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200 metres Butterfly, Men

Date	18 – 19 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	46 from 40 countries

Six of the men who contested the Olympic final were amongst the 10 fastest of all time. The man at the top of the list was Atlanta silver medalist Tom Malchow of the USA who had broken the world record at the US Trials but world champion Denys Sylantyev and Olympic title holder Denis Pankratov stood between him and Olympic glory. Malchow could not have impressed more in the qualifying rounds as he set new Olympic records in both his swims and was the fastest qualifier for the final by over half a second.

Pankratov gambled on going out fast and hoping to hold on for the last half of the race. At 100 metres he was inside world record race but he faded badly in the closing stages and was overtaken by Malchow. Sylantyev made rapid progress through to win the silver whilst Australia’s Justin Norris was cheered home by the Aussie faithful to win bronze. In fifth place was the youngest member of the United States swimming team, a certain Michael Phelps from Baltimore – the world would hear much more of him over the next decade

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Tom Malchow	USA	1:56.25 (1 h6)	1:56.02 (1 h2)	1:55.35 (1)	Gold
2	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	1:56.42 (1 h4)	1:56.81 (1 h1)	1:55.76 (2)	Silver
3	Justin Norris	AUS	1:57.60 (2 h6)	1:57.10 (2 h1)	1:56.17 (3)	Bronze
4	Anatoly Polyakov	RUS	1:57.67 (2 h5)	1:56.78 (2 h2)	1:56.34 (4)
5	Michael Phelps	USA	1:57.30 (1 h5)	1:57.00 (3 h2)	1:56.50 (5)
6	Steve Parry	GBR	1:58.00 (4 h6)	1:57.23 (3 h1)	1:57.01 (6)
7	Denis Pankratov	RUS	1:58.01 (4 h5)	1:57.24 (5 h2)	1:57.97 (7)
8	Franck Esposito	FRA	1:57.97 (3 h5)	1:57.04 (4 h2)	1:58.39 (8)
9	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	1:58.07 (5 h5)	1:57.66 (4 h1)	–
10	James Hickman	GBR	1:57.88 (3 h6)	1:57.84 (5 h1)	–
11	Heath Ramsay	AUS	1:58.82 (3 h4)	1:57.90 (6 h1)	–
12	Hisayoshi Tanaka	JPN	1:59.00 (4 h4)	1:58.06 (7 h1)	–
13	Andrew Livingston	PUR	1:59.05 (6 h6)	1:58.63 (6 h2)	–
14	Stefan Aartsen	NED	1:58.89 (5 h6)	1:58.66 (7 h2)	–
15	Thomas Rupprath	GER	1:58.32 (2 h4)	1:58.96 (8 h2)	–
16	Serhiy Fesenko	UKR	1:59.41 (7 h6)	1:59.03 (8 h1)	–
17	Ștefan Gherghel	ROU	1:59.48 (5 h4)	–	–
18	Shamek Pietucha	CAN	1:59.59 (8 h6)	–	–
19	Han Gyu-Cheol	KOR	1:59.85 (6 h5)	–	–
20	Juan Veloz	MEX	2:00.02 (7 h5)	–	–
21	Vladan Marković	SCG	2:00.11 (1 h3)	–	–
22	Anthony Ang	MAS	2:00.12 (1 h2)	–	–
23	Jorge Pérez	ESP	2:00.15 (6 h4)	–	–
24	Viktor Bodrogi	HUN	2:00.74 (2 h3)	–	–
25	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	2:00.75 (3 h3)	–	–
26	Theo Verster	RSA	2:00.90 (4 h3)	–	–
27	Gunter Rodríguez	CUB	2:01.06 (5 h3)	–	–
28	Michael Windisch	AUT	2:01.20 (6 h3)	–	–
29	Zoran Lazarovski	MKD	2:01.30 (2 h2)	–	–
30	Massimiliano Eroli	ITA	2:01.32 (7 h4)	–	–
31	Miki Halika	ISR	2:01.79 (8 h4)	–	–
32	Mark Kwok	HKG	2:01.99 (3 h2)	–	–
33	Xie Xufeng	CHN	2:02.00 (8 h5)	–	–
34	Tero Välimaa	FIN	2:02.46 (7 h3)	–	–
35	Tseng Cheng-Hua	TPE	2:03.62 (1 h1)	–	–
36	Juan Pablo Valdivieso	PER	2:03.67 (4 h2)	–	–
37	Colin Lowth	IRL	2:03.91 (8 h3)	–	–
38	Dulyarit Phuangthong	THA	2:04.15 (5 h2)	–	–
39	Lovrenco Franičević	CRO	2:04.35 (6 h2)	–	–
40	Georgi Palazov	BUL	2:04.40 (2 h1)	–	–
41	Konstantin Andryushin	KGZ	2:04.86 (7 h2)	–	–
42	Albert Sutanto	INA	2:05.13 (8 h2)	–	–
43	Roberto Delgado	ECU	2:08.18 (3 h1)	–	–
44	Dumitru Zastoico	MDA	2:09.34 (4 h1)	–	–
45	Dmitry Tsutskarev	UZB	2:10.54 (5 h1)	–	–
46	Fadi Kouzmah	SYR	2:11.56 (6 h1)	–	–

