swimming at the 2000 summer olympics - men 's 200 metre butterfly 

Statements about this table:
less than 3 second separate the top 8 swimmer in the men 's 200 metre butterfly 2nd semifinal at the 2000 olympic game in sydney
2 of the top 3 qualifier represent the united state - tom malchow and michael phelps
franck esposito of france miss out on finish third by 4 / 100ths of a second
3 minute separate the top 8 swimmer from united state , russia , france , puerto rico , netherlands and germany at the 2000 olympic game hold in sydney australia
united state be represent by 2 of the top 3 qualifier tom malchow with 1:56.02 and michael phelps with 1:57.00
frank esposito of france be beat by 4 / 100ths of a second by michael phelps of united state
the united state be represent by tom malchow , and michael phelps and russia be represent by anatoly polyakov , and denis pankrytov in the top 8 swimmer
andrew livongston’ from puerto rico in 6th place behind denis pankratov be 20 / 100ths in difference of second
rank
lane
name
nationality
time
1
4
tom malchow
united states
1:56.02
2
3
anatoly polyakov
russia
1:56.78
3
5
michael phelps
united states
1:57.00
4
6
franck esposito
france
1:57.04
rank
lane
name
nationality
time
5
2
denis pankratov
russia
1:57.24
6
8
andrew livingston
puerto rico
1:58.63
7
1
stefan aartsen
netherlands
1:58.66
8
7
thomas rupprath
germany
1:58.96