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200 metres Freestyle, Men

Date17 – 18 September 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationSydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants51 from 44 countries

Ian Thorpe was world record holder at the distance and had just thrilled the Australian nation by firstly winning the 400 metre freestyle and then anchoring the home team to a thrilling relay victory. In the eyes of the home crowd he seemed unbeatable but in the semi-final his record was broken by Pieter van den Hoogenband, the Dutchman who been the star of the 1999 European Championships In the next race Thorpe responded with a time just 0.02 seconds off the new mark and the stage was set for a titanic struggle between the two men.

In the early stages of the final the two were joined at the front of the race by American Josh Davis and the three pulled away from the rest. Thorpe led at 50 metres but “Hoogie”, as he became known to the Australian public, came back to lead at halfway and while Thorpe tried mightily to close on the Dutchman, he could not do so and van den Hoogenband took the Olympic title. Davis paid for his attempt to stay with the pace and was overtaken for bronze by Massimiliano Rosolino. For his performances in Sydney Pieter van den Hoogenband was named the Dutch Sportsman of the Year for 2000.

PosCompetitorNOCR1SFFinal
1Pieter van den HoogenbandNED1:46.71 (1 h6)1:45.35 (1 h1)1:45.35 (1)Gold
2Ian ThorpeAUS1:46.56 (1 h7)1:45.37 (1 h2)1:45.83 (2)Silver
3Massi RosolinoITA1:47.37 (2 h7)1:46.60 (2 h2)1:46.65 (3)Bronze
4Josh DavisUSA1:48.43 (1 h5)1:47.06 (2 h1)1:46.73 (4)
5Paul PalmerGBR1:49.83 (4 h5)1:48.79 (5 h2)1:47.95 (5)
6Jamie SalterGBR1:48.77 (2 h5)1:48.64 (3 h1)1:48.74 (6)
7Rick SayCAN1:48.62 (3 h7)1:48.50 (3 h2)1:48.76 (7)
8Grant HackettAUS1:49.23 (3 h6)1:48.76 (4 h2)1:49.46 (8)
9Scott GoldblattUSA1:49.05 (4 h7)1:48.83 (4 h1)
10Andrey KapralovRUS1:49.92 (5 h7)1:49.04 (6 h2)
11Béla SzabadosHUN1:50.10 (5 h6)1:49.36 (7 h2)
12Ihar KaliadaBLR1:49.01 (2 h6)1:49.52 (8 h2)
13Stefan HerbstGER1:49.84 (5 h5)1:49.72 (5 h1)
14Attila ZuborHUN1:50.11 (6 h5)1:49.87 (6 h1)
15Örn ArnarsonISL1:49.78 (3 h5)1:50.41 (7 h1)
16Stefan PohlGER1:50.07 (4 h6)1:50.56 (8 h1)
17Dragoș ComanROU1:50.20 (6 h7)
18Květoslav SvobodaCZE1:50.29 (7 h7)
19Martijn ZuijdwegNED1:50.37 (6 h6)
20Jacob CarstensenDEN1:50.41 (7 h5)
21Mark JohnstonCAN1:50.92 (8 h5)
22Arūnas SavickasLTU1:52.02 (1 h4)
23Mark ChaySGP1:52.22 (1 h2)
24Rostyslav SvanidzeUKR1:52.35 (2 h4)
25Ricardo PedrosoPOR1:52.60 (3 h4)
26Mark KwokHKG1:52.71 (4 h4)
27Damian AlleyneBAR1:52.75 (1 h3)
28Dmitry KuzminKGZ1:52.93 (5 h4)
29U CheolKOR1:53.02 (2 h3)
30Javier DíazMEX1:53.20 (3 h3)
31Andrei CecanMDA1:53.23 (6 h4)
32Jonathan DuncanNZL1:53.27 (4 h3)
33Rodrigo CastroBRA1:53.65 (7 h4)
34Fernando JácomeCOL1:54.17 (5 h3)
35Francisco PáezVEN1:54.32 (6 h3)
36Dimitrios ManganasGRE1:54.36 (7 h6)
37Allen OngMAS1:54.53 (2 h2)
38Wu Nien-PinTPE1:54.58 (7 h3)
39George GleasonISV1:54.64 (3 h2)
40Glen WalshawZIM1:54.70 (8 h4)
41Nikola KalabićSCG1:54.75 (4 h2)
42Aytekin MindanTUR1:54.86 (5 h2)
43Vicha RatanachoteTHA1:54.91 (8 h3)
44Oleg TsvetkovskyUZB1:54.93 (1 h1)
45Carl ProbertFIJ1:54.98 (6 h2)
46Mahmoud El-WaniEGY1:55.19 (2 h1)
47Sebastien PaddingtonTTO1:55.40 (3 h1)
48Andrey KvasovKAZ1:55.72 (7 h2)
49Alexandros ArestiCYP1:57.54 (8 h2)
50Hakimuddin Shabbir HabibullaIND1:58.35 (4 h1)
51Santiago DeuAND1:59.31 (5 h1)
DNSRyk NeethlingRSA– (DNS h6)
DNSDmitry ChernyshovRUS– (DNS h7)

