2020 TOKYO SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
- When: Pool swimming: Saturday, July 24 – Sunday, August 1, 2021
- Open Water swimming: Wednesday, August 4 – Thursday, August 5, 2021
- Where: Olympic Aquatics Centre / Tokyo, Japan
- Heats: 7 PM / Semifinals & Finals: 10:30 AM (Local time)
- Full aquatics schedule
- SwimSwam Event Previews
- Entry Lists
- Live Results
- Day 6 Finals Heat Sheet
The men’s 200m IM final here in Tokyo saw China’s Wang Sun charge to the wall first in an Asian record of 1:55.00 while Duncan Scott of Great Britain and Jeremy Desplanches of Switzerland grabbed the silver and bronze in times of 1:55.28 and 1:56.17, respectively.
For Scott, the 24-year-old University of Stirling standout just put up the fastest time of his career, besting the 1:55.90 he logged at the British Swimming Olympic Trials this past April. That previous career-quickest result made Scott the first British man ever to get under the 1:56 threshold, with tonight’s performance solidifying his icon status by dropping another .62.
Split comparisons between Scott’s old and new records are as follows, showing how the versatile ace shaved .37 off of his breast leg and .38 from his free split to land upon the super-swift British record of 1:55.28.
| Fly | Back | Breast | Free | ||
| Previous 1:55.90 Record | 25.38 | 29.01 | 33.67 | 27.84 | 1:55.90 |
| New 1:55.28 Record | 25.06 | 29.46 | 33.30 | 27.46 | 1:55.28 |
Looking at the history of the men’s 200m IM, Scott now becomes the 7th fastest man ever with his silver medal-worthy outing here in Tokyo.
All-Times Men’s 200m IM Performers
- Ryan Lochte (USA) – 1:54.00, 2011
- Michael Phelps (USA) – 1:54.16, 2011
- Wang Shun (CHN) – 1:55.00, 2021
- Kosuke Hagino (JPN) – 1:55.07, 2016
- Laszlo Cseh (HUN) – 1:55.18, 2009
- Michael Andrew (USA) – 1:55.26, 2021
- Duncan Scott (GBR) – 1:55.28, 2021
Scott is having a successful Games, with this performance garnering his 2nd individual silver medal. He snagged 2nd place earlier in the 200m free and also was a member of Great Britain’s podium-topping men’s 4x200m free relay.
The Steven Tigg-trained Scott also owns the British record in the 100m free with the 47.87 time he originally notched in 2019 and matched again this year at the Trials.
Scott is a class act. There isn’t anyone in the world that can say a bad word about him. Excellent athlete, excellent person, excellent team mate. A lot of pro swimmers out there need to look to him as an example of the ideal Olympian.
I am a bit dissapointed for Scott that he didn’t get the gold in the 2Free. Before the Olympics I felt he would win the 2Free and have a very good chance in the 2IM. To be so close twice must hurt a bit but he has the mental attitude to let it go and deliber in the medley relay.
Having that American swimmer drowning in the lane next to him had to be terribly distracting for the Brit.
🤣🤣🤣
Lifeguard stood up in preparation
Scott will be fired up for next year. 46, 1:43, 1:54 incoming
Why are we supposed to feel sorry for Scott. Swim faster. Congrats to Wang Shun the champ.
You can feel for someone and be excited for someone else simultaneously 😶
Interesting to see no comments like this on the article about Oleksiak, who finished fourth, setting a NR. Seriously, Chinese fans, grow up, this is a swim website and it’s right that all achievements are highlighted.
Feel sorry for Scott. He’s had two great swims in his individual events here, both times well under the existing British record, only to be just beaten both times by swimmers having slightly greater swims. Can’t really ask for much more. Hope he has something special left for the medley relay still.
I’ve been so gutted for the results he’s had so far. He’s swam his heart out in all of his races while being in the shape of his life, and coming into these games you’ve would’ve expected the times Scott threw down to win gold. While we all thought he was going to win at least one of these races, by no means has he “choked” or “failed”–Scott has had an Olympics to be proud of.
duncan scott losing to a chinese swimmer once more
The other one he’s lost to is the real loser now – ref to what we all heard during that fateful VC