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4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Men

Date	22 – 23 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	102 from 23 countries

After the disappointment of defeat in the freestyle relays, the US team badly wanted to avoid being shut out of gold in the medley relay. Their team appeared much stronger than their opposition as it included three individual medalists and a fourth place finisher – something their rivals could not call upon.

In the final Lenny Krayzelburg’s backstroke put Team USA into a healthy lead that Ed Moses extended to two seconds over the second leg. Australia rallied on the penultimate leg but Gary Hall, Jr. earned redemption for his 4 x 100 metres freestyle swim by extending the gap on the final leg. This kept the US streak of having won the event every time they had contested it. Australia had the consolation of silver with Germany back in third.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	R1	Final
1	United States	USA	3:38.59 (2 h3)	3:33.73 (1)	Gold
Backstroke	Lenny Krayzelburg		–	–
Breaststroke	Ed Moses		–	–
Butterfly	Ian Crocker		–	–
Freestyle	Gary Hall, Jr.		–	–
Butterfly	Tommy Hannan		–	–
Freestyle	Jason Lezak		–	–
Backstroke	Neil Walker		–	–
2	Australia	AUS	3:39.38 (1 h2)	3:35.27 (2)	Silver
Backstroke	Matt Welsh		–	–
Breaststroke	Regan Harrison		–	–
Butterfly	Geoff Huegill		–	–
Freestyle	Michael Klim		–	–
Breaststroke	Ryan Mitchell		–	–
Butterfly	Adam Pine		–	–
Freestyle	Ian Thorpe		–	–
Backstroke	Josh Watson		–	–
3	Germany	GER	3:38.50 (1 h3)	3:35.88 (3)	Bronze
Backstroke	Stev Theloke		–	–
Breaststroke	Jens Kruppa		–	–
Butterfly	Thomas Rupprath		–	–
Freestyle	Torsten Spanneberg		–	–
4	Netherlands	NED	3:40.10 (2 h2)	3:37.53 (4)
Backstroke	Klaas-Erik Zwering		–	–
Breaststroke	Marcel Wouda		–	–
Butterfly	Joris Keizer		–	–
Freestyle	Pieter van den Hoogenband		–	–
Freestyle	Mark Veens		–	–
5	Hungary	HUN	3:38.58 (1 h1)	3:39.09 (5)
Backstroke	Péter Horváth		–	–
Breaststroke	Károly Güttler		–	–
Butterfly	Zsolt Gáspár		–	–
Freestyle	Attila Zubor		–	–
6	Canada	CAN	3:40.56 (3 h1)	3:39.88 (6)
Backstroke	Chris Renaud		–	–
Breaststroke	Morgan Knabe		–	–
Butterfly	Mike Mintenko		–	–
Freestyle	Craig Hutchison		–	–
Freestyle	Yannick Lupien		–	–
Butterfly	Shamek Pietucha		–	–
7	France	FRA	3:40.31 (2 h1)	3:40.02 (7)
Backstroke	Simon Dufour		–	–
Breaststroke	Hugues Duboscq		–	–
Butterfly	Franck Esposito		–	–
Freestyle	Fréd Bousquet		–	–
8	Great Britain	GBR	3:39.60 (3 h3)	3:40.19 (8)
