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Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle

Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Pieter van den Hoogenband (2008)
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DatesSeptember 19, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 20, 2000 (final)
Competitors73 from 66 nations
Winning time48.30
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pieter van den Hoogenband
 Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alexander Popov
 Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gary Hall, Jr.
 United States
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100 mmenwomen
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100 mmenwomen
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200 mmenwomen
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4 × 100 mmenwomen
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4 × 100 mmenwomen

The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 19–20 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1] There were 73 competitors from 66 nations.[2] Nations have been limited to two swimmers each since the 1984 Games.

Summary

Netherlands' Pieter van den Hoogenband stormed home on the final length to claim his second Olympic gold medal at these Games. He posted a time of 48.30 to hold off Russia's defending Olympic champion Alexander Popov by almost two-fifths of a second (0.40).[3] It was the Netherlands' first medal in the men's 100 metre freestyle. Failing to attain a third straight triumph in the same event, Popov settled for the silver in 48.69. Popov became only the second man to win three medals in the 100 metre freestyle, the first since Duke Kahanamoku in 1912–1924. Meanwhile, U.S. swimmer Gary Hall, Jr. took bronze with a 48.73 time.[4][5] Hall was the 11th man to win two medals in the event.

After breaking a split world record in the 4×100 m freestyle relay on the opening night, Australia's overwhelming favorite Michael Klim missed out the podium in a close race against Hall by a hundredth of a second, finishing with a time of 48.74.[6] Klim was followed in fifth by Hall's teammate Neil Walker (49.09), and in sixth by Sweden's three-time Olympian Lars Frölander (49.22). Russia's Denis Pimankov (49.36) and another Aussie Chris Fydler (49.44) rounded out the finale.[5]

Earlier in the semifinals, Van den Hoogenband cleared a 48-second barrier to set a new world record of 47.84, slashing 0.34 seconds off the mark set by Klim from the relay.[7]

One of the most popular highlights in the event took place in the first heat. Dubbed as Eric the Eel, Equatorial Guinea's Eric Moussambani received a dubious honor of being the slowest Olympic swimmer in history. Two other swimmers, Niger's Karim Bare and Tajikistan's Farkhod Oripov, plunged into the pool and were cast out of the race under a no false-start rule, leaving Moussambani as the last man standing. Cheered by a large crowd, he finished a one-man heat in 1:52.72, nearly seven seconds slower than a winning time by Van den Hoogenband over double the distance a day before.[8][9]

Background

This was the 23rd appearance of the men's 100 metre freestyle. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1900 (when the shortest freestyle was the 200 metres), though the 1904 version was measured in yards rather than metres.[2]

Seven of the eight finalists from the 1996 Games returned: two-time gold medalist Alexander Popov of Russia, silver medalist Gary Hall, Jr. of the United States, bronze medalist (and 1992 silver medalist) Gustavo Borges of Brazil, fourth-place finisher Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands, fifth-place finisher Fernando Scherer of Brazil, sixth-place finisher Pavlo Khnykin of Ukraine, and eighth-place finisher Francisco Sánchez of Venezuela.

Popov had recovered from a near-fatal stabbing in 1996 to win the 1997 European championship and repeat as world champion in 1998. His 1994 world record had stood until the start of the Games; in the freestyle relays, however, hometown hopeful Michael Klim (the 1998 world championship runner-up) had broken that record with his first leg split. Van den Hoogenband won the 200 metre freestyle earlier in Sydney.[2]

The Republic of the Congo, the Czech Republic, Equatorial Guinea, the Ivory Coast, Mauritius, Mongolia, Niger, Nigeria, Slovenia, and Tajikistan each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 22nd appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format

This freestyle swimming competition returned to the three-round format used from 1948 to 1980, abandoning the A/B final format used between 1984 and 1996. 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.

Records

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

World record  Alexandr Popov (RUS) 48.21 Monte Carlo, Monaco 18 June 1994
Olympic record  Matt Biondi (USA) 48.63 Seoul, South Korea 22 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
16 September Final* Michael Klim Australia Australia 48.18 WR
19 September Semifinal 2 Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands Netherlands 47.84 WR

* Split from the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 19 September 2000 10:00
19:00		 Heats
Semifinals
Wednesday, 20 September 2000 19:53 Final

