Date | 17 September 2000 |
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Status | Olympic |
Location | Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales |
Participants | 45 from 39 countries |
The reigning Olympic champion, Tom Dolan, had been unbeatable over the distance for seven whole years until March 2000 but an ill-timed illness at the US Olympic Trials had nearly cost him all hope of retaining his Olympic title. Even in Sydney all was not well with Dolan and he needed medical treatment for respiratory problems on the day on the final.
When Dolan entered the pool normal service was resumed by the halfway mark as he took the lead on the backstroke leg and left the rest of the world trailing. By the end of the race he was half a second under the old world record mark and 2.47 seconds ahead of team-mate Erik Vendt, who after being dead last at the first turn eventually moved through the field to win the silver. Dolan finished in 4:11.76 to break his own world record.
Pos | Swimmer | NOC | R1 | Final | |||
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1 | Tom Dolan | ![]() | 4:15.52 (1 h6) | 4:11.76 (1) | Gold | ||
2 | Erik Vendt | ![]() | 4:17.15 (1 h5) | 4:14.23 (2) | Silver | ||
3 | Curtis Myden | ![]() | 4:16.55 (2 h4) | 4:15.33 (3) | Bronze | ||
4 | Alessio Boggiatto | ![]() | 4:14.26 (1 h4) | 4:15.93 (4) | |||
5 | Terence Parkin | ![]() | 4:18.14 (4 h5) | 4:16.92 (5) | |||
6 | Justin Norris | ![]() | 4:17.36 (=2 h5) | 4:17.87 (6) | |||
7 | Cezar Bădiță | ![]() | 4:17.11 (3 h4) | 4:20.91 (7) | |||
8 | Shinya Taniguchi | ![]() | 4:17.36 (=2 h5) | 4:20.93 (8) | |||
9 | Jirka Letzin | ![]() | 4:18.63 (5 h5) | – | |||
10 | István Batházi | ![]() | 4:18.85 (2 h6) | – | |||
11 | Miki Halika | ![]() | 4:19.97 (6 h5) | – | |||
12 | Matt Dunn | ![]() | 4:20.31 (4 h4) | – | |||
13 | Susumu Tabuchi | ![]() | 4:20.76 (3 h6) | – | |||
14 | Johann Le Bihan | ![]() | 4:20.96 (5 h4) | – | |||
15 | Frederik Hviid | ![]() | 4:21.63 (4 h6) | – | |||
16 | Dean Kent | ![]() | 4:21.81 (6 h4) | – | |||
17 | Aleksey Kovrigin | ![]() | 4:22.21 (1 h3) | – | |||
18 | Yves Platel | ![]() | 4:22.38 (2 h3) | – | |||
19 | Massimiliano Eroli | ![]() | 4:22.85 (5 h6) | – | |||
20 | Ioannis Kokkodis | ![]() | 4:23.19 (7 h5) | – | |||
21 | Xie Xufeng | ![]() | 4:23.33 (6 h6) | – | |||
22 | Serghei Mariniuc | ![]() | 4:23.57 (3 h3) | – | |||
23 | Jan Víťazka | ![]() | 4:23.81 (4 h3) | – | |||
24 | Simon Militis | ![]() | 4:24.38 (7 h4) | – | |||
25 | Jin Hao | ![]() | 4:24.56 (8 h5) | – | |||
26 | Michael Windisch | ![]() | 4:24.62 (8 h4) | – | |||
27 | Jani Sievinen | ![]() | 4:25.16 (1 h2) | – | |||
28 | Dmytro Nazarenko | ![]() | 4:25.26 (5 h3) | – | |||
29 | Owen Von Richter | ![]() | 4:25.70 (7 h6) | – | |||
30 | Marko Milenkovič | ![]() | 4:26.62 (6 h3) | – | |||
31 | Jeremy Knowles | ![]() | 4:26.87 (2 h2) | – | |||
32 | Torwai Sethsothorn | ![]() | 4:28.42 (8 h6) | – | |||
33 | Kim Bang-Hyeon | ![]() | 4:28.56 (7 h3) | – | |||
34 | Alex Fong | ![]() | 4:29.02 (1 h1) | – | |||
35 | Alejandro Bermúdez | ![]() | 4:29.42 (8 h3) | – | |||
36 | George Bovell | ![]() | 4:29.52 (3 h2) | – | |||
37 | Juan Carlo Piccio | ![]() | 4:30.17 (4 h2) | – | |||
38 | Juan Veloz | ![]() | 4:31.73 (5 h2) | – | |||
39 | Grigory Matuzkov | ![]() | 4:31.89 (6 h2) | – | |||
40 | Georgi Palazov | ![]() | 4:35.92 (2 h1) | – | |||
41 | Wan Azlan Abdullah | ![]() | 4:36.90 (7 h2) | – | |||
42 | Sandro Tomaš | ![]() | 4:38.31 (8 h2) | – | |||
43 | Oussama Mellouli | ![]() | 4:41.97 (3 h1) | – | |||
44 | Hsu Kuo-Tung | ![]() | 4:42.78 (4 h1) | – | |||
45 | John Tabone | ![]() | 4:53.12 (5 h1) | – |
Fastest eight advanced to the final.
Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | Reaction | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | Alex Fong | ![]() | 4:29.02 | 0.78 | |||
2 | 4 | Georgi Palazov | ![]() | 4:35.92 | 0.91 | |||
3 | 5 | Oussama Mellouli | ![]() | 4:41.97 | 0.99 | |||
4 | 6 | Hsu Kuo-Tung | ![]() | 4:42.78 | 0.87 | |||
5 | 2 | John Tabone | ![]() | 4:53.12 | 0.81 |
Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | Reaction | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Jani Sievinen | ![]() | 4:25.16 | 0.78 | |||
2 | 4 | Jeremy Knowles | ![]() | 4:26.87 | 0.85 | |||
3 | 3 | George Bovell | ![]() | 4:29.52 | 0.88 | |||
4 | 7 | Juan Carlo Piccio | ![]() | 4:30.17 | 0.78 | |||
5 | 5 | Juan Veloz | ![]() | 4:31.73 | 0.74 | |||
6 | 8 | Grigory Matuzkov | ![]() | 4:31.89 | 0.87 | |||
7 | 1 | Wan Azlan Abdullah | ![]() | 4:36.90 | 0.64 | |||
8 | 6 | Sandro Tomaš | ![]() | 4:38.31 | 0.78 |
Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | Reaction | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Aleksey Kovrigin | ![]() | 4:22.21 | 0.86 | |||
2 | 6 | Yves Platel | ![]() | 4:22.38 | 0.81 | |||
3 | 4 | Serghei Mariniuc | ![]() | 4:23.57 | 0.81 | |||
4 | 5 | Jan Víťazka | ![]() | 4:23.81 | 0.72 | |||
5 | 7 | Dmytro Nazarenko | ![]() | 4:25.26 | 0.89 | |||
6 | 1 | Marko Milenkovič | ![]() | 4:26.62 | 0.78 | |||
7 | 3 | Kim Bang-Hyeon | ![]() | 4:28.56 | 0.97 | |||
8 | 8 | Alejandro Bermúdez | ![]() | 4:29.42 | 0.79 |
Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | Reaction | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | Alessio Boggiatto | ![]() | 4:14.26 | 0.82 | |||
2 | 4 | Curtis Myden | ![]() | 4:16.55 | 0.28 | |||
3 | 6 | Cezar Bădiță | ![]() | 4:17.11 | 0.83 | |||
4 | 5 | Matt Dunn | ![]() | 4:20.31 | 0.89 | |||
5 | 7 | Johann Le Bihan | ![]() | 4:20.96 | 0.75 | |||
6 | 1 | Dean Kent | ![]() | 4:21.81 | 0.83 | |||
7 | 2 | Simon Militis | ![]() | 4:24.38 | 0.83 | |||
8 | 8 | Michael Windisch | ![]() | 4:24.62 | 0.86 |
Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | Reaction | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | Erik Vendt | ![]() | 4:17.15 | 0.68 | |||
=2 | 2 | Shinya Taniguchi | ![]() | 4:17.36 | 0.94 | |||
=2 | 5 | Justin Norris | ![]() | 4:17.36 | 0.80 | |||
4 | 6 | Terence Parkin | ![]() | 4:18.14 | 0.77 | |||
5 | 7 | Jirka Letzin | ![]() | 4:18.63 | 0.85 | |||
6 | 3 | Miki Halika | ![]() | 4:19.97 | 0.91 | |||
7 | 1 | Ioannis Kokkodis | ![]() | 4:23.19 | 0.95 | |||
8 | 8 | Jin Hao | ![]() | 4:24.56 | 0.84 |
Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | Reaction | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | Tom Dolan | ![]() | 4:15.52 | 0.74 | |||
2 | 6 | István Batházi | ![]() | 4:18.85 | 0.81 | |||
3 | 5 | Susumu Tabuchi | ![]() | 4:20.76 | 0.80 | |||
4 | 3 | Frederik Hviid | ![]() | 4:21.63 | 0.81 | |||
5 | 1 | Massimiliano Eroli | ![]() | 4:22.85 | 0.80 | |||
6 | 7 | Xie Xufeng | ![]() | 4:23.33 | 0.90 | |||
7 | 2 | Owen Von Richter | ![]() | 4:25.70 | 0.90 | |||
8 | 8 | Torwai Sethsothorn | ![]() | 4:28.42 | 0.75 |
Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | Reaction | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | Tom Dolan | ![]() | 4:11.76 | 0.73 | |||
2 | 2 | Erik Vendt | ![]() | 4:14.23 | 0.66 | |||
3 | 3 | Curtis Myden | ![]() | 4:15.33 | 0.76 | |||
4 | 4 | Alessio Boggiatto | ![]() | 4:15.93 | 0.85 | |||
5 | 8 | Terence Parkin | ![]() | 4:16.92 | 0.77 | |||
6 | 1 | Justin Norris | ![]() | 4:17.87 | 0.81 | |||
7 | 6 | Cezar Bădiță | ![]() | 4:20.91 | 0.87 | |||
8 | 7 | Shinya Taniguchi | ![]() | 4:20.93 | 0.90 |