Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley explained

The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 20–21 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.^[1]

Massimiliano Rosolino blasted a new Olympic record to add Italy's third gold medal in swimming at these Games. He edged out U.S. swimmer Tom Dolan with a fastest split (33.52) on the breaststroke leg to take over the lead at the final turn, and hit the wall first in a sterling time of 1:58.98, clipping 0.93 seconds off a record set by Hungary's Attila Czene in Atlanta.^{[2] [3]} Dolan, the defending champion in the 400 m individual medley four days earlier, became the first American to break a two-minute barrier, taking home the silver in a new national record of 1:59.77.^[4] Meanwhile, Tom Wilkens earned a bronze in 2:00.87, handing an entire medal haul for the U.S. team with a two–three finish.^{[5] [6]}

Czene, the defending Olympic champion, finished outside the podium in fourth place with a time of 2:01.16. Netherlands' Marcel Wouda came up with a spectacular swim on the breaststroke leg, but fell short to fifth spot in 2:01.48. Wouda was followed in sixth by Germany's Christian Keller (2:02.02), and in seventh by France's Xavier Marchand (2:02.23). Finland's world record holder Jani Sievinen closed out the field with an eighth-place finish in 2:02.49.^[6]

Records

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

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

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7	4			2:00.92	Q, NR
2	5	4			2:01.55	Q
3	5	5			2:01.89	Q
4	7	5			2:01.95	Q
5	5	6			2:02.00	Q
6	5	3			2:02.09	Q
7	6	4			2:02.21	Q
8	6	5			2:02.44	Q
9	6	2			2:02.48	Q, NR
10	5	2			2:02.66	Q
11	7	3			2:02.77	Q
12	6	6			2:02.86	Q
13	7	2			2:02.89	Q
14	6	3			2:03.08	Q
15	5	7			2:03.12	Q
16	6	7			2:03.33	Q
	7	6
18	6	8			2:03.45
19	7	1			2:03.63
20	5	1			2:03.64
21	7	8			2:03.66	NR
22	5	8			2:04.04
23	4	4			2:04.07
24	4	2			2:04.18
25	6	1			2:04.67
26	3	4			2:04.68
27	4	1			2:05.15
28	4	8			2:05.19
29	2	3			2:05.45
30	7	7			2:05.68
31	4	5			2:05.98
32	3	5			2:06.01
33	3	3			2:06.42
34	3	2			2:06.49
35	2	6			2:06.85
36	4	3			2:07.04
37	2	5			2:07.28
38	2	2			2:07.45
39	4	6			2:07.53
40	1	7			2:07.88
41	3	1			2:07.92
42	1	5			2:08.25
43	4	7			2:08.38
44	3	6			2:08.85
45	2	4			2:08.89
46	2	7			2:09.00
47	3	7			2:09.13
48	1	3			2:09.28
49	2	1			2:09.51
50	1	4			2:09.77
51	3	8			2:09.92
52	2	8			2:10.97
53	1	6			2:12.76
54	1	1			2:13.22
55	1	2			2:16.23
56	1	8			2:21.22

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			2:00.38	Q
2	3			2:01.23	Q
3	2			2:01.56	Q
4	7			2:01.81	Q
5	6			2:01.95
6	5			2:01.99
7	1			2:02.55
8	8			2:03.90

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			2:01.14	Q
2	5			2:01.40	Q
3	3			2:01.46	Q
4	6			2:01.51	Q
5	2			2:02.02
6	1			2:02.90
7	7			2:02.91
8	8			2:02.92

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			1:58.98
	4			1:59.77	AM
	7			2:00.87
4	1			2:01.16
5	6			2:01.48
6	3			2:02.02
7	8			2:02.23
8	2			2:02.49

External links

• Official Olympic Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming schedule . Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. 14 May 2013.
2. News: Rosolino strikes gold in 200m medley. https://web.archive.org/web/20020223022535/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/newswire/2000/09/21/685265142851_afp/. dead. February 23, 2002. Sports Illustrated. CNN. 21 September 2000. 8 June 2013.
3. News: Berlin. Peter. De Bruijn Takes Second Gold; Hungarian and Italian Also Triumph : European Swimmers Steal the Show. New York Times. 22 September 2000. 2 June 2013.
4. News: Harris. Beth. Krayzelburg Wins Second Gold. ABC News. 22 September 2000. 8 June 2013.
5. News: Morrissey. Rick. Krayzelburg's Gold Leads U.S. Bonanza. Chicago Tribune. 22 September 2000. 8 June 2013.
6. News: Whitten. Phillip. Olympic Day 6 Finals. Swimming World Magazine. 21 September 2000. 23 May 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120902050655/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/1813.asp. 2 September 2012.