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Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre butterfly

Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 18, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 19, 2000 (final)
Competitors46 from 40 nations
Winning time1:55.35 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tom Malchow United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Denys Sylantyev Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Justin Norris Australia

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 18–19 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]

U.S. swimmer Tom Malchow shattered his own Olympic record to claim a gold medal in the event. Coming from third place on the final turn, he held off a challenge from fast-pacing Denys Sylantyev of Ukraine to touch the wall first in 1:55.35.[2][3] Sylantyev trailed behind by almost half a second (0.50) to take a silver in 1:55.76, while Australia's Justin Norris settled for the bronze in an Oceanian record of 1:56.17.[4][5]

Russia's Anatoly Polyakov finished outside the medals in 1:56.34. 15-year-old Michael Phelps, the youngest male U.S. Olympic swimmer in 68 years, continued to improve his personal best of 1:56.50, but it was only enough to pull off a fifth-place finish.[5][6][7]

Phelps, who later emerged as the most-decorated Olympian of all-time, was followed in the sixth spot by Great Britain's Stephen Parry in 1:57.01. Defending Olympic champion Denis Pankratov seized a powerful lead on the first length, but faded shortly to seventh place in 1:57.97. France's Franck Esposito (1:58.39), bronze medalist in Barcelona eight years earlier, closed out the field.[5]

Earlier, Malchow posted a top-seeded time of 1:56.25 on the morning prelims to cut off Melvin Stewart's 1992 Olympic record by a hundredth of a second (0.01).[8] Followed by an evening session on day three, he eventually lowered it to 1:56.02 in the semifinals.[9]

Records

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

World record Tom Malchow (USA) 1:55.18 Charlotte, United States 17 June 2000 [10]
Olympic record Melvin Stewart (USA) 1:56.26 Barcelona, Spain 30 July 1992 [10]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
18 September Heat 6 Tom Malchow United States 1:56.25 OR
18 September Semifinal 2 Tom Malchow United States 1:56.02 OR
19 September Final Tom Malchow United States 1:55.35 OR

Results

Heats

[10]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Tom Malchow United States 1:56.25 Q, OR
2 4 4 Denys Sylantyev Ukraine 1:56.42 Q
3 5 3 Michael Phelps United States 1:57.30 Q
4 6 6 Justin Norris Australia 1:57.60 Q
5 5 5 Anatoly Polyakov Russia 1:57.67 Q
6 6 3 James Hickman Great Britain 1:57.88 Q
7 5 4 Franck Esposito France 1:57.97 Q
8 6 5 Stephen Parry Great Britain 1:58.00 Q
9 5 2 Denis Pankratov Russia 1:58.01 Q
10 5 6 Takashi Yamamoto Japan 1:58.07 Q
11 4 5 Thomas Rupprath Germany 1:58.32 Q
12 4 3 Heath Ramsay Australia 1:58.82 Q
13 6 8 Stefan Aartsen Netherlands 1:58.89 Q
14 4 6 Hisayoshi Tanaka Japan 1:59.00 Q
15 6 7 Andrew Livingston Puerto Rico 1:59.05 Q
16 6 1 Sergey Fesenko Ukraine 1:59.41 Q
17 4 2 Ioan Gherghel Romania 1:59.48
18 6 2 Shamek Pietucha Canada 1:59.59
19 5 8 Han Kyu-chul South Korea 1:59.85
20 5 7 Juan Veloz Mexico 2:00.02
21 3 6 Vladan Marković Yugoslavia 2:00.11
22 2 3 Anthony Ang Malaysia 2:00.12 NR
23 4 1 Jorge Pérez Spain 2:00.15
24 3 4 Viktor Bodrogi Hungary 2:00.74
25 3 3 Ioannis Drymonakos Greece 2:00.75
26 3 1 Theo Verster South Africa 2:00.90
27 3 5 Gunter Rodríguez Cuba 2:01.06 NR
28 3 2 Michael Windisch Austria 2:01.20 NR
29 2 6 Zoran Lazarovski Macedonia 2:01.30
30 4 7 Massimiliano Eroli Italy 2:01.32
31 4 8 Michael Halika Israel 2:01.97
32 2 7 Mark Kwok Kin Ming Hong Kong 2:01.99
33 5 1 Xie Xufeng China 2:02.00
34 3 7 Tero Välimaa Finland 2:02.46
35 1 5 Tseng Cheng-hua Chinese Taipei 2:03.62
36 2 5 Juan Pablo Valdivieso Peru 2:03.67
37 3 8 Colin Lowth Ireland 2:03.91
38 2 2 Dulyarit Phuangthong Thailand 2:04.15
39 2 8 Lovrenco Franičević Croatia 2:04.35
40 1 3 Georgi Palazov Bulgaria 2:04.40
41 2 1 Konstantin Andriushin Kyrgyzstan 2:04.86
42 2 4 Albert Christiadi Sutanto Indonesia 2:05.13
43 1 4 Roberto Delgado Ecuador 2:08.18
44 1 6 Dumitru Zastoico Moldova 2:09.34
45 1 2 Dmitriy Tsutskarev Uzbekistan 2:10.54
46 1 7 Fadi Kouzmah Syria 2:11.56

