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

The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 16–17 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.
Domenico Fioravanti made an Olympic milestone to become Italy's first ever gold medalist in swimming. He stormed home on the final lap to establish a new Olympic standard of 1:00.46, cutting off Frédérik Deburghgraeve's 1996 record by 0.14 seconds. U.S. swimmer Ed Moses enjoyed a strong lead on the first length of the pool, but ended up only with a silver in 1:00.73. Meanwhile, Russia's world record holder Roman Sloudnov took the bronze in 1:00.91.
Japan's Kosuke Kitajima, who later emerged as the world's top breaststroke swimmer of the decade, pulled off a fourth-place finish in 1:01.34. Czech Republic's Daniel Málek earned a fifth spot in a national record of 1:01.50, and was followed in sixth by Canada's Morgan Knabe with a time of 1:01.58. South Africa's Brett Petersen (1:01.63) and Switzerland's Remo Lütolf (1:01.88) closed out the field.
Notable swimmers failed to reach the top 8 final, featuring four-time Olympians Károly Güttler of Hungary and Mark Warnecke of Germany, Australia's overwhelming favorite Phil Rogers, and New Zealand's Steven Ferguson, the son of former Olympic champion Ian Ferguson, who later became one of the most successful kayakers in the sport.
Shortly before the next Olympics, Fioravanti was forced to retire from swimming after failing a routine medical test carried by the Italian National Olympic Committee. Tests revealed that he was diagnosed with a genetic heart anomaly.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Roman Sloudnov (RUS) | 1:00.36 | Moscow, Russia | 15 June 2000 |
| Olympic record | Frédérik Deburghgraeve (BEL) | 1:00.60 | Atlanta, United States | 20 July 1996 |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 17 September | Final | Domenico Fioravanti | Italy | 1:00.46 | OR |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | 5 | Domenico Fioravanti | Italy | 1:01.32 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 8 | 1 | Daniel Málek | Czech Republic | 1:01.56 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 8 | 4 | Ed Moses | United States | 1:01.59 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | 7 | Károly Güttler | Hungary | 1:01.66 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 5 | Kosuke Kitajima | Japan | 1:01.68 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 3 | Morgan Knabe | Canada | 1:01.81 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 6 | Dmitry Komornikov | Russia | 1:01.87 | Q |
| 8 | 9 | 8 | Marcel Wouda | Netherlands | 1:02.00 | Q, NR |
| 9 | 9 | 7 | Jens Kruppa | Germany | 1:02.09 | Q |
| 10 | 9 | 4 | Roman Sloudnov | Russia | 1:02.15 | Q |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Brett Petersen | South Africa | 1:02.20 | Q |
| 12 | 9 | 5 | Jarno Pihlava | Finland | 1:02.21 | Q |
| 13 | 9 | 2 | Oleg Lisogor | Ukraine | 1:02.24 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 8 | Hugues Duboscq | France | 1:02.40 | Q |
| 15 | 8 | 6 | Darren Mew | Great Britain | 1:02.42 | Q |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Remo Lütolf | Switzerland | 1:02.54 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 5 | Phil Rogers | Australia | 1:02.77 | |
| 18 | 8 | 8 | José Couto | Portugal | 1:02.79 | |
| 19 | 6 | 6 | Elvin Chia | Malaysia | 1:02.81 | |
| 20 | 9 | 6 | Mark Warnecke | Germany | 1:02.85 | |
| 21 | 9 | 3 | Akira Hayashi | Japan | 1:02.86 | |
| 22 | 6 | 4 | Patrick Schmollinger | Austria | 1:02.87 | |
| 23 | 7 | 2 | Adam Whitehead | Great Britain | 1:02.91 | |
| 24 | 6 | 2 | Marek Krawczyk | Poland | 1:03.00 | |
| 25 | 7 | 4 | Pat Calhoun | United States | 1:03.03 | |
| 26 | 9 | 1 | Patrik Isaksson | Sweden | 1:03.05 | |
