Olympics: Singapore’s Joseph Schooling fails to make semis of 200m butterfly

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Maybe it was the nerves of sharing the same pool as the great Michael Phelps but Singapore's Joseph Schooling was way off his best.

Swimming in lane 8, Schooling finished last in the 200m butterfly heats at the Aquatic Centre in London on Monday afternoon.

His time of 1:59.18 seconds was more than two seconds off his winning time of 1:56.67 at the 2011 SEA Games, which met the "A" qualifying standard for the Olympics.

The 16-year-old, who currently attends and trains at the Bolles School in the USA, failed to advance to the last 16 in his first appearance at the Games.

He still has another event -- the 100m fly -- to go.

Swimming in the same heat, world record holder Michael Phelps also struggled, finishing third with a time of 1:55.53 seconds, but did enough to advance.

The American superstar, who is struggling to recapture his scintillating form from the 2008 Games, qualified for the semi-finals fifth fastest.

Austria's Dinko Jukic qualified fastest with a blistering time of 1:54.79 seconds.