# Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The swimming competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney took place from 16 to 23 September 2000 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Homebush Bay. It featured 32 events (16 male, 16 female), and a total of 954 swimmers from 150 nations.
The swimming program for 2000 was expanded from 1996, with the inclusion of the semifinal phase in each of the events except for some special cases. Long-distance swimming events (400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle, and 400 m individual medley) and all relays still maintained the old format with only two phases: heats and final. Because of the radical changes in the competition format, it was extended into an eight-day program and thereby continued into the present era.
Swimmers from the United States were the most successful, winning 14 golds, 8 silver, and 11 bronze to lead the overall medal count with 33. Meanwhile, hosts Australia had produced a total of 18 medals (five golds, nine silver, and four bronze) to claim the second spot in the tally. A total of fourteen world records and thirty-eight Olympic records were set during the competition.

## Events

The following events were contested (all pool events were long course, and distances are in metres unless stated):
* Freestyle : 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (women) and 1500 (men);
* Backstroke : 100 and 200;
* Breaststroke : 100 and 200;
* Butterfly : 100 and 200;
* Individual medley : 200 and 400;
* Relays: 4 × 100 free, 4 × 200 free, and 4 × 100 medley.

### Schedule

Men :
| Date → | Sep 16 | Sep 16 | Sep 17 | Sep 17 | Sep 18 | Sep 18 | Sep 19 | Sep 19 | Sep 20 | Sep 20 | Sep 21 | Sep 21 | Sep 22 | Sep 22 | Sep 23 | Sep 23 |
| Events ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 50 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | |
| 100 m freestyle | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | |
| 200 m freestyle | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m freestyle | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1500 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | | | F |
| 100 m backstroke | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m backstroke | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | |
| 100 m breaststroke | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m breaststroke | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | |
| 100 m butterfly | | | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | |
| 200 m butterfly | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m individual medley | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | |
| 400 m individual medley | | | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | | | | | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | | | F |
Women :
| Date → | Sep 16 | Sep 16 | Sep 17 | Sep 17 | Sep 18 | Sep 18 | Sep 19 | Sep 19 | Sep 20 | Sep 20 | Sep 21 | Sep 21 | Sep 22 | Sep 22 | Sep 23 | Sep 23 |
| Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 50 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F |
| 100 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | |
| 200 m freestyle | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m freestyle | | | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 800 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | H | | | F | | |
| 100 m backstroke | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m backstroke | | | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | |
| 100 m breaststroke | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m breaststroke | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | |
| 100 m butterfly | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m butterfly | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | |
| 200 m individual medley | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m individual medley | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | | | | | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | | | F |

## Participating nations

A total of 954 swimmers (558 men and 336 women) from 150 nations would compete in swimming events at these Olympic Games. Aruba, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Georgia, Guinea, Iraq, Laos, Mali, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Niger, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, and Tajikistan made their official debut in swimming. The full list of participating NOCs is the following:
* Algeria (3 athletes)
* Andorra (2)
* Angola (2)
* Argentina (13)
* Armenia (2)
* Aruba (2)
* Australia (44)
* Austria (8)
* Azerbaijan (2)
* Bahamas (4)
* Bahrain (2)
* Bangladesh (2)
* Barbados (3)
* Belarus (9)
* Belgium (9)
* Bermuda (1)
* Bolivia (2)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
* Brazil (13)
* Bulgaria (6)
* Cambodia (2)
* Canada (39)
* Chile (2)
* China (21)
* Colombia (5)
* Republic of the Congo (2)
* Costa Rica (3)
* Ivory Coast (1)
* Croatia (17)
* Cuba (7)
* Cyprus (7)
* Czech Republic (6)
* Denmark (7)
* Dominica (2)
* Dominican Republic (1)
* Ecuador (3)
* Egypt (6)
* El Salvador (1)
* Equatorial Guinea (2)
* Estonia (4)
* Fiji (2)
* Finland (7)
* France (19)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (35)
* Great Britain (41)
* Greece (14)
* Grenada (1)
* Guam (1)
* Guatemala (1)
* Guinea (2)
* Honduras (2)
* Hong Kong (9)
* Hungary (18)
* Iceland (9)
* India (2)
* Indonesia (6)
* Iran (1)
* Iraq (2)
* Ireland (4)
* Israel (10)
* Italy (21)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (21)
* Jordan (2)
* Kazakhstan (8)
* Kenya (2)
* South Korea (17)
* Kuwait (2)
* Kyrgyzstan (18)
* Laos (1)
* Latvia (4)
* Lebanon (2)
* Lithuania (6)
* Luxembourg (3)
* Macedonia (4)
* Madagascar (2)
* Malaysia (9)
* Maldives (2)
* Mali (2)
* Malta (2)
* Mauritius (2)
* Mexico (7)
* Federated States of Micronesia (2)
* Moldova (10)
* Monaco (1)
* Mongolia (2)
* Morocco (1)
* Mozambique (2)
* Myanmar (1)
* Namibia (1)
* Nepal (2)
* Netherlands (24)
* Netherlands Antilles (2)
* New Zealand (8)
* Nicaragua (2)
* Niger (2)
* Nigeria (2)
* Oman (1)
* Pakistan (1)
* Palau (2)
* Palestine (1)
* Panama (2)
* Papua New Guinea (2)
* Paraguay (2)
* Peru (3)
* Philippines (4)
* Poland (8)
* Portugal (7)
* Puerto Rico (3)
* Qatar (1)
* Romania (11)
* Russia (28)
* Rwanda (2)
* Saint Lucia (2)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
* San Marino (1)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* Senegal (2)
* Seychelles (2)
* Singapore (8)
* Slovakia (4)
* Slovenia (6)
* South Africa (14)
* Spain (23)
* Sri Lanka (2)
* Sudan (1)
* Suriname (2)
* Swaziland (2)
* Sweden (16)
* Switzerland (9)
* Syria (2)
* Chinese Taipei (13)
* Tajikistan (2)
* Thailand (8)
* Trinidad and Tobago (3)
* Tunisia (1)
* Turkey (7)
* Uganda (2)
* Ukraine (25)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United States (48)
* Uruguay (4)
* Uzbekistan (10)
* Venezuela (5)
* Vietnam (2)
* Virgin Islands (1)
* FR Yugoslavia (9)
* Zambia (2)
* Zimbabwe (3)

