By Stephen J. Thomas
ATHENS, Greece August 15. IAN Thorpe set the morning standard in the final heat of the 200-meter freestyle prelims when he edged the Flying Dutchman, Pieter van den Hoogenband, by just 0.10 of a second. Italian Emiliano Brembilla was third fastest swimming in the same heat.
Americans Klete Keller (1:47.97) and Michael Phelps (1:48.43) were comfortable winners of their respective heats.
Grant Hackett was off the pace in his first 100 but came home with a fast back half (final 50m split: 26.69) to touch in 1:48.90. Canada has two through in Rick Say and Brent Hayden while Trinidad's 200 meter medley hopeful George Bovell will also swim tonight.
The cut-off fell very neatly at 1:50.00, with only the top 16 swimmers going under this standard.
Men 200m Freestyle Heats
Record Splits Name NOC Location Date
WR 1:44.06 24.81 51.45 1:18.26 THORPE Ian AUS Fukuoka (JPN) 25 JUL 2001
OR 1:45.35 24.51 51.12 1:18.31 V.D. HOOGENBAND Pieter NED Sydney (AUS) 17 SEP 2000
=OR 1:45.35 24.44 50.85 1:18.21 V.D. HOOGENBAND Pieter NED Sydney (AUS) 18 SEP 2000
Event No: 8
Rank Heat Lane Name NOC R.T. 50m 100m 150m Time Time
Behind
1 8 4 THORPE Ian AUS 0.90 25.28 52.56
27.28 1:19.83
27.27 1:47.22
27.39
2 8 5 van den HOOGENBAND Pieter NED 0.79 25.02 51.71
26.69 1:19.58
27.87 1:47.32
27.74 0.10
3 8 3 BREMBILLA Emiliano ITA 0.85 25.88 52.65
26.77 1:20.17
27.52 1:47.95
27.78 0.73
4 7 5 KELLER Klete USA 0.88 26.16 53.50
27.34 1:20.97
27.47 1:47.97
27.00 0.75
5 6 4 PHELPS Michael USA 0.73 25.98 54.01
28.03 1:21.58
27.57 1:48.43
26.85 1.21
6 8 6 BURNETT Simon GBR 0.74 25.04 52.16
27.12 1:20.13
27.97 1:48.68
28.55 1.46
7 7 4 HACKETT Grant AUS 0.75 25.96 53.98
28.02 1:22.21
28.23 1:48.90
26.69 1.68
8 7 6 SCHREIBER Jens GER 0.86 25.69 53.39
27.70 1:21.34
27.95 1:49.00
27.66 1.78
9 8 2 SVOBODA Kvetoslav CZE 0.78 25.87 53.08
27.21 1:20.72
27.64 1:49.25
28.53 2.03
10 6 5 SAY Rick CAN 0.78 25.78 53.75
27.97 1:21.50
27.75 1:49.32
27.82 2.10
11 8 1 MEICHTRY Dominik SUI 0.68 25.43 52.79
27.36 1:21.00
28.21 1:49.45
28.45 2.23
12 7 7 BOVELL George TRI 0.83 25.76 53.26
27.50 1:21.44
28.18 1:49.48
28.04 2.26
13 7 2 OKUMURA Yoshihiro JPN 0.74 26.08 53.97
27.89 1:21.73
27.76 1:49.54
27.81 2.32
14 7 3 HAYDEN Brent CAN 0.80 25.73 53.81
28.08 1:22.12
28.31 1:49.56
27.44 2.34
15 7 8 ZISIMOS Andreas GRE 0.87 25.71 53.18
27.47 1:21.32
28.14 1:49.60
28.28 2.38
16 6 3 KAPRALOV Andrey RUS 0.82 25.56 53.97
28.41 1:22.32
28.35 1:49.91
27.59 2.69
17 6 7 WILDEBOER Olaf ESP 0.78 26.11 54.15
28.04 1:22.26
28.11 1:50.01
27.75 2.79
18 5 3 CARSTENSEN Jacob DEN 0.77 26.12 53.81
27.69 1:22.05
28.24 1:50.15
28.10 2.93
19 6 6 HERBST Stefan GER 0.83 25.90 54.06
28.16 1:22.62
28.56 1:50.23
27.61 3.01
20 6 1 CASTRO Rodrigo BRA 0.70 26.15 54.07
27.92 1:22.17
28.10 1:50.27
28.10 3.05
21 5 8 BINEVICIUS Saulius LTU 0.87 26.31 53.36
27.05 1:21.37
28.01 1:50.50
29.13 3.28
22 8 7 MANKOC Peter SLO 0.81 25.03 53.04
28.01 1:22.01
28.97 1:50.72
28.71 3.50
23 5 4 MILOSLAVSKIS Romans LAT 0.91 25.88 53.74