Round One

Date	18 September 2000
Format	Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Tom Malchow	USA	1:56.25	QOR
2	4	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	1:56.42	Q
3	3	Michael Phelps	USA	1:57.30	Q
4	6	Justin Norris	AUS	1:57.60	Q
5	5	Anatoly Polyakov	RUS	1:57.67	Q
6	3	James Hickman	GBR	1:57.88	Q
7	4	Franck Esposito	FRA	1:57.97	Q
8	5	Steve Parry	GBR	1:58.00	Q
9	2	Denis Pankratov	RUS	1:58.01	Q
10	6	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	1:58.07	Q
11	5	Thomas Rupprath	GER	1:58.32	Q
12	3	Heath Ramsay	AUS	1:58.82	Q
13	8	Stefan Aartsen	NED	1:58.89	Q
14	6	Hisayoshi Tanaka	JPN	1:59.00	Q
15	7	Andrew Livingston	PUR	1:59.05	Q
16	1	Serhiy Fesenko	UKR	1:59.41	Q
17	2	Ștefan Gherghel	ROU	1:59.48
18	2	Shamek Pietucha	CAN	1:59.59
19	8	Han Gyu-Cheol	KOR	1:59.85
20	7	Juan Veloz	MEX	2:00.02
21	6	Vladan Marković	SCG	2:00.11
22	3	Anthony Ang	MAS	2:00.12
23	1	Jorge Pérez	ESP	2:00.15
24	4	Viktor Bodrogi	HUN	2:00.74
25	3	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	2:00.75
26	1	Theo Verster	RSA	2:00.90
27	5	Gunter Rodríguez	CUB	2:01.06
28	2	Michael Windisch	AUT	2:01.20
29	6	Zoran Lazarovski	MKD	2:01.30
30	7	Massimiliano Eroli	ITA	2:01.32
31	8	Miki Halika	ISR	2:01.79
32	7	Mark Kwok	HKG	2:01.99
33	1	Xie Xufeng	CHN	2:02.00
34	7	Tero Välimaa	FIN	2:02.46
35	5	Tseng Cheng-Hua	TPE	2:03.62
36	5	Juan Pablo Valdivieso	PER	2:03.67
37	8	Colin Lowth	IRL	2:03.91
38	2	Dulyarit Phuangthong	THA	2:04.15
39	8	Lovrenco Franičević	CRO	2:04.35
40	3	Georgi Palazov	BUL	2:04.40
41	1	Konstantin Andryushin	KGZ	2:04.86
42	4	Albert Sutanto	INA	2:05.13
43	4	Roberto Delgado	ECU	2:08.18
44	6	Dumitru Zastoico	MDA	2:09.34
45	2	Dmitry Tsutskarev	UZB	2:10.54
46	7	Fadi Kouzmah	SYR	2:11.56

Heat #1

Time	10:38

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Tseng Cheng-Hua	TPE	2:03.62	0.83	28.48 (5)	59.71 (2)	1:31.56 (2)	31.23 (2)	31.85 (1)	32.06 (1)
2	3	Georgi Palazov	BUL	2:04.40	0.91	27.09 (1)	57.98 (1)	1:30.13 (1)	30.89 (1)	32.15 (2)	34.27 (3)
3	4	Roberto Delgado	ECU	2:08.18	0.72	27.76 (2)	59.87 (3)	1:33.00 (3)	32.11 (3)	33.13 (3)	35.18 (5)
4	6	Dumitru Zastoico	MDA	2:09.34	0.82	28.41 (4)	1:01.23 (5)	1:34.41 (5)	32.82 (5)	33.18 (4)	34.93 (4)
5	2	Dmitry Tsutskarev	UZB	2:10.54	0.87	28.29 (3)	1:00.69 (4)	1:34.18 (4)	32.40 (4)	33.49 (5)	36.36 (6)
6	7	Fadi Kouzmah	SYR	2:11.56	0.90	29.94 (6)	1:03.49 (6)	1:37.52 (6)	33.55 (6)	34.03 (6)	34.04 (2)

