Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
Final
Table:
Rank
Lane
Name
Nationality
Time
Notes

4
Pieter van den Hoogenband
Netherlands
48.30

3
Alexander Popov
Russia
48.69

7
Gary Hall, Jr.
United States
48.73

4
5
Michael Klim
Australia
48.74

5
2
Neil Walker
United States
49.09

6
6
Lars Frölander
Sweden
49.22

7
1
Denis Pimankov
Russia
49.36

8
8
Chris Fydler
Australia
49.44

Drawing on the data within the table titled "Final" section of Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle, write a short sentence answering the following question: Who did Michael Klim place ahead of at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle? Provide just your answer in a JSON object {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: In Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle, Klim was followed in fifth by Neil Walker (49.09), and in sixth by Sweden's Lars Frölander (49.22).