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Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre freestyle

Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 21, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 22, 2000 (final)
Competitors80 from 73 nations
Winning time21.98
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anthony Ervin
United States
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gary Hall, Jr.
United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pieter van den Hoogenband
Netherlands

The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 21–22 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]

U.S. swimmers Gary Hall, Jr. and Anthony Ervin, who trained together at the Phoenix Swim Club, tied for the gold; they finished with a matching time of 21.98, edging out Dutch swimmer Pieter van den Hoogenband in 22.03.[2][3]

Italy's Lorenzo Vismara finished fourth in 22.11, while Poland's Bartosz Kizierowski was a fraction behind the leading pack in sixth at 22.22. Russia's double defending champion Alexander Popov finished outside the medals in sixth place with a time of 22.24.[2][4] Great Britain's four-time Olympian Mark Foster (22.41) and Ukraine's Oleksandr Volynets (22.51) rounded out the finale.[2] Earlier in the prelims, Volynets made a surprise packet with a ninth fastest time and a Ukrainian record of 22.52 to lead the sixth heat.[5]

Ervin stopped swimming competitively in 2003, auctioned off his gold medal on eBay to aid survivors of the 2004 tsunami, but returned from retirement to claim his place on his second Olympics, in London, twelve years after his first.[6][7][8] Both men would later continue to win another gold in this event outright (Hall, Jr. in 2004 and Ervin in 2016), edging out the runner-up by 0.01 second in their respective races.

Records

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

World record Alexander Popov (RUS) 21.64 Moscow, Russia 16 June 2000 [9]
Olympic record Alexander Popov (EUN) 21.91 Barcelona, Spain 30 July 1992 [9]

Competition format

In a change from previous Games, the competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.

Results

Heats

[9]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Time Notes
1 9 6 Bartosz Kizierowski Poland 22.05 Q, NR
2 9 4 Gary Hall, Jr. United States 22.14 Q
3 10 4 Alexander Popov Russia 22.15 Q
4 8 4 Anthony Ervin United States 22.24 Q
5 10 5 Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands 22.32 Q
6 8 6 Ricardo Busquets Puerto Rico 22.42 Q
7 10 6 Brett Hawke Australia 22.45 Q, OC
8 9 5 Brendon Dedekind South Africa 22.48 Q
9 6 2 Oleksandr Volynets Ukraine 22.52 Q, NR
10 10 3 Roland Mark Schoeman South Africa 22.53 Q
8 7 Stefan Nystrand Sweden Q, NR
12 9 2 Johan Kenkhuis Netherlands 22.61 Q
13 8 5 Lorenzo Vismara Italy 22.62 Q
14 8 3 Mark Foster Great Britain 22.65 Q
15 9 8 Denis Pimankov Russia 22.74 Q
16 10 2 Chris Fydler Australia 22.80 Q
17 7 4 Jiang Chengji China 22.82
6 6 Kim Min-suk South Korea NR
19 10 8 Julio Santos Ecuador 22.83
20 9 3 Fernando Scherer Brazil 22.88
21 8 2 José Meolans Argentina 22.89
22 8 1 Salim Iles Algeria 22.95
23 10 7 Edvaldo Silva Filho Brazil 22.96
8 8 Eduardo Lorente Spain
25 6 8 Peter Mankoč Slovenia 23.02
26 7 6 Attila Zubor Hungary 23.03
27 6 7 Stavros Michaelides Cyprus 23.05
28 7 1 Stephan Kunzelmann Germany 23.08
29 10 1 Indrek Sei Estonia 23.11
30 5 1 Ravil Nachaev Uzbekistan 23.12
31 7 2 Christophe Bühler Switzerland 23.15
32 7 7 Marijan Kanjer Croatia 23.16
33 7 5 Marcos Hernández Cuba 23.20
34 7 3 Dzmitry Kalinouski Belarus 23.21
6 5 Yoav Bruck Israel
36 7 8 Pedro Silva Portugal 23.27
37 5 4 Allan Murray Bahamas 23.34
38 6 1 Rolandas Gimbutis Lithuania 23.36
39 6 4 Thierry Wouters Belgium 23.44
40 4 1 Sergey Borisenko Kazakhstan 23.46
41 4 4 Sergey Ashihmin Kyrgyzstan 23.53
42 5 7 Richard Sam Bera Indonesia 23.56
43 5 8 Nebojša Bikić Yugoslavia 23.57
44 5 2 Camilo Becerra Colombia 23.63
45 3 4 Estebán Blanco Costa Rica 23.72 NR
46 5 6 Tamer Hamed Egypt 23.77
47 4 8 Serghei Stolearenco Moldova 23.84
48 4 3 Paul Kutscher Uruguay 23.90
49 4 7 Luis López Hartinger Peru 24.00
4 6 Leslie Kwok Singapore
51 4 2 Huang Chih-yung Chinese Taipei 24.01
52 3 5 Howard Hinds Netherlands Antilles 24.07
53 4 5 Harbeth Fu Wing Hong Kong 24.20
54 3 8 Zurab Beridze Georgia 24.28
55 5 3 Rodrigo Olivares Chile 24.50
56 3 1 Ayoub Al-Mas United Arab Emirates 24.91
57 3 3 Omar Hughes Grenada 25.07
58 3 2 Dmitri Margaryan Armenia 25.29
59 2 6 Jamie Peterkin Saint Lucia 25.33
60 3 7 Emin Guliyev Azerbaijan 25.36
61 1 1 Wael Ghassan Qatar 25.43
62 2 4 Davy Bisslik Aruba 25.57
63 3 6 João Aguiar Angola 25.70
64 2 5 Muhammad Ahmed Iraq 25.84
65 2 3 Ilidio Matusse Mozambique 26.28
66 2 8 Hem Kiri Cambodia 26.41
67 2 1 Kenneth Maronie Dominica 26.85
68 2 7 Khalid Al-Kulaibi Oman 26.96
69 1 5 Chitra Bahadur Gurung Nepal 27.02
70 2 2 Sikhounxay Ounkhamphanyavong Laos 27.03
71 1 4 Anlloyd Samuel Palau 27.24
72 1 3 Stephenson Wallace Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27.84
73 1 6 Hassan Mubah Maldives 28.86
74 1 2 Bakary Sereme Mali 29.69
75 1 8 Samson Ndayishimiye Rwanda 38.76
1 7 Mohamed Abdul Hamid Sudan DSQ
6 3 Craig Hutchison Canada DSQ
5 5 Francisco Sánchez Venezuela DNS
9 1 Romain Barnier France DNS
9 7 Lars Frölander Sweden DNS

