2000 Summer Olympics / Swimming

Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Sydney
Competition venue	Sydney International Aquatic Center
Nations	150
Athletes	954 (558 , 396 )
date	September 16-23, 1920
decisions	32
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Australian metropolis of Sydney , a total of 32 swimming competitions were held, 16 each for men and women.

The swimming competitions were held in the Sydney International Aquatic Center in front of a record crowd of around 17,000 spectators every day.

Men

50 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Anthony Ervin	21.98 s
	United States	Gary Hall Junior	21.98 s
3	NED	Pieter van den Hoogenband	22.03 s
4th	ITA	Lorenzo Vismara	22.11 s
5	POLE	Bartosz Kizierowski	22.22 s
6th	RUS	Alexander Popov	22.24 s
7th	GBR	Mark Foster	22.41 s
8th	UKR	Oleksandr Volynets	22.51 s

100 m freestyle

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space	country	athlete	time
1	NED	Pieter van den Hoogenband	48.30 s
2	RUS	Alexander Popov	48.69 s
3	United States	Gary Hall Junior	48.73 s
4th	OUT	Michael Klim	48.74 s
5	United States	Neil Walker	49.09 s
6th	SWE	Lars Frölander	49.22 s
7th	RUS	Denis Pimankow	49.36 s
8th	OUT	Chris Fydler	49.44 s

200 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	NED	Pieter van den Hoogenband	1: 45.35 min ( WR )
2	OUT	Ian Thorpe	1: 45.83 min
3	ITA	Massimiliano Rosolino	1: 46.65 min
4th	United States	Josh Davis	1: 46.73 min ( AR )
5	GBR	Paul Palmer	1: 47.95 min
6th	GBR	James Salter	1: 48.74 min
7th	CAN	Richard Say	1: 48.76 min
8th	OUT	Grant Hackett	1: 49.46 min

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	OUT	Ian Thorpe	3: 40.59 min ( WR )
2	ITA	Massimiliano Rosolino	3: 43.40 min ( AR )
3	United States	Klete cellar	3: 47.00 min ( AR )
4th	ITA	Emiliano Brembilla	3: 47.01 min
5	ROME	Dragoș Coman	3: 47.38 min ( NR )
6th	United States	Chad Carvin	3: 47.58 min
7th	OUT	Grant Hackett	3: 48.22 min
8th	RSA	Ryk Neethling	3: 48.52 min

1500 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	OUT	Grant Hackett	14: 48.33 min
2	OUT	Kieren Perkins	14: 53.59 min
3	United States	Chris Thompson	14: 56.81 min ( AR )
4th	RUS	Alexei Filipets	14: 56.88 min
5	RSA	Ryk Neethling	15: 00.48 min ( AR )
6th	United States	Erik Vendt	15: 08.61 min
7th	UKR	Igor Chervynskiy	15: 08.80 min
8th	GER	Heiko Hell	15: 19.87 min

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Lenny Krayzelburg	53.72 s ( OR )
2	OUT	Matt Welsh	54.07 s ( AR )
3	GER	Stev Theloke	54.82 s
4th	OUT	Josh Watson	55.01 s
5	POLE	Bartosz Kizierowski	55.04 s
6th	United States	Neil Walker	55.14 s
7th	GER	Steffen Driesen	55.27 s
8th	ISR	Eithan Urbach	55.74 s

200 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Lenny Krayzelburg	1: 56.76 min ( OR )
2	United States	Aaron Peirsol	1: 57.35 min
3	OUT	Matt Welsh	1: 57.59 min ( AR )
4th	ISL	Örn Arnarson	1: 59.00 min
5	ITA	Emanuele Merisi	1: 59.01 min
6th	ROME	Răzvan Florea	1: 59.05 min ( NR )
7th	BRA	Rogério Romero	1: 59.27 min
8th	CRO	Gordan Kožulj	1: 59.38 min

100 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	ITA	Domenico Fioravanti	1: 00.46 min ( OR )
2	United States	Ed Moses	1: 00.73 min
3	RUS	Roman Sludnow	1: 00.91 min
4th	JPN	Kosuke Kitajima	1: 01.34 min
5	CZE	Daniel Málek	1: 01.50 min ( NR )
6th	CAN	Morgan boy	1: 01.58 min ( NR )
7th	RSA	Brett Petersen	1: 01.63 min
8th	SUI	Remo Lütolf	1: 01.88 min

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	ITA	Domenico Fioravanti	2: 10.87 min ( AR )
2	RSA	Terence Parkin	2: 12.50 min ( AR )
3	ITA	Davide Rummolo	2: 12.73 min
4th	OUT	Regan Harrison	2: 12.88 min ( AR )
5	CZE	Daniel Málek	2: 13.20 min ( NR )
6th	United States	Kyle Salyards	2: 13.27 min
7th	FRA	Yohann Bernard	2: 13.31 min
8th	OUT	Ryan Mitchell	2: 14.00 min

