Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley
Final
Table:
Rank
Lane
Name
Nationality
Time
Notes

3
Michael Phelps
United States
1:54.27

4
Ryan Lochte
United States
1:54.90

5
László Cseh
Hungary
1:56.22

4
6
Thiago Pereira
Brazil
1:56.74

5
2
Kosuke Hagino
Japan
1:57.35

6
7
Ken Takakuwa
Japan
1:58.53

7
1
James Goddard
Great Britain
1:59.05

8
8
Markus Deibler
Germany
1:59.10

By analysing the table titled Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley — section "Final", give a short sentence answer to: Who won the gold medal and whom did they defeat? Respond with the correct answer in JSON format as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Phelps claimed gold medal in 1:54.27 defeating Lochte.