Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Swimming
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
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 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]

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
11	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

^ "ABC Olympics Coverage: Swimming". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
^ "Olympedia – Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Competition Description" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 10. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
^ "Format: Men and women each compete in 16 events on the Olympic program". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
^ Clarey, Christopher (23 September 2000). "Sydney 2000: Swimming; U.S. Makes Biggest, and the Final, Waves". New York Times. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
^ Whitten, Phillip (23 September 2000). "Olympic Day 8 Finals – Complete". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
^ "Swimmers set 14 world records at Aquatic Centre". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 October 2000. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Competition Description" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 94. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Participation by NOC" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 88–92. Retrieved 29 June 2013.

External links

[1] "ABC Olympics Coverage: Swimming". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.

[2] "Olympedia – Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-17.

[3] "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Competition Description" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 10. Retrieved 29 June 2013.

[4] "Format: Men and women each compete in 16 events on the Olympic program". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.

[5] Clarey, Christopher (23 September 2000). "Sydney 2000: Swimming; U.S. Makes Biggest, and the Final, Waves". New York Times. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

[6] Whitten, Phillip (23 September 2000). "Olympic Day 8 Finals – Complete". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.

[7] "Swimmers set 14 world records at Aquatic Centre". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 October 2000. Retrieved 30 June 2013.

[8] "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Competition Description" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 94. Retrieved 29 June 2013.

[Swimming_schedule-9] "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.

[10] "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Participation by NOC" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 88–92. Retrieved 29 June 2013.

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