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100 metres Butterfly, Men

Date	21 – 22 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	62 from 53 countries

Australia expected their two star butterfly swimmers to finish in the top two positions. Michael Klim, a Polish émigré, had included this race as one of his four gold medals from the last World Championships whilst Geoff Huegill had placed third at the 2008 Worlds and had regularly beaten Klim since then.

The main danger to the Aussies seemed to be Lars Frölander but, although the Swede had won multiple European titles and had won medals at world level, he had yet to a win a major gobal title. To the dismay of the home crowd Frölander chose Sydney to make good. Klim led the final at half way with Frölander and Huegill keeping close company but, with Klim visibly tiring, the Swede kicked again to win his first Olympic title at his third Olympic Games.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Lars Frölander	SWE	53.14 (2 h6)	52.84 (3 h2)	52.00 (1)	Gold
2	Michael Klim	AUS	52.73 (1 h7)	52.63 (1 h2)	52.18 (2)	Silver
3	Geoff Huegill	AUS	52.79 (1 h8)	51.96 (1 h1)	52.22 (3)	Bronze
4	Ian Crocker	USA	53.45 (4 h6)	52.82 (2 h2)	52.44 (4)
=5	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	52.91 (1 h6)	53.01 (2 h1)	52.58 (=5)
=5	Mike Mintenko	CAN	52.90 (2 h8)	53.00 (4 h2)	52.58 (=5)
=7	Thomas Rupprath	GER	53.57 (4 h7)	53.18 (5 h2)	53.13 (=7)
=7	Anatoly Polyakov	RUS	53.30 (3 h6)	53.32 (6 h2)	53.13 (=7)
9	Joris Keizer	NED	53.66 (6 h6)	53.33 (3 h1)	–
10	Franck Esposito	FRA	53.54 (=3 h8)	53.38 (7 h2)	–
11	Zsolt Gáspár	HUN	53.29 (2 h7)	53.45 (4 h1)	–
12	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	53.34 (3 h7)	53.51 (5 h1)	–
13	James Hickman	GBR	53.48 (5 h6)	53.55 (6 h1)	–
14	Tommy Hannan	USA	53.54 (=3 h8)	53.59 (7 h1)	–
15	Jere Hård	FIN	53.67 (5 h7)	53.65 (8 h2)	–
16	Stefan Aartsen	NED	53.81 (1 h5)	53.81 (8 h1)	–
17	Andriy Serdinov	UKR	53.90 (6 h7)	–	–
18	Theo Verster	RSA	53.95 (2 h5)	–	–
19	Igor Marchenko	RUS	53.98 (7 h6)	–	–
20	Ouyang Kunpeng	CHN	54.12 (3 h5)	–	–
21	Ștefan Gherghel	ROU	54.13 (7 h7)	–	–
22	Shamek Pietucha	CAN	54.14 (8 h7)	–	–
=23	Peter Mankoč	SLO	54.15 (8 h6)	–	–
=23	Daniel Carlsson	SWE	54.15 (5 h8)	–	–
25	Tero Välimaa	FIN	54.24 (6 h8)	–	–
26	Marcin Kaczmarek	POL	54.32 (4 h5)	–	–
27	Jan Víťazka	CZE	54.34 (5 h5)	–	–
28	Pablo Abal	ARG	54.45 (6 h5)	–	–
29	Francisco Sánchez	VEN	54.56 (7 h8)	–	–
30	Simão Morgado	POR	54.75 (1 h4)	–	–
31	Philippe Meyer	SUI	54.85 (2 h4)	–	–
32	Andrew Livingston	PUR	55.03 (3 h4)	–	–
33	Josh Ilika	MEX	55.07 (7 h5)	–	–
34	Ravil Nachayev	UZB	55.21 (1 h3)	–	–
35	Konstantin Ushkov	KGZ	55.25 (2 h3)	–	–
36	Anthony Ang	MAS	55.26 (1 h1)	–	–
37	Yoav Meiri	ISR	55.38 (4 h4)	–	–
38	Simeon Makedonski	BUL	55.49 (3 h3)	–	–
=39	Janko Gojković	BIH	55.55 (1 h2)	–	–
=39	Oswaldo Quevedo	VEN	55.55 (8 h5)	–	–
41	Aleksandar Miladinovski	MKD	55.62 (2 h2)	–	–
42	Dennis Otzen Jensen	DEN	55.70 (5 h4)	–	–
43	Yohan García	CUB	55.74 (6 h4)	–	–
44	Mehdi Addadi	ALG	56.04 (3 h2)	–	–
45	Daniel O'Keeffe	GUM	56.05 (4 h2)	–	–
46	Roberto Delgado	ECU	56.07 (5 h2)	–	–
47	Luc Decker	LUX	56.10 (4 h3)	–	–
48	Ríkarður Ríkarðsson	ISL	56.11 (6 h2)	–	–
49	Andrey Gavrilov	KAZ	56.14 (2 h1)	–	–
50	Ivan Mladina	CRO	56.17 (7 h4)	–	–
51	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	56.36 (3 h1)	–	–
52	Tseng Cheng-Hua	TPE	56.39 (5 h3)	–	–
53	Haitham Hassan	EGY	56.42 (6 h3)	–	–
54	Stephen Fahy	BER	56.46 (7 h2)	–	–
55	Albert Sutanto	INA	56.50 (7 h3)	–	–
56	Artūrs Jakovļevs	LAT	56.63 (4 h1)	–	–
57	Nick Rees	BAH	57.23 (8 h2)	–	–
58	Conrad Francis	SRI	57.44 (5 h1)	–	–
59	Dumitru Zastoico	MDA	58.55 (8 h3)	–	–
60	Jin-Woo Kim	KEN	59.55 (6 h1)	–	–
61	Kamal Salman Masud	PAK	1:00.60 (7 h1)	–	–
DQ	Milorad Čavić	SCG	– (DQ h4)	–	–
DNS	Christian Keller	GER	– (DNS h8)	–	–

