The swimming competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney took place from 16 to 23 September 2000 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Homebush Bay. It featured 32 events (16 male, 16 female), and a total of 954 swimmers from 150 nations.[1]
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.[2][3]
Swimmers from the United States were the most successful, winning 14 golds, 8 silver, and 11 bronze to lead the overall medal count with 33. Meanwhile, Australia had produced a total of 18 medals (five golds, nine silver, and four bronze) to claim the second spot in the tally.[4][5][6] A total of fourteen world records and thirty-eight Olympic records were set during the competition.[7]
The following events were contested (all pool events were long course, and distances are in metres unless stated):
A total of 954 swimmers (558 men and 336 women) from 150 nations would compete in swimming events at these Olympic Games.[9] Aruba, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Georgia, Guinea, Iraq, Laos, Mali, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Niger, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, and Tajikistan made their official debut in swimming. Nations with swimmers at the Games are (team size in parentheses):
{{div col |colwidth=15em}}| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle}} | Anthony Ervin|USA|2000 Summer}}
{{flagIOCmedalist|Gary Hall, Jr.|USA|2000 Summer}} | 21.98 | Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold. | Pieter van den Hoogenband|NED|2000 Summer}} | 22.03 |
| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle}} | Pieter van den Hoogenband|NED|2000 Summer}} | 48.30 | Alexander Popov|RUS|2000 Summer}} | 48.69 | Gary Hall, Jr.|USA|2000 Summer}} | 48.73 |
| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle}} | Pieter van den Hoogenband|NED|2000 Summer}} | swimming|eq=y}} | Ian Thorpe|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 1:45.83 | Massimiliano Rosolino|ITA|2000 Summer}} | 1:46.65 |
| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle}} | Ian Thorpe|AUS|2000 Summer}} | swimming}} | Massimiliano Rosolino|ITA|2000 Summer}} | 3:43.40 EU | Klete Keller|USA|2000 Summer}} | 3:47.00 AM |
| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle}} | Grant Hackett|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 14:48.33 | Kieren Perkins|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 14:53.59 | Chris Thompson|USA|2000 Summer}} | 14:56.81 AM |
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| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke}} | Lenny Krayzelburg|USA|2000 Summer}} | swimming}} | Matt Welsh|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 54.07 OC | Stev Theloke|GER|2000 Summer}} | 54.82 |
| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke}} | Lenny Krayzelburg |USA|2000 Summer}} | swimming}} | Aaron Peirsol|USA|2000 Summer}} | 1:57.35 | Matt Welsh|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 1:57.59 OC |
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| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke}} | Domenico Fioravanti|ITA|2000 Summer}} | swimming}} | Ed Moses|USA|2000 Summer}} | 1:00.73 | Roman Sloudnov|RUS|2000 Summer}} | 1:00.91 |
| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke}} | Domenico Fioravanti|ITA|2000 Summer}} | 2:10.87 EU | Terence Parkin|RSA|2000 Summer}} | 2:12.50 AF | Davide Rummolo|ITA|2000 Summer}} | 2:12.73 |
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| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly}} | Lars Frölander|SWE|2000 Summer}} | 52.00 EU | Michael Klim|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 52.18 | Geoff Huegill|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 52.22 |
| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly}} | Tom Malchow|USA|2000 Summer}} | swimming}} | Denys Sylantyev|UKR|2000 Summer}} | 1:55.76 NR | Justin Norris|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 1:56.17 OC |
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| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley}} | Massimiliano Rosolino|ITA|2000 Summer}} | swimming}} | Tom Dolan|USA|2000 Summer}} | 1:59.77 AM | Tom Wilkens|USA|2000 Summer}} | 2:00.87 |
| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley}} | Tom Dolan|USA|2000 Summer}} | swimming}} | Erik Vendt|USA|2000 Summer}} | 4:14.23 | Curtis Myden|CAN|2000 Summer}} | 4:15.33 |
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| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay}} | {{flagIOCteam|AUS|2000 Summer}}
Ian Thorpe
Ashley Callus
Chris Fydler
Michael Klim
Todd Pearson*
Adam Pine* | swimming}} | {{flagIOCteam|USA|2000 Summer}}
Neil Walker
Anthony Ervin
Gary Hall, Jr.
Jason Lezak
Scott Tucker*
Josh Davis* | 3:13.86 AM | {{flagIOCteam|BRA|2000 Summer}}
Edvaldo Valério
Gustavo Borges
Carlos Jayme
Fernando Scherer | 3:17.40 |
| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay}} | {{flagIOCteam|AUS|2000 Summer}}
Todd Pearson
Ian Thorpe
Bill Kirby
Michael Klim
Grant Hackett*
Daniel Kowalski* | swimming}} | {{flagIOCteam|USA|2000 Summer}}
Jamie Rauch
Josh Davis
Scott Goldblatt
Klete Keller
Nate Dusing*
Chad Carvin* | 7:12.64 | {{flagIOCteam|NED|2000 Summer}}
Martijn Zuijdweg
Johan Kenkhuis
Pieter van den Hoogenband
Marcel Wouda
Mark van der Zijden* | 7:12.70 NR |
| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay}} | {{flagIOCteam|USA|2000 Summer}}
Lenny Krayzelburg
Ed Moses
Ian Crocker
Gary Hall, Jr.
