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
Swimming at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

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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