Men's 200 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Sydney International Aquatic Centre | ||||||||||||
Date | September 20, 2000 (heats & semifinals) September 21, 2000 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 56 from 49 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:58.98 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
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]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Jani Sievinen (FIN) | 1:58.16 | Rome, Italy | 11 September 1994 | [7] |
Olympic record | 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.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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21 September | Final | Massimiliano Rosolino | Italy | 1:58.98 | OR |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Tom Dolan | United States | 2:00.38 | Q |
2 | 3 | Christian Keller | Germany | 2:01.23 | Q |
3 | 2 | Attila Czene | Hungary | 2:01.56 | Q |
4 | 7 | Xavier Marchand | France | 2:01.81 | Q |
5 | 6 | Matthew Dunn | Australia | 2:01.95 | |
6 | 5 | Curtis Myden | Canada | 2:01.99 | |
7 | 1 | Jens Kruppa | Germany | 2:02.55 | |
8 | 8 | Jiro Miki | Japan | 2:03.90 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Massimiliano Rosolino | Italy | 2:01.14 | Q |
2 | 5 | Marcel Wouda | Netherlands | 2:01.40 | Q |
3 | 3 | Jani Sievinen | Finland | 2:01.46 | Q |
4 | 6 | Tom Wilkens | United States | 2:01.51 | Q |
5 | 2 | Cezar Bădiţă | Romania | 2:02.02 | |
6 | 1 | Jordi Carrasco | Spain | 2:02.90 | |
7 | 7 | Robert van der Zant | Australia | 2:02.91 | |
8 | 8 | Brian Johns | Canada | 2:02.92 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Massimiliano Rosolino | Italy | 1:58.98 | OR | |
4 | Tom Dolan | United States | 1:59.77 | AM | |
7 | Tom Wilkens | United States | 2:00.87 | ||
4 | 1 | Attila Czene | Hungary | 2:01.16 | |
5 | 6 | Marcel Wouda | Netherlands | 2:01.48 | |
6 | 3 | Christian Keller | Germany | 2:02.02 | |
7 | 8 | Xavier Marchand | France | 2:02.23 | |
8 | 2 | Jani Sievinen | Finland | 2:02.49 |
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