Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 19–20 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 19, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 20, 2000 (final)
Competitors49 from 44 nations
Winning time2:10.87 EU
Medalists
Domenico Fioravanti  Italy
Terence Parkin  South Africa
Davide Rummolo  Italy

Domenico Fioravanti emerged as a major force on the international swimming after effortlessly winning his second gold at these Games. He maintained a lead from start to finish and posted a European record of 2:10.87, the second-fastest of all time, making him the first ever swimmer in Olympic history to strike a breaststroke double.[2][3] South Africa's Terence Parkin, a deaf mute since birth, enjoyed the race of his life to take a silver medal in an African record of 2:12.50.[4] Fioravanti's fellowman Davide Rummolo gave Italy a further reason to celebrate, as he powered home with the bronze in 2:12.73.[5][6]

Acknowledging a massive cheer from the home crowd, Australia's Regan Harrison swam his lifetime best, but finished outside the podium by 15-hundredths of a second in 2:12.88. Czech Republic's Daniel Málek pulled off a fifth-place finish in a national record of 2:13.20, while Kyle Salyards, the only U.S. swimmer in the final, earned a sixth spot with a time of 2:13.27. France's Yohann Bernard (2:13.31) and another Aussie Ryan Mitchell (2:14.00) rounded out the finale.[5] Notable swimmers failed to reach the top 8 final, featuring Hungary's Norbert Rózsa, the defending Olympic champion, who placed thirteenth (2:14.67), and Canada's Morgan Knabe, who had the fastest 100-metre split, but faded badly on the final lap to place tenth (2:14.01).[7]

Shortly before the next Olympics, Fioravanti was forced to retire from swimming after failing a routine medical test carried by the Italian National Olympic Committee. Tests revealed that he was diagnosed with a genetic heart anomaly.[8][9]

Records

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

World record Mike Barrowman (USA)2:10.16Barcelona, Spain29 July 1992[10]
Olympic record Mike Barrowman (USA)2:10.16Barcelona, Spain29 July 1992[10]

Results

Heats

[10]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
167Davide Rummolo Italy2:12.75Q, NR
245Daniel Málek Czech Republic2:14.10Q, NR
372Morgan Knabe Canada2:14.18Q
477Maxim Podoprigora Austria2:14.37Q, NR
556Ryan Mitchell Australia2:14.69Q
674Stéphan Perrot France2:14.79Q
776Regan Harrison Australia2:14.85Q
857Martin Gustavsson Sweden2:15.02Q
962Domenico Fioravanti Italy2:15.04Q
1063Terence Parkin South Africa2:15.06Q
1161Norbert Rózsa Hungary2:15.27Q
1264Yohann Bernard France2:15.35Q
1353Akira Hayashi Japan2:15.54Q
1465Kyle Salyards United States2:15.57Q
1522Alexander Tkachev Kyrgyzstan2:15.63Q
1675Dmitry Komornikov Russia2:15.70Q
1773Kosuke Kitajima Japan2:15.71
1843Marek Krawczyk Poland2:16.08
1944Valērijs Kalmikovs Latvia2:16.21NR
2054Roman Sloudnov Russia2:16.26
2155Tom Wilkens United States2:16.30
2258Aliaksandr Hukau Belarus2:16.93
2351Benno Kuipers Netherlands2:17.03
2466Adam Whitehead Great Britain2:17.16
2548Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson Iceland2:17.86NR
2678José Couto Portugal2:18.08
2741Andrew Bree Ireland2:18.14
2826Oleg Lisogor Ukraine2:18.28
2932Joe Kyong-fan South Korea2:19.16NR
3035Li Tsung-chueh Chinese Taipei2:19.30
3147Steven Ferguson New Zealand2:19.31
3246Tal Stricker Israel2:19.33
3334Raiko Pachel Estonia2:19.71
3423Jarno Pihlava Finland2:19.76
3538Francisco Suriano El Salvador2:20.10
3625Jeremy Knowles Bahamas2:20.31
3714Andrés Bicocca Argentina2:20.98
3852Zhu Yi China2:21.60
3936Alvaro Fortuny Guatemala2:21.78
4031Muhammad Akbar Nasution Indonesia2:23.81
4142Ratapong Sirisanont Thailand2:23.95
4237Tam Chi Kin Hong Kong2:24.04
4333Juan José Madrigal Costa Rica2:24.49
4471Elvin Chia Malaysia2:26.84
4513Nguyễn Ngọc Anh Vietnam2:29.54
4627Sergey Voytsekhovich Uzbekistan2:30.23
4715Leonard Ngoma Zambia2:32.90
24Vadim Tatarov MoldovaDNS
68Jens Kruppa GermanyDNS

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Kyle Salyards United States2:13.38Q
24Daniel Málek Czech Republic2:13.46Q, NR
37Yohann Bernard France2:13.48Q
42Terence Parkin South Africa2:13.57Q
58Dmitry Komornikov Russia2:13.95
65Maxim Podoprigora Austria2:14.20
73Stéphan Perrot France2:14.59
86Martin Gustavsson Sweden2:15.23

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Domenico Fioravanti Italy2:12.37Q, NR
24Davide Rummolo Italy2:13.23Q
36Regan Harrison Australia2:13.75Q
43Ryan Mitchell Australia2:13.87Q
55Morgan Knabe Canada2:14.01
67Norbert Rózsa Hungary2:14.67
71Akira Hayashi Japan2:15.16
88Alexander Tkachev Kyrgyzstan2:16.90

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Domenico Fioravanti Italy2:10.87EU
7Terence Parkin South Africa2:12.50AF
5Davide Rummolo Italy2:12.73
41Regan Harrison Australia2:12.88OC
56Daniel Málek Czech Republic2:13.20NR
63Kyle Salyards United States2:13.27
72Yohann Bernard France2:13.31
88Ryan Mitchell Australia2:14.00

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