| 1 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
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| 2 | Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle - Final |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | - | 4 | Pieter van den Hoogenband | Netherlands | 48.30 | - |
| 5 | - | 3 | Alexander Popov | Russia | 48.69 | - |
| 6 | - | 7 | Gary Hall, Jr. | United States | 48.73 | - |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | Michael Klim | Australia | 48.74 | - |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Neil Walker | United States | 49.09 | - |
| 9 | 6 | 6 | Lars Frölander | Sweden | 49.22 | - |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Denis Pimankov | Russia | 49.36 | - |
| 11 | 8 | 8 | Chris Fydler | Australia | 49.44 | - |

Question: In the men's 100 metre freestyle final in the swimming events at the 2000 Summer Olympics, who finished first, and in what time, to defeat Alexander Popov?
Answer: Pieter van den Hoogenband posted a time of 48.30 to hold off Russia's Alexander Popov.