Table: swimming at the 2000 summer olympics - men 's 200 metre butterfly
[['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'], ['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']]
Statement: less than 3 second separated the top 8 swimmer in The Men 's 200 Metre Butterfly 2nd semifinal At The 2000 olympic game in sydney
Statement: 2 of the top 3 qualifier represented the United State - Tom Malchow and Michael Phelps
Statement: Franck Esposito of France missed out on finishing third by 4 / 100ths of a second
Statement: the United State and Russia each had 2 swimmer place in the 8 for this race
Statement: Andrew livongston 's 6th place finish behind Denis please was the largest gap of time between finisher