Heat #2

Time	10:42

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	3	Anthony Ang	MAS	2:00.12	0.73	26.96 (2)	57.76 (2)	1:28.84 (1)	30.80 (3)	31.08 (1)	31.28 (1)
2	6	Zoran Lazarovski	MKD	2:01.30	0.84	26.82 (1)	57.59 (1)	1:29.45 (3)	30.77 (2)	31.86 (=3)	31.85 (3)
3	7	Mark Kwok	HKG	2:01.99	0.64	27.15 (3)	58.03 (3)	1:29.21 (2)	30.88 (4)	31.18 (2)	32.78 (6)
4	5	Juan Pablo Valdivieso	PER	2:03.67	0.90	28.83 (8)	59.09 (4)	1:30.99 (4)	30.26 (1)	31.90 (5)	32.68 (5)
5	2	Dulyarit Phuangthong	THA	2:04.15	0.77	28.10 (5)	1:00.24 (8)	1:32.52 (8)	32.14 (8)	32.28 (7)	31.63 (2)
6	8	Lovrenco Franičević	CRO	2:04.35	0.79	28.21 (6)	59.63 (6)	1:31.49 (=5)	31.42 (5)	31.86 (=3)	32.86 (7)
7	1	Konstantin Andryushin	KGZ	2:04.86	0.87	28.35 (7)	1:00.10 (7)	1:32.27 (7)	31.75 (6)	32.17 (6)	32.59 (4)
8	4	Albert Sutanto	INA	2:05.13	0.79	27.28 (4)	59.14 (5)	1:31.49 (=5)	31.86 (7)	32.35 (8)	33.64 (8)

Heat #3

Time	10:46

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	6	Vladan Marković	SCG	2:00.11	0.84	27.23 (4)	57.59 (2)	1:28.37 (1)	30.36 (1)	30.78 (1)	31.74 (3)
2	4	Viktor Bodrogi	HUN	2:00.74	0.78	27.32 (5)	58.04 (5)	1:29.19 (5)	30.72 (=4)	31.15 (6)	31.55 (2)
3	3	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	2:00.75	0.80	27.53 (6)	57.97 (4)	1:28.86 (3)	30.44 (2)	30.89 (2)	31.89 (4)
4	1	Theo Verster	RSA	2:00.90	0.76	26.94 (2)	57.55 (1)	1:28.52 (2)	30.61 (3)	30.97 (3)	32.38 (7)
5	5	Gunter Rodríguez	CUB	2:01.06	0.82	27.93 (8)	58.68 (7)	1:29.68 (6)	30.75 (6)	31.00 (4)	31.38 (1)
6	2	Michael Windisch	AUT	2:01.20	0.82	27.12 (3)	57.84 (3)	1:28.89 (4)	30.72 (=4)	31.05 (5)	32.31 (6)
7	7	Tero Välimaa	FIN	2:02.46	0.83	26.86 (1)	58.49 (6)	1:30.54 (7)	31.63 (8)	32.05 (7)	31.92 (5)
8	8	Colin Lowth	IRL	2:03.91	0.86	27.80 (7)	58.81 (8)	1:30.99 (8)	31.01 (7)	32.18 (8)	32.92 (8)

Heat #4

Time	10:50

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	1:56.42	0.85	25.94 (1)	55.10 (1)	1:25.23 (1)	29.16 (1)	30.13 (1)	31.19 (3)	Q
2	5	Thomas Rupprath	GER	1:58.32	0.79	26.33 (2)	55.73 (2)	1:26.18 (2)	29.40 (2)	30.45 (2)	32.14 (7)	Q
3	3	Heath Ramsay	AUS	1:58.82	0.85	26.34 (3)	56.34 (3)	1:26.83 (3)	30.00 (3)	30.49 (3)	31.99 (6)	Q
4	6	Hisayoshi Tanaka	JPN	1:59.00	0.74	27.19 (5)	57.24 (4)	1:28.16 (4)	30.05 (4)	30.92 (6)	30.84 (1)	Q
5	2	Ștefan Gherghel	ROU	1:59.48	0.90	27.06 (4)	57.60 (5)	1:28.36 (5)	30.54 (7)	30.76 (5)	31.12 (2)
6	1	Jorge Pérez	ESP	2:00.15	0.79	27.32 (6)	57.95 (6)	1:28.68 (6)	30.63 (8)	30.73 (4)	31.47 (4)
7	7	Massimiliano Eroli	ITA	2:01.32	0.80	27.57 (8)	58.02 (7)	1:29.53 (8)	30.45 (5)	31.51 (8)	31.79 (5)
8	8	Miki Halika	ISR	2:01.79	0.92	27.51 (7)	58.03 (8)	1:29.23 (7)	30.52 (6)	31.20 (7)	32.56 (8)

