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Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley

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Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 20, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 21, 2000 (final)
Competitors56 from 49 nations
Winning time1:58.98 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tom Dolan  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tom Wilkens  United States
← 1996
2004 →

The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 20–21 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]

Massimiliano Rosolino blasted a new Olympic record to add Italy's third gold medal in swimming at these Games. He edged out U.S. swimmer Tom Dolan with a fastest split (33.52) on the breaststroke leg to take over the lead at the final turn, and hit the wall first in a sterling time of 1:58.98, clipping 0.93 seconds off a record set by Hungary's Attila Czene in Atlanta.[2][3] Dolan, the defending champion in the 400 m individual medley four days earlier, became the first American to break a two-minute barrier, taking home the silver in a new national record of 1:59.77.[4] Meanwhile, Tom Wilkens earned a bronze in 2:00.87, handing an entire medal haul for the U.S. team with a two–three finish.[5][6]

Czene, the defending Olympic champion, finished outside the podium in fourth place with a time of 2:01.16. Netherlands' Marcel Wouda came up with a spectacular swim on the breaststroke leg, but fell short to fifth spot in 2:01.48. Wouda was followed in sixth by Germany's Christian Keller (2:02.02), and in seventh by France's Xavier Marchand (2:02.23). Finland's world record holder Jani Sievinen closed out the field with an eighth-place finish in 2:02.49.[6]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Jani Sievinen (FIN) 1:58.16 Rome, Italy 11 September 1994 [7]
Olympic record  Attila Czene (HUN) 1:59.91 Atlanta, United States 25 July 1996 [7]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
21 September Final Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy 1:58.98 OR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 4 Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy 2:00.92 Q, NR
2 5 4 Tom Dolan  United States 2:01.55 Q
3 5 5 Marcel Wouda  Netherlands 2:01.89 Q
4 7 5 Curtis Myden  Canada 2:01.95 Q
5 5 6 Jani Sievinen  Finland 2:02.00 Q
6 5 3 Christian Keller  Germany 2:02.09 Q
7 6 4 Tom Wilkens  United States 2:02.21 Q
8 6 5 Matthew Dunn  Australia 2:02.44 Q
9 6 2 Cezar Bădiţă  Romania 2:02.48 Q, NR
10 5 2 Attila Czene  Hungary 2:02.66 Q
11 7 3 Robert van der Zant  Australia 2:02.77 Q
12 6 6 Xavier Marchand  France 2:02.86 Q
13 7 2 Jordi Carrasco  Spain 2:02.89 Q
14 6 3 Jens Kruppa  Germany 2:03.08 Q
15 5 7 Brian Johns  Canada 2:03.12 Q
16 6 7 Jiro Miki  Japan 2:03.33 Q
7 6 Terence Parkin  South Africa
18 6 8 Peter Mankoč  Slovenia 2:03.45
19 7 1 István Batházi  Hungary 2:03.63
20 5 1 Theo Verster  South Africa 2:03.64
21 7 8 Jan Vítazka  Czech Republic 2:03.66 NR
22 5 8 Ioannis Kokkodis  Greece 2:04.04
23 4 4 Dean Kent  New Zealand 2:04.07
24 4 2 Valērijs Kalmikovs  Latvia 2:04.18
25 6 1 Xie Xufeng  China 2:04.67
26 3 4 George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago 2:04.68
27 4 1 Michael Windisch  Austria 2:05.15
28 4 8 Yves Platel  Switzerland 2:05.19
29 2 3 Grigoriy Matuzkov  Kazakhstan 2:05.45
30 7 7 Susumu Tabuchi  Japan 2:05.68
31 4 5 Artem Goncharenko  Ukraine 2:05.98
32 3 5 Oleg Pukhnatiy  Uzbekistan 2:06.01
33 3 3 Han Kyu-chul  South Korea 2:06.42
34 3 2 Arsenio López  Puerto Rico 2:06.49
35 2 6 Jeremy Knowles  Bahamas 2:06.85
36 4 3 Krešimir Čač  Croatia 2:07.04
37 2 5 Javier Díaz  Mexico 2:07.28
38 2 2 Aleksandar Miladinovski  Macedonia 2:07.45
39 4 6 Michael Halika  Israel 2:07.53
40 1 7 Andrei Pakin  Kyrgyzstan 2:07.88
41 3 1 Stephen Fahy  Bermuda 2:07.92
42 1 5 George Gleason  Virgin Islands 2:08.25
43 4 7 Pathunyu Yimsomruay  Thailand 2:08.38
44 3 6 Wu Nien-pin  Chinese Taipei 2:08.85
45 2 4 Walter Dario Arciprete  Argentina 2:08.89
46 2 7 Alex Fong  Hong Kong 2:09.00
47 3 7 Andrei Zaharov  Moldova 2:09.13
48 1 3 Đorđe Filipović  FR Yugoslavia 2:09.28
49 2 1 Orel Oral  Turkey 2:09.51
50 1 4 Felix Christiadi Sutanto  Indonesia 2:09.77
51 3 8 Haitham Hassan  Egypt 2:09.92
52 2 8 Francisco Picasso  Uruguay 2:10.97
53 1 6 Georgios Dimitriadis  Cyprus 2:12.76
54 1 1 Saad Khalloqi  Morocco 2:13.22
55 1 2 Sultan Al-Otaibi  Kuwait 2:16.23
56 1 8 Omar Abu Fares  Jordan 2:21.22

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Tom Dolan  United States 2:00.38 Q
2 3 Christian Keller  Germany 2:01.23 Q
3 2 Attila Czene  Hungary 2:01.56 Q
4 7 Xavier Marchand  France 2:01.81 Q
5 6 Matthew Dunn  Australia 2:01.95
6 5 Curtis Myden  Canada 2:01.99
7 1 Jens Kruppa  Germany 2:02.55
8 8 Jiro Miki  Japan 2:03.90

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy 2:01.14 Q
2 5 Marcel Wouda  Netherlands 2:01.40 Q
3 3 Jani Sievinen  Finland 2:01.46 Q
4 6 Tom Wilkens  United States 2:01.51 Q
5 2 Cezar Bădiţă  Romania 2:02.02
6 1 Jordi Carrasco  Spain 2:02.90
7 7 Robert van der Zant  Australia 2:02.91
8 8 Brian Johns  Canada 2:02.92

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy 1:58.98 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Tom Dolan  United States 1:59.77 AM
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Tom Wilkens  United States 2:00.87
4 1 Attila Czene  Hungary 2:01.16
5 6 Marcel Wouda  Netherlands 2:01.48
6 3 Christian Keller  Germany 2:02.02
7 8 Xavier Marchand  France 2:02.23
8 2 Jani Sievinen  Finland 2:02.49

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Rosolino strikes gold in 200m medley". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 21 September 2000. Archived from the original on February 23, 2002. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  3. ^ Berlin, Peter (22 September 2000). "De Bruijn Takes Second Gold; Hungarian and Italian Also Triumph : European Swimmers Steal the Show". New York Times. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  4. ^ Harris, Beth (22 September 2000). "Krayzelburg Wins Second Gold". ABC News. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  5. ^ Morrissey, Rick (22 September 2000). "Krayzelburg's Gold Leads U.S. Bonanza". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  6. ^ a b Whitten, Phillip (21 September 2000). "Olympic Day 6 Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  7. ^ a b c "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 311–313. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
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