Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley

Men's 400 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Date	September 17, 2000 (heats & final)
Competitors	45 from 39 nations
Winning time	4:11.76 WR
Medalists
Tom Dolan   United States Erik Vendt   United States Curtis Myden   Canada
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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]

Records

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

World record	Tom Dolan  (USA)	4:12.30	Rome, Italy	6 September 1994	[9]
Olympic record	Tamás Darnyi  (HUN)	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
17 September	Final	Tom Dolan	United States	4:11.76	WR

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	3	Alessio Boggiatto	Italy	4:14.26	Q, NR
2	6	4	Tom Dolan	United States	4:15.52	Q
3	4	4	Curtis Myden	Canada	4:16.35	Q
4	4	6	Cezar Bădiță	Romania	4:17.11	Q, NR
5	5	4	Erik Vendt	United States	4:17.15	Q
6	5	5	Justin Norris	Australia	4:17.36	Q
	5	2	Shinya Taniguchi	Japan		Q, AS
8	5	6	Terence Parkin	South Africa	4:18.14	Q, AF
9	5	7	Jirka Letzin	Germany	4:18.63
10	6	6	István Batházi	Hungary	4:18.85
11	5	3	Michael Halika	Israel	4:19.97
12	4	5	Matthew Dunn	Australia	4:20.31
13	6	5	Susumu Tabuchi	Japan	4:20.76
14	4	7	Johann Le Bihan	France	4:20.96
15	6	3	Frederik Hviid	Spain	4:21.63
16	4	1	Dean Kent	New Zealand	4:21.81
17	3	2	Alexey Kovrigin	Russia	4:22.21
18	3	6	Yves Platel	Switzerland	4:22.38
19	6	1	Massimiliano Eroli	Italy	4:22.85
20	5	1	Ioannis Kokkodis	Greece	4:23.19
21	6	7	Xie Xufeng	China	4:23.33
22	3	4	Serghei Mariniuc	Moldova	4:23.57
23	3	5	Jan Vítazka	Czech Republic	4:23.81
24	4	2	Simon Militis	Great Britain	4:24.38
25	5	8	Jin Hao	China	4:24.56
26	4	8	Michael Windisch	Austria	4:24.62
27	2	2	Jani Sievinen	Finland	4:25.16
28	3	7	Dmytro Nazarenko	Ukraine	4:25.26
29	6	2	Owen von Richter	Canada	4:25.70
30	3	1	Marko Milenkovič	Slovenia	4:26.62
31	2	4	Jeremy Knowles	Bahamas	4:26.87
32	6	8	Torwai Sethsothorn	Thailand	4:28.42
33	3	3	Kim Bang-hyun	South Korea	4:28.56
34	1	3	Alex Fong	Hong Kong	4:29.02
35	3	8	Alejandro Bermúdez	Colombia	4:29.42
36	2	3	George Bovell	Trinidad and Tobago	4:29.52	NR
37	2	7	Juan Carlos Piccio	Philippines	4:30.17
38	2	5	Juan Veloz	Mexico	4:31.73
39	2	8	Grigoriy Matuzkov	Kazakhstan	4:31.89
40	1	4	Georgi Palazov	Bulgaria	4:35.92
41	2	1	Wan Azlan Abdullah	Malaysia	4:36.90
42	2	6	Sandro Tomaš	Croatia	4:38.31
43	1	5	Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	4:41.97
44	1	6	Hsu Kuo-tung	Chinese Taipei	4:42.78
45	1	2	John Tabone	Malta	4:53.12

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Tom Dolan	United States	4:11.76	WR
	2	Erik Vendt	United States	4:14.23
	3	Curtis Myden	Canada	4:15.33	NR
4	4	Alessio Boggiatto	Italy	4:15.93
5	8	Terence Parkin	South Africa	4:16.92	AF
6	1	Justin Norris	Australia	4:17.87
7	6	Cezar Bădiță	Romania	4:20.91
8	7	Shinya Taniguchi	Japan	4:20.93

References

1. "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
2. "More fireworks in the pool". Sports Illustrated . CNN. 17 September 2000. Archived from the original on May 7, 2001. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
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5. "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
6. Whitten, Phillip (17 September 2000). "Olympic Day 2 Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
7. Whitten, Phillip (17 September 2000). "Exclusive: Banned Swimmer Allowed To Compete". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 23 May 2013.
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External links

• Official Olympic Report