Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The swimming competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney took place from 16 to 23 September 2000 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Homebush Bay. It featured 32 events (16 male, 16 female), and a total of 954 swimmers from 150 nations.^[1][2]

Swimming at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Sydney International Aquatics Centre
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	16–23 September 2000
Competitors	954 from 150 nations
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The swimming program for 2000 was expanded from 1996, with the inclusion of the semifinal phase in each of the events except for some special cases. Long-distance swimming events (400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle, and 400 m individual medley) and all relays still maintained the old format with only two phases: heats and final. Because of the radical changes in the competition format, it was extended into an eight-day program and thereby continued into the present era.^[3][4]

Swimmers from the United States were the most successful, winning 14 golds, 8 silver, and 11 bronze to lead the overall medal count with 33. Meanwhile, hosts Australia had produced a total of 18 medals (five golds, nine silver, and four bronze) to claim the second spot in the tally.^[5][6][7] A total of fourteen world records and thirty-eight Olympic records were set during the competition.^[8]

Events

The following events were contested (all pool events were long course, and distances are in metres unless stated):

• Freestyle : 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (women) and 1500 (men);
• Backstroke : 100 and 200;
• Breaststroke : 100 and 200;
• Butterfly : 100 and 200;
• Individual medley : 200 and 400;
• Relays: 4 × 100 free, 4 × 200 free, and 4 × 100 medley.

Schedule

Legend

H

Heats

½

Semi-finals

F

Final

Men^[9]

Date →	Sep 16		Sep 17		Sep 18		Sep 19		Sep 20		Sep 21		Sep 22		Sep 23
Events ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
50 m freestyle											H	½		F
100 m freestyle							H	½		F
200 m freestyle			H	½		F
400 m freestyle	H	F
1500 m freestyle													H			F
100 m backstroke			H	½		F
200 m backstroke									H	½		F
100 m breaststroke	H	½		F
200 m breaststroke							H	½		F
100 m butterfly											H	½		F
200 m butterfly					H	½		F
200 m individual medley									H	½		F
400 m individual medley			H	F
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	H	F
4 × 200 m freestyle relay							H	F
4 × 100 m medley relay													H			F

Women^[9]

Date →	Sep 16		Sep 17		Sep 18		Sep 19		Sep 20		Sep 21		Sep 22		Sep 23
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
50 m freestyle													H	½		F
100 m freestyle									H	½		F
200 m freestyle					H	½		F
400 m freestyle			H	F
800 m freestyle											H			F
100 m backstroke			H	½		F
200 m backstroke											H	½		F
100 m breaststroke			H	½		F
200 m breaststroke									H	½		F
100 m butterfly	H	½		F
200 m butterfly							H	½		F
200 m individual medley					H	½		F
400 m individual medley	H	F
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	H	F
4 × 200 m freestyle relay									H	F
4 × 100 m medley relay													H			F

Participating nations

A total of 954 swimmers (558 men and 336 women) from 150 nations would compete in swimming events at these Olympic Games.^[10] Aruba, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Georgia, Guinea, Iraq, Laos, Mali, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Niger, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, and Tajikistan made their official debut in swimming. The full list of participating NOCs is the following:

