The U.S. women's team dominated the race from the start to break the six-year-old world record and most importantly, to defend an Olympic title in the event. The foursome of Amy Van Dyken (55.08), Dara Torres (53.51), Courtney Shealy (54.40), and Jenny Thompson (53.62) put together a stellar time of 3:36.61 to capture the relay gold medal, shaving off China's 1994 world record by 1.3 seconds. As the Americans celebrated their triumph in the pool, Thompson picked up her eighth career medal to become the nation's most successful woman in Olympic history. She also tied with former East Germany's Kristin Otto for the most golds by a female, a total of six.[2][3][4]
The Netherlands nearly pulled a worst-to-first effort, building from an eighth-place turn by Manon van Rooijen (56.35), seventh by Wilma van Rijn (55.19), and sixth by Thamar Henneken (54.88) until they delivered rising star Inge de Bruijn for the final exchange. Swimming the anchor leg, De Bruijn surged powerfully past the entire field with a fastest split of 53.41 to take home the silver for the Dutch in a European record of 3:39.83. Meanwhile, Sweden's Louise Jöhncke (55.93), Therese Alshammar (53.78), Johanna Sjöberg (55.06), and Anna-Karin Kammerling (55.58) came up with a spectacular swim to grab a bronze in 3:40.30, a national record, holding off a sprint battle from the fast-pacing German team of Antje Buschschulte (55.67), Katrin Meissner (54.92), Franziska van Almsick (55.02), and Sandra Völker (54.70) by a hundredth of a second.[5][6][7]
Great Britain's Karen Pickering (56.01), Alison Sheppard (54.95), Rosalind Brett (54.92), and Sue Rolph (54.66) pulled off a fifth-place finish in 3:40.54. Susie O'Neill recorded a split of 54.79 to produce a powerful lead on the first length by the delight of a home crowd, but the Aussies settled only for sixth place with a time of 3:40.91. Canada (3:42.92) and Italy (3:44.49) rounded out the championship finale.[7]
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The women s 4 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 16 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney Australia 1 Women s 4 100 metre freestyle relayat the Games of the XXVII OlympiadVenueSydney International Aquatic CentreDatesSeptember 16 2000 heats amp final Competitors61 from 13 nationsWinning time3 36 61 WRMedalists United States USA Amy Van Dyken Dara Torres Courtney Shealy Jenny Thompson Erin Phenix Ashley Tappin Netherlands NED Manon van Rooijen Wilma van Rijn Thamar Henneken Inge de Bruijn Chantal Groot Sweden SWE Johanna Sjoberg Therese Alshammar Louise Johncke Anna Karin Kammerling Josefin Lillhage Malin Svahnstrom Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats 19962004 The U S women s team dominated the race from the start to break the six year old world record and most importantly to defend an Olympic title in the event The foursome of Amy Van Dyken 55 08 Dara Torres 53 51 Courtney Shealy 54 40 and Jenny Thompson 53 62 put together a stellar time of 3 36 61 to capture the relay gold medal shaving off China s 1994 world record by 1 3 seconds As the Americans celebrated their triumph in the pool Thompson picked up her eighth career medal to become the nation s most successful woman in Olympic history She also tied with former East Germany s Kristin Otto for the most golds by a female a total of six 2 3 4 The Netherlands nearly pulled a worst to first effort building from an eighth place turn by Manon van Rooijen 56 35 seventh by Wilma van Rijn 55 19 and sixth by Thamar Henneken 54 88 until they delivered rising star Inge de Bruijn for the final exchange Swimming the anchor leg De Bruijn surged powerfully past the entire field with a fastest split of 53 41 to take home the silver for the Dutch in a European record of 3 39 83 Meanwhile Sweden s Louise Johncke 55 93 Therese Alshammar 53 78 Johanna Sjoberg 55 06 and Anna Karin Kammerling 55 58 came up with a spectacular swim to grab a bronze in 3 40 30 a national record holding off a sprint battle from the fast pacing German team of Antje Buschschulte 55 67 Katrin Meissner 54 92 Franziska van Almsick 55 02 and Sandra Volker 54 70 by a hundredth of a second 5 6 7 Great Britain s Karen Pickering 56 01 Alison Sheppard 54 95 Rosalind Brett 54 92 and Sue Rolph 54 66 pulled off a fifth place finish in 3 40 54 Susie O Neill recorded a split of 54 79 to produce a powerful lead on the first length by the delight of a home crowd but the Aussies settled only for sixth