Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly

Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 21, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 22, 2000 (final)
Competitors63 from 53 nations
Winning time52.00 EU
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lars Frölander  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michael Klim  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Geoff Huegill  Australia
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Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
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Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
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100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 21–22 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]

Competing at his third Games, Lars Frölander ended Sweden's 20-year drought to become an Olympic champion in the event, since Pär Arvidsson did so in 1980. Surprised by a massive home crowd, he overhauled Australia's top favorites Michael Klim and Geoff Huegill on the final 25 metres to snatch a gold medal in a new European record of 52.00.[2][3] Klim added a silver to his two relay golds from the Games, in a time of 52.18, while Huegill took home the bronze in 52.22, handing an entire medal pool for the Aussies with an unexpected two–three finish.[4]

At 18 years of age, U.S. teenage swimmer Ian Crocker came up with a spectacular swim to earn a fourth spot in an American record of 52.44.[5] Meanwhile, Canada's Mike Mintenko shared a fifth-place tie with Japan's Takashi Yamamoto in a matching standard of 52.58. Germany's Thomas Rupprath and Russia's Anatoly Polyakov closed out the field with a joint seventh-place finish (53.13).[4]

Earlier in the semifinals, Huegill became the second fastest of all-time in swimming history to break a 52-second barrier, establishing a new Olympic record of 51.96.[6]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Michael Klim (AUS) 51.81 Canberra, Australia 12 December 1999 [7]
Olympic record  Denis Pankratov (RUS) 52.27 Atlanta, United States 24 July 1996 [7]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
21 September Semifinal 1 Geoff Huegill  Australia 51.96 OR

Results

Heats

[7]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 4 Michael Klim  Australia 52.73 Q
2 8 4 Geoff Huegill  Australia 52.79 Q
3 8 6 Mike Mintenko  Canada 52.90 Q, NR
4 6 6 Takashi Yamamoto  Japan 52.91 Q
5 6 4 Lars Frölander  Sweden 53.14 Q
6 7 3 Zsolt Gáspár  Hungary 53.29 Q
7 6 2 Anatoly Polyakov  Russia 53.30 Q
8 7 6 Denys Sylantyev  Ukraine 53.34 Q
9 6 5 Ian Crocker  United States 53.45 Q
10 6 3 James Hickman  Great Britain 53.48 Q
11 8 3 Franck Esposito  France 53.54 Q
8 5 Tommy Hannan  United States Q
13 7 5 Thomas Rupprath  Germany 53.57 Q
14 6 7 Joris Keizer  Netherlands 53.66 Q
15 7 8 Jere Hård  Finland 53.67 Q
16 5 5 Stefan Aartsen  Netherlands 53.81 Q
17 7 1 Andriy Serdinov  Ukraine 53.90
18 5 6 Theo Verster  South Africa 53.95
19 6 1 Igor Marchenko  Russia 53.98
20 5 4 Ouyang Kunpeng  China 54.12
21 7 7 Ioan Gherghel  Romania 54.13
22 7 2 Shamek Pietucha  Canada 54.14
23 6 8 Peter Mankoč  Slovenia 54.15
8 1 Daniel Carlsson  Sweden
25 8 8 Tero Välimaa  Finland 54.24
26 5 2 Marcin Kaczmarek  Poland 54.32
27 5 7 Jan Vítazka  Czech Republic 54.34
28 5 8 Pablo Martín Abal  Argentina 54.45
29 8 2 Francisco Sánchez  Venezuela 54.56
30 4 4 Simão Morgado  Portugal 54.75
31 4 2 Philippe Meyer  Switzerland 54.85 NR
32 4 6 Andrew Livingston  Puerto Rico 55.03
33 5 1 Joshua Ilika Brenner  Mexico 55.07
34 3 4 Ravil Nachaev  Uzbekistan 55.21
35 3 5 Konstantin Ushkov  Kyrgyzstan 55.25
36 1 5 Anthony Ang  Malaysia 55.26 NR
37 4 7 Yoav Meiri  Israel 55.38
38 3 7 Simeon Makedonski  Bulgaria 55.49
39 2 4 Janko Gojković  Bosnia and Herzegovina 55.55 NR
5 3 Oswaldo Quevedo  Venezuela
41 2 3 Aleksandar Miladinovski  Macedonia 55.62
42 4 1 Dennis Otzen Jensen  Denmark 55.70
43 4 3 Yohan García  Cuba 55.74
44 2 6 Mehdi Addadi  Algeria 56.04
45 2 7 Daniel O'Keeffe  Guam 56.05
46 2 8 Roberto Delgado  Ecuador 56.07
47 3 6 Luc Decker  Luxembourg 56.10
48 2 5 Ríkardur Ríkardsson  Iceland 56.11 NR
49 1 4 Andrey Gavrilov  Kazakhstan 56.14
50 4 8 Ivan Mladina  Croatia 56.17
51 1 3 Ioannis Drymonakos  Greece 56.36
52 3 2 Tseng Cheng-hua  Chinese Taipei 56.39
53 3 3 Haitham Hassan  Egypt 56.42
54 2 2 Stephen Fahy  Bermuda 56.46
55 3 8 Albert Christiadi Sutanto  Indonesia 56.50
56 1 6 Artūrs Jakovļevs  Latvia 56.63
57 2 1 Nicholas Rees  Bahamas 57.23
58 1 2 Conrad Francis  Sri Lanka 57.44
59 3 1 Dumitru Zastoico  Moldova 58.55
60 1 1 Kim Jin-woo  Kenya 59.55
61 1 7 Kamal Salman Masud  Pakistan 1:00.60
4 5 Milorad Čavić  FR Yugoslavia DSQ
8 7 Christian Keller  Germany DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Geoff Huegill  Australia 51.96 Q, OR
2 5 Takashi Yamamoto  Japan 53.10 Q
3 1 Joris Keizer  Netherlands 53.33 NR
4 3 Zsolt Gáspár  Hungary 53.45
5 6 Denys Sylantyev  Ukraine 53.51
6 2 James Hickman  Great Britain 53.55
7 7 Tommy Hannan  United States 53.59
8 8 Stefan Aartsen  Netherlands 53.81

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Michael Klim  Australia 52.63 Q
2 2 Ian Crocker  United States 52.82 Q
3 3 Lars Frölander  Sweden 52.84 Q
4 5 Mike Mintenko  Canada 53.00 Q
5 1 Thomas Rupprath  Germany 53.18 Q
6 6 Anatoly Polyakov  Russia 53.32 Q
7 7 Franck Esposito  France 53.38
8 8 Jere Hård  Finland 53.65

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Lars Frölander  Sweden 52.00 EU
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Michael Klim  Australia 52.18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Geoff Huegill  Australia 52.22
4 3 Ian Crocker  United States 52.44 AM
5 2 Mike Mintenko  Canada 52.58 NR
7 Takashi Yamamoto  Japan AS
7 1 Thomas Rupprath  Germany 53.13
8 Anatoly Polyakov  Russia

References

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  3. ^ "Swede stuns Aussie butterfly stars". BBC Sport. 22 September 2000. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
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  5. ^ Staff (23 September 2000). "Bennett Doubles in the Distances". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  6. ^ Whitten, Phillip (21 September 2000). "Olympic Day 6 Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
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