Round One

Date17 September 2000
FormatFastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Ian ThorpeAUS1:46.56QOR
2Pieter van den HoogenbandNED1:46.71Q
3Massi RosolinoITA1:47.37Q
4Josh DavisUSA1:48.43Q
5Rick SayCAN1:48.62Q
6Jamie SalterGBR1:48.77Q
7Ihar KaliadaBLR1:49.01Q
8Scott GoldblattUSA1:49.05Q
9Grant HackettAUS1:49.23Q
10Örn ArnarsonISL1:49.78Q
11Paul PalmerGBR1:49.83Q
12Stefan HerbstGER1:49.84Q
13Andrey KapralovRUS1:49.92Q
14Stefan PohlGER1:50.07Q
15Béla SzabadosHUN1:50.10Q
16Attila ZuborHUN1:50.11Q
17Dragoș ComanROU1:50.20
18Květoslav SvobodaCZE1:50.29
19Martijn ZuijdwegNED1:50.37
20Jacob CarstensenDEN1:50.41
21Mark JohnstonCAN1:50.92
22Arūnas SavickasLTU1:52.02
23Mark ChaySGP1:52.22
24Rostyslav SvanidzeUKR1:52.35
25Ricardo PedrosoPOR1:52.60
26Mark KwokHKG1:52.71
27Damian AlleyneBAR1:52.75
28Dmitry KuzminKGZ1:52.93
29U CheolKOR1:53.02
30Javier DíazMEX1:53.20
31Andrei CecanMDA1:53.23
32Jonathan DuncanNZL1:53.27
33Rodrigo CastroBRA1:53.65
34Fernando JácomeCOL1:54.17
35Francisco PáezVEN1:54.32
36Dimitrios ManganasGRE1:54.36
37Allen OngMAS1:54.53
38Wu Nien-PinTPE1:54.58
39George GleasonISV1:54.64
40Glen WalshawZIM1:54.70
41Nikola KalabićSCG1:54.75
42Aytekin MindanTUR1:54.86
43Vicha RatanachoteTHA1:54.91
44Oleg TsvetkovskyUZB1:54.93
45Carl ProbertFIJ1:54.98
46Mahmoud El-WaniEGY1:55.19
47Sebastien PaddingtonTTO1:55.40
48Andrey KvasovKAZ1:55.72
49Alexandros ArestiCYP1:57.54
50Hakimuddin Shabbir HabibullaIND1:58.35
51Santiago DeuAND1:59.31
DNSRyk NeethlingRSA
DNSDmitry ChernyshovRUS

Heat #1

Time10:25
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Oleg TsvetkovskyUZB1:54.930.7926.88 (1)56.09 (2)1:25.41 (2)29.21 (3)29.32 (2)29.52 (1)
2Mahmoud El-WaniEGY1:55.190.8426.90 (2)55.50 (1)1:25.28 (1)28.60 (1)29.78 (3)29.91 (2)
3Sebastien PaddingtonTTO1:55.400.7827.63 (4)56.38 (3)1:25.42 (3)28.75 (2)29.04 (1)29.98 (3)
4Hakimuddin Shabbir HabibullaIND1:58.350.8027.54 (3)56.90 (4)1:27.42 (4)29.36 (4)30.52 (5)30.93 (4)
5Santiago DeuAND1:59.310.8927.78 (5)57.70 (5)1:28.01 (5)29.92 (5)30.31 (4)31.30 (5)

