Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, 32 swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

 events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.

Medal table

1 14 8 11 33
2 5 9 4 18
3 5 1 2 8
4 3 1 2 6
5 2 2 0 4
6 2 1 1 4
7 1 2 1 4
8 1 0 0 1
9 0 2 2 4
10 0 2 0 2
11 0 1 1 2
0 1 1 2
13 0 1 0 1
14 0 0 3 3
15 0 0 2 2
16 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1

Men

50 metre freestyle
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre freestyle
These are the results of the men's 50 metre freestyle competition in swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-Records:Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. Neither record was broken at the Sydney Games....

21.98 none 22.03
100 metre freestyle
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre freestyle
The final of the Men's 100 metres Freestyle event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 20, 2000.-Final:-Semi finals:* Held on September 19, 2000-Non-Qualifiers:-References:*...

48.30 48.69 48.73
200 metre freestyle
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre freestyle
The final of the Men's 200 metres Freestyle event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 18, 2000.-Final:-Semi finals:* Held on September 17, 2000-Qualifying heats:* Held on September 17, 2000...

1:45.35 (WR) 1:45.83 1:46.65
400 metre freestyle
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre freestyle
The qualifying heats and the final of the Men's 400 metres Freestyle event at the 2000 Summer Olympics were both held in Sydney, Australia, on September 16, 2000.-Final:-Qualifying heats:-References:*...

3:40.59 (WR) 3:43.40 3:47.00
1500 metre freestyle
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metre freestyle
The final of the Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 23, 2000.-Final:-Non-qualifiers:-References:*...

14:48.33 14:53.59 14:56.81
100 metre backstroke
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre backstroke
The final of the Men's 100 metres Backstroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 18, 2000.-Final:-Semi finals:* Held on September 17, 2000-Qualification Heats:* Held on September 17, 2000...

53.72 (OR) 54.07 54.82
200 metre backstroke
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre backstroke
The final of the Men's 200 metres Backstroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 21, 2000.-Final:-Semi finals:* Held on September 20, 2000-Qualification Heats:* Held on September 20, 2000...

1:56.76 (OR) 1:57.35 1:57.59
100 metre breaststroke
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre breaststroke
The men's 100 metres Breaststroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 16 and September 17 .-Final:-Semi finals:* Held on September 16, 2000-Qualification Heats:...

1:00.46 (OR) 1:00.73 1:00.91
200 metre breaststroke
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre breaststroke
The final of the Men's 200 metres Breaststroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 20, 2000.-Final:-Semi finals:* Held on September 19, 2000-Qualifying heats:* Held on September 19, 2000...

2:10.87 2:12.50 2:12.73
100 metre butterfly
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre butterfly
The final of the Men's 100 metres Butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 21, 2000.-Final:-Semi finals:* Held on September 20, 2000.-Qualifying heats:* Held on September 20, 2000....

52.00 52.18 52.22
200 metre butterfly
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre butterfly
The final of the Men's 200 metres Butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 19, 2000.-Final:-Semi finals:* Held on September 18, 2000.-Qualification Heats:* Held on September 18, 2000....

1:55.35 (OR) 1:55.76 1:56.17
200 metre individual medley
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre individual medley
The final of the Men's 200 metres Individual Medley event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 20, 2000.-Final:-Semi finals:* Held on September 19, 2000.-Qualifying heats:* Held on September 19, 2000....

1:58.98 (OR) 1:59.77 2:00.87
400 metre individual medley
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre individual medley
The final of the Men's 400 metres Individual Medley event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 20, 2000.-Final:-Qualification Heats:* Held on September 19, 2000.-References:*...

4:11.76 (WR) 4:14.23 4:15.33
4×100 metre freestyle relay
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 4x100 metre freestyle relay
The final of the Men's 4×100 metres Freestyle Relay event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 16, 2000.-Medalists:-Final:-Race report:...


Ian Thorpe
Ian Thorpe
Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...


Ashley Callus
Ashley Callus
Ashley Callus is an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer, who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....