100 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	SWE	Lars Frölander	52.00 s ( AR )
2	OUT	Michael Klim	52.18 s
3	OUT	Geoff Huegill	52.22 s
4th	United States	Ian Crocker	52.44 s ( AR )
5	CAN	Mike Mintenko	52.58 s ( NR )
	JPN	Takashi Yamamoto	52.58 s ( AR )
7th	GER	Thomas Rupprath	53.13 s
	RUS	Anatoly Polyakov	53.13 s

200 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Tom Malchow	1: 55.35 min ( OR )
2	UKR	Denis Sylanthiev	1: 55.76 min ( NR )
3	OUT	Justin Norris	1: 56.17 min ( AR )
4th	RUS	Anatoly Polyakov	1: 56.34 min
5	United States	Michael Phelps	1: 56.50 min
6th	GBR	Stephen Parry	1: 57.01 min
7th	RUS	Denis Pankratow	1: 57.97 min
8th	FRA	Franck Esposito	1: 58.39 min

200 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	ITA	Massimiliano Rosolino	1: 58.98 min ( OR )
2	United States	Tom Dolan	1: 59.77 min ( AR )
3	United States	Tom Wilkens	2: 00.87 min
4th	HUN	Attila Czene	2: 01.16 min
5	NED	Marcel Wouda	2: 01.48 min
6th	GER	Christian Keller	2: 02.02 min
7th	FRA	Xavier Marchand	2: 02.23 min
8th	FIN	Jani Sievinen	2: 02.49 min

400 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Tom Dolan	4: 11.76 min ( WR )
2	United States	Erik Vendt	4: 14.23 min
3	CAN	Curtis Myden	4: 15.33 min ( NR )
4th	ITA	Alessio Boggiatto	4: 15.93 min
5	RSA	Terence Parkin	4: 16.92 min ( AR )
6th	OUT	Justin Norris	4: 17.87 min
7th	ROME	Cezar Bădiță	4: 20.91 min
8th	JPN	Shinya Taniguchi	4: 20.93 min

4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	OUT	Michael Klim Chris Fydler Ashley Callus Ian Thorpe Forerunner : Todd Pearson , Adam Pine	3: 13.67 min ( WR )
2	United States	Anthony Ervin Neil Walker Jason Lezak Gary Hall junior forward: Scott Tucker , Josh Davis	3: 13.86 min
3	BRA	Fernando Scherer Gustavo Borges Carlos Jayme Edvaldo Filho	3: 17.40 min
4th	GER	Torsten Spanneberg Christian Tröger Stephan Kunzelmann Stefan Herbst Preliminary: Lars Conrad	3: 17.77 min
5	ITA	Lorenzo Vismara Klaus Lanzarini Massimiliano Rosolino Simone Cercato Prelude : Maruo Gallo	3: 17.85 min
6th	SWE	Stefan Nystrand Lars Frölander Mattias Ohlin Johan Nyström	3: 19.60 min
7th	FRA	Frédérick Bousquet Romain Barnier Hugo Viart Nicolas Kintz	3: 21.00 min
	RUS	Andrei Kapralow Denis Pimankow Alexander Popow Dmitri Tschernyschow Vorlauf: Leonid Chochlow	DSQ

4 × 200 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	OUT	Ian Thorpe Michael Klim Todd Pearson William Kirby Forerunner: Grant Hackett , Daniel Kowalski	7:07:05 min ( WR )
2	United States	Scott Goldblatt Josh Davis Jamie Rauch Klete Keller Forerunner : Nate Dusing , Chad Carvin	7: 12.64 min
3	NED	Martijn Zuijdweg Johan Kenkhuis Marcel Wouda Pieter van den Hoogenband Forerunner : Mark van der Zijden	7: 12.70 min ( NR )
4th	ITA	Andrea Beccari Matteo Pelliciari Emiliano Brembilla Massimiliano Rosolino	7: 12.91 min
5	GBR	Edward Sinclair Paul Palmer Marc Spackman James Salter Forerunner: Andrew Clayton	7: 12.98 min
6th	GER	Stefan Pohl Christian Keller Stefan Herbst Christian Tröger Pre-run: Heiko Hell , Michael Kiedel	7: 20.19 min
7th	CAN	Mark Johnston Mike Mintenko Rick Say Yannick Lupien Forward : Brian Johns	7: 21.92 min
8th	RUS	Dmitri Tschernyschow Andrei Kapralow Sergei Lavrenow Alexei Filipets preliminary: Alexei Yegorow	7: 24.37 min