27.86 1:22.34
28.60 1:50.83
28.49 3.61
24 7 1 KUZNETSOV Maxim RUS 0.86 25.91 54.26
28.35 1:23.06
28.80 1:50.93
27.87 3.71
25 8 8 ROSTOUCHER Nicolas FRA 0.89 26.14 54.26
28.12 1:22.76
28.50 1:50.96
28.20 3.74
26 5 5 KOLL Dominik AUT 0.84 25.87 53.69
27.82 1:22.24
28.55 1:51.36
29.12 4.14
27 4 2 VEREITINOV Dmytro UKR 0.86 26.38 54.17
27.79 1:22.47
28.30 1:51.38
28.91 4.16
28 4 3 ILIKA BRENNER Josh MEX 0.75 25.71 53.27
27.56 1:22.07
28.80 1:51.66
29.59 4.44
29 5 1 MONTEIRO Luis POR 0.88 26.55 55.01
28.46 1:23.76
28.75 1:51.78
28.02 4.56
30 5 2 DRZEWINSKI Lukasz POL 0.85 26.34 54.54
28.20 1:23.31
28.77 1:51.90
28.59 4.68
31 2 6 ALEXANDROV Mihail BUL 0.76 25.89 53.91
28.02 1:22.76
28.85 1:52.12
29.36 4.90
32 5 7 SZUCS Tamas HUN 0.85 26.60 54.68
28.08 1:23.71
29.03 1:52.26
28.55 5.04
33 5 6 HAN Kyu-Chul KOR 0.77 26.02 53.99
27.97 1:23.07
29.08 1:52.28
29.21 5.06
34 4 8 ALLEYNE Damian BAR 0.74 27.00 55.55
28.55 1:24.14
28.59 1:52.89
28.75 5.67
35 3 2 MALENKO Aleksandar MKD 0.87 26.13 54.45
28.32 1:23.53
29.08 1:53.00
29.47 5.78
35 4 7 MEBAREK Mahrez ALG 0.89 27.25 55.91
28.66 1:24.06
28.15 1:53.00
28.94 5.78
37 4 5 SALABUTAU Yahor BLR 0.76 26.71 55.33
28.62 1:24.20
28.87 1:53.03
28.83 5.81
38 3 5 SUBIRATS Albert VEN 0.93 26.90 55.70
28.80 1:24.95
29.25 1:53.11
28.16 5.89
39 4 6 ZOLEZZI Giancarlo CHI 0.82 27.08 55.65
28.57 1:24.35
28.70 1:53.18
28.83 5.96
40 3 7 PEREYRA Juan Martin ARG 0.91 27.08 55.53
28.45 1:24.65
29.12 1:53.19
28.54 5.97
40 3 8 FRASER Shaune CAY 0.75 26.50 54.69
28.19 1:23.89
29.20 1:53.19
29.30 5.97
42 4 1 MOLINA Miguel PHI 0.72 26.73 54.71
27.98 1:23.02
28.31 1:53.81
30.79 6.59
43 6 8 ZHANG Lin CHN 0.82 26.94 55.53
28.59 1:24.68
29.15 1:53.84
29.16 6.62
44 3 3 ARESTI Alexandros CYP 0.83 26.26 54.58
28.32 1:23.57
28.99 1:53.90
30.33 6.68
45 2 3 KUTSCHER Martin URU 0.81 26.35 55.05
28.70 1:24.55
29.50 1:53.91
29.36 6.69
46 6 2 BECCARI Andrea ITA 0.83 27.15 56.17
29.02 1:25.67
29.50 1:54.00
28.33 6.78
47 3 4 CHEN Te Tung TPE 0.92 27.32 55.75
28.43 1:24.90
29.15 1:54.14
29.24 6.92
48 1 5 ERHARTIC Igor SCG 0.76 26.34 54.89
28.55 1:24.58
29.69 1:54.21
29.63 6.99
49 2 5 PINCIUC Stepan MDA 0.78 26.70 55.71
29.01 1:25.47
29.76 1:54.56
29.09 7.34
50 2 1 BEN NACEUR Anouar TUN 0.79 26.97 56.41
29.44 1:25.50
29.09 1:54.69
29.19 7.47
51 2 2 CHAY Mark SIN 0.74 26.74 55.30
28.56 1:24.52
29.22 1:54.70
30.18 7.48
52 4 4 MINDAN Aytekin TUR 0.81 26.95 56.30
29.35 1:26.19
29.89 1:55.65
29.46 8.43
53 2 4 BELLAZ Adil MAR 0.83 27.12 56.07
28.95 1:25.70
29.63 1:55.79
30.09 8.57
54 3 6 DELAC Mario CRO 0.82 26.72 55.72
29.00 1:25.63
29.91 1:55.82
30.19 8.60
55 2 7 KHAN Vitaliy KAZ 0.81 25.89 54.01
28.12 1:23.40
29.39 1:56.11
32.71 8.89
56 3 1 MULARONI Diego SMR 0.84 26.91 56.14
29.23 1:26.35
30.21 1:56.18
29.83 8.96
57 2 8 VASILEV Petr UZB 0.85 26.31 54.66
28.35 1:24.72
30.06 1:56.93
32.21 9.71
58 1 3 KHOMASURIDZE Zurab GEO 0.78 27.50 57.13
29.63 1:27.63
30.50 1:58.02
30.39 10.80
59 1 4 ISMAILOV Ruslan KGZ 0.92 29.22 1:00.55
31.33 1:31.77
31.22 2:01.53
29.76 14.31