•  Algeria (3 athletes)
•  Andorra (2)
•  Angola (2)
•  Argentina (13)
•  Armenia (2)
•  Aruba (2)
•  Australia (44)
•  Austria (8)
•  Azerbaijan (2)
•  Bahamas (4)
•  Bahrain (2)
•  Bangladesh (2)
•  Barbados (3)
•  Belarus (9)
•  Belgium (9)
•  Bermuda (1)
•  Bolivia (2)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
•  Brazil (13)
•  Bulgaria (6)
•  Cambodia (2)
•  Canada (39)
•  Chile (2)
•  China (21)
•  Colombia (5)
•  Republic of the Congo (2)
•  Costa Rica (3)
•  Ivory Coast (1)
•  Croatia (17)
•  Cuba (7)
•  Cyprus (7)
•  Czech Republic (6)
•  Denmark (7)
•  Dominica (2)
•  Dominican Republic (1)
•  Ecuador (3)
•  Egypt (6)
•  El Salvador (1)
•  Equatorial Guinea (2)
•  Estonia (4)
•  Fiji (2)
•  Finland (7)
•  France (19)
•  Georgia (1)
•  Germany (35)
•  Great Britain (41)
•  Greece (14)
•  Grenada (1)
•  Guam (1)
•  Guatemala (1)
•  Guinea (2)
•  Honduras (2)
•  Hong Kong (9)
•  Hungary (18)
•  Iceland (9)
•  India (2)
•  Indonesia (6)
•  Iran (1)
•  Iraq (2)
•  Ireland (4)
•  Israel (10)
•  Italy (21)
•  Jamaica (2)
•  Japan (21)
•  Jordan (2)
•  Kazakhstan (8)
•  Kenya (2)
•  South Korea (17)
•  Kuwait (2)
•  Kyrgyzstan (18)
•  Laos (1)
•  Latvia (4)
•  Lebanon (2)
•  Lithuania (6)
•  Luxembourg (3)
•  Macedonia (4)
•  Madagascar (2)
•  Malaysia (9)
•  Maldives (2)
•  Mali (2)
•  Malta (2)
•  Mauritius (2)
•  Mexico (7)
•  Federated States of Micronesia (2)
•  Moldova (10)
•  Monaco (1)
•  Mongolia (2)
•  Morocco (1)
•  Mozambique (2)
•  Myanmar (1)
•  Namibia (1)
•  Nepal (2)
•  Netherlands (24)
•  Netherlands Antilles (2)
•  New Zealand (8)
•  Nicaragua (2)
•  Niger (2)
•  Nigeria (2)
•  Oman (1)
•  Pakistan (1)
•  Palau (2)
•  Palestine (1)
•  Panama (2)
•  Papua New Guinea (2)
•  Paraguay (2)
•  Peru (3)
•  Philippines (4)
•  Poland (8)
•  Portugal (7)
•  Puerto Rico (3)
•  Qatar (1)
•  Romania (11)
•  Russia (28)
•  Rwanda (2)
•  Saint Lucia (2)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
•  San Marino (1)
•  Saudi Arabia (1)
•  Senegal (2)
•  Seychelles (2)
•  Singapore (8)
•  Slovakia (4)
•  Slovenia (6)
•  South Africa (14)
•  Spain (23)
•  Sri Lanka (2)
•  Sudan (1)
•  Suriname (2)
•  Swaziland (2)
•  Sweden (16)
•  Switzerland (9)
•  Syria (2)
•  Chinese Taipei (13)
•  Tajikistan (2)
•  Thailand (8)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (3)
•  Tunisia (1)
•  Turkey (7)
•  Uganda (2)
•  Ukraine (25)
•  United Arab Emirates (1)
•  United States (48)
•  Uruguay (4)
•  Uzbekistan (10)
•  Venezuela (5)
•  Vietnam (2)
•  Virgin Islands (1)
•  FR Yugoslavia (9)
•  Zambia (2)
•  Zimbabwe (3)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	14	8	11	33
2	Australia (AUS)	5	9	4	18
3	Netherlands (NED)	5	1	2	8
4	Italy (ITA)	3	1	2	6
5	Ukraine (UKR)	2	2	0	4
6	Romania (ROM)	2	1	1	4
7	Sweden (SWE)	1	2	1	4
8	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
9	Japan (JPN)	0	2	2	4
10	Slovakia (SVK)	0	2	0	2
11	Russia (RUS)	0	1	1	2
	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	1	2
13	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
14	Germany (GER)	0	0	3	3
15	Costa Rica (CRC)	0	0	2	2
16	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		33	31	33	97

