Swimming 2000

Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held from 16 to 23 September 2000 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.

The swimming program for 2000 was expanded from 1996, with the inclusion of the semifinal phase in each of the events except for some special cases. Long-distance swimming events (400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle, and 400 m individual medley) and all relays still maintained the old format with only two phases: heats and final. Because of the radical changes in the competition format, it was extended into an eight-day program and thereby continued into the present era.

Medal Table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	14	8	11	33
2	Australia	5	9	4	18
3	Netherlands	5	1	2	8
4	Italy	3	1	2	6
5	Ukraine	2	2	0	4
6	Romania	2	1	1	4
7	Sweden	1	2	1	4
8	Hungary	1	0	0	1
9	Japan	0	2	2	4
10	Slovakia	0	2	0	2
11	Russia	0	1	1	2
	South Africa	0	1	1	2
13	France	0	1	0	1
14	Germany	0	0	3	3
15	Costa Rica	0	0	2	2
16	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1

Medalists

Men

Event
50 m freestyle	Gary Hall Anthony Ervin	—	Pieter van den Hoogenband
100 m freestyle	Pieter van den Hoogenband	Alexander Popov	Gary Hall
200 m freestyle	Pieter van den Hoogenband	Ian Thorpe	Massimiliano Rosolino
400 m freestyle	Ian Thorpe	Massimiliano Rosolino	Klete Keller
1500 m freestyle	Grant Hackett	Kieren Perkins	Chris Thompson
100 m backstroke	Lenny Krayzelburg	Matthew Welsh	Stev Theloke
200 m backstroke	Lenny Krayzelburg	Aaron Peirsol	Matthew Welsh
100 m breaststroke	Domenico Fioravanti	Ed Moses	Roman Sloudnov
200 m breaststroke	Domenico Fioravanti	Terence Parkin	Davide Rummolo
100 m butterfly	Lars Froelander	Michael Klim	Geoff Huegill
200 m butterfly	Tom Malchow	Denys Sylantyev	Justin Norris
200 m individual medley	Massimiliano Rosolino	Tom Dolan	Tom Wilkens
400 m individual medley	Tom Dolan	Erik Vendt	Curtis Myden
4x100 m freestyle relay	Australia Ashley Callus Chris Fydler Michael Klim Todd Pearson Adam Pine Ian Thorpe	United States Josh Davis Anthony Ervin Gary Hall Jason Lezak Scott Tucker Neil Walker	Brazil Gustavo Borges Carlos Jayme Fernando Scherer Edvaldo Valerio
4x200 m freestyle relay	Australia Grant Hackett William Kirby Michael Klim Daniel Kowalski Todd Pearson Ian Thorpe	United States Chad Carvin Josh Davis Nate Dusing Scott Goldblatt Klete Keller Jamie Rauch	Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband Johan Kenkhuis Marcel Wouda Mark van der Zijden Martijn Zuijdweg
4x100 m medley relay	United States Ian Crocker Gary Hall Tommy Hannan Lenny Krayzelburg Jason Lezak Ed Moses Neil Walker	Australia Regan Harrison Geoff Huegill Michael Klim Ryan Mitchell Adam Pine Ian Thorpe Josh Watson Matthew Welsh	Germany Jens Kruppa Thomas Rupprath Torsten Spanneberg Stev Theloke

Women

Event
50 m freestyle	Inge de Bruijn	Therese Alshammar	Dara Torres
100 m freestyle	Inge de Bruijn	Therese Alshammar	Dara Torres Jenny Thompson
200 m freestyle	Susie O'Neill	Martina Moravcova	Claudia Poll
400 m freestyle	Brooke Bennett	Diana Munz	Claudia Poll
800 m freestyle	Brooke Bennett	Yana Klochkova	Kaitlin Sandeno
100 m backstroke	Diana Mocanu	Mai Nakamura	Nina Zhivanevskaya
200 m backstroke	Diana Mocanu	Roxana Maracineanu	Miki Nakao
100 m breaststroke	Megan Quann	Leisel Jones	Penny Heyns
200 m breaststroke	Agnes Kovacs	Kristy Kowal	Amanda Beard
100 m butterfly	Inge de Bruijn	Martina Moravcova	Dara Torres
200 m butterfly	Misty Hyman	Susie O'Neill	Petria Thomas
200 m individual medley	Yana Klochkova	Beatrice Caslaru	Cristina Teuscher
400 m individual medley	Yana Klochkova	Yasuko Tajima	Beatrice Caslaru
4x100 m freestyle relay	United States Erin Phenix Courtney Shealy Ashley Tappin Jenny Thompson Dara Torres Amy Van Dyken	Netherlands Inge de Bruijn Chantal Groot Thamar Henneken Wilma van Rijn Manon van Rooijen	Sweden Therese Alshammar Louise Johncke Anna-Karin Kammerling Josefin Lillhage Johanna Sjoberg Malin Svahnstroem
4x200 m freestyle relay	United States Samantha Arsenault Lindsay Benko Kim Black Diana Munz Julia Stowers Jenny Thompson	Australia Elka Graham Susie O'Neill Giaan Rooney Petria Thomas Kirsten Thomson Jacinta Van Lint	Germany Antje Buschschulte Meike Freitag Sara Harstick Kerstin Kielgass Britta Steffen Franziska van Almsick
4x100 m medley relay	United States Barbara Bedford Megan Quann Courtney Shealy Staciana Stitts Ashley Tappin Jenny Thompson Dara Torres Amy Van Dyken	Australia Dyana Calub Leisel Jones Susie O'Neill Giaan Rooney Sarah Ryan Petria Thomas Tarnee White	Japan Sumika Minamoto Mai Nakamura Junko Onishi Masami Tanaka

Statistics

• There were 954 total athletes from 150 countries.
• Fariha Fathimath was the youngest participant with 13 years and 196 days.
• Jure Bucar was the oldest participant with 34 years and 256 days.
• 11 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
• United States won 33 medals, more than in any other sport.
• Australia won 18 medals, more than in any other sport.
• Netherlands won 8 medals, more than in any other sport.
• Italy won 6 medals, more than in any other sport.
• Slovakia and Ukraine won their first-ever medals in the sport.
• Costa Rica won its only two medals of Sydney 2000.
• Sweden won its first gold medal in the sport since Moscow 1980.
• Italy won its first-ever 3 gold medals in the sport.
• Romania won its first-ever 2 gold medals in the sport.
• Great Britain did not win a single medal in the sport for the first time since Berlin 1936.
• 14 world records and 38 Olympic records were broken in the course of the competition.

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