michael Phelps Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...	1:46.48	Q
5	6	3	Colin Russell Colin Russell (swimmer) Colin Russell is a Canadian swimmer. He is a freestyle specialist, and won a silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships....	1:46.58	Q
6	8	5	Park Tae-Hwan Park Tae-hwan Park Tae-hwan is a South Korean swimmer. He is a member of the South Korean national swimming team, based in Taereung, Seoul. He won a gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle and a silver in the 200 meter freestyle events at the 2008 Summer Olympics...	1:46.73	Q
7	8	3	Danila Izotov Danila Izotov Danila Sergeyevich Izotov is a Russian freestyle swimmer. Izotov won a silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...	1:46.80	Q
8	8	7	Yoshihiro Okumura Yoshihiro Okumura is a Japanese international swimmer, competing in the freestyle. He won the bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Men's 4x100m Medley Relay. A year earlier, at the 2003 Summer Universiade, he won the title in the Men's 200m Freestyle....	1:46.89	Q
9	6	7	Emiliano Brembilla Emiliano Brembilla Emiliano Brembilla is a freestyle swimmer from Italy, who won the bronze medal with the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece...	1:47.04	Q
10	7	5	Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann is a German swimmer from Halle and a former 200 and 400 metre freestyle long course world champion. He also holds the long course and short course world records in these events.-Career:...	1:47.09	Q
11	8	6	Ross Davenport Ross Davenport Ross Paul Davenport is a British swimmer. He won two gold medals in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne for the 200 m freestyle and the 4×200 m freestyle relay....	1:47.13	Q
12	7	4	Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay is an American middle-distance freestyle swimmer. He is a three-time Olympic medalist.-Personal life:...	1:47.39	Q
13	6	5	Amaury Leveaux Amaury Leveaux Amaury Leveaux is a French swimmer from Belfort. Leveaux is the current world record holder in the 100 m freestyle ) He also holds the 200 m freestyle national record and the European record in the 50 m freestyle...	1:47.44	Q scratched
14	6	6	Nicholas Sprenger Nicholas Sprenger Nicholas Sprenger is an Australian middle distance freestyle swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 2004 Athens Olympics....	1:47.64	Q
15	5	6	Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or	1:47.78	Q, NR
16	8	1	Dominik Koll	1:47.81	Q
17	7	7	Robert Renwick Robert Renwick Robert Peter "Robbie" Renwick is a Scottish swimmer who first rose to prominence by swimming the anchor leg in the Scottish men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games...	1:47.82	scratched into semis
18	6	1	Rodrigo Castro Rodrigo Castro Rodrigo Rocha Castro is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 . He twice won the silver medal with the men's relay team in the 4×200 m freestyle at the Pan American Games: in 1999 and 2003.-References:*...	1:47.87	scratched into semis
19	6	8	Oussama Mellouli Oussama Mellouli Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....	1:47.97
20	7	3	Alexander Sukhorukov Alexander Sukhorukov Alexander Nikolayevich Sukhorukov is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who won the silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...	1:47.97
21	5	5	Darian Townsend Darian Townsend Darian Roy Townsend is a college and international swimmer from South Africa who is an Olympic gold medalist.Townsend was born in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa....	1:48.08
22	7	6	Kenrick Monk Kenrick Monk Kenrick John Monk is an Australian swimmer.He attended Quakers Hill High School for his high school education.-Career:...	1:48.17
23	5	1	Sergii Advena	1:48.18
24	5	4	Sho Uchida Sho Uchida is a Japanese freestyle swimmer.-Major achievements:2005 World Championships200m freestyle 17th 400m freestyle 14th 800m freestyle 13th 4×200m freestyle relay 5th　2008 Beijing Olympics...	1:48.34
25	7	8	Romans Miloslavskis Romāns Miloslavskis Romāns Miloslavskis is a swimmer from Latvia. He has participated in 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. Miloslavskis was 35th in 100 m freestyle at Athens Olympics and achieved 25th place in 200 m freestyle at Beijig Olympics. He holds several Latvian records in swimming.-References:...	1:48.41
26	5	2	Shaune Fraser Shaune Fraser Shaune David Fraser is a college and international swimmer from the Cayman Islands. Fraser represented the Cayman Islands at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....	1:48.60
27	4	4	Gard Kvale Gard Kvale Gard Kvale is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Norway. He swam for Norway at the 2008 Olympics, where he lowered the Norwegian Records in the 3 events he swam: the 200 and 400 frees and the 200 IM....	1:48.73	NR
28	7	2	Massimiliano Rosolino Massimiliano Rosolino -Biography:Born in Naples of an Italian father, Salvatore, and Australian mother, Carolyn, he moved to Australia at the age of three, coming back to Italy at six. Rosolino declared about his beginnings as a swimmer:...	1:48.76
29	5	3	Andreas Zisimos Andreas Zisimos Andreas Zisimos is a freestyle swimmer from Greece. He won two medals at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2004.-References:*...	1:48.82
30	5	8	Glenn Surgeloose	1:48.92
31	4	7	Jon Raahauge Rud	1:48.96
32	3	5	Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...	1:49.04
33	7	1	Zhang Enjian Zhang Enjian Zhang Enjian is a Chinese swimmer, who will compete for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major achievements:2006 Asian Games – 2nd 4x200m free relay;2007 Japan Open – 2nd 200m free;...	1:49.15
34	8	8	Lukasz Gasior	1:49.25
35	4	5	Norbert Kovacs Norbert Kovács Norbert Kovács is a Hungarian footballer who plays for Békéscsabai Előre FC as midfielder.-External links:*...	1:49.34
36	4	6	Martín Kutscher Martín Kutscher Martín Kutscher is a national-record holding freestyle swimmer from Uruguay who swam for Uruguay at 2004 and 2008 Olympics...	1:49.61
37	3	1	Dominik Straga	1:49.63
38	4	3	Christoffer Wikström Christoffer Wikström Christoffer Wikström is an Olympic swimmer from Sweden. He swam for Sweden at the 2008 Olympics.Both his parents and his brother Sebastian Wisktröm have represented Sweden. He holds the Swedish Junior Record in 100m Freestyle.-References:...	1:49.84
39	5	7	Tiago Venancio Tiago Venâncio Tiago Venâncio is a freestyle swimmer from Portugal, who represented his home country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics....	1:50.24
40	3	7	Radovan Siljevski Radovan Siljevski Radovan Siljevski is a Serbian swimmer who competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing for his native country...	1:50.25
41	2	6	Bryan Tay	1:50.41	NR
42	3	3	Crox Acuña Crox Acuña Crox Acuña is an Olympic and national record-holding swimmer from Venezuela.He swam for Venezuela at the:2006 South American Games2006 Central American & Caribbean Games*2007 World Championships...	1:50.52
43	3	2	Julio César Galofre	1:50.62
44	3	6	Daniel Bego	1:50.92
45	2	5	Vladimir Sidorkin	1:51.27
46	4	2	Květoslav Svoboda Kvetoslav Svoboda Květoslav Svoboda is a freestyle swimmer from the Czech Republic, who won the silver medal in the 400m Freestyle at the 2002 FINA Short Course World Championships behind Australia's Grant Hackett. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in...	1:51.67
47	3	8	Saulius Binevičius Saulius Binevicius Saulius Binevičius is a 3-time Olympic freestyle swimmer from Lithuania. He swam for Lithuania at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics.-References:...	1:51.80
48	4	8	Virdhawal Khade Virdhawal Khade Virdhawal Vikram Khade is an Indian swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 m, 100 m and 200 m Freestyle swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing setting an Indian national record in 100 m Freestyle while winning his unseeded heat, but failed to qualify for the semifinals in his events...	1:51.86
49	4	1	Raphael Stacchiotti	1:52.01
50	2	3	Mario Montoya Mario Montoya (swimmer) Mario Montoya is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Costa Rica. He represented native country at the:2008 Olympics,2007 Pan American Games,*2007 World Championships, and...	1:52.19	NR
51	2	4	Mahrez Mebarek	1:52.66
52	1	4	Irakli Revishvili	1:53.60
53	2	1	Ibrahim Nazarov	1:56.27
54	1	3	Mihajlo Ristovski	1:57.45
55	2	7	Andrei Zaharov	1:58.62
56	1	5	Emanuele Nicolini	1:59.47
57	3	4	Luka Turk	DNS