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 14 | 8 | 11 | 33 |
| 2 | Australia (AUS) | 5 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Romania (ROM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | Costa Rica (CRC) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 33 | 31 | 33 | 97 |

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Anthony Ervin United States Gary Hall Jr. United States | 21.98 | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | 22.03 NR |
| 100 m freestyle details | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | 48.30 | Alexander Popov Russia | 48.69 | Gary Hall Jr. United States | 48.73 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | 1:45.35 =WR | Ian Thorpe Australia | 1:45.83 | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | 1:46.65 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Ian Thorpe Australia | 3:40.59 WR | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | 3:43.40 ER | Klete Keller United States | 3:47.00 AM |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Grant Hackett Australia | 14:48.33 | Kieren Perkins Australia | 14:53.59 | Chris Thompson United States | 14:56.81 AM |
| 100 m backstroke details | Lenny Krayzelburg United States | 53.72 OR | Matt Welsh Australia | 54.07 OC | Stev Theloke Germany | 54.82 NR |
| 200 m backstroke details | Lenny Krayzelburg United States | 1:56.76 OR | Aaron Peirsol United States | 1:57.35 | Matt Welsh Australia | 1:57.59 OC |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Domenico Fioravanti Italy | 1:00.46 OR | Ed Moses United States | 1:00.73 AM | Roman Sloudnov Russia | 1:00.91 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Domenico Fioravanti Italy | 2:10.87 ER | Terence Parkin South Africa | 2:12.50 AF | Davide Rummolo Italy | 2:12.73 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Lars Frölander Sweden | 52.00 ER | Michael Klim Australia | 52.18 | Geoff Huegill Australia | 52.22 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Tom Malchow United States | 1:55.35 OR | Denys Sylantyev Ukraine | 1:55.76 NR | Justin Norris Australia | 1:56.17 OC |
| 200 m individual medley details | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | 1:58.98 OR, NR | Tom Dolan United States | 1:59.77 AM | Tom Wilkens United States | 2:00.87 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Tom Dolan United States | 4:11.76 WR | Erik Vendt United States | 4:14.23 | Curtis Myden Canada | 4:15.33 NR |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | Australia (AUS) Michael Klim (48.18) WR Chris Fydler (48.48) Ashley Callus (48.71) Ian Thorpe (48.30) Todd Pearson* Adam Pine* | 3:13.67 WR | United States (USA) Anthony Ervin (48.89) Neil Walker (48.31) Jason Lezak (48.42) Gary Hall Jr. (48.24) Scott Tucker* Josh Davis* | 3:13.86 AM | Brazil (BRA) Fernando Scherer (49.79) Gustavo Borges (48.61) Carlos Jayme (49.88) Edvaldo Valério (49.12) | 3:17.40 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | Australia (AUS) Ian Thorpe (1:46.03) Michael Klim (1:46.40) Todd Pearson (1:47.36) Bill Kirby (1:47.26) Grant Hackett* Daniel Kowalski* | 7:07.05 WR | United States (USA) Scott Goldblatt (1:49.66) Josh Davis (1:46.49) Jamie Rauch (1:48.74) Klete Keller (1:47.75) Nate Dusing* Chad Carvin* | 7:12.64 | Netherlands (NED) Martijn Zuijdweg (1:49.89) Johan Kenkhuis (1:49.37) Marcel Wouda (1:48.56) Pieter van den Hoogenband (1:44.88) Mark van der Zijden* | 7:12.70 NR |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | United States (USA) Lenny Krayzelburg (53.87) Ed Moses (59.84) Ian Crocker (52.10) Gary Hall Jr. (47.92) Neil Walker* Tommy Hannan* Jason Lezak* | 3:33.73 WR | Australia (AUS) Matt Welsh (54.29) Regan Harrison (1:01.48) Geoff Huegill (51.33) Michael Klim (48.17) Josh Watson* Ryan Mitchell* Adam Pine* Ian Thorpe* | 3:35.27 OC | Germany (GER) Stev Theloke (55.07) Jens Kruppa (1:00.52) Thomas Rupprath (52.14) Torsten Spanneberg (48.15) | 3:35.88 ER |
