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Host City: Beijing, China
Venue(s): Beijing National Aquatics Centre, Beijing Olympic Green, Beijing
Date Started: August 11, 2008
Date Finished: August 11, 2008
Format: Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals
| Gold: | Michael Phelps |
| Silver: | László Cseh, Jr. |
| Bronze: | Takeshi Matsuda |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikša Roki | 20 | Croatia | CRO | 1:59.58 | 0.73 | 3 | |
| 2 | Rehan Poncha | 22 | India | IND | 2:01.89 | 0.94 | 5 | |
| 3 | Emmanuel Crescimbeni | 18 | Peru | PER | 2:02.13 | 0.69 | 4 | |
| 4 | Javier Hernández | 20 | Honduras | HON | 2:02.23 | 0.78 | 6 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Walsh | 21 | Philippines | PHI | 1:59.39 | 0.71 | 5 | |
| 2 | Javier Núñez | 25 | Spain | ESP | 2:00.24 | 0.86 | 1 | |
| 3 | Andrés González | 19 | Argentina | ARG | 2:00.36 | 0.77 | 7 | |
| 4 | Yu Jeong-Nam | 24 | South Korea | KOR | 2:01.00 | 0.74 | 6 | |
| 5 | Alexis Márquez | 19 | Venezuela | VEN | 2:01.25 | 0.77 | 8 | |
| 6 | Douglas Lennox-Silva | 21 | Puerto Rico | PUR | 2:01.69 | 0.68 | 3 | |
| 7 | Vladan Marković | 31 | Serbia | SRB | 2:03.12 | 0.87 | 4 | |
| 8 | Donny Utomo | 29 | Indonesia | INA | 2:03.44 | 0.82 | 2 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hsu Chi-Chieh | 20 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | 1:56.59 | 0.69 | 2 | QU |
| 2 | Pedro Oliveira | 20 | Portugal | POR | 1:57.41 | 0.77 | 6 | |
| 3 | Simon Sjödin | 21 | Sweden | SWE | 1:57.75 | 0.72 | 5 | |
| 4 | Alon Mandel | 19 | Israel | ISR | 1:59.27 | 0.80 | 8 | |
| 5 | Omar Pinzón | 19 | Colombia | COL | 1:59.47 | 0.66 | 3 | |
| 6 | Jeremy Knowles | 26 | Bahamas | BAH | 2:01.08 | 0.72 | 4 | |
| 7 | Daniel Bego | 18 | Malaysia | MAS | 2:01.28 | 0.70 | 7 | |
| 8 | Georgi Palazov | 28 | Bulgaria | BUL | 2:01.84 | 0.90 | 1 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | László Cseh, Jr. | 22 | Hungary | HUN | 1:54.48 | 0.75 | 2 | QU |
| 2 | Paweł Korzeniowski | 23 | Poland | POL | 1:55.21 | 0.80 | 4 | QU |
| 3 | Moss Burmester | 27 | New Zealand | NZL | 1:55.80 | 0.69 | 5 | QU |
| 4 | Dinko Jukic | 19 | Austria | AUT | 1:55.96 | 0.75 | 6 | QU |
| 5 | Ştefan Gherghel | 29 | Romania | ROU | 1:56.09 | 0.84 | 1 | QU |
| 6 | Niccolò Beni | 22 | Italy | ITA | 1:56.99 | 0.84 | 7 | |
| 7 | Denys Sylantiev | 31 | Ukraine | UKR | 1:57.02 | 0.84 | 3 | |
| 8 | Adam Sioui | 26 | Canada | CAN | 1:57.45 | 0.78 | 8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wu Peng | 21 | China | CHN | 1:55.39 | 0.74 | 5 | QU |
| 2 | Gil Stovall | 22 | United States | USA | 1:55.42 | 0.63 | 4 | QU |
| 3 | Michael Rock | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:55.55 | 0.65 | 7 | QU |
| 4 | Ryuichi Shibata | 24 | Japan | JPN | 1:55.82 | 0.69 | 3 | QU |
| 5 | Chen Yin | 22 | China | CHN | 1:56.55 | 0.71 | 6 | QU |
| 6 | Christophe Lebon | 25 | France | FRA | 1:56.63 | 0.86 | 2 | |
| 7 | Tamás Kerékjártó | 29 | Hungary | HUN | 1:57.29 | 0.69 | 1 | |
| 8 | Romanos Alyfantis | 22 | Greece | GRE | 1:57.99 | 0.80 | 8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Phelps | 23 | United States | USA | 1:53.70 | 0.75 | 4 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Kaio Almeida | 23 | Brazil | BRA | 1:54.65 | 0.75 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Takeshi Matsuda | 24 | Japan | JPN | 1:55.06 | 0.73 | 6 | QU |
| 4 | Nikolay Skvortsov | 24 | Russia | RUS | 1:55.33 | 0.79 | 5 | QU |
| 5 | Serhiy Advena | 24 | Ukraine | UKR | 1:56.24 | 0.87 | 1 | QU |
| 6 | Travis Nederpelt | 23 | Australia | AUS | 1:56.64 | 0.77 | 2 | |
| 7 | Mathieu Fonteyn | 23 | Belgium | BEL | 1:56.65 | 0.78 | 7 | |
| 8 | Juan Veloz | 25 | Mexico | MEX | 1:57.32 | 0.79 | 8 |