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	2	7	Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay is an American middle-distance freestyle swimmer. He is a three-time Olympic medalist.-Personal life:...	1:45.76	Q
2	2	3	Park Tae-Hwan Park Tae-hwan Park Tae-hwan is a South Korean swimmer. He is a member of the South Korean national swimming team, based in Taereung, Seoul. He won a gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle and a silver in the 200 meter freestyle events at the 2008 Summer Olympics...	1:45.99	Q, AS
3	1	4	Jean Basson Jean Basson Jean Basson is an Olympic swimmer from South Africa. At the 2008 Olympic Games, Basson placed fourth in the 200 m freestyle final with a time of 1:45.97. Basson lives and trains in Tucson, Arizona, under coach Frank Busch. He was on the University of Arizona swim team.-External links:*...	1:46.13	Q
4	2	5	Michael Phelps Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...	1:46.28	Q
5	2	2	Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann is a German swimmer from Halle and a former 200 and 400 metre freestyle long course world champion. He also holds the long course and short course world records in these events.-Career:...	1:46.41	Q
6	2	6	Yoshihiro Okumura Yoshihiro Okumura is a Japanese international swimmer, competing in the freestyle. He won the bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Men's 4x100m Medley Relay. A year earlier, at the 2003 Summer Universiade, he won the title in the Men's 200m Freestyle....	1:46.44	Q
7	2	4	Dominik Meichtry Dominik Meichtry Dominik Meichtry is a Swiss swimmer specializing in the middle distance freestyle events. He currently holds six Swiss national records ....	1:46.54	Q
8	2	8	Robbie Renwick	1:47.07	Q
9	1	3	Danila Izotov Danila Izotov Danila Sergeyevich Izotov is a Russian freestyle swimmer. Izotov won a silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...	1:47.24
10	1	2	Ross Davenport Ross Davenport Ross Paul Davenport is a British swimmer. He won two gold medals in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne for the 200 m freestyle and the 4×200 m freestyle relay....	1:47.35
11	1	6	Emiliano Brembilla Emiliano Brembilla Emiliano Brembilla is a freestyle swimmer from Italy, who won the bronze medal with the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece...	1:47.70
12	1	7	Nicholas Sprenger Nicholas Sprenger Nicholas Sprenger is an Australian middle distance freestyle swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 2004 Athens Olympics....	1:47.80
13	1	1	Dominik Koll	1:47.87
14	1	5	Colin Russell Colin Russell (swimmer) Colin Russell is a Canadian swimmer. He is a freestyle specialist, and won a silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships....	1:48.13
15	2	1	Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or	1:48.16
16	1	8	Rodrigo Castro Rodrigo Castro Rodrigo Rocha Castro is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 . He twice won the silver medal with the men's relay team in the 4×200 m freestyle at the Pan American Games: in 1999 and 2003.-References:*...	1:48.71

