2012 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming
| Men's 200m Backstroke | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Final | |||
 |  USAUnited States | Tyler Clary | 1:53.41 |
 |  JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 1:53.78 |
 | USAUnited States | Ryan Lochte | 1:53.94 |
| 4 |  CHNChina | Zhang Fenglin | 1:55.59 |
| 4 |  POLPoland | Radoslaw Kawecki | 1:55.59 |
| 6 | JPNJapan | Kazuki Watanabe | 1:57.03 |
| 7 |  ISRIsrael | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 1:57.62 |
| 8 |  AUSAustralia | Mitch Larkin | 1:58.02 |
| 9 |  NEDNetherlands | Nick Driebergen | 1:57.35 |
| 10 |  GERGermany | Jan-Philip Glania | 1:57.43 |
| 11 |  HUNHungary | Gábor Balog | 1:57.56 |
| 12 | HUNHungary | Peter Bernek | 1:57.71 |
| 13 |  BRABrazil | Leonardo De Deus | 1:58.14 |
| 14 |  CANCanada | Tobias Oriwol | 1:58.74 |
| 15 | GERGermany | Yannick Lebherz | 1:58.80 |
| 16 |  COLColombia | Omar Pinzon | 1:58.99 |
| 17 |  RUSRussia | Arkady Vyatchanin | 1:58.69 |
| 18 |  GBRGreat Britain | Marco Loughran | 1:58.72 |
| 19 |  ITAItaly | Sebastiano Ranfagni | 1:58.76 |
| 20 |  PORPortugal | Pedro Oliveira | 1:58.83 |
| 21 | AUSAustralia | Matson Lawson | 1:58.92 |
| 22 | GBRGreat Britain | Chris Walker-Hebborn | 1:59.00 |
| 23 | RUSRussia | Anton Anchin | 1:59.49 |
| 24 |  FRAFrance | Benjamin Stasiulis | 1:59.52 |
| 25 |  RSASouth Africa | Darren Murray | 2:00.01 |
| 26 |  ESPSpain | Aschwin Wildeboer | 2:00.02 |
| 27 |  CUBCuba | Pedro Medel | 2:00.05 |
| 28 | CHNChina | Xu Jiayu | 2:00.26 |
| 29 |  NZLNew Zealand | Gareth Kean | 2:00.54 |
| 30 |  UKRUkraine | Oleksandr Isakov | 2:00.78 |
| 31 | RUSRussia | Alexandre Tarabrin | 2:01.22 |
| 32 |  KORSouth Korea | Park Hyung Joo | 2:01.50 |
| 33 |  TURTurkey | Derya Büyükuncu | 2:01.68 |
| 34 |  AUTAustria | Sebastian Stoss | 2:02.91 |
| 35 |  SGPSingapore | Quah Zheng Wen | 2:03.45 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Final | |||
| 1 | TURTurkey | Derya Büyükuncu | 2:01.68 |
| 2 | AUTAustria | Sebastian Stoss | 2:02.91 |
| 3 | SGPSingapore | Quah Zheng Wen | 2:03.45 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Heats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Tyler Clary | 1:56.24 |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Ryan Lochte | 1:56.36 |
| 3 | CHNChina | Zhang Fenglin | 1:56.71 |
| 4 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 1:56.81 |
| 5 | HUNHungary | Gábor Balog | 1:56.98 |
| 6 | GERGermany | Jan-Philip Glania | 1:57.01 |
| 7 | NEDNetherlands | Nick Driebergen | 1:57.29 |
| 8 | ISRIsrael | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 1:57.33 |
| 9 | HUNHungary | Peter Bernek | 1:57.52 |
| 10 | AUSAustralia | Mitch Larkin | 1:57.53 |
| 11 | CANCanada | Tobias Oriwol | 1:58.06 |
| 12 | GERGermany | Yannick Lebherz | 1:58.07 |
| 13 | JPNJapan | Kazuki Watanabe | 1:58.17 |
| 14 | POLPoland | Radoslaw Kawecki | 1:58.18 |
| 15 | COLColombia | Omar Pinzon | 1:58.20 |
| 16 | BRABrazil | Leonardo De Deus | 1:58.22 |
| 17 | RUSRussia | Arkady Vyatchanin | 1:58.69 |
| 18 | GBRGreat Britain | Marco Loughran | 1:58.72 |
| 19 | ITAItaly | Sebastiano Ranfagni | 1:58.76 |
| 20 | PORPortugal | Pedro Oliveira | 1:58.83 |
| 21 | AUSAustralia | Matson Lawson | 1:58.92 |
| 22 | GBRGreat Britain | Chris Walker-Hebborn | 1:59.00 |
| 23 | RUSRussia | Anton Anchin | 1:59.49 |
| 24 | FRAFrance | Benjamin Stasiulis | 1:59.52 |
| 25 | RSASouth Africa | Darren Murray | 2:00.01 |
| 26 | ESPSpain | Aschwin Wildeboer | 2:00.02 |
| 27 | CUBCuba | Pedro Medel | 2:00.05 |
| 28 | CHNChina | Xu Jiayu | 2:00.26 |
| 29 | NZLNew Zealand | Gareth Kean | 2:00.54 |
| 30 | UKRUkraine | Oleksandr Isakov | 2:00.78 |
| 31 | RUSRussia | Alexandre Tarabrin | 2:01.22 |
| 32 | KORSouth Korea | Park Hyung Joo | 2:01.50 |
| 33 | TURTurkey | Derya Büyükuncu | 2:01.68 |
| 34 | AUTAustria | Sebastian Stoss | 2:02.91 |
| 35 | SGPSingapore | Quah Zheng Wen | 2:03.45 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Tyler Clary | 1:53.41 OR |
| 2 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 1:53.78 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Ryan Lochte | 1:53.94 |
| 4 | CHNChina | Zhang Fenglin | 1:55.59 |
| 4 | POLPoland | Radoslaw Kawecki | 1:55.59 |
| 6 | JPNJapan | Kazuki Watanabe | 1:57.03 |
| 7 | ISRIsrael | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 1:57.62 |
| 8 | AUSAustralia | Mitch Larkin | 1:58.02 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Semifinal, Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Tyler Clary | 1:54.71 |