Heat #2

Time10:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Mark ChaySGP1:52.220.7826.84 (5)56.06 (5)1:23.43 (1)29.22 (6)27.37 (1)28.79 (1)
2Allen OngMAS1:54.530.6326.32 (3)56.66 (8)1:25.14 (5)30.34 (8)28.48 (2)29.39 (4)
3George GleasonISV1:54.640.7827.14 (7)56.00 (4)1:25.37 (6)28.86 (3)29.37 (6)29.27 (3)
4Nikola KalabićSCG1:54.750.7825.99 (1)54.56 (1)1:23.50 (2)28.57 (1)28.94 (4)31.25 (8)
5Aytekin MindanTUR1:54.860.8127.10 (6)56.47 (7)1:26.06 (7)29.37 (7)29.59 (7)28.80 (2)
6Carl ProbertFIJ1:54.980.8526.29 (2)55.17 (2)1:24.07 (3)28.88 (4)28.90 (3)30.91 (5)
7Andrey KvasovKAZ1:55.720.8026.66 (4)55.40 (3)1:24.75 (4)28.74 (2)29.35 (5)30.97 (6)
8Alexandros ArestiCYP1:57.540.8827.36 (8)56.30 (6)1:26.53 (8)28.94 (5)30.23 (8)31.01 (7)

Heat #3

Time10:35
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Damian AlleyneBAR1:52.750.7627.04 (5)55.52 (3)1:24.33 (2)28.48 (1)28.81 (5)28.42 (2)
2U CheolKOR1:53.020.7027.09 (7)55.74 (4)1:24.39 (3)28.65 (2)28.65 (2)28.63 (4)
3Javier DíazMEX1:53.200.7726.60 (3)55.33 (1)1:24.10 (1)28.73 (3)28.77 (4)29.10 (6)
4Jonathan DuncanNZL1:53.270.8826.56 (1)55.45 (2)1:24.70 (5)28.89 (4)29.25 (6)28.57 (3)
5Fernando JácomeCOL1:54.170.8226.91 (4)55.85 (5)1:24.57 (4)28.94 (5)28.72 (3)29.60 (8)
6Francisco PáezVEN1:54.320.8927.42 (8)57.62 (8)1:26.26 (8)30.20 (8)28.64 (1)28.06 (1)
7Wu Nien-PinTPE1:54.580.7026.59 (2)55.98 (6)1:25.75 (7)29.39 (7)29.77 (8)28.83 (5)
8Vicha RatanachoteTHA1:54.910.7527.08 (6)56.19 (7)1:25.67 (6)29.11 (6)29.48 (7)29.24 (7)

Heat #4

Time10:40
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Arūnas SavickasLTU1:52.020.8226.52 (3)55.03 (6)1:23.34 (2)28.51 (6)28.31 (2)28.68 (1)
2Rostyslav SvanidzeUKR1:52.350.8626.65 (6)54.84 (5)1:23.49 (=3)28.19 (4)28.65 (4)28.86 (=2)
3Ricardo PedrosoPOR1:52.600.8326.53 (4)54.49 (2)1:23.74 (5)27.96 (2)29.25 (8)28.86 (=2)
4Mark KwokHKG1:52.710.6426.68 (7)55.48 (8)1:23.75 (6)28.80 (8)28.27 (1)28.96 (4)
5Dmitry KuzminKGZ1:52.930.8726.22 (1)54.12 (1)1:22.75 (1)27.90 (1)28.63 (3)30.18 (8)
6Andrei CecanMDA1:53.230.8026.56 (5)54.60 (3)1:23.49 (=3)28.04 (3)28.89 (5)29.74 (5)
7Rodrigo CastroBRA1:53.650.7126.37 (2)54.79 (4)1:23.82 (7)28.42 (5)29.03 (6)29.83 (6)
8Glen WalshawZIM1:54.700.7526.85 (8)55.42 (7)1:24.63 (8)28.57 (7)29.21 (7)30.07 (7)