Chris Fydler
Chris Fydler
Christopher John Fydler is a former freestyle swimmer from Australia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992...


Michael Klim
Michael Klim
Michael Klim OAM is a Polish-born Australian swimmer. He was born in Gdynia. He was educated at the University High School, Melbourne and Wesley College, Melbourne where he is currently employed as the College's elite Head Coach of swimming...


Todd Pearson
Todd Pearson
Todd Pearson is an Australian swimming champion, who was born in Geraldton, Western Australia. He started swimming on the advice of a doctor treating his asthma. Pearson was vice captain of Hale School in 1994 where he spent time in Faulkner House And St George House.He is no stranger to the...

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Adam Pine
Adam Pine
Adam Pine is an Australian freestyle and butterfly swimmer. Adam is married to Sasha Pine and is the father of 3 children, Maximillian, Buster and Xander....

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3:13.67 (WR)
Neil Walker
Anthony Ervin
Anthony Ervin
Anthony Lee Ervin is a former American swimmer. He has won two Olympic medals and two World Championship golds....


Gary Hall, Jr.
Gary Hall, Jr.
For his father, also an Olympian, see Gary Hall, Sr.Gary Wayne Hall, Jr. is an American swimmer who competed in the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympics and won ten Olympic medals ....


Jason Lezak
Jason Lezak
Jason Edward Lezak is an American Olympic swimmer, winner of 4 Olympic gold medals.He formerly swam for Irvine Novaquatics. He graduated from Irvine High School in 1994, and then from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1999. He is a member of the Rose Bowl Aquatics swim club...


Scott Tucker
Scott Tucker
Scott Tucker is a former international freestyle swimmer from the United States, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996...

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Josh Davis
Josh Davis (swimmer)
Joshua Clark Davis is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States who was team captain in 2000, he won five medals as a member of US Men's Relay Teams: three golds at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and two silvers four years later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,...

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3:13.86
Edvaldo Valério
Edvaldo Valério
Edvaldo Valério Silva Filho is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil. He competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...


Gustavo Borges
Gustavo Borges
Gustavo França Borges Gustavo França Borges Gustavo França Borges (born December 2, 1972 in Ribeirão Preto is a former international top swimmer from Brazil. He participated in four Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992...


Carlos Jayme
Carlos Jayme
Carlos Alberto Borges Jayme is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil. Jayme was freestyle specialist who was an Olympic bronze medalist.- International career :...


Fernando Scherer
Fernando Scherer
Fernando de Queiroz Scherer is an international top swimmer from Brazil, who won the bronze medal in the 50 meters freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...

 
3:17.40
4×200 metre freestyle relay
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 4x200 metre freestyle relay
The final of the Men's 4×200 metres Freestyle Relay event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 19, 2000.-Medalists:-Final:-Qualifying Heats:-References:* *...


Todd Pearson
Todd Pearson
Todd Pearson is an Australian swimming champion, who was born in Geraldton, Western Australia. He started swimming on the advice of a doctor treating his asthma. Pearson was vice captain of Hale School in 1994 where he spent time in Faulkner House And St George House.He is no stranger to the...


Ian Thorpe
Ian Thorpe
Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...


Bill Kirby
Bill Kirby
William Ashley Kirby is an Australian swimmer who was competitive on an international level in the nineties and early 2000s...


Michael Klim
Michael Klim
Michael Klim OAM is a Polish-born Australian swimmer. He was born in Gdynia. He was educated at the University High School, Melbourne and Wesley College, Melbourne where he is currently employed as the College's elite Head Coach of swimming...


Grant Hackett
Grant Hackett
Grant Hackett OAM is an Australian former swimmer most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him to be regarded as one of the greatest distance swimmers in history...

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Daniel Kowalski
Daniel Kowalski
Daniel Steven Kowalski is a former Australian middle- and long-distance swimmer specialising in freestyle events. He competed in the Olympic Games in 200 m, 400 m and 1,500 m individual freestyle events and in the 4x200 m freestyle relay...