Round One

Date	21 September 2000
Format	Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Michael Klim	AUS	52.73	Q
2	–	Geoff Huegill	AUS	52.79	Q
3	–	Mike Mintenko	CAN	52.90	Q
4	–	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	52.91	Q
5	–	Lars Frölander	SWE	53.14	Q
6	–	Zsolt Gáspár	HUN	53.29	Q
7	–	Anatoly Polyakov	RUS	53.30	Q
8	–	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	53.34	Q
9	–	Ian Crocker	USA	53.45	Q
10	–	James Hickman	GBR	53.48	Q
=11	–	Tommy Hannan	USA	53.54	Q
=11	–	Franck Esposito	FRA	53.54	Q
13	–	Thomas Rupprath	GER	53.57	Q
14	–	Joris Keizer	NED	53.66	Q
15	–	Jere Hård	FIN	53.67	Q
16	–	Stefan Aartsen	NED	53.81	Q
17	–	Andriy Serdinov	UKR	53.90
18	–	Theo Verster	RSA	53.95
19	–	Igor Marchenko	RUS	53.98
20	–	Ouyang Kunpeng	CHN	54.12
21	–	Ștefan Gherghel	ROU	54.13
22	–	Shamek Pietucha	CAN	54.14
=23	–	Peter Mankoč	SLO	54.15
=23	–	Daniel Carlsson	SWE	54.15
25	–	Tero Välimaa	FIN	54.24
26	–	Marcin Kaczmarek	POL	54.32
27	–	Jan Víťazka	CZE	54.34
28	–	Pablo Abal	ARG	54.45
29	–	Francisco Sánchez	VEN	54.56
30	–	Simão Morgado	POR	54.75
31	–	Philippe Meyer	SUI	54.85
32	–	Andrew Livingston	PUR	55.03
33	–	Josh Ilika	MEX	55.07
34	–	Ravil Nachayev	UZB	55.21
35	–	Konstantin Ushkov	KGZ	55.25
36	–	Anthony Ang	MAS	55.26
37	–	Yoav Meiri	ISR	55.38
38	–	Simeon Makedonski	BUL	55.49
=39	–	Janko Gojković	BIH	55.55
=39	–	Oswaldo Quevedo	VEN	55.55
41	–	Aleksandar Miladinovski	MKD	55.62
42	–	Dennis Otzen Jensen	DEN	55.70
43	–	Yohan García	CUB	55.74
44	–	Mehdi Addadi	ALG	56.04
45	–	Daniel O'Keeffe	GUM	56.05
46	–	Roberto Delgado	ECU	56.07
47	–	Luc Decker	LUX	56.10
48	–	Ríkarður Ríkarðsson	ISL	56.11
49	–	Andrey Gavrilov	KAZ	56.14
50	–	Ivan Mladina	CRO	56.17
51	–	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	56.36
52	–	Tseng Cheng-Hua	TPE	56.39
53	–	Haitham Hassan	EGY	56.42
54	–	Stephen Fahy	BER	56.46
55	–	Albert Sutanto	INA	56.50
56	–	Artūrs Jakovļevs	LAT	56.63
57	–	Nick Rees	BAH	57.23
58	–	Conrad Francis	SRI	57.44
59	–	Dumitru Zastoico	MDA	58.55
60	–	Jin-Woo Kim	KEN	59.55
61	–	Kamal Salman Masud	PAK	1:00.60
DQ	–	Milorad Čavić	SCG	–		1
DNS	–	Christian Keller	GER	–

