Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly
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]
Men's 200 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Sydney International Aquatic Centre | ||||||||||||
Date | September 18, 2000 (heats & semifinals) September 19, 2000 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 46 from 40 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:55.35 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
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 | ![]() | 1:55.18 | Charlotte, United States | 17 June 2000 | [10] |
Olympic record | ![]() | 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 |
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18 September | Heat 6 | Tom Malchow | ![]() | 1:56.25 | OR |
18 September | Semifinal 2 | Tom Malchow | ![]() | 1:56.02 | OR |
19 September | Final | Tom Malchow | ![]() | 1:55.35 | OR |
Results
Heats
Semifinal 1
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Denys Sylantyev | ![]() | 1:56.81 | Q |
2 | 5 | Justin Norris | ![]() | 1:57.10 | Q |
3 | 6 | Stephen Parry | ![]() | 1:57.23 | Q |
4 | 2 | Takashi Yamamoto | ![]() | 1:57.66 | |
5 | 3 | James Hickman | ![]() | 1:57.84 | |
6 | 7 | Heath Ramsay | ![]() | 1:57.90 | |
7 | 1 | Hisayoshi Tanaka | ![]() | 1:58.06 | |
8 | 8 | Sergey Fesenko | ![]() | 1:59.03 |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Tom Malchow | ![]() | 1:56.02 | Q, OR |
2 | 3 | Anatoly Polyakov | ![]() | 1:56.78 | Q |
3 | 5 | Michael Phelps | ![]() | 1:57.00 | Q |
4 | 6 | Franck Esposito | ![]() | 1:57.04 | Q |
5 | 2 | Denis Pankratov | ![]() | 1:57.24 | Q |
6 | 8 | Andrew Livingston | ![]() | 1:58.63 | NR |
7 | 1 | Stefan Aartsen | ![]() | 1:58.66 | |
8 | 7 | Thomas Rupprath | ![]() | 1:58.96 |
Final
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 4 | Tom Malchow | ![]() | 1:55.35 | OR |
![]() | 3 | Denys Sylantyev | ![]() | 1:55.76 | NR |
![]() | 7 | Justin Norris | ![]() | 1:56.17 | OC |
4 | 5 | Anatoly Polyakov | ![]() | 1:56.34 | |
5 | 6 | Michael Phelps | ![]() | 1:56.50 | |
6 | 1 | Stephen Parry | ![]() | 1:57.01 | |
7 | 8 | Denis Pankratov | ![]() | 1:57.97 | |
8 | 2 | Franck Esposito | ![]() | 1:58.39 |
References
- "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- 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.
- Longman, Jere (20 September 2000). "Sydney 2000: Swimming; Malchow Lies Low, Then Rockets To the Wall". New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- Bondy, Filip (20 September 2000). "Malchow's gold has ripple effect". Daily News (New York). Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- Whitten, Phillip (19 September 2000). "Olympic Day 4 Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- "Aussies rule relays". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 19 September 2000. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- Dillman, Lisa (13 August 2000). "Phelps to Sydney, Oh, Boy!". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- McMullen, Paul (18 September 2000). "Another Phelps growth spurt in 200 fly". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- 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.
- "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 210–212. Retrieved 6 June 2013.