Backstroke	Neil Willey		–	–
Breaststroke	Darren Mew		–	–
Butterfly	James Hickman		–	–
Freestyle	Sion Brinn		–	–
9	Russian Federation	RUS	3:40.83 (4 h1)	–
Backstroke	Vladislav Aminov		–	–
Breaststroke	Dmitry Komornikov		–	–
Butterfly	Igor Marchenko		–	–
Freestyle	Denis Pimankov		–	–
10	Sweden	SWE	3:40.88 (5 h1)	–
Butterfly	Daniel Carlsson		–	–
Breaststroke	Martin Gustavsson		–	–
Freestyle	Stefan Nystrand		–	–
Backstroke	Mattias Ohlin		–	–
11	Ukraine	UKR	3:41.05 (4 h3)	–
Breaststroke	Oleh Lisohor		–	–
Backstroke	Volodymyr Nikolaichuk		–	–
Freestyle	Slava Shyrshov		–	–
Butterfly	Denys Sylantiev		–	–
12	Brazil	BRA	3:42.31 (3 h2)	–
Freestyle	Gustavo Borges		–	–
Breaststroke	Eduardo Fischer		–	–
Backstroke	Alexandre Massura		–	–
Butterfly	Xuxa Scherer		–	–
13	South Africa	RSA	3:42.44 (4 h2)	–
Freestyle	Nick Folker		–	–
Breaststroke	Brett Petersen		–	–
Backstroke	Simon Thirsk		–	–
Butterfly	Theo Verster		–	–
14	Croatia	CRO	3:42.73 (5 h3)	–
Freestyle	Duje Draganja		–	–
Backstroke	Gordan Kožulj		–	–
Butterfly	Miloš Milošević		–	–
Breaststroke	Vanja Rogulj		–	–
15	Spain	ESP	3:42.76 (6 h3)	–
Freestyle	Javier Botello		–	–
Breaststroke	Santiago Castellanos		–	–
Butterfly	Daniel Morales		–	–
Backstroke	David Ortega		–	–
16	Switzerland	SUI	3:42.78 (6 h1)	–
Backstroke	Philipp Gilgen		–	–
Breaststroke	Remo Lütolf		–	–
Butterfly	Philippe Meyer		–	–
Freestyle	Karel Novy		–	–
17	Israel	ISR	3:43.39 (5 h2)	–
Freestyle	Yoav Bruck		–	–
Butterfly	Yoav Meiri		–	–
Breaststroke	Tal Stricker		–	–
Backstroke	Eithan Urbach		–	–
18	Argentina	ARG	3:43.61 (7 h3)	–
Butterfly	Pablo Abal		–	–
Breaststroke	Sergio Ferreyra		–	–
Freestyle	José Meolans		–	–
Backstroke	Eduardo Otero		–	–
19	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	3:46.70 (7 h1)	–
Freestyle	Sergey Ashikhmin		–	–
Backstroke	Aleksandr Shilin		–	–
Breaststroke	Aleksandr Tkachev		–	–
Butterfly	Konstantin Ushkov		–	–
20	Cuba	CUB	3:46.88 (8 h3)	–
Backstroke	Rodolfo Falcón		–	–
Butterfly	Yohan García		–	–
Freestyle	Marcos Hernández		–	–
Breaststroke	Gunter Rodríguez		–	–
21	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:47.37 (6 h2)	–
Backstroke	Fu Yong		–	–
Butterfly	Ouyang Kunpeng		–	–
Freestyle	Xie Xufeng		–	–
Breaststroke	Zhu Yi		–	–
22	Malaysia	MAS	3:48.32 (8 h1)	–
Butterfly	Anthony Ang		–	–
Breaststroke	Elvin Chia		–	–
Backstroke	Alex Lim		–	–
Freestyle	Allen Ong		–	–
DQ	Finland	FIN	– (DQ h2)	–
Freestyle	Jere Hård		–	–
Breaststroke	Jarno Pihlava		–	–
Backstroke	Jani Sievinen		–	–
Butterfly	Tero Välimaa		–	–
DNS	Poland	POL	– (DNS h2)	–		1