Heat #1

Time	11:22

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Anthony Ang	MAS	55.26	0.72	26.00 (2)	29.26 (1)
2	–	Andrey Gavrilov	KAZ	56.14	0.88	25.95 (1)	30.19 (3)
3	–	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	56.36	0.81	26.81 (5)	29.55 (2)
4	–	Artūrs Jakovļevs	LAT	56.63	0.78	26.20 (3)	30.43 (4)
5	–	Conrad Francis	SRI	57.44	0.77	26.52 (4)	30.92 (5)
6	–	Jin-Woo Kim	KEN	59.55	0.73	27.41 (7)	32.14 (6)
7	–	Kamal Salman Masud	PAK	1:00.60	0.79	27.33 (6)	33.27 (7)

Heat #2

Time	11:25

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Janko Gojković	BIH	55.55	0.79	25.28 (1)	30.27 (5)
2	–	Aleksandar Miladinovski	MKD	55.62	0.80	25.80 (3)	29.82 (1)
3	–	Mehdi Addadi	ALG	56.04	0.68	26.08 (6)	29.96 (2)
4	–	Daniel O'Keeffe	GUM	56.05	0.72	25.56 (2)	30.49 (7)
5	–	Roberto Delgado	ECU	56.07	0.68	25.87 (4)	30.20 (4)
6	–	Ríkarður Ríkarðsson	ISL	56.11	0.78	26.13 (8)	29.98 (3)
7	–	Stephen Fahy	BER	56.46	0.67	26.05 (5)	30.41 (6)
8	–	Nick Rees	BAH	57.23	0.78	26.09 (7)	31.14 (8)

Heat #3

Time	11:28

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Ravil Nachayev	UZB	55.21	0.80	25.05 (1)	30.16 (6)
2	–	Konstantin Ushkov	KGZ	55.25	0.77	25.56 (3)	29.69 (1)
3	–	Simeon Makedonski	BUL	55.49	0.77	25.55 (2)	29.94 (3)
4	–	Luc Decker	LUX	56.10	0.79	25.92 (4)	30.18 (7)
5	–	Tseng Cheng-Hua	TPE	56.39	0.77	26.65 (7)	29.74 (2)
6	–	Haitham Hassan	EGY	56.42	0.85	26.29 (5)	30.13 (5)
7	–	Albert Sutanto	INA	56.50	0.76	26.39 (6)	30.11 (4)
8	–	Dumitru Zastoico	MDA	58.55	0.83	26.69 (8)	31.86 (8)

