Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested.

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 metre freestyle	Anthony Ervin United States (USA)	21.98	none		Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands (NED)	22.03
	Gary Hall, Jr. United States (USA)
100 metre freestyle	Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands (NED)	48.30	Alexander Popov Russia (RUS)	48.69	Gary Hall, Jr. United States (USA)	48.73
200 metre freestyle	Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands (NED)	1:45.35	Ian Thorpe Australia (AUS)	1:45.83	Massimiliano Rosolino Italy (ITA)	1:46.65
400 metre freestyle	Ian Thorpe Australia (AUS)	3:40.59 (WR)	Massimiliano Rosolino Italy (ITA)	3:43.40	Klete Keller United States (USA)	3:47.00
1500 metre freestyle	Grant Hackett Australia (AUS)	14:48.33	Kieren Perkins Australia (AUS)	14:53.59	Chris Thompson United States (USA)	14:56.81
100 metre backstroke	Lenny Krayzelburg United States (USA)	53.72	Matt Welsh Australia (AUS)	54.07	Stev Theloke Germany (GER)	54.82
200 metre backstroke	Lenny Krayzelburg United States (USA)	1:56.76	Aaron Peirsol United States (USA)	1:57.35	Matt Welsh Australia (AUS)	1:57.59
100 metre breaststroke	Domenico Fioravanti Italy (ITA)	1:00.46	Ed Moses United States (USA)	1:00.73	Roman Sloudnov Russia (RUS)	1:00.91
200 metre breaststroke	Domenico Fioravanti Italy (ITA)	2:10.87	Terence Parkin South Africa (RSA)	2:12.50	Davide Rummolo Italy (ITA)	2:12.73
100 metre butterfly	Lars Frölander Sweden (SWE)	52.00	Michael Klim Australia (AUS)	52.18	Geoff Huegill Australia (AUS)	52.22
200 metre butterfly	Tom Malchow United States (USA)	1:55.35	Denys Sylantyev Ukraine (UKR)	1:55.76	Justin Norris Australia (AUS)	1:56.17
200 metre individual medley	Massimiliano Rosolino Italy (ITA)	1:58.98	Tom Dolan United States (USA)	1:59.77	Tom Wilkens United States (USA)	2:00.87
400 metre individual medley	Tom Dolan United States (USA)	4:11.76	Erik Vendt United States (USA)	4:14.23	Curtis Myden Canada (CAN)	4:15.33
4×100 metre freestyle relay	Australia (AUS) Ian Thorpe Ashley Callus Chris Fydler Michael Klim	3:13.67	United States (USA) Neil Walker Anthony Ervin Gary Hall, Jr. Jason Lezak	3:13.86	Brazil (BRA) Edvaldo Valério Gustavo Borges Carlos Jayme Fernando Scherer	3:17.40
4×200 metre freestyle relay	Australia (AUS) Todd Pearson Ian Thorpe Bill Kirby Michael Klim	7:07.05	United States (USA) Jamie Rauch Josh Davis Scott Goldblatt Klete Keller	7:12.64	Netherlands (NED) Martijn Zuijdweg Johan Kenkhuis Pieter van den Hoogenband Marcel Wouda	7:12.70
4×100 metre medley relay	United States (USA) Lenny Krayzelburg Ed Moses Ian Crocker Gary Hall, Jr.	3:33.73	Australia (AUS) Matt Welsh Regan Harrison Geoff Huegill Michael Klim	3:35.27	Germany (GER) Stev Theloke Jens Kruppa Thomas Rupprath Torsten Spanneberg	3:35.88

[edit] Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 metre freestyle	Inge de Bruijn Netherlands (NED)	24.32	Therese Alshammar Sweden (SWE)	24.51	Dara Torres United States (USA)	24.63
100 metre freestyle	Inge de Bruijn Netherlands (NED)	53.83	Therese Alshammar Sweden (SWE)	54.33	Dara Torres United States (USA)	54.43
					Jenny Thompson United States (USA)
200 metre freestyle	Susie O'Neill Australia (AUS)	1:58.24	Martina Moravcová Slovakia (SVK)	1:58.32	Claudia Poll Costa Rica (CRC)	1:58.81
400 metre freestyle	Brooke Bennett United States (USA)	4:05.80	Diana Munz United States (USA)	4:07.07	Claudia Poll Costa Rica (CRC)	4:07.83
800 metre freestyle	Brooke Bennett United States (USA)	8:19.67	Yana Klochkova Ukraine (UKR)	8:22.66	Kaitlin Sandeno United States (USA)	8:24.29
100 metre backstroke	Diana Mocanu Romania (ROM)	1:00.21	Mai Nakamura Japan (JPN)	1:00.55	Nina Zhivanevskaya Spain (ESP)	1:00.89
200 metre backstroke	Diana Mocanu Romania (ROM)	2:08.16	Roxana Maracineanu France (FRA)	2:10.25	Miki Nakao Japan (JPN)	2:11.05
100 metre breaststroke	Megan Quann United States (USA)	1:07.05	Leisel Jones Australia (AUS)	1:07.49	Penny Heyns South Africa (RSA)	1:07.55
200 metre breaststroke	Ágnes Kovács Hungary (HUN)	2:24.35	Kristy Kowal United States (USA)	2:24.56	Amanda Beard United States (USA)	2:25.35
100 metre butterfly	Inge de Bruijn Netherlands (NED)	56.61	Martina Moravcová Slovakia (SVK)	57.97	Dara Torres United States (USA)	58.20
200 metre butterfly	Misty Hyman United States (USA)	2:05.88	Susie O'Neill Australia (AUS)	2:06.58	Petria Thomas Australia (AUS)	2:07.12
200 metre individual medley	Yana Klochkova Ukraine (UKR)	2:10.68	Beatrice Caslaru Romania (ROM)	2:12.57	Cristina Teuscher United States (USA)	2:13.32
400 metre individual medley	Yana Klochkova Ukraine (UKR)	4:33.59	Yasuko Tajima Japan (JPN)	4:35.96	Beatrice Caslaru Romania (ROM)	4:37.18
4×100 metre freestyle relay	United States (USA) Amy Van Dyken Courtney Shealy Jenny Thompson Dara Torres	3:36.61	Netherlands (NED) Manon van Rooijen Wilma van Hofwegen Inge de Bruijn Thamar Henneken	3:39.83	Sweden (SWE) Johanna Sjöberg Therese Alshammar Louise Jöhncke Anna-Karin Kammerling	3:40.30
4×200 metre freestyle relay	United States (USA) Diana Munz Jenny Thompson Samantha Arsenault Lindsay Benko	7:57.80	Australia (AUS) Giaan Rooney Petria Thomas Kirsten Thomson Susie O'Neill	7:58.52	Germany (GER) Franziska van Almsick Antje Buschschulte Sara Harstick Kerstin Kielgass	7:58.64
4×100 metre medley relay	United States (USA) Dara Torres Barbara Bedford Megan Quann Jenny Thompson	3:58.30	Australia (AUS) Petria Thomas Leisel Jones Susie O'Neill Dyana Calub	4:01.59	Japan (JPN) Masami Tanaka Sumika Minamoto Mai Nakamura Junko Onishi	4:04.16

[edit] 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

[edit] External links

• Swim Rankings results

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