Medal summary

Men's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle details	Anthony Ervin  United States Gary Hall Jr.  United States	21.98	Not awarded as there was a tie for gold.		Pieter van den Hoogenband  Netherlands	22.03 NR
100 m freestyle details	Pieter van den Hoogenband  Netherlands	48.30	Alexander Popov  Russia	48.69	Gary Hall Jr.  United States	48.73
200 m freestyle details	Pieter van den Hoogenband  Netherlands	1:45.35 =WR	Ian Thorpe  Australia	1:45.83	Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy	1:46.65
400 m freestyle details	Ian Thorpe  Australia	3:40.59 WR	Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy	3:43.40 ER	Klete Keller  United States	3:47.00 AM
1500 m freestyle details	Grant Hackett  Australia	14:48.33	Kieren Perkins  Australia	14:53.59	Chris Thompson  United States	14:56.81 AM
100 m backstroke details	Lenny Krayzelburg  United States	53.72 OR	Matt Welsh  Australia	54.07 OC	Stev Theloke  Germany	54.82 NR
200 m backstroke details	Lenny Krayzelburg  United States	1:56.76 OR	Aaron Peirsol  United States	1:57.35	Matt Welsh  Australia	1:57.59 OC
100 m breaststroke details	Domenico Fioravanti  Italy	1:00.46 OR	Ed Moses  United States	1:00.73 AM	Roman Sloudnov  Russia	1:00.91
200 m breaststroke details	Domenico Fioravanti  Italy	2:10.87 ER	Terence Parkin  South Africa	2:12.50 AF	Davide Rummolo  Italy	2:12.73
100 m butterfly details	Lars Frölander  Sweden	52.00 ER	Michael Klim  Australia	52.18	Geoff Huegill  Australia	52.22
200 m butterfly details	Tom Malchow  United States	1:55.35 OR	Denys Sylantyev  Ukraine	1:55.76 NR	Justin Norris  Australia	1:56.17 OC
200 m individual medley details	Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy	1:58.98 OR, NR	Tom Dolan  United States	1:59.77 AM	Tom Wilkens  United States	2:00.87
400 m individual medley details	Tom Dolan  United States	4:11.76 WR	Erik Vendt  United States	4:14.23	Curtis Myden  Canada	4:15.33 NR
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	Australia (AUS) Michael Klim (48.18) WR Chris Fydler (48.48) Ashley Callus (48.71) Ian Thorpe (48.30) Todd Pearson* Adam Pine*	3:13.67 WR	United States (USA) Anthony Ervin (48.89) Neil Walker (48.31) Jason Lezak (48.42) Gary Hall Jr. (48.24) Scott Tucker* Josh Davis*	3:13.86 AM	Brazil (BRA) Fernando Scherer (49.79) Gustavo Borges (48.61) Carlos Jayme (49.88) Edvaldo Valério (49.12)	3:17.40
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	Australia (AUS) Ian Thorpe (1:46.03) Michael Klim (1:46.40) Todd Pearson (1:47.36) Bill Kirby (1:47.26) Grant Hackett* Daniel Kowalski*	7:07.05 WR	United States (USA) Scott Goldblatt (1:49.66) Josh Davis (1:46.49) Jamie Rauch (1:48.74) Klete Keller (1:47.75) Nate Dusing* Chad Carvin*	7:12.64	Netherlands (NED) Martijn Zuijdweg (1:49.89) Johan Kenkhuis (1:49.37) Marcel Wouda (1:48.56) Pieter van den Hoogenband (1:44.88) Mark van der Zijden*	7:12.70 NR
4 × 100 m medley relay details	United States (USA) Lenny Krayzelburg (53.87) Ed Moses (59.84) Ian Crocker (52.10) Gary Hall Jr. (47.92) Neil Walker* Tommy Hannan* Jason Lezak*	3:33.73 WR	Australia (AUS) Matt Welsh (54.29) Regan Harrison (1:01.48) Geoff Huegill (51.33) Michael Klim (48.17) Josh Watson* Ryan Mitchell* Adam Pine* Ian Thorpe*	3:35.27 OC	Germany (GER) Stev Theloke (55.07) Jens Kruppa (1:00.52) Thomas Rupprath (52.14) Torsten Spanneberg (48.15)	3:35.88 ER