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Denys Sylantyev Ukraine 1:56.81 Q
2 5 Justin Norris Australia 1:57.10 Q
3 6 Stephen Parry Great Britain 1:57.23 Q
4 2 Takashi Yamamoto Japan 1:57.66
5 3 James Hickman Great Britain 1:57.84
6 7 Heath Ramsay Australia 1:57.90
7 1 Hisayoshi Tanaka Japan 1:58.06
8 8 Sergey Fesenko Ukraine 1:59.03

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Tom Malchow United States 1:56.02 Q, OR
2 3 Anatoly Polyakov Russia 1:56.78 Q
3 5 Michael Phelps United States 1:57.00 Q
4 6 Franck Esposito France 1:57.04 Q
5 2 Denis Pankratov Russia 1:57.24 Q
6 8 Andrew Livingston Puerto Rico 1:58.63 NR
7 1 Stefan Aartsen Netherlands 1:58.66
8 7 Thomas Rupprath Germany 1:58.96

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Tom Malchow United States 1:55.35 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Denys Sylantyev Ukraine 1:55.76 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Justin Norris Australia 1:56.17 OC
4 5 Anatoly Polyakov Russia 1:56.34
5 6 Michael Phelps United States 1:56.50
6 1 Stephen Parry Great Britain 1:57.01
7 8 Denis Pankratov Russia 1:57.97
8 2 Franck Esposito France 1:58.39

References

  1. ^ "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ^ Fitzpatrick, Frank (20 September 2000). "Malchow Captures Gold In Butterfly He Suffers From Asthma And Says He Is Not Much Of An Athlete. But, Yesterday The 200-meter Race Was His". Daily News (New York). Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  3. ^ Longman, Jere (20 September 2000). "Sydney 2000: Swimming; Malchow Lies Low, Then Rockets To the Wall". New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  4. ^ Bondy, Filip (20 September 2000). "Malchow's gold has ripple effect". Daily News (New York). Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  5. ^ a b c Whitten, Phillip (19 September 2000). "Olympic Day 4 Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Aussies rule relays". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 19 September 2000. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  7. ^ Dillman, Lisa (13 August 2000). "Phelps to Sydney, Oh, Boy!". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  8. ^ McMullen, Paul (18 September 2000). "Another Phelps growth spurt in 200 fly". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  9. ^ Whitten, Phillip (18 September 2000). "Olympic Day 3 Finals (100 Breast, 100 Back M, 100 Back W, 200 Free)". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  10. ^ a b c "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 210–212. Retrieved 6 June 2013.

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