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

The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 21–22 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]

Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 21, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 22, 2000 (final)
Competitors63 from 53 nations
Winning time52.00 EU
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lars Frölander  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michael Klim  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Geoff Huegill  Australia
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Competing at his third Games, Lars Frölander ended Sweden's 20-year drought to become an Olympic champion in the event, since Pär Arvidsson did so in 1980. Surprised by a massive home crowd, he overhauled Australia's top favorites Michael Klim and Geoff Huegill on the final 25 metres to snatch a gold medal in a new European record of 52.00.[2][3] Klim added a silver to his two relay golds from the Games, in a time of 52.18, while Huegill took home the bronze in 52.22, handing an entire medal pool for the Aussies with an unexpected two–three finish.[4]

At 18 years of age, U.S. teenage swimmer Ian Crocker came up with a spectacular swim to earn a fourth spot in an American record of 52.44.[5] Meanwhile, Canada's Mike Mintenko shared a fifth-place tie with Japan's Takashi Yamamoto in a matching standard of 52.58. Germany's Thomas Rupprath and Russia's Anatoly Polyakov closed out the field with a joint seventh-place finish (53.13).[4]

Earlier in the semifinals, Huegill became the second fastest of all-time in swimming history to break a 52-second barrier, establishing a new Olympic record of 51.96.[6]

Records

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

World record   Michael Klim (AUS) 51.81 Canberra, Australia 12 December 1999 [7]
Olympic record   Denis Pankratov (RUS) 52.27 Atlanta, United States 24 July 1996 [7]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
21 September Semifinal 1 Geoff Huegill   Australia 51.96 OR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 4 Michael Klim   Australia 52.73 Q
2 8 4 Geoff Huegill   Australia 52.79 Q
3 8 6 Mike Mintenko   Canada 52.90 Q, NR
4 6 6 Takashi Yamamoto   Japan 52.91 Q
5 6 4 Lars Frölander   Sweden 53.14 Q
6 7 3 Zsolt Gáspár   Hungary 53.29 Q
7 6 2 Anatoly Polyakov   Russia 53.30 Q
8 7 6 Denys Sylantyev   Ukraine 53.34 Q
9 6 5 Ian Crocker   United States 53.45 Q
10 6 3 James Hickman   Great Britain 53.48 Q
11 8 3 Franck Esposito   France 53.54 Q
8 5 Tommy Hannan   United States Q
13 7 5 Thomas Rupprath   Germany 53.57 Q
14 6 7 Joris Keizer   Netherlands 53.66 Q
15 7 8 Jere Hård   Finland 53.67 Q
16 5 5 Stefan Aartsen   Netherlands 53.81 Q
17 7 1 Andriy Serdinov   Ukraine 53.90
18 5 6 Theo Verster   South Africa 53.95
19 6 1 Igor Marchenko   Russia 53.98
20 5 4 Ouyang Kunpeng   China 54.12
21 7 7 Ioan Gherghel   Romania 54.13
22 7 2 Shamek Pietucha   Canada 54.14
23 6 8 Peter Mankoč   Slovenia 54.15
8 1 Daniel Carlsson   Sweden
25 8 8 Tero Välimaa   Finland 54.24
26 5 2 Marcin Kaczmarek   Poland 54.32
27 5 7 Jan Vítazka   Czech Republic 54.34
28 5 8 Pablo Martín Abal   Argentina 54.45
29 8 2 Francisco Sánchez   Venezuela 54.56
30 4 4 Simão Morgado   Portugal 54.75
31 4 2 Philippe Meyer   Switzerland 54.85 NR
32 4 6 Andrew Livingston   Puerto Rico 55.03
33 5 1 Joshua Ilika Brenner   Mexico 55.07
34 3 4 Ravil Nachaev   Uzbekistan 55.21
35 3 5 Konstantin Ushkov   Kyrgyzstan 55.25
36 1 5 Anthony Ang   Malaysia 55.26 NR
37 4 7 Yoav Meiri   Israel 55.38
38 3 7 Simeon Makedonski   Bulgaria 55.49
39 2 4 Janko Gojković   Bosnia and Herzegovina 55.55 NR
5 3 Oswaldo Quevedo   Venezuela
41 2 3 Aleksandar Miladinovski   Macedonia 55.62
42 4 1 Dennis Otzen Jensen   Denmark 55.70
43 4 3 Yohan García   Cuba 55.74
44 2 6 Mehdi Addadi   Algeria 56.04
45 2 7 Daniel O'Keeffe   Guam 56.05
46 2 8 Roberto Delgado   Ecuador 56.07
47 3 6 Luc Decker   Luxembourg 56.10
48 2 5 Ríkardur Ríkardsson   Iceland 56.11 NR
49 1 4 Andrey Gavrilov   Kazakhstan 56.14
50 4 8 Ivan Mladina   Croatia 56.17
51 1 3 Ioannis Drymonakos   Greece 56.36
52 3 2 Tseng Cheng-hua   Chinese Taipei 56.39
53 3 3 Haitham Hassan   Egypt 56.42
54 2 2 Stephen Fahy   Bermuda 56.46
55 3 8 Albert Christiadi Sutanto   Indonesia 56.50
56 1 6 Artūrs Jakovļevs   Latvia 56.63
57 2 1 Nicholas Rees   Bahamas 57.23
58 1 2 Conrad Francis   Sri Lanka 57.44
59 3 1 Dumitru Zastoico   Moldova 58.55
60 1 1 Kim Jin-woo   Kenya 59.55
61 1 7 Kamal Salman Masud   Pakistan 1:00.60
4 5 Milorad Čavić   FR Yugoslavia DSQ
8 7 Christian Keller   Germany DNS

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Geoff Huegill   Australia 51.96 Q, OR
2 5 Takashi Yamamoto   Japan 53.10 Q
3 1 Joris Keizer   Netherlands 53.33 NR
4 3 Zsolt Gáspár   Hungary 53.45
5 6 Denys Sylantyev   Ukraine 53.51
6 2 James Hickman   Great Britain 53.55
7 7 Tommy Hannan   United States 53.59
8 8 Stefan Aartsen   Netherlands 53.81

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Michael Klim   Australia 52.63 Q
2 2 Ian Crocker   United States 52.82 Q
3 3 Lars Frölander   Sweden 52.84 Q
4 5 Mike Mintenko   Canada 53.00 Q
5 1 Thomas Rupprath   Germany 53.18 Q
6 6 Anatoly Polyakov   Russia 53.32 Q
7 7 Franck Esposito   France 53.38
8 8 Jere Hård   Finland 53.65

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  6 Lars Frölander   Sweden 52.00 EU
  5 Michael Klim   Australia 52.18
  4 Geoff Huegill   Australia 52.22
4 3 Ian Crocker   United States 52.44 AM
5 2 Mike Mintenko   Canada 52.58 NR
7 Takashi Yamamoto   Japan AS
7 1 Thomas Rupprath   Germany 53.13
8 Anatoly Polyakov   Russia

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ^ Lonsbrough, Anita (23 September 2000). "Swimming: Frolander steals spotlight from Australian pair". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Swede stuns Aussie butterfly stars". BBC Sport. 22 September 2000. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  4. ^ a b Whitten, Phillip (22 September 2000). "Olympic Day 7 Finals (50 Free, 800 Free, 200 Back, 100 Fly)". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  5. ^ Staff (23 September 2000). "Bennett Doubles in the Distances". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  6. ^ Whitten, Phillip (21 September 2000). "Olympic Day 6 Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  7. ^ a b c "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 210–212. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
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