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7:07.05 (WR)
Jamie Rauch
Jamie Rauch
James Richert "Jamie" Rauch is a former American swimmer. Rauch won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-References:* , from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-01-05....


Josh Davis
Josh Davis (swimmer)
Joshua Clark Davis is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States who was team captain in 2000, he won five medals as a member of US Men's Relay Teams: three golds at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and two silvers four years later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,...


Scott Goldblatt
Scott Goldblatt
Scott Goldblatt is an American swimmer who specializes in the freestyle.-Biography:Raised in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, Goldblatt first began swimming in the children’s pool at his local swim club, Willow Grove Swim Club in Scotch Plains...


Klete Keller
Klete Keller
Klete Keller is an American freestyle swimmer who won medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 400 m freestyle and the 4x200 m freestyle relay. In the 4x200 m freestyle relay, Keller held off a charging Ian Thorpe in the anchor leg to win the race by 0.13 seconds...


Nate Dusing
Nate Dusing
Nathaniel James Dusing is a former freestyle and medley swimmer from the United States, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 . There he won the silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, although he just swam in the prelims...

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Chad Carvin
Chad Carvin
Chad Carvin is an Olympic freestyle swimmer from the United States. He swam for the USA at the 2000 Olympics.He swam for and attended the University of Arizona.-References:...

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7:12.64
Martijn Zuijdweg
Martijn Zuijdweg
Martijn Hendrik Zuijdweg is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch 4×200 m freestyle relay Team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He did so alongside Johan Kenkhuis, Marcel Wouda and Pieter van den...


Johan Kenkhuis
Johan Kenkhuis
Johan Kenkhuis is an Olympic medal winning Dutch swimmer.From a young age, Kenkhuis had a strong interest in swimming. In 1998, he won gold medals in both the 100 meter and 200 meter freestyle events in the European Junior Championships...


Pieter van den Hoogenband
Pieter van den Hoogenband
Pieter Cornelis Ruud Martijn van den Hoogenband is a Dutch former swimmer and a triple Olympic champion.-Personal life:...


Marcel Wouda
Marcel Wouda
Marcel Reinier Wouda is a former Dutch swimmer, who became Holland's first world champion when he won the world title in the 200 m individual medley at the FINA 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Australia...


Mark van der Zijden
Mark van der Zijden
Mark Richard van der Zijden is a former freestyle and medley swimmer from the Netherlands, who swam in the qualifying heats of the bronze winning 4×200 m freestyle relay team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...

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7:12.70
4×100 metre medley relay
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 4x100 metre medley relay
The final of the Men's 4×100 metres Medley Relay event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 23, 2000.-Medalists:-Final:-Qualifying Heats:-References:* *...


Lenny Krayzelburg
Lenny Krayzelburg
Lenny Krayzelburg is an American backstroke swimmer, and Olympic gold medalist and former world record holder. He swam in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. He won a total of 4 Olympic gold medals....


Ed Moses
Ed Moses (swimmer)
Glenn Edward Moses, Jr. is an Olympic and former World Record holding breaststroke swimmer from the United States. He swam for the USA at the 2000 Olympics, where he won a gold and silver medal....


Ian Crocker
Ian Crocker
Ian Lowell Crocker is a former American swimmer and five-time Olympic medalist. He is a former world record holder in the 100 meter butterfly ....


Gary Hall, Jr.
Gary Hall, Jr.
For his father, also an Olympian, see Gary Hall, Sr.Gary Wayne Hall, Jr. is an American swimmer who competed in the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympics and won ten Olympic medals ....


Neil Walker*
Tommy Hannan
Tommy Hannan
Thomas G. Hannan was an American swimmer who was three times a member of the USA National Team. He won gold medals at the 1999 World University Games and the 2000 Olympic Games...

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Jason Lezak
Jason Lezak
Jason Edward Lezak is an American Olympic swimmer, winner of 4 Olympic gold medals.He formerly swam for Irvine Novaquatics. He graduated from Irvine High School in 1994, and then from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1999. He is a member of the Rose Bowl Aquatics swim club...