Heat #5

Time	10:55

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	3	Michael Phelps	USA	1:57.30	0.78	26.75 (5)	56.83 (5)	1:27.00 (4)	30.08 (5)	30.17 (1)	30.30 (1)	Q
2	5	Anatoly Polyakov	RUS	1:57.67	0.81	26.53 (2)	56.38 (4)	1:27.07 (5)	29.85 (4)	30.69 (3)	30.60 (2)	Q
3	4	Franck Esposito	FRA	1:57.97	0.71	26.55 (3)	56.09 (2)	1:26.85 (2)	29.54 (1)	30.76 (4)	31.12 (3)	Q
4	2	Denis Pankratov	RUS	1:58.01	0.91	25.85 (1)	55.54 (1)	1:26.49 (1)	29.69 (2)	30.95 (5)	31.52 (6)	Q
5	6	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	1:58.07	0.74	26.61 (4)	56.33 (3)	1:26.89 (3)	29.72 (3)	30.56 (2)	31.18 (4)	Q
6	8	Han Gyu-Cheol	KOR	1:59.85	0.80	26.79 (6)	57.08 (6)	1:28.22 (6)	30.29 (7)	31.14 (6)	31.63 (7)
7	7	Juan Veloz	MEX	2:00.02	0.75	27.10 (8)	57.33 (7)	1:28.54 (7)	30.23 (6)	31.21 (7)	31.48 (5)
8	1	Xie Xufeng	CHN	2:02.00	0.88	26.80 (7)	57.55 (8)	1:29.32 (8)	30.75 (8)	31.77 (8)	32.68 (8)

Heat #6

Time	11:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Tom Malchow	USA	1:56.25	0.84	26.53 (3)	56.30 (1)	1:25.98 (1)	29.77 (2)	29.68 (1)	30.27 (1)	QOR
2	6	Justin Norris	AUS	1:57.60	0.79	27.05 (8)	56.77 (6)	1:27.16 (4)	29.72 (1)	30.39 (4)	30.44 (2)	Q
3	3	James Hickman	GBR	1:57.88	0.85	26.49 (2)	56.32 (2)	1:26.65 (3)	29.83 (3)	30.33 (3)	31.23 (4)	Q
4	5	Steve Parry	GBR	1:58.00	0.79	26.59 (=4)	56.50 (3)	1:26.38 (2)	29.91 (4)	29.88 (2)	31.62 (6)	Q
5	8	Stefan Aartsen	NED	1:58.89	0.92	26.59 (=4)	57.38 (8)	1:28.08 (8)	30.79 (8)	30.70 (5)	30.81 (3)	Q
6	7	Andrew Livingston	PUR	1:59.05	0.77	26.73 (6)	56.74 (5)	1:27.52 (6)	30.01 (5)	30.78 (8)	31.53 (5)	Q
7	1	Serhiy Fesenko	UKR	1:59.41	0.91	26.85 (7)	56.87 (7)	1:27.63 (7)	30.02 (6)	30.76 (7)	31.78 (7)	Q
8	2	Shamek Pietucha	CAN	1:59.59	0.73	26.36 (1)	56.63 (4)	1:27.35 (5)	30.27 (7)	30.72 (6)	32.24 (8)

Semi-Finals

Date	18 September 2000
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Tom Malchow	USA	1:56.02	QOR
2	3	Anatoly Polyakov	RUS	1:56.78	Q
3	4	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	1:56.81	Q
4	5	Michael Phelps	USA	1:57.00	Q
5	6	Franck Esposito	FRA	1:57.04	Q
6	5	Justin Norris	AUS	1:57.10	Q
7	6	Steve Parry	GBR	1:57.23	Q
8	2	Denis Pankratov	RUS	1:57.24	Q
9	2	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	1:57.66
10	3	James Hickman	GBR	1:57.84
11	7	Heath Ramsay	AUS	1:57.90
12	1	Hisayoshi Tanaka	JPN	1:58.06
13	8	Andrew Livingston	PUR	1:58.63
14	1	Stefan Aartsen	NED	1:58.66
15	7	Thomas Rupprath	GER	1:58.96
16	8	Serhiy Fesenko	UKR	1:59.03