Round One

Date	22 September 2000
Format	Fastest 8 advanced to the final round.

Pos	Lane	Team	NOC	Time
1	3	Germany	GER	3:38.50	Q
2	7	Hungary	HUN	3:38.58	Q
3	4	United States	USA	3:38.59	Q
4	4	Australia	AUS	3:39.38	Q
5	5	Great Britain	GBR	3:39.60	Q
6	5	Netherlands	NED	3:40.10	Q
7	6	France	FRA	3:40.31	Q
8	5	Canada	CAN	3:40.56	Q
9	4	Russian Federation	RUS	3:40.83
10	3	Sweden	SWE	3:40.88
11	6	Ukraine	UKR	3:41.05
12	3	Brazil	BRA	3:42.31
13	1	South Africa	RSA	3:42.44
14	8	Croatia	CRO	3:42.73
15	2	Spain	ESP	3:42.76
16	2	Switzerland	SUI	3:42.78
17	7	Israel	ISR	3:43.39
18	7	Argentina	ARG	3:43.61
19	8	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	3:46.70
20	1	Cuba	CUB	3:46.88
21	8	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:47.37
22	1	Malaysia	MAS	3:48.32
DQ	6	Finland	FIN	–		2
DNS	2	Poland	POL	–		3

Heat #1

Time	12:44

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	7	Hungary	HUN	3:38.58	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Péter Horváth		–	–	26.56	55.74 (1)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Károly Güttler		–	0.11	28.35	1:01.52 (2)	1:57.26 (2)
Butterfly	–	Zsolt Gáspár		–	0.20	24.18	52.36 (1)	2:49.62 (1)
Freestyle	–	Attila Zubor		–	0.21	23.32	48.96 (3)	– (–)
2	6	France	FRA	3:40.31	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Simon Dufour		–	–	27.39	55.82 (2)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Hugues Duboscq		–	0.09	29.11	1:02.16 (6)	1:57.98 (3)
Butterfly	–	Franck Esposito		–	0.45	24.49	52.60 (2)	2:50.58 (3)
Freestyle	–	Fréd Bousquet		–	0.20	23.79	49.73 (4)	– (–)
3	5	Canada	CAN	3:40.56	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Chris Renaud		–	–	27.24	56.26 (3)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Morgan Knabe		–	0.13	28.50	1:00.88 (1)	1:57.14 (1)
Butterfly	–	Shamek Pietucha		–	0.15	24.59	53.27 (3)	2:50.41 (2)
Freestyle	–	Yannick Lupien		–	0.28	23.98	50.15 (6)	– (–)
4	4	Russian Federation	RUS	3:40.83	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Vladislav Aminov		–	–	27.02	56.53 (4)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Dmitry Komornikov		–	0.26	29.34	1:01.70 (4)	1:58.23 (4)
Butterfly	–	Igor Marchenko		–	0.52	25.01	53.75 (5)	2:51.98 (4)
Freestyle	–	Denis Pimankov		–	0.35	23.19	48.85 (2)	– (–)
5	3	Sweden	SWE	3:40.88	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Mattias Ohlin		–	–	27.51	57.05 (5)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Martin Gustavsson		–	0.11	28.72	1:01.86 (5)	1:58.91 (5)
Butterfly	–	Daniel Carlsson		–	0.43	24.21	53.30 (4)	2:52.21 (5)
Freestyle	–	Stefan Nystrand		–	0.03	22.51	48.67 (1)	– (–)
6	2	Switzerland	SUI	3:42.78	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Philipp Gilgen		–	–	27.93	57.31 (6)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Remo Lütolf		–	-0.02	28.06	1:01.64 (3)	1:58.95 (6)
Butterfly	–	Philippe Meyer		–	0.12	24.93	53.95 (6)	2:52.90 (6)
Freestyle	–	Karel Novy		–	0.13	24.07	49.88 (5)	– (–)
7	8	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	3:46.70	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Aleksandr Shilin		–	–	27.95	57.88 (7)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Aleksandr Tkachev		–	0.47	29.82	1:03.69 (8)	2:01.57 (7)
Butterfly	–	Konstantin Ushkov		–	0.17	24.59	54.05 (7)	2:55.62 (7)
Freestyle	–	Sergey Ashikhmin		–	0.33	24.05	51.08 (8)	– (–)
8	1	Malaysia	MAS	3:48.32	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Alex Lim		–	–	28.30	58.48 (8)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Elvin Chia		–	0.29	29.29	1:03.18 (7)	2:01.66 (8)
Butterfly	–	Anthony Ang		–	0.18	25.71	55.70 (8)	2:57.36 (8)
Freestyle	–	Allen Ong		–	0.03	23.76	50.96 (7)	– (–)