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3:33.73 (WR)
Matt Welsh
Matt Welsh
Matthew "Matt" Welsh is an Australian swimmer who is the former world champion in the backstroke and butterfly. Welsh trained under coach Ian Pope at the Melbourne Vicentre Club. He took two golds in 50 metres butterfly and 50 metres backstroke, during one hour, at the World Championships in...


Regan Harrison
Regan Harrison
Regan Harrison was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1990s and 2000s, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as part of the 4×100 m medley relay team....


Geoff Huegill
Geoff Huegill
Geoffrey Andrew Huegill , nicknamed Skippy and Skip, is an Australian butterfly swimmer...


Michael Klim
Michael Klim
Michael Klim OAM is a Polish-born Australian swimmer. He was born in Gdynia. He was educated at the University High School, Melbourne and Wesley College, Melbourne where he is currently employed as the College's elite Head Coach of swimming...


Josh Watson
Josh Watson
Josh Watson is an Australian backstroke swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....

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Ryan Mitchell*
Adam Pine
Adam Pine
Adam Pine is an Australian freestyle and butterfly swimmer. Adam is married to Sasha Pine and is the father of 3 children, Maximillian, Buster and Xander....

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Ian Thorpe
Ian Thorpe
Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...

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3:35.27
Stev Theloke
Stev Theloke
Stev Theloke is a professional swimmer from Germany, who won two bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics...


Jens Kruppa
Jens Kruppa
Jens Kruppa is an international breaststroke swimmer from Germany, who won the silver medal in the 4×100 metres medley relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-References:*...


Thomas Rupprath
Thomas Rupprath
Thomas Rupprath is an Olympic swimmer from Germany, who is nicknamed "The New Albatross". A specialist in the backstroke and butterfly, especially in short course, he held the world record for the 50 m backstroke with a time of 23.27 seconds set on 31 November 2002. This was broken by Robert...


Torsten Spanneberg
Torsten Spanneberg
Torsten Spanneberg is an Olympic medal winning German swimmer. He won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics and participated in the swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. His trainer is Norbert Warnatzach and his club is S.G. Neukölln...

 
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* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women

50 metre freestyle
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 50 metre freestyle
The final of the Women's 50 metres Freestyle event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 23, 2000.-Final:-Semi finals:* Held on September 22, 2000-Qualification Heats:* Held on September 22, 2000...

24.32 24.51 24.63
100 metre freestyle
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre freestyle
The final of the Women's 100 metres Freestyle event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 20, 2000.-Final:-Semifinals:* Held on September 19, 2000-Qualifying heats:* Held on September 19, 2000...

53.83 54.33 54.43
200 metre freestyle
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre freestyle
The final of the Women's 200 metres Freestyle event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 18, 2000.-Final:-Semi finals:* Held on September 18, 2000-Qualification Heats: -References:*...

1:58.24 1:58.32 1:58.81
400 metre freestyle
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre freestyle
The final of the Women's 400 metres Freestyle event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 17, 2000.-Final:-Qualification Heats:* Held on September 16, 2000. -References:*...

4:05.80 4:07.07 4:07.83
800 metre freestyle
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 800 metre freestyle
The final of the Women's 800 metres Freestyle event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 22, 2000.-Final:-Non-Qualifiers:-References:*...

8:19.67 (OR) 8:22.66 8:24.29
100 metre backstroke
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre backstroke
The final of the Women's 100 metres Backstroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 18, 2000.-Final:-Semifinals:*Held on September 17, 2000-Qualifying heats:*Held on September 17, 2000...

1:00.21 (OR) 1:00.55 1:00.89
200 metre backstroke
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre backstroke
The final of the Women's 200 metres Backstroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 22, 2000.-Final:-Semifinals:*Held on September 21, 2000-Qualifying heats:*Held on September 21, 2000...

