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

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Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 18, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 19, 2000 (final)
Competitors46 from 40 nations
Winning time1:55.35 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tom Malchow Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Denys Sylantyev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Bronze medal icon.svg Justin Norris Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
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The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 18–19 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. [1]

U.S. swimmer Tom Malchow shattered his own Olympic record to claim a gold medal in the event. Coming from third place on the final turn, he held off a challenge from fast-pacing Denys Sylantyev of Ukraine to touch the wall first in 1:55.35. [2] [3] Sylantyev trailed behind by almost half a second (0.50) to take a silver in 1:55.76, while Australia's Justin Norris settled for the bronze in an Oceanian record of 1:56.17. [4] [5]

Russia's Anatoly Polyakov finished outside the medals in 1:56.34. 15-year-old Michael Phelps, the youngest male U.S. Olympic swimmer in 68 years, continued to improve his personal best of 1:56.50, but it was only enough to pull off a fifth-place finish. [5] [6] [7]

Phelps, who later emerged as the most-decorated Olympian of all-time, was followed in the sixth spot by Great Britain's Stephen Parry in 1:57.01. Defending Olympic champion Denis Pankratov seized a powerful lead on the first length, but faded shortly to seventh place in 1:57.97. France's Franck Esposito (1:58.39), bronze medalist in Barcelona eight years earlier, closed out the field. [5]

Earlier, Malchow posted a top-seeded time of 1:56.25 on the morning prelims to cut off Melvin Stewart's 1992 Olympic record by a hundredth of a second (0.01). [8] Followed by an evening session on day three, he eventually lowered it to 1:56.02 in the semifinals. [9]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Tom Malchow  (USA)1:55.18 Charlotte, United States 17 June 2000 [10]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Melvin Stewart  (USA)1:56.26 Barcelona, Spain 30 July 1992 [10]

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
18 SeptemberHeat 6 Tom Malchow Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:56.25 OR
18 SeptemberSemifinal 2 Tom Malchow Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:56.02 OR
19 SeptemberFinal Tom Malchow Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:55.35 OR

Results

Heats

[10]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164 Tom Malchow Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:56.25Q, OR
244 Denys Sylantyev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:56.42Q
353 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:57.30Q
466 Justin Norris Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:57.60Q
555 Anatoly Polyakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:57.67Q
663 James Hickman Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:57.88Q
754 Franck Esposito Flag of France.svg  France 1:57.97Q
865 Stephen Parry Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:58.00Q
952 Denis Pankratov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:58.01Q
1056 Takashi Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:58.07Q
1145 Thomas Rupprath Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:58.32Q
1243 Heath Ramsay Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:58.82Q
1368 Stefan Aartsen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:58.89Q
1446 Hisayoshi Tanaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:59.00Q
1567 Andrew Livingston Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1:59.05Q
1661 Sergey Fesenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:59.41Q
1742 Ioan Gherghel Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:59.48
1862 Shamek Pietucha Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:59.59
1958 Han Kyu-chul Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:59.85
2057 Juan Veloz Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:00.02
2136 Vladan Marković Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia 2:00.11
2223 Anthony Ang Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2:00.12 NR
2341 Jorge Pérez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:00.15
2434 Viktor Bodrogi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:00.74
2533 Ioannis Drymonakos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:00.75
2631 Theo Verster Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:00.90
2735 Gunter Rodríguez Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 2:01.06 NR
2832 Michael Windisch Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:01.20 NR
2926 Zoran Lazarovski Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 2:01.30
3047 Massimiliano Eroli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:01.32
3148 Michael Halika Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:01.97
3227 Mark Kwok Kin Ming Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2:01.99
3351 Xie Xufeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:02.00
3437 Tero Välimaa Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:02.46
3515 Tseng Cheng-hua Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:03.62
3625 Juan Pablo Valdivieso Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2:03.67
3738 Colin Lowth Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 2:03.91
3822 Dulyarit Phuangthong Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2:04.15
3928 Lovrenco Franičević Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:04.35
4013 Georgi Palazov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:04.40
4121 Konstantin Andriushin Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 2:04.86
4224 Albert Christiadi Sutanto Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2:05.13
4314 Roberto Delgado Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador 2:08.18
4416 Dumitru Zastoico Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 2:09.34
4512 Dmitriy Tsutskarev Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 2:10.54
4617 Fadi Kouzmah Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 2:11.56

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Denys Sylantyev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:56.81Q
25 Justin Norris Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:57.10Q
36 Stephen Parry Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:57.23Q
42 Takashi Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:57.66
53 James Hickman Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:57.84
67 Heath Ramsay Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:57.90
71 Hisayoshi Tanaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:58.06
88 Sergey Fesenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:59.03

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Tom Malchow Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:56.02Q, OR
23 Anatoly Polyakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:56.78Q
35 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:57.00Q
46 Franck Esposito Flag of France.svg  France 1:57.04Q
52 Denis Pankratov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:57.24Q
68 Andrew Livingston Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1:58.63 NR
71 Stefan Aartsen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:58.66
87 Thomas Rupprath Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:58.96

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Tom Malchow Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:55.35 OR
Silver medal icon.svg3 Denys Sylantyev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:55.76 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg7 Justin Norris Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:56.17 OC
45 Anatoly Polyakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:56.34
56 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:56.50
61 Stephen Parry Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:57.01
78 Denis Pankratov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:57.97
82 Franck Esposito Flag of France.svg  France 1:58.39

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