Heat #4

Time	11:31

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Simão Morgado	POR	54.75	0.79	25.37 (1)	29.38 (4)
2	–	Philippe Meyer	SUI	54.85	0.81	25.66 (3)	29.19 (3)
3	–	Andrew Livingston	PUR	55.03	0.76	25.86 (4)	29.17 (2)
4	–	Yoav Meiri	ISR	55.38	0.74	26.59 (7)	28.79 (1)
5	–	Dennis Otzen Jensen	DEN	55.70	0.80	25.51 (2)	30.19 (7)
6	–	Yohan García	CUB	55.74	0.80	26.01 (5)	29.73 (5)
7	–	Ivan Mladina	CRO	56.17	0.82	26.23 (6)	29.94 (6)
DQ	–	Milorad Čavić	SCG	–	–	– (–)	–	2

Heat #5

Time	11:34

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Stefan Aartsen	NED	53.81	0.96	25.17 (3)	28.64 (3)	Q
2	–	Theo Verster	RSA	53.95	0.74	25.37 (=5)	28.58 (2)
3	–	Ouyang Kunpeng	CHN	54.12	0.75	25.67 (8)	28.45 (1)
4	–	Marcin Kaczmarek	POL	54.32	0.75	24.92 (1)	29.40 (6)
5	–	Jan Víťazka	CZE	54.34	0.71	25.37 (=5)	28.97 (4)
6	–	Pablo Abal	ARG	54.45	0.77	25.24 (4)	29.21 (5)
7	–	Josh Ilika	MEX	55.07	0.75	25.53 (7)	29.54 (7)
8	–	Oswaldo Quevedo	VEN	55.55	0.75	25.14 (2)	30.41 (8)

Heat #6

Time	11:37

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	52.91	0.78	24.89 (3)	28.02 (2)	Q
2	–	Lars Frölander	SWE	53.14	0.74	24.74 (2)	28.40 (4)	Q
3	–	Anatoly Polyakov	RUS	53.30	0.76	25.32 (7)	27.98 (1)	Q
4	–	Ian Crocker	USA	53.45	0.82	24.52 (1)	28.93 (8)	Q
5	–	James Hickman	GBR	53.48	0.83	25.28 (6)	28.20 (3)	Q
6	–	Joris Keizer	NED	53.66	0.80	24.99 (4)	28.67 (6)	Q
7	–	Igor Marchenko	RUS	53.98	0.88	25.14 (5)	28.84 (7)
8	–	Peter Mankoč	SLO	54.15	0.79	25.50 (8)	28.65 (5)

Heat #7

Time	11:41

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Michael Klim	AUS	52.73	0.78	24.88 (3)	27.85 (1)	Q
2	–	Zsolt Gáspár	HUN	53.29	0.75	25.07 (5)	28.22 (2)	Q
3	–	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	53.34	0.82	24.82 (2)	28.52 (4)	Q
4	–	Thomas Rupprath	GER	53.57	0.79	25.10 (6)	28.47 (3)	Q
5	–	Jere Hård	FIN	53.67	0.75	24.55 (1)	29.12 (8)	Q
6	–	Andriy Serdinov	UKR	53.90	0.85	24.93 (4)	28.97 (7)
7	–	Ștefan Gherghel	ROU	54.13	0.85	25.42 (8)	28.71 (5)
8	–	Shamek Pietucha	CAN	54.14	0.68	25.27 (7)	28.87 (6)