place with a time of 3 40 91 Canada 3 42 92 and Italy 3 44 49 rounded out the championship finale 7 Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2 1 Heats 2 2 Final 3 References 4 External linksRecords editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp China CHN Le Ying 54 31 Shan Ying 54 38 Lu Bin 55 09 Le Jingyi 54 13 3 37 91 Rome Italy 7 September 1994 8 9 Olympic record nbsp United States USA Angel Martino 55 34 Amy Van Dyken 53 91 Catherine Fox 55 93 Jenny Thompson 54 11 3 39 29 Atlanta United States 22 July 1996 8 The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition Date Event Name Nationality Time RecordSeptember 16 Final Amy Van Dyken 55 08 Dara Torres 53 51 Courtney Shealy 54 40 Jenny Thompson 53 62 nbsp United States 3 36 61 WRResults editHeats edit 8 Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes1 2 4 nbsp United States Ashley Tappin 55 47 Erin Phenix 56 02 Courtney Shealy 54 99 Amy Van Dyken 54 40 3 40 88 Q2 2 6 nbsp Netherlands Manon van Rooijen 56 15 Chantal Groot 56 07 Thamar Henneken 54 99 Wilma van Rijn 55 11 3 42 32 Q3 1 4 nbsp Great Britain Alison Sheppard 56 16 Rosalind Brett 55 63 Karen Pickering 55 29 Sue Rolph 55 39 3 42 47 Q4 2 5 nbsp Germany Katrin Meissner 55 22 Britta Steffen 55 77 Daniela Samulski 56 18 Kerstin Kielgass 56 05 3 43 22 Q5 2 3 nbsp Australia Elka Graham 56 81 Sarah Ryan 54 94 Melanie Dodd 56 31 Giaan Rooney 55 50 3 43 56 Q6 1 5 nbsp Sweden Louise Johncke 56 27 Josefin Lillhage 57 00 Malin Svahnstrom 56 73 Therese Alshammar 53 77 3 43 77 Q7 1 3 nbsp Canada Marianne Limpert 55 87 Shannon Shakespeare 55 80 Jessica Deglau 56 23 Laura Nicholls 55 92 3 43 82 Q8 1 6 nbsp Italy Cecilia Vianini 56 10 Luisa Striani 56 29 Sara Parise 55 73 Cristina Chiuso 55 85 3 43 97 Q9 2 7 nbsp China Han Xue 56 99 Li Jin 56 88 Sun Dan 57 25 Yang Yu 55 50 3 46 6210 1 7 nbsp Russia Lyubov Yudina 57 74 Marina Chepurkova 56 79 Yekaterina Kibalo 56 02 Inna Yaitskaya 56 24 3 46 7911 2 2 nbsp Belgium Nina van Koeckhoven 56 62 Liesbet Dreesen 56 69 Sofie Goffin 56 72 Tine Bossuyt 56 88 3 46 9112 1 2 nbsp Romania Florina Herea 57 28 Lorena Diaconescu 57 77 Diana Mocanu 57 26 Camelia Potec 56 47 3 48 7813 2 1 nbsp Ukraine Nadiya Beshevli 57 68 Valentyna Tregub 57 39 Olena Lapunova 57 60 Olga Mukomol 56 44 3 49 11Final edit Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Time behind Notes nbsp 4 nbsp United States Amy Van Dyken 55 08 Dara Torres 53 51 Courtney Shealy 54 40 Jenny Thompson 53 62 3 36 61 WR nbsp 5 nbsp Netherlands Manon van Rooijen 56 35 Wilma van Rijn 55 19 Thamar Henneken 54 88 Inge de Bruijn 53 41 3 39 83 3 22 EU nbsp 7 nbsp Sweden Louise Johncke 55 93 Therese Alshammar 53 78 Johanna Sjoberg 55 06 Anna Karin Kammerling 55 53 3 40 30 3 69 NR4 6 nbsp Germany Antje Buschschulte 55 67 Katrin Meissner 54 92 Franziska van Almsick 55 02 Sandra Volker 54 70 3 40 31 3 70 NR5 3 nbsp Great Britain Karen Pickering 56 01 Alison Sheppard 54 95 Rosalind Brett 54 92 Sue Rolph 54 66 3 40 54 3 936 2 nbsp Australia Susie O Neill 54 79 Sarah Ryan 54 80 Elka Graham 55 57 Giaan Rooney 55 75 3 40 91 4 307 1 nbsp Canada Marianne Limpert 56 32 Shannon Shakespeare 55 10 Laura Nicholls 55 30 Jessica Deglau 56 20 3 42 92 6 318 8 nbsp Italy Cecilia Vianini 55 96 Luisa Striani 56 22 Sara Parise 55 88 Cristina Chiuso 56 43 3 44 49 7 88References edit Swimming schedule Australian Broadcasting Corporation 14 September 2000 Retrieved 14 May 2013 Harris Beth 16 September 2000 Thorpe Sets World Mark Thompson Wins 6th Gold ABC News Retrieved 28 May 2013 Longman Jere 17 September 2000 Sydney 2000 Swimming Australia Aglow As Young Star Gets Two Golds New York Times Retrieved 26 June 2013 Klochkova sets the gold standard BBC Sport 16 September 2000 Retrieved 28 May 2013 U S men lose relay for first time ESPN 16 September 2000 Retrieved 26 June 2013 Five world records broken on first day of swimming Sports Illustrated CNN 16 September 2000 Retrieved 26 June 2013 a b Whitten Phillip 16 September 2000 Olympic Day 1 Finals Complete Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 27 September 2007 Retrieved 23 May 2013 a b c Sydney 2000 Swimming Women s 4 100m Freestyle Relay Heats PDF Sydney 2000 LA84 Foundation pp 355 356 Retrieved 28 June 2013 China dominating world championships The Deseret News 7 September 1994 Retrieved 28 June 2013 External links editOfficial Olympic Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 2000 Summer 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