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

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 19, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 20, 2000 (final)
Competitors49 from 44 nations
Winning time2:10.87 EU
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Domenico Fioravanti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Terence Parkin Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Bronze medal icon.svg Davide Rummolo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
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The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 19–20 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. [1]

Domenico Fioravanti emerged as a major force on the international swimming after effortlessly winning his second gold at these Games. He maintained a lead from start to finish and posted a European record of 2:10.87, the second-fastest of all time, making him the first ever swimmer in Olympic history to strike a breaststroke double. [2] [3] South Africa's Terence Parkin, a deaf mute since birth, enjoyed the race of his life to take a silver medal in an African record of 2:12.50. [4] Fioravanti's fellowman Davide Rummolo gave Italy a further reason to celebrate, as he powered home with the bronze in 2:12.73. [5] [6]

Acknowledging a massive cheer from the home crowd, Australia's Regan Harrison swam his lifetime best, but finished outside the podium by 15-hundredths of a second in 2:12.88. Czech Republic's Daniel Málek pulled off a fifth-place finish in a national record of 2:13.20, while Kyle Salyards, the only U.S. swimmer in the final, earned a sixth spot with a time of 2:13.27. France's Yohann Bernard (2:13.31) and another Aussie Ryan Mitchell (2:14.00) rounded out the finale. [5] Notable swimmers failed to reach the top 8 final, featuring Hungary's Norbert Rózsa, the defending Olympic champion, who placed thirteenth (2:14.67), and Canada's Morgan Knabe, who had the fastest 100-metre split, but faded badly on the final lap to place tenth (2:14.01). [7]

Shortly before the next Olympics, Fioravanti was forced to retire from swimming after failing a routine medical test carried by the Italian National Olympic Committee. Tests revealed that he was diagnosed with a genetic heart anomaly. [8] [9]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Mike Barrowman  (USA)2:10.16 Barcelona, Spain 29 July 1992 [10]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Mike Barrowman  (USA)2:10.16 Barcelona, Spain 29 July 1992 [10]

Results

Heats

[10]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
167 Davide Rummolo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:12.75Q, NR
245 Daniel Málek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:14.10Q, NR
372 Morgan Knabe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:14.18Q
477 Maxim Podoprigora Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:14.37Q, NR
556 Ryan Mitchell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:14.69Q
674 Stéphan Perrot Flag of France.svg  France 2:14.79Q
776 Regan Harrison Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:14.85Q
857 Martin Gustavsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:15.02Q
962 Domenico Fioravanti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:15.04Q
1063 Terence Parkin Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:15.06Q
1161 Norbert Rózsa Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:15.27Q
1264 Yohann Bernard Flag of France.svg  France 2:15.35Q
1353 Akira Hayashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:15.54Q
1465 Kyle Salyards Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:15.57Q
1522 Alexander Tkachev Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 2:15.63Q
1675 Dmitry Komornikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:15.70Q
1773 Kosuke Kitajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:15.71
1843 Marek Krawczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:16.08
1944 Valērijs Kalmikovs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2:16.21 NR
2054 Roman Sloudnov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:16.26
2155 Tom Wilkens Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:16.30
2258 Aliaksandr Hukau Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 2:16.93
2351 Benno Kuipers Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:17.03
2466 Adam Whitehead Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:17.16
2548 Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 2:17.86 NR
2678 José Couto Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:18.08
2741 Andrew Bree Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:18.14
2826 Oleg Lisogor Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:18.28
2932 Joe Kyong-fan Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 2:19.16 NR
3035 Li Tsung-chueh Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:19.30
3147 Steven Ferguson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:19.31
3246 Tal Stricker Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:19.33
3334 Raiko Pachel Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:19.71
3423 Jarno Pihlava Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:19.76
3538 Francisco Suriano Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2:20.10
3625 Jeremy Knowles Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 2:20.31
3714 Andrés Bicocca Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:20.98
3852 Zhu Yi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:21.60
3936 Alvaro Fortuny Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2:21.78
4031 Muhammad Akbar Nasution Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2:23.81
4142 Ratapong Sirisanont Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2:23.95
4237 Tam Chi Kin Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2:24.04
4333 Juan José Madrigal Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 2:24.49
4471 Elvin Chia Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2:26.84
4513 Nguyễn Ngọc Anh Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2:29.54
4627 Sergey Voytsekhovich Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 2:30.23
4715 Leonard Ngoma Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2:32.90
24 Vadim Tatarov Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova DNS
68 Jens Kruppa Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
11 Kyle Salyards Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:13.38Q
24 Daniel Málek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:13.46Q, NR
37 Yohann Bernard Flag of France.svg  France 2:13.48Q
42 Terence Parkin Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:13.57Q
58 Dmitry Komornikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:13.95
65 Maxim Podoprigora Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:14.20
73 Stéphan Perrot Flag of France.svg  France 2:14.59
86 Martin Gustavsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:15.23

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 Domenico Fioravanti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:12.37Q, NR
24 Davide Rummolo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:13.23Q
36 Regan Harrison Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:13.75Q
43 Ryan Mitchell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:13.87Q
55 Morgan Knabe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:14.01
67 Norbert Rózsa Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:14.67
71 Akira Hayashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:15.16
88 Alexander Tkachev Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 2:16.90

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Domenico Fioravanti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:10.87 EU
Silver medal icon.svg7 Terence Parkin Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:12.50 AF
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Davide Rummolo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:12.73
41 Regan Harrison Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:12.88 OC
56 Daniel Málek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:13.20 NR
63 Kyle Salyards Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:13.27
72 Yohann Bernard Flag of France.svg  France 2:13.31
88 Ryan Mitchell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:14.00

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