Swimming at the 2012 Summer Games: Previous Summer Games
Host City: London, Great Britain
Venue(s): London Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Date Started: July 30, 2012
Date Finished: July 30, 2012
Format: Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final
| Gold: | Chad le Clos |
| Silver: | Michael Phelps |
| Bronze: | Takeshi Matsuda |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takeshi Matsuda | 28 | Japan | JPN | 1:54.25 | 0.67 | Q |
| 2 | Chad le Clos | 20 | South Africa | RSA | 1:54.34 | 0.72 | Q |
| 3 | Chen Yin | 26 | China | CHN | 1:54.43 | 0.65 | Q |
| 4 | Tyler Clary | 23 | United States | USA | 1:54.93 | 0.64 | Q |
| 5 | Wu Peng | 25 | China | CHN | 1:55.65 | 0.69 | |
| 6 | Nick D'Arcy | 25 | Australia | AUS | 1:56.07 | 0.69 | |
| 7 | Ioannis Drymonakos | 28 | Greece | GRE | 1:58.05 | 0.71 | |
| 8 | Chris Wright | 24 | Australia | AUS | 1:58.56 | 0.69 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Phelps | 27 | United States | USA | 1:54.53 | 0.70 | Q |
| 2 | Dinko Jukic | 23 | Austria | AUT | 1:54.95 | 0.69 | Q |
| 3 | Paweł Korzeniowski | 27 | Poland | POL | 1:55.04 | 0.70 | Q |
| 4 | Velimir Stjepanović | 18 | Serbia | SRB | 1:55.13 | 0.63 | Q |
| 5 | Bence Biczó | 19 | Hungary | HUN | 1:55.36 | 0.68 | |
| 6 | Kazuya Kaneda | 24 | Japan | JPN | 1:55.56 | 0.61 | |
| 7 | László Cseh, Jr. | 26 | Hungary | HUN | 1:55.88 | 0.76 | |
| 8 | Nikolay Skvortsov | 28 | Russia | RUS | 1:56.53 | 0.73 |