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
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 20, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 21, 2000 (final)
Competitors56 from 49 nations
Winning time1:58.98 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Massimiliano Rosolino Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Tom Dolan Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Tom Wilkens Flag of the United States.svg  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

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

World recordFlag of Finland.svg  Jani Sievinen  (FIN)1:58.16 Rome, Italy 11 September 1994 [7]
Olympic recordFlag of Hungary.svg  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.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
21 SeptemberFinal Massimiliano Rosolino Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:58.98 OR

Results

Heats

[7]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174 Massimiliano Rosolino Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:00.92Q, NR
254 Tom Dolan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:01.55Q
355 Marcel Wouda Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:01.89Q
475 Curtis Myden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:01.95Q
556 Jani Sievinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:02.00Q
653 Christian Keller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:02.09Q
764 Tom Wilkens Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:02.21Q
865 Matthew Dunn Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:02.44Q
962 Cezar Bădiţă Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:02.48Q, NR
1052 Attila Czene Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:02.66Q
1173 Robert van der Zant Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:02.77Q
1266 Xavier Marchand Flag of France.svg  France 2:02.86Q
1372 Jordi Carrasco Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:02.89Q
1463 Jens Kruppa Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:03.08Q
1557 Brian Johns Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:03.12Q
1667 Jiro Miki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:03.33Q
76 Terence Parkin Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
1868 Peter Mankoč Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:03.45
1971 István Batházi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:03.63
2051 Theo Verster Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:03.64
2178 Jan Vítazka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:03.66 NR
2258 Ioannis Kokkodis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:04.04
2344 Dean Kent Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:04.07
2442 Valērijs Kalmikovs Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 2:04.18
2561 Xie Xufeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:04.67
2634 George Bovell Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 2:04.68
2741 Michael Windisch Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:05.15
2848 Yves Platel Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:05.19
2923 Grigoriy Matuzkov Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 2:05.45
3077 Susumu Tabuchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:05.68
3145 Artem Goncharenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:05.98
3235 Oleg Pukhnatiy Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 2:06.01
3333 Han Kyu-chul Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 2:06.42
3432 Arsenio López Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2:06.49
3526 Jeremy Knowles Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 2:06.85
3643 Krešimir Čač Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:07.04
3725 Javier Díaz Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:07.28
3822 Aleksandar Miladinovski Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 2:07.45
3946 Michael Halika Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:07.53
4017 Andrei Pakin Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 2:07.88
4131 Stephen Fahy Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 2:07.92
4215 George Gleason Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 2:08.25
4347 Pathunyu Yimsomruay Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2:08.38
4436 Wu Nien-pin Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:08.85
4524 Walter Dario Arciprete Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 2:08.89
4627 Alex Fong Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2:09.00
4737 Andrei Zaharov Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 2:09.13
4813 Đorđe Filipović Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia 2:09.28
4921 Orel Oral Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:09.51
5014 Felix Christiadi Sutanto Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2:09.77
5138 Haitham Hassan Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2:09.92
5228 Francisco Picasso Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 2:10.97
5316 Georgios Dimitriadis Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 2:12.76
5411 Saad Khalloqi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:13.22
5512 Sultan Al-Otaibi Flag of Kuwait (3-2).svg  Kuwait 2:16.23
5618 Omar Abu Fares Flag of Jordan (3-2).svg  Jordan 2:21.22

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Tom Dolan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:00.38Q
23 Christian Keller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:01.23Q
32 Attila Czene Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:01.56Q
47 Xavier Marchand Flag of France.svg  France 2:01.81Q
56 Matthew Dunn Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:01.95
65 Curtis Myden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:01.99
71 Jens Kruppa Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:02.55
88 Jiro Miki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:03.90

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Massimiliano Rosolino Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:01.14Q
25 Marcel Wouda Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:01.40Q
33 Jani Sievinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:01.46Q
46 Tom Wilkens Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:01.51Q
52 Cezar Bădiţă Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:02.02
61 Jordi Carrasco Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:02.90
77 Robert van der Zant Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:02.91
88 Brian Johns Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:02.92

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Massimiliano Rosolino Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:58.98 OR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Tom Dolan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:59.77 AM
Bronze medal icon.svg7 Tom Wilkens Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:00.87
41 Attila Czene Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:01.16
56 Marcel Wouda Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:01.48
63 Christian Keller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:02.02
78 Xavier Marchand Flag of France.svg  France 2:02.23
82 Jani Sievinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:02.49

References

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