Netherlands' Pieter van den Hoogenband stormed home on the final length to claim his second Olympic gold medal at these Games. He posted a time of 48.30 to hold off Russia's defending Olympic champion Alexander Popov by almost two-fifths of a second (0.40).[3] It was the Netherlands' first medal in the men's 100 metre freestyle. Failing to attain a third straight triumph in the same event, Popov settled for the silver in 48.69. Popov became only the second man to win three medals in the 100 metre freestyle, the first since Duke Kahanamoku in 1912–1924. Meanwhile, U.S. swimmer Gary Hall, Jr. took bronze with a 48.73 time.[4][5] Hall was the 11th man to win two medals in the event.
After breaking a split world record in the 4×100 m freestyle relay on the opening night, Australia's overwhelming favorite Michael Klim missed out the podium in a close race against Hall by a hundredth of a second, finishing with a time of 48.74.[6] Klim was followed in fifth by Hall's teammate Neil Walker (49.09), and in sixth by Sweden's three-time Olympian Lars Frölander (49.22). Russia's Denis Pimankov (49.36) and another Aussie Chris Fydler (49.44) rounded out the finale.[5]
Earlier in the semifinals, Van den Hoogenband cleared a 48-second barrier to set a new world record of 47.84, slashing 0.34 seconds off the mark set by Klim from the relay.[7]
One of the most popular highlights in the event took place in the first heat. Dubbed as Eric the Eel, Equatorial Guinea's Eric Moussambani received a dubious honor of being the slowest Olympic swimmer in history. Two other swimmers, Niger's Karim Bare and Tajikistan's Farkhod Oripov, plunged into the pool and were cast out of the race under a no false-start rule, leaving Moussambani as the last man standing. Cheered by a large crowd, he finished a one-man heat in 1:52.72, nearly seven seconds slower than a winning time by Van den Hoogenband over double the distance a day before.[8][9]
Background
This was the 23rd appearance of the men's 100 metre freestyle. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1900 (when the shortest freestyle was the 200 metres), though the 1904 version was measured in yards rather than metres.[2]
Popov had recovered from a near-fatal stabbing in 1996 to win the 1997 European championship and repeat as world champion in 1998. His 1994 world record had stood until the start of the Games; in the freestyle relays, however, hometown hopeful Michael Klim (the 1998 world championship runner-up) had broken that record with his first leg split. Van den Hoogenband won the 200 metre freestyle earlier in Sydney.[2]
The Republic of the Congo, the Czech Republic, Equatorial Guinea, the Ivory Coast, Mauritius, Mongolia, Niger, Nigeria, Slovenia, and Tajikistan each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 22nd appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.
Competition format
This freestyle swimming competition returned to the three-round format used from 1948 to 1980, abandoning the A/B final format used between 1984 and 1996. The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
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^ abWhitten, Phillip (20 September 2000). "Olympic Day 5 Finals (200 Breast, 100 Free, 200 Fly, 800 Free Relay)". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
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^ abc"Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 118–120. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
External links
Official Olympic Report
March 04, 2023
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The men s 100 metre freestyle event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 19 20 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney Australia 1 There were 73 competitors from 66 nations 2 Nations have been limited to two swimmers each since the 1984 Games Men s 100 metre freestyleat the Games of the XXVII OlympiadPieter van den Hoogenband 2008 VenueSydney International Aquatic CentreDatesSeptember 19 2000 heats amp semifinals September 20 2000 final Competitors73 from 66 nationsWinning time48 30MedalistsPieter van den Hoogenband NetherlandsAlexander Popov RussiaGary Hall Jr United States 19962004 Contents 1 Summary 2 Background 3 Competition format 4 Records 5 Schedule 6 Results 6 1 Heats 6 2 Semifinals 6 3 Final 7 References 8 External linksSummary EditNetherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband stormed home on the final length to claim his second Olympic gold medal at these Games He posted a time of 48 30 to hold off Russia s defending Olympic champion Alexander Popov by almost two fifths of a second 0 40 3 It was the Netherlands first medal in the men s 100 metre freestyle Failing to attain a third straight triumph in the same event Popov settled for the silver in 48 69 Popov became only the second man to win three medals in the 100 metre freestyle the first since Duke Kahanamoku in 1912 1924 Meanwhile U S swimmer Gary Hall Jr took bronze with a 48 73 time 4 5 Hall was the 11th man to win two medals in the event After breaking a