Which swimmer tied Phelps and Chad le Clos for silver in the 2016 Olympic 100 m butterfly? László Cseh.
Hungary’s László Cseh finished the Rio final in a three-way tie for silver with American Michael Phelps and South Africa’s Chad le Clos. All three swimmers were recorded at 51.14 seconds, behind Singapore’s Joseph Schooling, who won gold in an Olympic-record 50.39 seconds.
The result was especially notable because Cseh and le Clos had been major rivals across the 2000s and 2010s, while Phelps was competing in his fifth and final Olympic Games. Cseh’s silver was his fourth Olympic medal in the 100-meter butterfly, following bronze in 2008 and silver in 2012 and 2016’s tie.
The event is often remembered for Schooling’s upset victory over Phelps, who had won the previous three Olympic editions. The three-way tie did not mean three separate silver races; the identical times placed Cseh, Phelps and le Clos jointly second, with no bronze medal awarded.