Heat #2

Time	12:51

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	4	Australia	AUS	3:39.38	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Josh Watson		–	–	26.79	55.39 (1)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Ryan Mitchell		–	0.16	28.92	1:02.29 (2)	1:57.68 (1)
Butterfly	–	Adam Pine		–	0.33	24.67	52.87 (2)	2:50.55 (1)
Freestyle	–	Ian Thorpe		–	0.18	23.43	48.83 (1)	– (–)
2	5	Netherlands	NED	3:40.10	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Klaas-Erik Zwering		–	–	27.72	56.99 (6)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Marcel Wouda		–	0.27	28.67	1:01.74 (1)	1:58.73 (2)
Butterfly	–	Joris Keizer		–	0.28	24.29	52.24 (1)	2:50.97 (2)
Freestyle	–	Mark Veens		–	0.44	23.24	49.13 (2)	– (–)
3	3	Brazil	BRA	3:42.31	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Alexandre Massura		–	–	27.28	55.83 (2)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Eduardo Fischer		–	0.18	29.43	1:03.49 (6)	1:59.32 (4)
Butterfly	–	Xuxa Scherer		–	0.47	24.66	53.80 (4)	2:53.12 (4)
Freestyle	–	Gustavo Borges		–	0.09	23.61	49.19 (3)	– (–)
4	1	South Africa	RSA	3:42.44	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Simon Thirsk		–	–	27.71	56.88 (5)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Brett Petersen		–	0.13	28.20	1:02.51 (3)	1:59.39 (5)
Butterfly	–	Theo Verster		–	0.24	24.79	53.52 (3)	2:52.91 (3)
Freestyle	–	Nick Folker		–	0.18	23.15	49.53 (4)	– (–)
5	7	Israel	ISR	3:43.39	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Eithan Urbach		–	–	27.26	56.12 (3)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Tal Stricker		–	0.02	28.92	1:02.65 (4)	1:58.77 (3)
Butterfly	–	Yoav Meiri		–	0.07	25.44	54.54 (6)	2:53.31 (5)
Freestyle	–	Yoav Bruck		–	0.16	23.64	50.08 (5)	– (–)
6	8	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:47.37	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Fu Yong		–	–	28.66	58.34 (7)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Zhu Yi		–	0.24	29.62	1:03.35 (5)	2:01.69 (6)
Butterfly	–	Ouyang Kunpeng		–	0.28	25.36	53.96 (5)	2:55.65 (6)
Freestyle	–	Xie Xufeng		–	0.43	24.53	51.72 (6)	– (–)
DQ	6	Finland	FIN	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)		4
Backstroke	–	Jani Sievinen		–	–	[28.08]	[56.49] ([4])	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Jarno Pihlava		–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Butterfly	–	Tero Välimaa		–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Freestyle	–	Jere Hård		–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	2	Poland	POL	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)		5

Heat #3

Time	12:58

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	3	Germany	GER	3:38.50	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Stev Theloke		–	–	26.86	55.54 (2)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Jens Kruppa		–	0.26	28.37	1:01.39 (3)	1:56.93 (2)
Butterfly	–	Thomas Rupprath		–	0.30	23.94	52.39 (1)	2:49.32 (1)
Freestyle	–	Torsten Spanneberg		–	0.27	23.29	49.18 (3)	– (–)
2	4	United States	USA	3:38.59	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Neil Walker		–	–	26.23	55.10 (1)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Ed Moses		–	0.27	28.30	1:01.34 (2)	1:56.44 (1)
Butterfly	–	Tommy Hannan		–	0.26	24.64	53.32 (4)	2:49.76 (2)
Freestyle	–	Jason Lezak		–	0.31	23.44	48.83 (1)	– (–)
3	5	Great Britain	GBR	3:39.60	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Neil Willey		–	–	26.92	56.13 (5)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Darren Mew		–	0.07	27.76	1:01.01 (1)	1:57.14 (3)
Butterfly	–	James Hickman		–	0.10	24.59	52.84 (2)	2:49.98 (3)
Freestyle	–	Sion Brinn		–	0.07	23.30	49.62 (4)	– (–)
4	6	Ukraine	UKR	3:41.05	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Volodymyr Nikolaichuk		–	–	27.57	56.41 (6)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Oleh Lisohor		–	0.25	27.93	1:01.84 (4)	1:58.25 (4)
Butterfly	–	Denys Sylantiev		–	0.41	24.64	52.99 (3)	2:51.24 (4)
Freestyle	–	Slava Shyrshov		–	0.47	23.53	49.81 (5)	– (–)
5	8	Croatia	CRO	3:42.73	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Gordan Kožulj		–	–	27.59	56.52 (7)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Vanja Rogulj		–	0.16	28.37	1:02.19 (5)	1:58.71 (5)
Butterfly	–	Miloš Milošević		–	0.21	24.61	54.08 (7)	2:52.79 (6)
Freestyle	–	Duje Draganja		–	0.39	23.49	49.94 (7)	– (–)
6	2	Spain	ESP	3:42.76	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	David Ortega		–	–	27.05	55.68 (3)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Santiago Castellanos		–	0.27	29.06	1:03.15 (7)	1:58.83 (6)
Butterfly	–	Daniel Morales		–	0.18	24.12	53.91 (5)	2:52.74 (5)
Freestyle	–	Javier Botello		–	0.26	23.91	50.02 (8)	– (–)
7	7	Argentina	ARG	3:43.61	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Eduardo Otero		–	–	27.89	58.00 (8)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Sergio Ferreyra		–	0.38	29.09	1:02.73 (6)	2:00.73 (7)
Butterfly	–	Pablo Abal		–	0.15	24.85	53.96 (6)	2:54.69 (7)
Freestyle	–	José Meolans		–	0.14	22.60	48.92 (2)	– (–)
8	1	Cuba	CUB	3:46.88	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Rodolfo Falcón		–	–	27.38	55.97 (4)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Gunter Rodríguez		–	0.02	30.93	1:05.40 (8)	2:01.37 (8)
Butterfly	–	Yohan García		–	0.19	25.91	55.65 (8)	2:57.02 (8)
Freestyle	–	Marcos Hernández		–	0.04	23.61	49.86 (6)	– (–)