| 2 | CHNChina | Zhang Fenglin | 1:55.66 |
| 3 | JPNJapan | Kazuki Watanabe | 1:56.81 |
| 4 | NEDNetherlands | Nick Driebergen | 1:57.35 |
| 5 | HUNHungary | Gábor Balog | 1:57.56 |
| 6 | HUNHungary | Peter Bernek | 1:57.71 |
| 7 | CANCanada | Tobias Oriwol | 1:58.74 |
| 8 | COLColombia | Omar Pinzon | 1:58.99 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Semifinal, Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Ryan Lochte | 1:55.40 |
| 2 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 1:55.68 |
| 3 | POLPoland | Radoslaw Kawecki | 1:56.74 |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Mitch Larkin | 1:56.82 |
| 5 | ISRIsrael | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 1:57.33 |
| 6 | GERGermany | Jan-Philip Glania | 1:57.43 |
| 7 | BRABrazil | Leonardo De Deus | 1:58.14 |
| 8 | GERGermany | Yannick Lebherz | 1:58.80 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Semifinal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Tyler Clary | 1:54.71 |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Ryan Lochte | 1:55.40 |
| 3 | CHNChina | Zhang Fenglin | 1:55.66 |
| 4 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 1:55.68 |
| 5 | POLPoland | Radoslaw Kawecki | 1:56.74 |
| 6 | JPNJapan | Kazuki Watanabe | 1:56.81 |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Mitch Larkin | 1:56.82 |
| 8 | ISRIsrael | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 1:57.33 |
| 9 | NEDNetherlands | Nick Driebergen | 1:57.35 |
| 10 | GERGermany | Jan-Philip Glania | 1:57.43 |
| 11 | HUNHungary | Gábor Balog | 1:57.56 |
| 12 | HUNHungary | Peter Bernek | 1:57.71 |
| 13 | BRABrazil | Leonardo De Deus | 1:58.14 |
| 14 | CANCanada | Tobias Oriwol | 1:58.74 |
| 15 | GERGermany | Yannick Lebherz | 1:58.80 |
| 16 | COLColombia | Omar Pinzon | 1:58.99 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 8 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Canceled |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 7 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Canceled |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Canceled |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Ryan Lochte | 1:56.36 |
| 2 | CHNChina | Zhang Fenglin | 1:56.71 |
| 3 | ISRIsrael | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 1:57.33 |
| 4 | GERGermany | Yannick Lebherz | 1:58.07 |
| 5 | POLPoland | Radoslaw Kawecki | 1:58.18 |
| 6 | ITAItaly | Sebastiano Ranfagni | 1:58.76 |
| 7 | RUSRussia | Anton Anchin | 1:59.49 |
| 8 | CHNChina | Xu Jiayu | 2:00.26 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Final | |||
| 1 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 1:56.81 |
| 2 | GERGermany | Jan-Philip Glania | 1:57.01 |
| 3 | AUSAustralia | Mitch Larkin | 1:57.53 |
| 4 | COLColombia | Omar Pinzon | 1:58.20 |
| 5 | BRABrazil | Leonardo De Deus | 1:58.22 |
| 6 | AUSAustralia | Matson Lawson | 1:58.92 |
| 7 | FRAFrance | Benjamin Stasiulis | 1:59.52 |
| 8 | NZLNew Zealand | Gareth Kean | 2:00.54 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Tyler Clary | 1:56.24 |
| 2 | NEDNetherlands | Nick Driebergen | 1:57.29 |
| 3 | HUNHungary | Peter Bernek | 1:57.52 |
| 4 | CANCanada | Tobias Oriwol | 1:58.06 |
| 5 | JPNJapan | Kazuki Watanabe | 1:58.17 |
| 6 | RUSRussia | Arkady Vyatchanin | 1:58.69 |
| 7 | GBRGreat Britain | Marco Loughran | 1:58.72 |
| 8 | GBRGreat Britain | Chris Walker-Hebborn | 1:59.00 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Final | |||
| 1 | HUNHungary | Gábor Balog | 1:56.98 |
| 2 | PORPortugal | Pedro Oliveira | 1:58.83 |
| 3 | RSASouth Africa | Darren Murray | 2:00.01 |
| 4 | ESPSpain | Aschwin Wildeboer | 2:00.02 |
| 5 | CUBCuba | Pedro Medel | 2:00.05 |
| 6 | UKRUkraine | Oleksandr Isakov | 2:00.78 |
| 7 | RUSRussia | Alexandre Tarabrin | 2:01.22 |
| 8 | KORSouth Korea | Park Hyung Joo | 2:01.50 |
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 65
GBR
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 40 |
 CHN | 40 |
 JPN | 20 |
Silver
| USA | 44 |
| CHN | 27 |
 FRA | 26 |
Bronze
| USA | 42 |
 GBR | 29 |
| CHN | 24 |
Overall Medal Leaders
- 6Yufei
- 5
Marchand - 5Huske
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Marchand | 4 |
| Huske | 3 |
 O'Callaghan | 3 |
Silver
| Smith | 3 |
| Huske | 2 |
| Walsh | 2 |
Bronze
| Yufei | 5 |
| Junxuan | 3 |
| McKeown | 2 |
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