| 27 | 6 | 3 | Steven Ferguson | New Zealand | 1:03.06 | |
| 28 | 7 | 1 | Terence Parkin | South Africa | 1:03.11 | |
| 29 | 8 | 7 | Zhu Yi | China | 1:03.20 | |
| 30 | 6 | 7 | Vanja Rogulj | Croatia | 1:03.58 | |
| 31 | 6 | 1 | Eduardo Fischer | Brazil | 1:03.72 | |
| 32 | 6 | 8 | Raiko Pachel | Estonia | 1:03.99 | |
| 32 | 5 | 5 | Tal Stricker | Israel | 1:03.99 | |
| 34 | 4 | 3 | Valērijs Kalmikovs | Latvia | 1:04.02 | |
| 34 | 4 | 7 | Arsenio López | Puerto Rico | 1:04.02 | |
| 36 | 3 | 1 | Vadim Tatarov | Moldova | 1:04.12 | NR |
| 37 | 3 | 4 | Francisco Suriano | El Salvador | 1:04.31 | NR |
| 38 | 5 | 6 | Alvaro Fortuny | Guatemala | 1:04.35 | |
| 39 | 5 | 3 | Alwin de Prins | Luxembourg | 1:04.37 | |
| 40 | 5 | 2 | Yang Shang-hsuan | Chinese Taipei | 1:04.54 | |
| 41 | 4 | 5 | Andrew Bree | Ireland | 1:04.58 | |
| 42 | 4 | 2 | Nikola Savčić | FR Yugoslavia | 1:04.64 | |
| 43 | 5 | 4 | Alfredo Jacobo | Mexico | 1:04.67 | |
| 44 | 5 | 8 | Iván Rodríguez Mesa | Panama | 1:04.68 | |
| 45 | 4 | 8 | Joe Kyong-fan | South Korea | 1:04.71 | |
| 46 | 5 | 7 | Aliaksandr Hukau | Belarus | 1:04.96 | |
| 47 | 3 | 5 | Wickus Nienaber | Swaziland | 1:04.98 | |
| 48 | 2 | 4 | Juan José Madrigal | Costa Rica | 1:05.14 | NR |
| 49 | 3 | 2 | Jorg Lindemeier | Namibia | 1:05.25 | |
| 50 | 3 | 3 | Matthew Kwok Hon Ming | Hong Kong | 1:05.28 | |
| 51 | 2 | 3 | Sylvain Fauré | Monaco | 1:05.51 | |
| 52 | 4 | 4 | Hjalti Gudmundsson | Iceland | 1:05.55 | |
| 53 | 5 | 1 | Sergio Andres Ferreyra | Argentina | 1:05.75 | |
| 54 | 3 | 7 | Aleksandr Savitsky | Kazakhstan | 1:05.95 | |
| 55 | 2 | 6 | Jean Luc Razakarivony | Madagascar | 1:05.97 | |
| 56 | 2 | 5 | Ahmed Al-Kudmani | Saudi Arabia | 1:06.07 | |
| 57 | 4 | 1 | Daniel Liew | Singapore | 1:06.41 | |
| 58 | 3 | 8 | Krasimir Zahov | Bulgaria | 1:07.09 | |
| 59 | 4 | 6 | Yevgeny Petrashov | Kyrgyzstan | 1:07.32 | |
| 60 | 3 | 6 | Hakan Kiper | Turkey | 1:07.46 | |
| 61 | 1 | 3 | Antonio Leon Candia | Paraguay | 1:08.12 | NR |
| 62 | 2 | 2 | Malick Fall | Senegal | 1:08.60 | |
| 63 | 1 | 5 | Kieran Chan | Papua New Guinea | 1:13.34 | |
| 64 | 2 | 7 | Karar Samedul Islam | Bangladesh | 1:14.93 | |
| 65 | 1 | 4 | Joe Atuhaire | Uganda | 1:22.35 | |
| | 2 | 1 | Facinet Bangoura | Guinea | DSQ | |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Roman Sloudnov | Russia | 1:01.15 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Daniel Málek | Czech Republic | 1:01.60 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Morgan Knabe | Canada | 1:01.70 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Remo Lütolf | Switzerland | 1:01.81 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 5 | Károly Güttler | Hungary | 1:01.83 | |
| 6 | 7 | Jarno Pihlava | Finland | 1:01.92 | |
| 7 | 6 | Marcel Wouda | Netherlands | 1:01.94 | NR |
| 8 | 1 | Hugues Duboscq | France | 1:02.89 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Domenico Fioravanti | Italy | 1:00.84 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 5 | Ed Moses | United States | 1:01.22 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Kosuke Kitajima | Japan | 1:01.31 | Q, AS |
| 4 | 7 | Brett Petersen | South Africa | 1:01.42 | Q, AF |
| 5 | 6 | Dmitry Komornikov | Russia | 1:01.88 | |
| 6 | 2 | Jens Kruppa | Germany | 1:01.92 | |
| 7 | 8 | Darren Mew | Great Britain | 1:01.98 | |
| 8 | 1 | Oleg Lisogor | Ukraine | 1:02.00 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Domenico Fioravanti | Italy | 1:00.46 | OR |
| | 3 | Ed Moses | United States | 1:00.73 | |
| | 5 | Roman Sloudnov | Russia | 1:00.91 | |
| 4 | 6 | Kosuke Kitajima | Japan | 1:01.34 | |
| 5 | 7 | Daniel Málek | Czech Republic | 1:01.50 | NR |
| 6 | 1 | Morgan Knabe | Canada | 1:01.58 | NR |
| 7 | 2 | Brett Petersen | South Africa | 1:01.63 | |
| 8 | 8 | Remo Lütolf | Switzerland | 1:01.88 | |