2:08.16 2:10.25 2:11.05
100 metre breaststroke
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre breaststroke
The women's 100 breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on 17 September and 18 September .-Final:-Semi finals:* Held on 17 September 2000-Qualification Heats: -References:...

1:07.05 1:07.49 1:07.55
200 metre breaststroke
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre breaststroke
The final of the Women's 200 metres Breaststroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 20, 2000.-Final:-Semi finals:* Held on September 19, 2000-Qualifying heats:* Held on September 19, 2000...

2:24.35 (OR) 2:24.56 2:25.35
100 metre butterfly
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre butterfly
The final of the Women's 100 metres Butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday September 17, 2000.-Final:-Semifinals:*Held on Saturday September 16, 2000-Qualifying heats:*Held on Saturday September 16, 2000...

56.61 (WR) 57.97 58.20
200 metre butterfly
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre butterfly
The final of the Women's 200 metres Butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 19, 2000.-Final:-Semifinals:*Held on September 18, 2000-Qualifying heats:*Held on September 18, 2000-References:...

2:05.88 (OR) 2:06.58 2:07.12
200 metre individual medley
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre individual medley
The final of the Women's 200 metres Individual Medley event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 19, 2000.-Final:-Semifinals:*Held on September 18, 2000-Qualifying heats:*Held on September 18, 2000 ....

2:10.68 (OR) 2:12.57 2:13.32
400 metre individual medley
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre individual medley
The final of the Women's 400 metres Individual Medley event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 16, 2000.-Final:-Qualification Heats:* Held on September 16, 2000.-References:*...

4:33.59 (WR) 4:35.96 4:37.18
4×100 metre freestyle relay
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 4x100 metre freestyle relay
The final of the Women's 4×100 metres Freestyle Relay event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 16, 2000.-Medalists:-Final:-Qualifying Heats:...


Amy Van Dyken
Amy Van Dyken
Amy Van Dyken is an American swimmer who has six career Olympic gold medals. Four of these gold medals came in the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat and the most successful athlete at the 1996 Summer Olympics...


Courtney Shealy
Courtney Shealy
Courtney Shealy is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who swam the third leg of the world record-breaking 4×100 m freestyle relay team that won gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Her winning teammates were Jenny Thompson, Dara Torres, and Amy Van Dyken...


Jenny Thompson
Jenny Thompson
Jennifer Beth Thompson is an American former competitive swimmer, and one of the most decorated Olympians in history, winning twelve medals, including eight gold medals , in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics.Thompson, a Massachusetts native who calls Dover, New Hampshire her...


Dara Torres
Dara Torres
Dara Grace Torres is an American international swimmer and a twelve-time Olympic medalist. Torres was the first swimmer from the United States to compete in five Olympic Games , and, at age 41, the oldest swimmer ever to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team...


Erin Phenix
Erin Phenix
Erin Phenix , is an American swimmer who won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-Early life:Phenix was raised in Greenhills, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, by her mother, Laurie. She had her first swimming lessons at the age of eight. In 1997, at Ursuline Academy, she won the state...

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Ashley Tappin
Ashley Tappin
Ashley Tara Tappin is a former American college and international swimmer and three-time Olympic gold medalist.Tappin was born in Marietta, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta....

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3:36.61 (WR)
Manon van Rooijen
Manon van Rooijen
Manon van Rooijen is a freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...


Wilma van Hofwegen
Wilma van Hofwegen
Willemina Cornelia Adriana van Hofwegen-Van Rijn is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.Van Hofwegen did so alongside Inge de Bruijn,...


Inge de Bruijn
Inge de Bruijn
Inge de Bruijn is a Dutch former swimmer. She was a four-time Olympic champion and a former world record holder.-Biography:De Bruijn was born in Barendrecht, South Holland, and tried several sports before settling with swimming....


Thamar Henneken
Thamar Henneken
Thamar Nanette Henneken is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...


Chantal Groot
Chantal Groot
Chantal Groot is a butterfly and freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who has represented her country in many international championships since 1999...