Heat #1

Time	20:19

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	1:56.81	0.81	25.98 (1)	55.92 (1)	1:26.36 (1)	29.94 (5)	30.44 (4)	30.45 (3)	Q
2	5	Justin Norris	AUS	1:57.10	0.79	27.07 (8)	57.03 (8)	1:27.15 (6)	29.96 (6)	30.12 (1)	29.95 (1)	Q
3	6	Steve Parry	GBR	1:57.23	0.78	26.39 (2)	56.06 (2)	1:26.53 (2)	29.67 (1)	30.47 (5)	30.70 (4)	Q
4	2	Takashi Yamamoto	JPN	1:57.66	0.75	26.65 (6)	56.52 (6)	1:26.73 (4)	29.87 (4)	30.21 (2)	30.93 (5)
5	3	James Hickman	GBR	1:57.84	0.85	26.42 (3)	56.47 (4)	1:26.90 (5)	30.05 (7)	30.43 (3)	30.94 (6)
6	7	Heath Ramsay	AUS	1:57.90	0.82	26.43 (4)	56.12 (3)	1:26.67 (3)	29.69 (2)	30.55 (6)	31.23 (7)
7	1	Hisayoshi Tanaka	JPN	1:58.06	0.69	26.62 (5)	56.92 (7)	1:27.78 (8)	30.30 (8)	30.86 (8)	30.28 (2)
8	8	Serhiy Fesenko	UKR	1:59.03	0.93	26.69 (7)	56.48 (5)	1:27.25 (7)	29.79 (3)	30.77 (7)	31.78 (8)

Heat #2

Time	20:25

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Tom Malchow	USA	1:56.02	0.84	26.50 (6)	55.85 (5)	1:25.55 (1)	29.35 (2)	29.70 (1)	30.47 (2)	QOR
2	3	Anatoly Polyakov	RUS	1:56.78	0.80	26.20 (4)	55.67 (4)	1:26.08 (3)	29.47 (3)	30.41 (4)	30.70 (3)	Q
3	5	Michael Phelps	USA	1:57.00	0.76	27.09 (8)	56.79 (7)	1:26.89 (6)	29.70 (6)	30.10 (2)	30.11 (1)	Q
4	6	Franck Esposito	FRA	1:57.04	0.72	25.90 (2)	55.54 (3)	1:25.83 (2)	29.64 (5)	30.29 (3)	31.21 (6)	Q
5	2	Denis Pankratov	RUS	1:57.24	0.90	25.81 (1)	55.41 (2)	1:26.31 (4)	29.60 (4)	30.90 (7)	30.93 (4)	Q
6	8	Andrew Livingston	PUR	1:58.63	0.75	26.57 (7)	56.89 (8)	1:27.60 (8)	30.32 (7)	30.71 (6)	31.03 (5)
7	1	Stefan Aartsen	NED	1:58.66	0.90	26.30 (5)	56.74 (6)	1:27.34 (7)	30.44 (8)	30.60 (5)	31.32 (7)
8	7	Thomas Rupprath	GER	1:58.96	0.84	26.01 (3)	55.32 (1)	1:26.60 (5)	29.31 (1)	31.28 (8)	32.36 (8)

Final Round

Date	19 September 2000 — 19:20

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Tom Malchow	USA	1:55.35	0.80	26.21 (5)	55.75 (3)	1:25.27 (2)	29.54 (3)	29.52 (1)	30.08 (2)	OR
2	3	Denys Sylantiev	UKR	1:55.76	0.78	25.95 (2)	55.86 (4)	1:25.61 (3)	29.91 (7)	29.75 (2)	30.15 (3)
3	7	Justin Norris	AUS	1:56.17	0.81	26.13 (3)	55.44 (2)	1:25.23 (1)	29.31 (2)	29.79 (3)	30.94 (6)
4	5	Anatoly Polyakov	RUS	1:56.34	0.83	26.57 (7)	56.18 (6)	1:26.03 (5)	29.61 (4)	29.85 (4)	30.31 (4)
5	6	Michael Phelps	USA	1:56.50	0.74	26.76 (8)	56.44 (7)	1:26.63 (8)	29.68 (5)	30.19 (6)	29.87 (1)
6	1	Steve Parry	GBR	1:57.01	0.78	26.28 (6)	56.10 (5)	1:26.46 (6)	29.82 (6)	30.36 (7)	30.55 (5)
7	8	Denis Pankratov	RUS	1:57.97	0.82	25.53 (1)	54.74 (1)	1:25.69 (4)	29.21 (1)	30.95 (8)	32.28 (8)
8	2	Franck Esposito	FRA	1:58.39	0.76	26.18 (4)	56.50 (8)	1:26.61 (7)	30.32 (8)	30.11 (5)	31.78 (7)