Phelps beats Lochte to win 200m butterfly; claims 20th Olympics medal ... London: Michael Phelps spent the day thinking about all the things he's doing for the final time at the pool. It turns out that included one last win over Ryan Lochte. Michael Phelps won gold in the men's 200M IM on Thursday, beating Ryan Lochte and winning his 16th gold medal in the Olympics, his first ... With the completion of the men's 200m IM, Phelps now has 20 career Olympic medals, making him ...American Phelps, 27, led from the front and looked as if he might break the world record.
He missed out but claimed a 16th gold medal, becoming the first man to defend an Olympic swimming title twice, having won this event in Athens and Beijing.Hungary's Laszlo Cseh was third, while Britain's James Goddard was seventh.
"Somebody told me that, with 25m left, I was under world record pace, so it's a little frustrating not to get that," said Phelps, who finished in 1:54.27 - 0.27 shy of the mark held by countryman Lochte.
"But to win a gold medal and be the first to three successive titles is something pretty special and something I'm pretty happy for."
Lochte, 27, had entered the men's 200m backstroke final earlier in the evening and looked a little jaded in his second race of the night. But his silver means he has now won two golds and five medals in all at London 2012.
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