Semifinals

Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Time Notes
1 1 4 Gary Hall, Jr. United States 22.07 Q
2 2 3 Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands 22.11 Q
3 1 5 Anthony Ervin United States 22.13 Q
4 2 5 Alexander Popov Russia 22.17 Q
5 2 1 Lorenzo Vismara Italy 22.30 Q
6 1 1 Mark Foster Great Britain 22.32 Q
7 2 4 Bartosz Kizierowski Poland 22.35 Q
8 2 2 Oleksandr Volynets Ukraine 22.36 Q, NR
9 1 6 Brendon Dedekind South Africa 22.39
10 1 8 Chris Fydler Australia 22.41
2 7 Roland Mark Schoeman South Africa 22.41
12 1 7 Johan Kenkhuis Netherlands 22.47
13 2 6 Brett Hawke Australia 22.49
1 2 Stefan Nystrand Sweden 22.49 NR
15 1 3 Ricardo Busquets Puerto Rico 22.51
16 2 8 Denis Pimankov Russia 22.89

Final

Rank Lane Name Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Gary Hall, Jr. United States 21.98
3 Anthony Ervin United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands 22.03
4 2 Lorenzo Vismara Italy 22.11
5 1 Bartosz Kizierowski Poland 22.22
6 6 Alexander Popov Russia 22.24
7 7 Mark Foster Great Britain 22.41
8 8 Oleksandr Volynets Ukraine 22.51

References

  1. ^ "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Whitten, Phillip (22 September 2000). "Olympic Day 7 Finals (50 Free, 800 Free, 200 Back, 100 Fly)". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  3. ^ Gelman, Mitch (22 September 2000). "Hall Jr., Ervin share gold in 50; Dutchman takes bronze". Sports Illustrated. CNN. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  4. ^ Fitzpatrick, Franz (23 September 2000). "Sharing The Gold Anthony Ervin And Gary Hall Jr. Each Finished The 50-meter Final In 21.98 Seconds As The U.s. Ruled The Pool Again". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  5. ^ Whitten, Phillip (21 September 2000). "Olympic Day 6 Prelims (50 Free, 800 Free, 200 Back, 100 Fly)". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  6. ^ Kelly, Barry (6 July 2004). "Olympic Gold Medalist Anthony Ervin Gives Up Swimming, Fame and Money". The Daily Californian. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  7. ^ Brady, Erik (27 June 2012). "Anthony Ervin has no regrets, feels lucky to be at trials". USA Today. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  8. ^ Borzi, Pat (28 June 2012). "Spreading Joy of Swimming, Ex-Olympian Finds It Again". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  9. ^ a b c "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 107–109. Retrieved 13 May 2013.

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