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3:39.83
Johanna Sjöberg
Johanna Sjöberg
Johanna Sjöberg is a former international swimmer from Sweden, who won her first medal in 1997 by the European Swimming Championships in Sevilla: a bronze in the 100 m butterfly.-References:*...


Therese Alshammar
Therese Alshammar
Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...


Louise Jöhncke
Louise Jöhncke
Louise Jöhncke is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who competed for her native country at two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. Her biggest successes came on short course ; she won the world title as a member of the Swedish relay Team in the 4×200 m freestyle at the 1999 FINA...


Anna-Karin Kammerling
Anna-Karin Kammerling
Anna-Karin Kammerling is a world-record breaking Swedish swimmer, who was born in Malmö, Sweden. Currently she resides in Sundsvall and trains with the Sundsvalls Swim Club under coach Hans Bergquist....


Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. She represented her country four times at the Olympic Games: in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008.-Long course :-Short course :-External links:* * Swim...

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Malin Svahnström
Malin Svahnström
Malin Svahnström is a Swedish Olympic swimmer currently representing Väsby SS. Svahnström participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics, both times as a part of a relay team. In the 2000 event she swum the prelims in the 4×100 m freestyle relay, that later won a bronze...

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3:40.30
4×200 metre freestyle relay
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 4x200 metre freestyle relay
The final of the Women's 4×200 metres Freestyle Relay event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 19, 2000.-Medalists:-Final:-Qualifying Heats:...


Diana Munz
Diana Munz
Diana Munz is an American swimmer and Olympic champion from Moreland Hills, Ohio. She competed at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, where she won a gold medal in 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, and a silver medal in 400 m freestyle....


Jenny Thompson
Jenny Thompson
Jennifer Beth Thompson is an American former competitive swimmer, and one of the most decorated Olympians in history, winning twelve medals, including eight gold medals , in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics.Thompson, a Massachusetts native who calls Dover, New Hampshire her...


Samantha Arsenault
Samantha Arsenault
Samantha Arsenault is an American swimmer and Olympic champion from Peabody, Massachusetts. She competed at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, where she received a gold medal in 4 × 200 m freestyle relay...


Lindsay Benko
Lindsay Benko
Lindsay Mintenko is a freestyle swimmer from the United States, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 . There she was a member of the gold medal winning 4×200 m freestyle relay...


Julia Stowers
Julia Stowers
Julia Gray Stowers is a former American swimmer. Stowers won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-References:* , from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-01-05....

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Kim Black
Kim Black
Kimberly A. Black is an American swimmer from Syracuse, New York.Black began her collegiate career at the University of Southern California, where she competed alongside future fellow Olympians such as Lindsay Benko, before transferring to the University of Georgia in 1999...

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Giaan Rooney
Giaan Rooney
Giaan Leigh Rooney OAM is a retired Australian swimmer. She won an Olympic gold medal and broke a world record at the Athens Olympics...


Petria Thomas
Petria Thomas
Petria Ann Thomas OAM is an Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medallist and a winner of 15 national titles. She was born in Lismore, New South Wales and grew up in the nearby town of Mullumbimby....


Kirsten Thomson
Kirsten Thomson
Kirsten Thomson is an Australian middle distance freestyle swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....


Susie O'Neill
Jacinta van Lint
Jacinta van Lint
Jacinta van Lint is an Australian freestyle swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....

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Elka Graham
Elka Graham
Elka Whalan is a retired Australian swimmer who competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and 2004 Athens Olympics. Graham specialised in the 200m and 400m freestyle events, also swimming the 800m freestyle...

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Franziska van Almsick
Franziska van Almsick
Franziska van Almsick is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged fourteen....


Antje Buschschulte
Antje Buschschulte
Antje Buschschulte is a German swimmer. Her best disciplines are the short distance freestyle and backstroke races. Buschschulte swims for the sporting club SC Magdeburg. Up to now, she has won 24 German championships....