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle details	Inge de Bruijn  Netherlands	24.32	Therese Alshammar  Sweden	24.51	Dara Torres  United States	24.63 AM
100 m freestyle details	Inge de Bruijn  Netherlands	53.83	Therese Alshammar  Sweden	54.33 NR	Dara Torres  United States Jenny Thompson  United States	54.43
200 m freestyle details	Susie O'Neill  Australia	1:58.24	Martina Moravcová  Slovakia	1:58.32 NR	Claudia Poll  Costa Rica	1:58.81
400 m freestyle details	Brooke Bennett  United States	4:05.80	Diana Munz  United States	4:07.07	Claudia Poll  Costa Rica	4:07.83
800 m freestyle details	Brooke Bennett  United States	8:19.67 OR	Yana Klochkova  Ukraine	8:22.66 NR	Kaitlin Sandeno  United States	8:24.29
100 m backstroke details	Diana Mocanu  Romania	1:00.21 OR, NR	Mai Nakamura  Japan	1:00.55 NR	Nina Zhivanevskaya  Spain	1:00.89 NR
200 m backstroke details	Diana Mocanu  Romania	2:08.16 NR	Roxana Maracineanu  France	2:10.25 NR	Miki Nakao  Japan	2:11.05
100 m breaststroke details	Megan Quann  United States	1:07.05 AM	Leisel Jones  Australia	1:07.49 OC	Penny Heyns  South Africa	1:07.55
200 m breaststroke details	Ágnes Kovács  Hungary	2:24.35	Kristy Kowal  United States	2:24.56 AM	Amanda Beard  United States	2:25.35
100 m butterfly details	Inge de Bruijn  Netherlands	56.61 WR	Martina Moravcová  Slovakia	57.97 NR	Dara Torres  United States	58.20
200 m butterfly details	Misty Hyman  United States	2:05.88 OR, AM	Susie O'Neill  Australia	2:06.58	Petria Thomas  Australia	2:07.12
200 m individual medley details	Yana Klochkova  Ukraine	2:10.68 OR, ER	Beatrice Câșlaru  Romania	2:12.57 NR	Cristina Teuscher  United States	2:13.32
400 m individual medley details	Yana Klochkova  Ukraine	4:33.59 WR	Yasuko Tajima  Japan	4:35.96 NR	Beatrice Câșlaru  Romania	4:37.18 NR
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States (USA) Amy Van Dyken (55.08) Dara Torres (53.51) Courtney Shealy (54.40) Jenny Thompson (53.62) Erin Phenix* Ashley Tappin*	3:36.61 WR	Netherlands (NED) Manon van Rooijen (56.35) Wilma van Hofwegen (55.19) Thamar Henneken (54.88) Inge de Bruijn (53.41) Chantal Groot*	3:39.83 ER	Sweden (SWE) Louise Jöhncke (55.93) Therese Alshammar (53.78) Johanna Sjöberg (55.06) Anna-Karin Kammerling (55.53) Josefin Lillhage* Malin Svahnström*	3:40.30 NR
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	United States (USA) Samantha Arsenault (1:59.92) Diana Munz (1:59.19) Lindsay Benko (1:59.34) Jenny Thompson (1:59.35) Julia Stowers* Kim Black*	7:57.80 OR	Australia (AUS) Susie O'Neill (1:58.70) Giaan Rooney (1:59.37) Kirsten Thomson (2:00.13) Petria Thomas (2:00.32) Jacinta van Lint* Elka Graham*	7:58.52 OC	Germany (GER) Franziska van Almsick Antje Buschschulte Sara Harstick Kerstin Kielgass Meike Freitag* Britta Steffen*	7:58.64
4 × 100 m medley relay details	United States (USA) Barbara Bedford (1:01.39) Megan Quann (1:06.29) Jenny Thompson (57.25) Dara Torres (53.37) Courtney Shealy* Ashley Tappin* Amy Van Dyken* Staciana Stitts*	3:58.30 WR	Australia (AUS) Dyana Calub (1:01.83) Leisel Jones (1:08.08) Petria Thomas (57.39) Susie O'Neill (54.29) Giaan Rooney* Tarnee White* Sarah Ryan*	4:01.59 OC	Japan (JPN) Masami Tanaka (1:02.08) Sumika Minamoto (1:08.65) Mai Nakamura (58.72) Junko Onishi (54.71)	4:04.16 NR

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

References

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External links

• Official Olympic Report
• Results
• 2000 Sydney Olympics Coverage – ABC News Australia