Neil Walker*
Tommy Hannan*
Jason Lezak* | swimming}} | {{flagIOCteam|AUS|2000 Summer}}
Matt Welsh
Regan Harrison
Geoff Huegill
Michael Klim
Josh Watson*
Ryan Mitchell*
Adam Pine*
Ian Thorpe* | 3:35.27 OC | {{flagIOCteam|GER|2000 Summer}}
Stev Theloke
Jens Kruppa
Thomas Rupprath
Torsten Spanneberg | 3:35.88 EU |
| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle}} | Inge de Bruijn|NED|2000 Summer}} | 24.32 | Therese Alshammar|SWE|2000 Summer}} | 24.51 | Dara Torres|USA|2000 Summer}} | 24.63 AM |
| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle}} | Inge de Bruijn|NED|2000 Summer}} | 53.83 | Therese Alshammar|SWE|2000 Summer}} | 54.33 NR | Dara Torres|USA|2000 Summer}}
{{flagIOCmedalist|Jenny Thompson|USA|2000 Summer}} | 54.43 |
| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle}} | Susie O'Neill|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 1:58.24 | Martina Moravcová|SVK|2000 Summer}} | 1:58.32 | Claudia Poll|CRC|2000 Summer}} | 1:58.81 |
| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle}} | Brooke Bennett|USA|2000 Summer}} | 4:05.80 | Diana Munz|USA|2000 Summer}} | 4:07.07 | Claudia Poll|CRC|2000 Summer}} | 4:07.83 |
| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle}} | Brooke Bennett|USA|2000 Summer}} | swimming}} | Yana Klochkova|UKR|2000 Summer}} | 8:22.66 NR | Kaitlin Sandeno|USA|2000 Summer}} | 8:24.29 |
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| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke}} | Diana Mocanu|ROM|2000 Summer}} | swimming}} | Mai Nakamura|JPN|2000 Summer}} | 1:00.55 NR | Nina Zhivanevskaya|ESP|2000 Summer}} | 1:00.89 NR |
| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke}} | Diana Mocanu|ROM|2000 Summer}} | 2:08.16 NR | Roxana Maracineanu|FRA|2000 Summer}} | 2:10.25 NR | Miki Nakao|JPN|2000 Summer}} | 2:11.05 |
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| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke}} | Megan Quann|USA|2000 Summer}} | 1:07.05 AM | Leisel Jones|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 1:07.49 OC | Penny Heyns|RSA|2000 Summer}} | 1:07.55 |
| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke}} | Ágnes Kovács|HUN|2000 Summer}} | 2:24.35 | Kristy Kowal|USA|2000 Summer}} | 2:24.56 AM | Amanda Beard|USA|2000 Summer}} | 2:25.35 |
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| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly}} | Inge de Bruijn|NED|2000 Summer}} | swimming}} | Martina Moravcová|SVK|2000 Summer}} | 57.97 NR | Dara Torres|USA|2000 Summer}} | 58.20 |
| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly}} | Misty Hyman|USA|2000 Summer}} | swimming}} | Susie O'Neill|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 2:06.58 | Petria Thomas|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 2:07.12 |
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| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley}} | Yana Klochkova|UKR|2000 Summer}} | swimming}} | Beatrice Căslaru|ROM|2000 Summer}} | 2:12.57 NR | Cristina Teuscher|USA|2000 Summer}} | 2:13.32 |
| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley}} | Yana Klochkova|UKR|2000 Summer}} | swimming}} | Yasuko Tajima|JPN|2000 Summer}} | 4:35.96 NR | Beatrice Căslaru|ROM|2000 Summer}} | 4:37.18 NR |
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| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay}} | {{flagIOCteam|USA|2000 Summer}}
Amy Van Dyken
Courtney Shealy
Jenny Thompson
Dara Torres
Erin Phenix*
Ashley Tappin* | swimming}} | {{flagIOCteam|NED|2000 Summer}}
Manon van Rooijen
Wilma van Hofwegen
Inge de Bruijn
Thamar Henneken
Chantal Groot* | 3:39.83 EU | {{flagIOCteam|SWE|2000 Summer}}
Johanna Sjöberg
Therese Alshammar
Louise Jöhncke
Anna-Karin Kammerling
Josefin Lillhage*
Malin Svahnström* | 3:40.30 NR |
| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay}} | {{flagIOCteam|USA|2000 Summer}}
Diana Munz
Jenny Thompson
Samantha Arsenault
Lindsay Benko
Julia Stowers*
Kim Black* | swimming}} | {{flagIOCteam|AUS|2000 Summer}}
Giaan Rooney
Petria Thomas
Kirsten Thomson
Susie O'Neill
Jacinta van Lint*
Elka Graham* | 7:58.52 OC | {{flagIOCteam|GER|2000 Summer}}
Franziska van Almsick
Antje Buschschulte
Sara Harstick
Kerstin Kielgass
Meike Freitag*
Britta Steffen* | 7:58.64 NR |
| {{DetailsLink>Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay}} | {{flagIOCteam|USA|2000 Summer}}
Barbara Bedford
Megan Quann
Jenny Thompson
Dara Torres
Courtney Shealy*
Ashley Tappin*
Amy Van Dyken*
Staciana Stitts* | swimming}} | {{flagIOCteam|AUS|2000 Summer}}
Petria Thomas
Leisel Jones
Susie O'Neill
Dyana Calub
Giaan Rooney*
Tarnee White*
Sarah Ryan* | 4:01.59 OC | {{flagIOCteam|JPN|2000 Summer}}
Masami Tanaka
Sumika Minamoto
Mai Nakamura
Junko Onishi | 4:04.16 NR |
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