Final Round

Date	23 September 2000 — 16:36

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	3	United States	USA	3:33.73	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	WR
Backstroke	–	Lenny Krayzelburg		–	–	26.09	53.87 (1)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Ed Moses		–	0.11	27.29	59.84 (1)	1:53.71 (1)
Butterfly	–	Ian Crocker		–	0.25	23.97	52.10 (2)	2:45.81 (1)
Freestyle	–	Gary Hall, Jr.		–	0.17	22.49	47.92 (2)	– (–)
2	6	Australia	AUS	3:35.27	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Matt Welsh		–	–	26.33	54.29 (2)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Regan Harrison		–	0.31	28.57	1:01.48 (6)	1:55.77 (3)
Butterfly	–	Geoff Huegill		–	0.15	23.68	51.33 (1)	2:47.10 (2)
Freestyle	–	Michael Klim		–	0.37	22.86	48.17 (4)	– (–)
3	4	Germany	GER	3:35.88	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Stev Theloke		–	–	26.66	55.07 (3)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Jens Kruppa		–	0.22	27.76	1:00.52 (2)	1:55.59 (2)
Butterfly	–	Thomas Rupprath		–	0.11	23.67	52.14 (3)	2:47.73 (3)
Freestyle	–	Torsten Spanneberg		–	0.30	22.70	48.15 (3)	– (–)
4	7	Netherlands	NED	3:37.53	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Klaas-Erik Zwering		–	–	27.71	56.83 (8)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Marcel Wouda		–	0.16	28.56	1:01.20 (3)	1:58.03 (7)
Butterfly	–	Joris Keizer		–	0.22	23.84	52.26 (4)	2:50.29 (7)
Freestyle	–	Pieter van den Hoogenband		–	0.04	22.21	47.24 (1)	– (–)
5	5	Hungary	HUN	3:39.09	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Péter Horváth		–	–	26.68	55.90 (6)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Károly Güttler		–	0.22	28.03	1:01.23 (=4)	1:57.13 (5)
Butterfly	–	Zsolt Gáspár		–	0.17	24.34	52.95 (8)	2:50.08 (5)
Freestyle	–	Attila Zubor		–	0.22	22.96	49.01 (5)	– (–)
6	8	Canada	CAN	3:39.88	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Chris Renaud		–	–	26.90	55.66 (4)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Morgan Knabe		–	0.32	28.37	1:01.23 (=4)	1:56.89 (4)
Butterfly	–	Mike Mintenko		–	0.22	23.91	52.66 (6)	2:49.55 (4)
Freestyle	–	Craig Hutchison		–	0.28	23.69	50.33 (8)	– (–)
7	1	France	FRA	3:40.02	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Simon Dufour		–	–	27.04	55.67 (5)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Hugues Duboscq		–	0.04	28.36	1:01.69 (7)	1:57.36 (6)
Butterfly	–	Franck Esposito		–	0.26	24.47	52.80 (7)	2:50.16 (6)
Freestyle	–	Fréd Bousquet		–	0.11	23.62	49.86 (7)	– (–)
8	2	Great Britain	GBR	3:40.19	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Neil Willey		–	–	27.08	56.49 (7)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Darren Mew		–	0.09	27.74	1:01.76 (8)	1:58.25 (8)
Butterfly	–	James Hickman		–	0.19	24.21	52.53 (5)	2:50.78 (8)
Freestyle	–	Sion Brinn		–	0.12	23.13	49.41 (6)	– (–)