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

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Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 21, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 22, 2000 (final)
Competitors63 from 53 nations
Winning time52.00 EU
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Lars Frölander Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg Michael Klim Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Geoff Huegill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
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The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 21–22 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. [1]

Competing at his third Games, Lars Frölander ended Sweden's 20-year drought to become an Olympic champion in the event, since Pär Arvidsson did so in 1980. Surprised by a massive home crowd, he overhauled Australia's top favorites Michael Klim and Geoff Huegill on the final 25 metres to snatch a gold medal in a new European record of 52.00. [2] [3] Klim added a silver to his two relay golds from the Games, in a time of 52.18, while Huegill took home the bronze in 52.22, handing an entire medal pool for the Aussies with an unexpected two–three finish. [4]

At 18 years of age, U.S. teenage swimmer Ian Crocker came up with a spectacular swim to earn a fourth spot in an American record of 52.44. [5] Meanwhile, Canada's Mike Mintenko shared a fifth-place tie with Japan's Takashi Yamamoto in a matching standard of 52.58. Germany's Thomas Rupprath and Russia's Anatoly Polyakov closed out the field with a joint seventh-place finish (53.13). [4]

Earlier in the semifinals, Huegill became the second fastest of all-time in swimming history to break a 52-second barrier, establishing a new Olympic record of 51.96. [6]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Michael Klim  (AUS)51.81 Canberra, Australia 12 December 1999 [7]
Olympic recordFlag of Russia.svg  Denis Pankratov  (RUS)52.27 Atlanta, United States 24 July 1996 [7]

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
21 SeptemberSemifinal 1 Geoff Huegill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 51.96 OR

Results

Heats

[7]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174 Michael Klim Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.73Q
284 Geoff Huegill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.79Q
386 Mike Mintenko Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 52.90Q, NR
466 Takashi Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 52.91Q
564 Lars Frölander Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 53.14Q
673 Zsolt Gáspár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 53.29Q
762 Anatoly Polyakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 53.30Q
876 Denys Sylantyev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 53.34Q
965 Ian Crocker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.45Q
1063 James Hickman Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 53.48Q
1183 Franck Esposito Flag of France.svg  France 53.54Q
85 Tommy Hannan Flag of the United States.svg  United States Q
1375 Thomas Rupprath Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 53.57Q
1467 Joris Keizer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 53.66Q
1578 Jere Hård Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 53.67Q
1655 Stefan Aartsen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 53.81Q
1771 Andriy Serdinov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 53.90
1856 Theo Verster Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 53.95
1961 Igor Marchenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 53.98
2054 Ouyang Kunpeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 54.12
2177 Ioan Gherghel Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 54.13
2272 Shamek Pietucha Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 54.14
2368 Peter Mankoč Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 54.15
81 Daniel Carlsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2588 Tero Välimaa Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 54.24
2652 Marcin Kaczmarek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 54.32
2757 Jan Vítazka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 54.34
2858 Pablo Martín Abal Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 54.45
2982 Francisco Sánchez Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 54.56
3044 Simão Morgado Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 54.75
3142 Philippe Meyer Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 54.85 NR
3246 Andrew Livingston Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 55.03
3351 Joshua Ilika Brenner Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 55.07
3434 Ravil Nachaev Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 55.21
3535 Konstantin Ushkov Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 55.25
3615 Anthony Ang Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 55.26 NR
3747 Yoav Meiri Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 55.38
3837 Simeon Makedonski Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 55.49
3924 Janko Gojković Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 55.55 NR
53 Oswaldo Quevedo Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela
4123 Aleksandar Miladinovski Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 55.62
4241 Dennis Otzen Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 55.70
4343 Yohan García Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 55.74
4426 Mehdi Addadi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 56.04
4527 Daniel O'Keeffe Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 56.05
4628 Roberto Delgado Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador 56.07
4736 Luc Decker Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 56.10
4825 Ríkardur Ríkardsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 56.11 NR
4914 Andrey Gavrilov Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 56.14
5048 Ivan Mladina Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 56.17
5113 Ioannis Drymonakos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 56.36
5232 Tseng Cheng-hua Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 56.39
5333 Haitham Hassan Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 56.42
5422 Stephen Fahy Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 56.46
5538 Albert Christiadi Sutanto Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 56.50
5616 Artūrs Jakovļevs Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 56.63
5721 Nicholas Rees Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 57.23
5812 Conrad Francis Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 57.44
5931 Dumitru Zastoico Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 58.55
6011 Kim Jin-woo Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 59.55
6117 Kamal Salman Masud Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1:00.60
45 Milorad Čavić Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia DSQ
87 Christian Keller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Geoff Huegill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 51.96Q, OR
25 Takashi Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 53.10Q
31 Joris Keizer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 53.33 NR
43 Zsolt Gáspár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 53.45
56 Denys Sylantyev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 53.51
62 James Hickman Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 53.55
77 Tommy Hannan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.59
88 Stefan Aartsen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 53.81

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Michael Klim Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.63Q
22 Ian Crocker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52.82Q
33 Lars Frölander Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 52.84Q
45 Mike Mintenko Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 53.00Q
51 Thomas Rupprath Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 53.18Q
66 Anatoly Polyakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 53.32Q
77 Franck Esposito Flag of France.svg  France 53.38
88 Jere Hård Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 53.65

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg6 Lars Frölander Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 52.00 EU
Silver medal icon.svg5 Michael Klim Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.18
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Geoff Huegill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.22
43 Ian Crocker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52.44 AM
52 Mike Mintenko Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 52.58 NR
7 Takashi Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan AS
71 Thomas Rupprath Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 53.13
8 Anatoly Polyakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

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