4 × 100 m layers

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Lenny Krayzelburg Ed Moses Ian Crocker Gary Hall junior forward: Neil Walker , Tommy Hannan , Jason Lezak	3: 33.73 min ( WR )
2	OUT	Matt Welsh Regan Harrison Geoff Huegill Michael Klim Forward : Josh Watson , Ryan Mitchell , Adam Pine , Ian Thorpe	3: 35.27 min ( AR )
3	GER	Stev Theloke Jens Kruppa Thomas Rupprath Torsten Spanneberg	3: 35.88 min ( AR )
4th	NED	Klaas-Erik Zwering Marcel Wouda Joris Keizer Pieter van den Hoogenband Prelude: Mark Veens	3.37.23 min ( NR )
5	HUN	Péter Horváth Károly Güttler Zsolt Gáspár Attila Zubor	3: 39.09 min
6th	CAN	Chris Renaud Morgan boy Mike Mintenko Craig Hutchison Prelude : Shamek Pietucha , Yannick Lupien	3: 39.88 min
7th	FRA	Simon Dufour Hugues Duboscq Franck Esposito Frédérick Bousquet	3: 40.02 min
8th	GBR	Neil Willey Darren Mew James Hickman Sion Brinn	3: 40.19 min

Women

50 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	NED	Inge de Bruijn	24.32 s
2	SWE	Therese Alshammar	24.51 s
3	United States	Dara Torres	24.63 s

100 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	NED	Inge de Bruijn	53.83 s
2	SWE	Therese Alshammar	54.33 s
3	United States	Dara Torres	54.43 s
	United States	Jenny Thompson	54.43 s

200 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	OUT	Susie O'Neill	1: 58.24 min
2	SVK	Martina Moravcová	1: 58.32 min
3	CRC	Claudia Poll	1: 58.81 min

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Brooke Bennett	4: 05.80 min
2	United States	Diana Munz	4: 07.07 min
3	CRC	Claudia Poll	4: 07.83 min

800 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Brooke Bennett	8: 19.67 min ( OR )
2	UKR	Jana Klotschkowa	8: 22.66 min
3	United States	Kaitlin Sandeno	8: 24.29 min

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	ROME	Diana Mocanu	1: 00.21 min ( OR )
2	JPN	Mai Nakamura	1: 00.55 min
3	ESP	Nina Zhivanevskaya	1: 00.89 min

200 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	ROME	Diana Mocanu	2: 08.16 min
2	FRA	Roxana Mărăcineanu	2: 10.25 min
3	JPN	Miki Nakao	2: 11.05 min

100 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Megan Quann	1: 07.05 min ( OR )
2	OUT	Leisel Jones	1: 07.49 min
3	RSA	Penelope Heyns	1: 07.55 min

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	HUN	Ágnes Kovács	2: 24.35 min ( OR )
2	United States	Kristy Kowal	2: 24.56 min
3	United States	Amanda Beard	2: 25.35 min

100 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	NED	Inge de Bruijn	56.61 s ( WR )
2	SVK	Martina Moravcová	57.97 s
3	United States	Dara Torres	58.20 s

200 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Misty Hyman	2: 05.88 min ( OR )
2	OUT	Susie O'Neill	2: 06.58 min
3	OUT	Petria Thomas	2: 07.12 min

200 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	UKR	Jana Klotschkowa	2: 10.68 min ( OR )
2	ROME	Beatrice Câşlaru	2: 12.57 min
3	United States	Cristina Teuscher	2: 13.32 min

400 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	UKR	Jana Klotschkowa	4: 33.59 min ( WR )
2	JPN	Yasuko Tajima	4: 35.96 min
3	ROME	Beatrice Câşlaru	4: 37.18 min

4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Amy Van Dyken Dara Torres Courtney Shealy Jenny Thompson Prelude : Erin Phenix , Ashley Tappin	3: 36.61 min ( WR )
2	NED	Manon van Rooijen Wilma van Rijn Thamar Henneken Inge de Bruijn Prelude: Chantal Groot	3: 39.83 min
3	SWE	Louise Jöhnke Therese Alshammar Johanna Sjöberg Anna-Karin Kämmerling Forerunner : Josefin Lilhage , Malin Svahnström	3: 40.30 min

4 × 200 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Samantha Arsenault Diana Munz Lindsay Benko Jenny Thompson Prelude: Julia Stowers , Kim Black	7: 57.80 min ( OR )
2	OUT	Susie O'Neill Giaan Rooney Kirsten Thomson Petria Thomas Prelude: Jacinta van Lint , Elka Graham	7: 58.52 min
3	GER	Franziska van Almsick Antje Buschschulte Sara Harstick Kerstin Kielgaß Prelude : Meike Freitag , Britta Steffen	7: 58.64 min

4 × 100 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Barbara Bedford Megan Quann Jenny Thompson Dara Torres Prelude : Courtney Shealy , Ashley Tappin , Amy Van Dyken , Staciana Stitts	3: 58.30 min ( WR )
2	OUT	Dyana Calub Leisel Jones Petria Thomas Susie O'Neill Prelude : Giaan Rooney , Tamee White , Sarah Ryan	4: 01.59 min
3	JPN	Mai Nakamura Masami Tanaka Junko Ōnishi Sumika Minamoto	4: 04.16 min