Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke
Final

Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes

4	Lenny Krayzelburg	United States	1:56.76	OR

5	Aaron Peirsol	United States	1:57.35

3	Matt Welsh	Australia	1:57.59	OC

4	6	Örn Arnarson	Iceland	1:59.00

5	8	Emanuele Merisi	Italy	1:59.01

6	2	Răzvan Florea	Romania	1:59.05	NR

7	1	Rogério Romero	Brazil	1:59.27

8	7	Gordan Kožulj	Croatia	1:59.38

Sentence(s)

Iceland's Örn Arnarson came up with the fourth spot in 1:59.00, holding off Italy's Emanuele Merisi with 1:59.01 by a score of 0.01.

final_sentence: Iceland's Örn Arnarson came up with the fourth spot in 1:59.00, holding off Italy's Emanuele Merisi with 1:59.01 by a score of 0.01.