Results

Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 9 4 Pieter van den Hoogenband  Netherlands 48.64 Q
2 10 5 Michael Klim  Australia 49.09 Q
3 10 6 Lars Frölander  Sweden 49.16 Q, NR
4 10 4 Alexander Popov  Russia 49.29 Q
5 9 5 Gary Hall, Jr.  United States 49.32 Q
6 8 2 Denis Pimankov  Russia 49.45 Q
8 5 Chris Fydler  Australia Q
8 9 7 Salim Iles  Algeria 49.70 Q, NR
9 8 4 Neil Walker  United States 49.73 Q
10 10 2 Lorenzo Vismara  Italy 49.74 Q
10 1 Roland Mark Schoeman  South Africa Q
12 10 8 José Meolans  Argentina 49.75 Q, NR
13 9 3 Gustavo Borges  Brazil 49.76 Q
8 7 Christian Tröger  Germany Q
15 9 6 Attila Zubor  Hungary 49.79 Q
16 7 8 Duje Draganja  Croatia 49.83 Q, NR
17 10 7 Bartosz Kizierowski  Poland 49.84
18 8 6 Johan Kenkhuis  Netherlands 49.93
19 8 1 Stefan Nystrand  Sweden 50.19
9 2 Karel Novy  Switzerland
21 6 3 Peter Mankoč  Slovenia 50.28
22 8 3 Romain Barnier  France 50.32
23 7 2 Rolandas Gimbutis  Lithuania 50.46
24 6 1 Kim Min-suk  South Korea 50.49
25 7 4 Torsten Spanneberg  Germany 50.56
26 9 8 Yannick Lupien  Canada 50.62
27 8 8 Pavlo Khnykin  Ukraine 50.63
28 7 3 Javier Botello  Spain 50.87
29 7 5 Craig Hutchison  Canada 50.90
30 9 1 Aleh Rukhlevich  Belarus 50.96
7 1 Marcos Hernández  Cuba
32 7 7 Thierry Wouters  Belgium 51.07
33 7 6 Jere Hård  Finland 51.11
34 6 5 Spyridon Bitsakis  Greece 51.28
6 8 Sergey Ashihmin  Kyrgyzstan
36 4 2 Carl Probert  Fiji 51.34 NR
37 6 7 Richard Sam Bera  Indonesia 51.52
38 6 6 Yoav Bruck  Israel 51.62
39 5 1 Nikola Kalabić  FR Yugoslavia 51.82
40 4 5 Christopher Murray  Bahamas 51.93
5 2 Allen Ong  Malaysia
42 5 7 George Gleason  Virgin Islands 52.00
43 4 7 Indrek Sei  Estonia 52.09
44 4 6 Tamer Hamed  Egypt 52.14
45 5 3 Květoslav Svoboda  Czech Republic 52.18
46 3 4 Paul Kutscher  Uruguay 52.22
47 4 8 Fernando Jácome  Colombia 52.24
4 4 Mark Chay  Singapore
49 6 2 Željko Panić  Bosnia and Herzegovina 52.40
50 6 4 Francisco Sánchez  Venezuela 52.43
51 3 2 Howard Hinds  Netherlands Antilles 52.52
52 4 3 Glen Walshaw  Zimbabwe 52.53
53 5 6 Igor Sitnikov  Kazakhstan 52.57
54 3 3 Aleksandr Agafonov  Uzbekistan 52.58
55 5 4 Wu Nien-pin  Chinese Taipei 52.72
56 5 5 Felipe Delgado  Ecuador 52.78
57 5 8 Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou  Cyprus 52.82
58 3 5 Ríkardur Ríkardsson  Iceland 52.85
59 3 6 George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago 52.90
60 3 1 Gentle Offoin  Nigeria 52.91 NR
61 3 7 Kenny Roberts  Seychelles 53.40
62 4 1 Rodrigo Olivares  Chile 53.50
63 2 3 Gregory Arkhurst  Ivory Coast 53.55
64 3 8 Alejandro Castellanos  Honduras 54.06
65 2 4 Hamid Reza Mobarez  Iran 54.12
66 2 5 Christophe Lim Wen Ying  Mauritius 54.33
67 2 6 Ganaagiin Galbadrakh  Mongolia 58.79
68 2 2 Ragi Edde  Lebanon 59.26
69 2 7 Marien Michel Ngouabi  Republic of the Congo 1:00.39
70 2 1 Dawood Youssef Mohamed Jassim  Bahrain 1:02.45
71 1 5 Eric Moussambani  Equatorial Guinea 1:52.72 NR
— 1 3 Karim Bare  Niger DSQ
1 4 Farkhod Oripov  Tajikistan DSQ
— 10 3 Fernando Scherer  Brazil DNS

Semifinals

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 2 4 Pieter van den Hoogenband  Netherlands 47.84 Q, WR
2 1 4 Michael Klim  Australia 48.80 Q
3 1 5 Alexander Popov  Russia 48.84 Q
4 2 5 Lars Frölander  Sweden 48.93 Q, NR
5 2 2 Neil Walker  United States 49.04 Q
6 2 3 Gary Hall, Jr.  United States 49.13 Q
7 1 3 Denis Pimankov  Russia 49.43 Q
8 2 6 Chris Fydler  Australia 49.55 Q
9 2 8 Attila Zubor  Hungary 49.58
10 1 7 José Meolans  Argentina 49.66 NR
11 1 2 Lorenzo Vismara  Italy 49.67
1 8 Duje Draganja  Croatia NR
13 1 6 Salim Iles  Algeria 49.70 =NR
14 1 1 Christian Tröger  Germany 49.80
15 2 7 Roland Mark Schoeman  South Africa 49.84
16 2 1 Gustavo Borges  Brazil 49.93

Final

Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Pieter van den Hoogenband  Netherlands 48.30
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Alexander Popov  Russia 48.69
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Gary Hall, Jr.  United States 48.73
4 5 Michael Klim  Australia 48.74
5 2 Neil Walker  United States 49.09
6 6 Lars Frölander  Sweden 49.22
7 1 Denis Pimankov  Russia 49.36
8 8 Chris Fydler  Australia 49.44

References

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