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Inge de Bruijn Netherlands | 24.32 | Therese Alshammar Sweden | 24.51 | Dara Torres United States | 24.63 AM |
| 100 m freestyle details | Inge de Bruijn Netherlands | 53.83 | Therese Alshammar Sweden | 54.33 NR | Dara Torres United States Jenny Thompson United States | 54.43 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Susie O'Neill Australia | 1:58.24 | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | 1:58.32 NR | Claudia Poll Costa Rica | 1:58.81 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Brooke Bennett United States | 4:05.80 | Diana Munz United States | 4:07.07 | Claudia Poll Costa Rica | 4:07.83 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Brooke Bennett United States | 8:19.67 OR | Yana Klochkova Ukraine | 8:22.66 NR | Kaitlin Sandeno United States | 8:24.29 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Diana Mocanu Romania | 1:00.21 OR, NR | Mai Nakamura Japan | 1:00.55 NR | Nina Zhivanevskaya Spain | 1:00.89 NR |
| 200 m backstroke details | Diana Mocanu Romania | 2:08.16 NR | Roxana Maracineanu France | 2:10.25 NR | Miki Nakao Japan | 2:11.05 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Megan Quann United States | 1:07.05 AM | Leisel Jones Australia | 1:07.49 OC | Penny Heyns South Africa | 1:07.55 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Ágnes Kovács Hungary | 2:24.35 | Kristy Kowal United States | 2:24.56 AM | Amanda Beard United States | 2:25.35 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Inge de Bruijn Netherlands | 56.61 WR | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | 57.97 NR | Dara Torres United States | 58.20 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Misty Hyman United States | 2:05.88 OR, AM | Susie O'Neill Australia | 2:06.58 | Petria Thomas Australia | 2:07.12 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Yana Klochkova Ukraine | 2:10.68 OR, ER | Beatrice Câșlaru Romania | 2:12.57 NR | Cristina Teuscher United States | 2:13.32 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Yana Klochkova Ukraine | 4:33.59 WR | Yasuko Tajima Japan | 4:35.96 NR | Beatrice Câșlaru Romania | 4:37.18 NR |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | United States (USA) Amy Van Dyken (55.08) Dara Torres (53.51) Courtney Shealy (54.40) Jenny Thompson (53.62) Erin Phenix* Ashley Tappin* | 3:36.61 WR | Netherlands (NED) Manon van Rooijen (56.35) Wilma van Hofwegen (55.19) Thamar Henneken (54.88) Inge de Bruijn (53.41) Chantal Groot* | 3:39.83 ER | Sweden (SWE) Louise Jöhncke (55.93) Therese Alshammar (53.78) Johanna Sjöberg (55.06) Anna-Karin Kammerling (55.53) Josefin Lillhage* Malin Svahnström* | 3:40.30 NR |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | United States (USA) Samantha Arsenault (1:59.92) Diana Munz (1:59.19) Lindsay Benko (1:59.34) Jenny Thompson (1:59.35) Julia Stowers* Kim Black* | 7:57.80 OR | Australia (AUS) Susie O'Neill (1:58.70) Giaan Rooney (1:59.37) Kirsten Thomson (2:00.13) Petria Thomas (2:00.32) Jacinta van Lint* Elka Graham* | 7:58.52 OC | Germany (GER) Franziska van Almsick Antje Buschschulte Sara Harstick Kerstin Kielgass Meike Freitag* Britta Steffen* | 7:58.64 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | United States (USA) Barbara Bedford (1:01.39) Megan Quann (1:06.29) Jenny Thompson (57.25) Dara Torres (53.37) Courtney Shealy* Ashley Tappin* Amy Van Dyken* Staciana Stitts* | 3:58.30 WR | Australia (AUS) Dyana Calub (1:01.83) Leisel Jones (1:08.08) Petria Thomas (57.39) Susie O'Neill (54.29) Giaan Rooney* Tarnee White* Sarah Ryan* | 4:01.59 OC | Japan (JPN) Masami Tanaka (1:02.08) Sumika Minamoto (1:08.65) Mai Nakamura (58.72) Junko Onishi (54.71) | 4:04.16 NR |
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.