Final

Rank	50m	100m	150m	200m
Rank	\|Lane	\|Name	\|Nationality	\|Reaction Time	Time !! rowspan=2\|Notes
	6	Michael Phelps Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...		0.73 (5)	24.31 (1)	50.29 (1) 25.98	1:16.84 (1) 26.55	1:42.96 26.12
	5	Park Tae-Hwan Park Tae-hwan Park Tae-hwan is a South Korean swimmer. He is a member of the South Korean national swimming team, based in Taereung, Seoul. He won a gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle and a silver in the 200 meter freestyle events at the 2008 Summer Olympics...		0.67 (1)	24.91 (3)	51.54 (2) 26.63	1:18.68 (3) 27.14	1:44.85 26.17	AS
	4	Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay is an American middle-distance freestyle swimmer. He is a three-time Olympic medalist.-Personal life:...		0.75 (7)	24.97 (4)	51.67 (4) 26.70	1:18.61 (2) 26.94	1:45.14 26.53
4	3	Jean Basson Jean Basson Jean Basson is an Olympic swimmer from South Africa. At the 2008 Olympic Games, Basson placed fourth in the 200 m freestyle final with a time of 1:45.97. Basson lives and trains in Tucson, Arizona, under coach Frank Busch. He was on the University of Arizona swim team.-External links:*...		0.69 (3)	25.39 (7)	52.21 (6) 26.82	1:18.94 (4) 26.73	1:45.97 27.03
5	2	Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann is a German swimmer from Halle and a former 200 and 400 metre freestyle long course world champion. He also holds the long course and short course world records in these events.-Career:...		0.86 (8)	25.61 (8)	52.37 (7) 26.76	1:19.36 (6) 26.99	1:46.00 26.64
6	1	Dominik Meichtry Dominik Meichtry Dominik Meichtry is a Swiss swimmer specializing in the middle distance freestyle events. He currently holds six Swiss national records ....		0.68 (2)	24.75 (2)	51.63 (3) 26.88	1:19.02 (5) 27.39	1:46.95 27.93
7	7	Yoshihiro Okumura Yoshihiro Okumura is a Japanese international swimmer, competing in the freestyle. He won the bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Men's 4x100m Medley Relay. A year earlier, at the 2003 Summer Universiade, he won the title in the Men's 200m Freestyle....		0.71 (4)	25.17 (6)	52.39 (8) 27.22	1:19.96 (8) 27.57	1:47.14 27.18
8	8	Robbie Renwick		0.74 (6)	25.03 (5)	52.17 (5) 27.14	1:19.92 (7) 27.75	1:47.47 27.55

WR = World Record; AS = Asian Record

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