Heat #5

Time10:45
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Josh DavisUSA1:48.430.7324.96 (1)52.26 (1)1:20.22 (1)27.30 (1)27.96 (2)28.21 (5)Q
2Jamie SalterGBR1:48.770.8225.51 (3)53.05 (3)1:21.16 (2)27.54 (4)28.11 (=3)27.61 (1)Q
3Örn ArnarsonISL1:49.780.9025.59 (6)52.96 (2)1:21.20 (3)27.37 (2)28.24 (6)28.58 (6)Q
4Paul PalmerGBR1:49.830.8825.92 (7)53.87 (8)1:21.68 (7)27.95 (7)27.81 (1)28.15 (=2)Q
5Stefan HerbstGER1:49.840.8525.54 (4)53.51 (6)1:21.65 (6)27.97 (8)28.14 (5)28.19 (4)Q
6Attila ZuborHUN1:50.110.8225.55 (5)53.37 (5)1:21.96 (8)27.82 (6)28.59 (8)28.15 (=2)Q
7Jacob CarstensenDEN1:50.410.7526.00 (8)53.52 (7)1:21.63 (5)27.52 (3)28.11 (=3)28.78 (7)
8Mark JohnstonCAN1:50.920.8125.46 (2)53.21 (4)1:21.59 (4)27.75 (5)28.38 (7)29.33 (8)

Heat #6

Time10:50
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Pieter van den HoogenbandNED1:46.710.9324.56 (1)51.26 (1)1:18.95 (1)26.70 (1)27.69 (1)27.76 (2)Q
2Ihar KaliadaBLR1:49.010.6925.44 (4)53.32 (4)1:21.09 (4)27.88 (6)27.77 (2)27.92 (3)Q
3Grant HackettAUS1:49.230.7725.93 (6)53.68 (6)1:22.10 (6)27.75 (5)28.42 (6)27.13 (1)Q
4Stefan PohlGER1:50.070.8625.82 (5)53.54 (5)1:21.76 (5)27.72 (4)28.22 (4)28.31 (4)Q
5Béla SzabadosHUN1:50.100.6825.36 (=2)52.31 (2)1:20.68 (2)26.95 (2)28.37 (5)29.42 (5)Q
6Martijn ZuijdwegNED1:50.370.8325.36 (=2)52.68 (3)1:20.70 (3)27.32 (3)28.02 (3)29.67 (6)
7Dimitrios ManganasGRE1:54.360.8126.39 (7)55.09 (7)1:24.27 (7)28.70 (7)29.18 (7)30.09 (7)
DNSRyk NeethlingRSA– (–)– (–)– (–)

Heat #7

Time10:56
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Ian ThorpeAUS1:46.560.8224.74 (1)52.15 (1)1:19.62 (1)27.41 (2)27.47 (1)26.94 (1)QOR
2Massi RosolinoITA1:47.370.8425.34 (2)52.35 (2)1:19.97 (2)27.01 (1)27.62 (3)27.40 (2)Q
3Rick SayCAN1:48.620.7725.42 (4)53.09 (4)1:20.85 (3)27.67 (4)27.76 (4)27.77 (3)Q
4Scott GoldblattUSA1:49.050.8025.85 (6)53.55 (5)1:21.05 (4)27.70 (5)27.50 (2)28.00 (4)Q
5Andrey KapralovRUS1:49.920.8225.78 (5)53.86 (6)1:21.78 (6)28.08 (6)27.92 (5)28.14 (5)Q
6Dragoș ComanROU1:50.200.9025.41 (3)53.04 (3)1:21.66 (5)27.63 (3)28.62 (7)28.54 (7)
7Květoslav SvobodaCZE1:50.290.8526.00 (7)54.13 (7)1:22.11 (7)28.13 (7)27.98 (6)28.18 (6)
DNSDmitry ChernyshovRUS– (–)– (–)– (–)

Semi-Finals

Date17 September 2000
FormatFastest eight advanced to the final.
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Pieter van den HoogenbandNED1:45.35QWR
2Ian ThorpeAUS1:45.37Q
3Massi RosolinoITA1:46.60Q
4Josh DavisUSA1:47.06Q
5Rick SayCAN1:48.50Q
6Jamie SalterGBR1:48.64Q
7Grant HackettAUS1:48.76Q
8Paul PalmerGBR1:48.79Q
9Scott GoldblattUSA1:48.83
10Andrey KapralovRUS1:49.04
11Béla SzabadosHUN1:49.36
12Ihar KaliadaBLR1:49.52
13Stefan HerbstGER1:49.72
14Attila ZuborHUN1:49.87
15Örn ArnarsonISL1:50.41
16Stefan PohlGER1:50.56