Sara Harstick
Sara Harstick
Sara Harstick is a former German freestyle swimmer, who won bronze medals in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics....


Kerstin Kielgass
Kerstin Kielgass
Kerstin Kielgass is a German former swimmer....


Meike Freitag
Meike Freitag
Meike Freitag is a retired female swimmer from Germany, specialised in the freestyle. A three-time Olympian she won a total number of three medals as a member of the German women's relay teams...

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Britta Steffen
Britta Steffen
Britta Steffen is a German swimmer who specializes in freestyle, who is the current holder of the world record in women's 50 and 100 metre freestyle....

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4×100 metre medley relay
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 4x100 metre medley relay
The final of the Women's 4×100 metres Freestyle Relay event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 22, 2000.-Medalists:-Final:-Qualifying Heats:* Held on September 21, 2000-References:* *...


Dara Torres
Dara Torres
Dara Grace Torres is an American international swimmer and a twelve-time Olympic medalist. Torres was the first swimmer from the United States to compete in five Olympic Games , and, at age 41, the oldest swimmer ever to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team...


Barbara Bedford
Megan Quann
Jenny Thompson
Jenny Thompson
Jennifer Beth Thompson is an American former competitive swimmer, and one of the most decorated Olympians in history, winning twelve medals, including eight gold medals , in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics.Thompson, a Massachusetts native who calls Dover, New Hampshire her...


Courtney Shealy
Courtney Shealy
Courtney Shealy is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who swam the third leg of the world record-breaking 4×100 m freestyle relay team that won gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Her winning teammates were Jenny Thompson, Dara Torres, and Amy Van Dyken...

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Ashley Tappin
Ashley Tappin
Ashley Tara Tappin is a former American college and international swimmer and three-time Olympic gold medalist.Tappin was born in Marietta, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta....

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Amy Van Dyken
Amy Van Dyken
Amy Van Dyken is an American swimmer who has six career Olympic gold medals. Four of these gold medals came in the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat and the most successful athlete at the 1996 Summer Olympics...

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Staciana Stitts
Staciana Stitts
Staciana Stitts Winfield is a breaststroke swimmer from the United States. She is a 2000 Summer Olympics and 1999 Pan American Games gold medalist, and 1998 Goodwill Games silver medalist...

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Petria Thomas
Petria Thomas
Petria Ann Thomas OAM is an Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medallist and a winner of 15 national titles. She was born in Lismore, New South Wales and grew up in the nearby town of Mullumbimby....


Leisel Jones
Leisel Jones
Leisel Marie Jones OAM is an Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold medal winning Australian team in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold...


Susie O'Neill
Dyana Calub
Dyana Calub
Dyana Calub was an Australian backstroke swimmer of the 2000s, who won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....


Giaan Rooney
Giaan Rooney
Giaan Leigh Rooney OAM is a retired Australian swimmer. She won an Olympic gold medal and broke a world record at the Athens Olympics...

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Tarnee White
Tarnee White
Tarnee Renee White OAM is an Australian breaststroke swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m medley relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....

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Sarah Ryan
Sarah Ryan
Sarah Michelle Ryan OAM is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer, who won relay medals at three consecutive Olympics from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics to the 2004 Athens Olympics, but who was perhaps best known in Australia for her colourful long fingernails.-Career:Coming from Adelaide, South...

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Masami Tanaka
Masami Tanaka
is a former breaststroke swimmer from Japan. She won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and Sumika Minamoto. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in...


Sumika Minamoto
Sumika Minamoto
is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and Masami Tanaka. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.-...


Mai Nakamura
Mai Nakamura
is a former backstroke swimmer from Japan. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Nakamura won the silver medal in the 100m Backstroke and a bronze medal as part of the Women's Relay Team for the 4x100 Medley.-References:* *...


Junko Onishi
Junko Onishi (swimmer)
is a former butterfly swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100 m medley relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Masami Tanaka, and Sumika Minamoto.-References:* *...

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* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

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