Men's 400 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Sydney International Aquatic Centre | ||||||||||||
Date | September 17, 2000 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 45 from 39 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4:11.76 WR | ||||||||||||
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 400 metre individual medley event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 17 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. [1]
U.S. swimmer Tom Dolan blistered the entire field, and broke a six-year-old world record to successfully defend his Olympic title in the event. Acknowledging a massive roar from an Australian crowd, Dolan pulled away from the field on the backstroke leg, and then opened up his lead to a powerful finish in a sterling time of 4:11.76. [2] [3] Dolan's teammate Erik Vendt came from last place on the first turn with a spectacular swim to take home the silver in 4:14.23, pulling off another top-two finish of the night for the Americans. [4] Meanwhile, Canada's Curtis Myden managed to repeat his bronze from Atlanta four years earlier in 4:15.33, handing a second straight medal haul for North America in the event's history. [5] [6]
Leading earlier in the prelims, Italy's Alessio Boggiatto finished outside the podium by six-tenths of a second (0.60) in 4:15.93. South Africa's Terence Parkin, a deaf mute since birth, swam on the outside in lane eight, but pulled off a fifth-place effort in an African record of 4:16.92. He was followed in sixth spot by Australia's newcomer Justin Norris (4:17.87), and in seventh by Romania's Cezar Bădiță (4:20.91), who had been overshadowed in his presence by a doping ban before the start of the Games. [6] In May 2000, Badita failed a doping test for a steroid nandralone when he competed at the Mare Nostrum meet in Barcelona, Spain. [7] [8] Japan's Shinya Taniguchi closed out the field to eighth place with a time of 4:20.93. [6]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 4:12.30 | Rome, Italy | 6 September 1994 | [9] |
Olympic record | ![]() | 4:14.23 | Barcelona, Spain | 27 July 1992 | [9] |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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17 September | Final | Tom Dolan | ![]() | 4:11.76 | WR |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 5 | Tom Dolan | ![]() | 4:11.76 | WR |
![]() | 2 | Erik Vendt | ![]() | 4:14.23 | |
![]() | 3 | Curtis Myden | ![]() | 4:15.33 | NR |
4 | 4 | Alessio Boggiatto | ![]() | 4:15.93 | |
5 | 8 | Terence Parkin | ![]() | 4:16.92 | AF |
6 | 1 | Justin Norris | ![]() | 4:17.87 | |
7 | 6 | Cezar Bădiță | ![]() | 4:20.91 | |
8 | 7 | Shinya Taniguchi | ![]() | 4:20.93 |