Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 17, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 18, 2000 (final)
Competitors55 from 50 nations
Winning time53.72 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Lenny Krayzelburg Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Matt Welsh Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Stev Theloke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
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The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 17–18 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. [1]

Lenny Krayzelburg, a Ukrainian-born American whose swimming career began in the old Soviet system, shattered a new Olympic record to claim a gold medal in the event, slashing 0.14 seconds off an eight-year-old standard set by Jeff Rouse in Barcelona. [2] [3] He seized the lead on the first length, and held off a challenge from Australia's overwhelming favorite Matt Welsh down the final lap to touch the wall first in 53.72. [4] [5] Delighted by the frenzied home crowd, Welsh took home with a silver medal in an Oceanian record of 54.07. Meanwhile, Germany's Stev Theloke stormed home from behind to wrest a bronze in 54.82, edging out another Aussie Josh Watson (55.01) by almost two-tenths of a second (0.20). [6]

Poland's Bartosz Kizierowski finished fifth with a time of 55.04, and was followed in the sixth spot by U.S. swimmer Neil Walker in 55.14. Theloke's teammate Steffen Driesen (55.27) and Israel's Eithan Urbach (55.74) closed out the field. [6]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Lenny Krayzelburg  (USA)53.60 Sydney, Australia 24 August 1999 [7]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Jeff Rouse  (USA)53.86 Barcelona, Spain 31 July 1992 [7]

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
18 SeptemberFinal Lenny Krayzelburg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.72 OR

Results

Heats

[7]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174 Lenny Krayzelburg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.38Q
264 Matt Welsh Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 54.70Q
355 Stev Theloke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 55.00Q
475 Josh Watson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 55.09Q
551 Bartosz Kizierowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 55.14Q
654 Neil Walker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.34Q
763 Steffen Driesen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 55.39Q
853 Gordan Kožulj Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 55.43Q
952 Eithan Urbach Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 55.44Q, NR
1073 Alexandre Massura Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 55.58Q
1165 Rodolfo Falcón Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 55.61Q
1266 David Ortega Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 55.80Q
1372 Péter Horváth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 55.81Q
1478 Chris Renaud Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 55.85Q
1545 Simon Dufour Flag of France.svg  France 56.01Q
1671 Adam Ruckwood Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 56.19Q
1761 Derya Büyükuncu Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 56.21
1867 Marko Strahija Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 56.26
1942 Sergey Ostapchuk Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 56.26
2057 Mariusz Siembida Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 56.27
2158 Emanuele Merisi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 56.35
47 Răzvan Florea Flag of Romania.svg  Romania NR
2356 Rogério Romero Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 56.44
2462 Darius Grigalionis Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 56.47
2576 Mark Versfeld Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.50
2677 Volodymyr Nikolaychuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 56.71
2744 Alex Lim Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 56.81
2841 Miroslav Machovič Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 56.95
48 Nuno Laurentino Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
3068 Simon Thirsk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 57.06
3123 Sung Min Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 57.12
3232 Blaž Medvešek Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 57.26
3337 Markus Rogan Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 57.35
3446 Ouyang Kunpeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 57.47
3534 Philipp Gilgen Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 57.50
3633 Mattias Ohlin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 57.51
3735 Scott Talbot-Cameron Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 57.86
3812 Alexandru Ivlev Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 57.91
3938 Ivan Angelov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 58.03
4043 Eduardo Germán Otero Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 58.09
4121 Diego Gallo Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 58.18 NR
4236 Milorad Čavić Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia 58.25
4328 Dulyarit Phuangthong Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 58.48
4431 Haitham Hassan Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 58.67
4524 Gary Tan Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 58.69
4622 Mehdi Addadi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 58.74
4713 Benjamin Lo-Pinto Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 58.90
4827 Mike Fung-A-Wing Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 59.06
4925 Konstantin Priahin Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 59.86
5014 Germán Martínez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 59.94
5126 Nicholas Neckles Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 1:00.19
5216 Pavel Sidorov Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 1:01.02
5317 Mauricio Prudencio Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 1:01.15
5415 Faisal Al-Mahmeed Flag of Kuwait (3-2).svg  Kuwait 1:05.17
5511 Welbert Samuel Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Federated States of Micronesia 1:12.38

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Matt Welsh Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 54.52Q
25 Josh Watson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 54.93Q
33 Neil Walker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.20Q
41 Chris Renaud Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 55.70
52 Alexandre Massura Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 56.07
66 Gordan Kožulj Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 56.26
77 David Ortega Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 56.33
88 Adam Ruckwood Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 56.34

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Lenny Krayzelburg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.32Q
25 Stev Theloke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 54.95Q
32 Eithan Urbach Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 55.31Q, NR
43 Bartosz Kizierowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 55.34Q
56 Steffen Driesen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 55.41Q
67 Rodolfo Falcón Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 55.59
71 Péter Horváth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 55.65
88 Simon Dufour Flag of France.svg  France 55.79

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Lenny Krayzelburg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.72 OR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Matt Welsh Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 54.07 OC
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Stev Theloke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 54.82
43 Josh Watson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 55.01
51 Bartosz Kizierowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 55.04
62 Neil Walker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.14
78 Steffen Driesen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 55.27
87 Eithan Urbach Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 55.74

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