Heat #8

Time	11:45

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Geoff Huegill	AUS	52.79	0.80	24.61 (1)	28.18 (1)	Q
2	–	Mike Mintenko	CAN	52.90	0.77	24.69 (3)	28.21 (2)	Q
=3	–	Tommy Hannan	USA	53.54	0.73	24.99 (5)	28.55 (4)	Q
=3	–	Franck Esposito	FRA	53.54	0.70	25.15 (7)	28.39 (3)	Q
5	–	Daniel Carlsson	SWE	54.15	0.86	24.77 (4)	29.38 (5)
6	–	Tero Välimaa	FIN	54.24	0.85	24.66 (2)	29.58 (7)
7	–	Francisco Sánchez	VEN	54.56	0.68	25.07 (6)	29.49 (6)
DNS	–	Christian Keller	GER	–	–	– (–)	–

Semi-Finals

Date	21 September 2000
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Geoff Huegill	AUS	51.96	QOR
2	–	Michael Klim	AUS	52.63	Q
3	–	Ian Crocker	USA	52.82	Q
4	–	Lars Frölander	SWE	52.84	Q
5	–	Mike Mintenko	CAN	53.00	Q
6	–	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	53.01	Q
7	–	Thomas Rupprath	GER	53.18	Q
8	–	Anatoly Polyakov	RUS	53.32	Q
9	–	Joris Keizer	NED	53.33
10	–	Franck Esposito	FRA	53.38
11	–	Zsolt Gáspár	HUN	53.45
12	–	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	53.51
13	–	James Hickman	GBR	53.55
14	–	Tommy Hannan	USA	53.59
15	–	Jere Hård	FIN	53.65
16	–	Stefan Aartsen	NED	53.81

Heat #1

Time	20:05

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Geoff Huegill	AUS	51.96	0.82	24.12 (1)	27.84 (1)	QOR
2	–	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	53.01	0.78	24.88 (6)	28.13 (2)	Q
3	–	Joris Keizer	NED	53.33	0.89	24.62 (2)	28.71 (5)
4	–	Zsolt Gáspár	HUN	53.45	0.75	24.85 (5)	28.60 (4)
5	–	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	53.51	0.78	24.76 (4)	28.75 (7)
6	–	James Hickman	GBR	53.55	0.80	25.07 (=7)	28.48 (3)
7	–	Tommy Hannan	USA	53.59	0.83	24.63 (3)	28.96 (8)
8	–	Stefan Aartsen	NED	53.81	0.89	25.07 (=7)	28.74 (6)

Heat #2

Time	20:10

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Michael Klim	AUS	52.63	0.75	24.59 (3)	28.04 (2)	Q
2	–	Ian Crocker	USA	52.82	0.78	24.90 (6)	27.92 (1)	Q
3	–	Lars Frölander	SWE	52.84	0.75	24.56 (2)	28.28 (4)	Q
4	–	Mike Mintenko	CAN	53.00	0.77	24.68 (4)	28.32 (5)	Q
5	–	Thomas Rupprath	GER	53.18	0.90	24.77 (5)	28.41 (7)	Q
6	–	Anatoly Polyakov	RUS	53.32	0.80	25.24 (8)	28.08 (3)	Q
7	–	Franck Esposito	FRA	53.38	0.70	24.98 (7)	28.40 (6)
8	–	Jere Hård	FIN	53.65	0.79	24.39 (1)	29.26 (8)

Final Round

Date	22 September 2000 — 19:12

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Lars Frölander	SWE	52.00	0.72	24.33 (3)	27.67 (1)
2	–	Michael Klim	AUS	52.18	0.73	24.10 (1)	28.08 (5)
3	–	Geoff Huegill	AUS	52.22	0.80	24.28 (2)	27.94 (4)
4	–	Ian Crocker	USA	52.44	0.74	24.69 (7)	27.75 (2)
=5	–	Mike Mintenko	CAN	52.58	0.77	24.46 (4)	28.12 (7)
=5	–	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	52.58	0.73	24.67 (6)	27.91 (3)
=7	–	Thomas Rupprath	GER	53.13	0.79	24.65 (5)	28.48 (8)
=7	–	Anatoly Polyakov	RUS	53.13	0.79	25.04 (8)	28.09 (6)