Heat #1

Time19:14
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Pieter van den HoogenbandNED1:45.350.9024.51 (1)51.12 (1)1:18.31 (1)26.61 (1)27.19 (1)27.04 (1)QWR
2Josh DavisUSA1:47.060.7024.73 (2)51.54 (2)1:19.13 (2)26.81 (2)27.59 (2)27.93 (5)Q
3Jamie SalterGBR1:48.640.7825.03 (3)52.73 (3)1:20.77 (3)27.70 (4)28.04 (5)27.87 (4)Q
4Scott GoldblattUSA1:48.830.8425.79 (8)53.35 (4)1:21.09 (4)27.56 (3)27.74 (3)27.74 (3)
5Stefan HerbstGER1:49.720.8025.55 (6)53.47 (6)1:21.67 (5)27.92 (7)28.20 (6)28.05 (6)
6Attila ZuborHUN1:49.870.8525.72 (7)53.60 (7)1:22.17 (8)27.88 (=5)28.57 (8)27.70 (2)
7Örn ArnarsonISL1:50.410.8925.51 (5)53.39 (5)1:21.77 (6)27.88 (=5)28.38 (7)28.64 (7)
8Stefan PohlGER1:50.560.8325.42 (4)53.84 (8)1:21.87 (7)28.42 (8)28.03 (4)28.69 (8)

Heat #2

Time19:20
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Ian ThorpeAUS1:45.370.8024.95 (1)52.03 (1)1:18.67 (1)27.08 (2)26.64 (1)26.70 (1)Q
2Massi RosolinoITA1:46.600.8825.23 (3)52.08 (2)1:19.31 (2)26.85 (1)27.23 (2)27.29 (2)Q
3Rick SayCAN1:48.500.7625.10 (2)52.73 (3)1:20.43 (3)27.63 (4)27.70 (4)28.07 (8)Q
4Grant HackettAUS1:48.760.7825.58 (=4)52.99 (4)1:20.86 (4)27.41 (3)27.87 (5)27.90 (7)Q
5Paul PalmerGBR1:48.790.8525.77 (6)53.90 (7)1:21.41 (5)28.13 (8)27.51 (3)27.38 (4)Q
6Andrey KapralovRUS1:49.040.8525.58 (=4)53.46 (5)1:21.50 (6)27.88 (6)28.04 (7)27.54 (6)
7Béla SzabadosHUN1:49.360.6826.06 (8)53.87 (6)1:22.01 (7)27.81 (5)28.14 (8)27.35 (3)
8Ihar KaliadaBLR1:49.520.7225.95 (7)54.04 (8)1:22.04 (8)28.09 (7)28.00 (6)27.48 (5)

Final Round

Date18 September 2000 — 19:11
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Pieter van den HoogenbandNED1:45.350.8424.44 (2)50.85 (1)1:18.21 (=1)26.41 (1)27.36 (3)27.14 (1)=WR
2Ian ThorpeAUS1:45.830.7924.48 (3)50.90 (2)1:18.21 (=1)26.42 (2)27.31 (2)27.62 (=3)
3Massi RosolinoITA1:46.650.8125.08 (5)52.05 (4)1:19.34 (4)26.97 (4)27.29 (1)27.31 (2)
4Josh DavisUSA1:46.730.6824.42 (1)51.02 (3)1:18.75 (3)26.60 (3)27.73 (5)27.98 (5)
5Paul PalmerGBR1:47.950.8725.60 (8)52.88 (7)1:20.33 (6)27.28 (6)27.45 (4)27.62 (=3)
6Jamie SalterGBR1:48.740.7925.17 (6)52.33 (5)1:20.50 (7)27.16 (5)28.17 (7)28.24 (7)
7Rick SayCAN1:48.760.8124.90 (4)52.40 (6)1:20.28 (5)27.50 (7)27.88 (6)28.48 (8)
8Grant HackettAUS1:49.460.7725.35 (7)52.89 (8)1:21.24 (8)27.54 (8)28.35 (8)28.22 (6)