split world record in the 4 100 m freestyle relay on the opening night Australia s overwhelming favorite Michael Klim missed out the podium in a close race against Hall by a hundredth of a second finishing with a time of 48 74 6 Klim was followed in fifth by Hall s teammate Neil Walker 49 09 and in sixth by Sweden s three time Olympian Lars Frolander 49 22 Russia s Denis Pimankov 49 36 and another Aussie Chris Fydler 49 44 rounded out the finale 5 Earlier in the semifinals Van den Hoogenband cleared a 48 second barrier to set a new world record of 47 84 slashing 0 34 seconds off the mark set by Klim from the relay 7 One of the most popular highlights in the event took place in the first heat Dubbed as Eric the Eel Equatorial Guinea s Eric Moussambani received a dubious honor of being the slowest Olympic swimmer in history Two other swimmers Niger s Karim Bare and Tajikistan s Farkhod Oripov plunged into the pool and were cast out of the race under a no false start rule leaving Moussambani as the last man standing Cheered by a large crowd he finished a one man heat in 1 52 72 nearly seven seconds slower than a winning time by Van den Hoogenband over double the distance a day before 8 9 Background EditThis was the 23rd appearance of the men s 100 metre freestyle The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1900 when the shortest freestyle was the 200 metres though the 1904 version was measured in yards rather than metres 2 Seven of the eight finalists from the 1996 Games returned two time gold medalist Alexander Popov of Russia silver medalist Gary Hall Jr of the United States bronze medalist and 1992 silver medalist Gustavo Borges of Brazil fourth place finisher Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands fifth place finisher Fernando Scherer of Brazil sixth place finisher Pavlo Khnykin of Ukraine and eighth place finisher Francisco Sanchez of Venezuela Popov had recovered from a near fatal stabbing in 1996 to win the 1997 European championship and repeat as world champion in 1998 His 1994 world record had stood until the start of the Games in the freestyle relays however hometown hopeful Michael Klim the 1998 world championship runner up had broken that record with his first leg split Van den Hoogenband won the 200 metre freestyle earlier in Sydney 2 The Republic of the Congo the Czech Republic Equatorial Guinea the Ivory Coast Mauritius Mongolia Niger Nigeria Slovenia and Tajikistan each made their debut in the event The United States made its 22nd appearance most of any nation having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games Competition format EditThis freestyle swimming competition returned to the three round format used from 1948 to 1980 abandoning the A B final format used between 1984 and 1996 The competition consisted of three rounds heats semifinals and a final The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final Swim offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round Records EditPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record Michael Klim AUS 48 18 Sydney Australia 16 September 2000 10 Olympic record Michael Klim AUS 48 18 Sydney Australia 16 September 2000 10 Pieter van den Hoogenband set a new world record of 47 84 seconds in the second semifinal Schedule EditAll times are Australian Eastern Standard Time UTC 10 Date Time RoundTuesday 19 September 2000 10 0019 00 HeatsSemifinalsWednesday 20 September 2000 19 53 FinalResults EditHeats Edit 10 Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes1 9 4 Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands 48 64 Q2 10 5 Michael Klim Australia 49 09 Q3 10 6 Lars Frolander Sweden 49 16 Q NR4 10 4 Alexander Popov Russia 49 29 Q5 9 5 Gary Hall Jr United States 49 32 Q6 8 2 Denis Pimankov Russia 49 45 Q8 5 Chris Fydler Australia 49 45 Q8 9 7 Salim Iles Algeria 49 70 Q NR9 8 4 Neil Walker United States 49 73 Q10 10 2 Lorenzo Vismara Italy 49 74 Q10 1 Roland Mark Schoeman South Africa 49 74 Q12 10 8 Jose Meolans Argentina 49 75 Q NR13 9 3 Gustavo Borges Brazil 49 76 Q8 7 Christian Troger Germany 49 76 Q15 9 6 Attila Zubor Hungary 49 79 Q16 7 8 Duje Draganja Croatia 49 83 Q NR17 10 7 Bartosz Kizierowski Poland 49 8418 8 6 Johan Kenkhuis Netherlands 49 9319 8 1 Stefan Nystrand Sweden 50 199 2 Karel Novy Switzerland 50 1921 6 3 Peter Mankoc Slovenia 50 2822 8 3 Romain Barnier France 50 3223 7 2 Rolandas Gimbutis Lithuania 50 4624 6 1 Kim Min suk South Korea 50 4925 7 4 Torsten Spanneberg Germany 50 5626 9 8 Yannick Lupien Canada 50 6227 8 8 Pavlo Khnykin Ukraine 50 6328 7 3 Javier Botello Spain 50 8729 7 5 Craig Hutchison Canada 50 9030 9 1 Aleh Rukhlevich Belarus 50 967 1 Marcos Hernandez Cuba 50 9632 7 7 Thierry Wouters Belgium 51 0733 7 6 Jere Hard Finland 51 1134 6 5 Spyridon Bitsakis Greece 51 286 8 Sergey Ashihmin Kyrgyzstan 51 2836 4 2 Carl Probert Fiji 51 34 NR37 6 7 Richard Sam Bera Indonesia 51 5238 6 6 Yoav Bruck Israel 51 6239 5 1 Nikola Kalabic FR Yugoslavia 51 8240 4 5 Christopher Murray Bahamas 51 935 2 Allen Ong Malaysia 51 9342 5 7 George Gleason Virgin Islands 52 0043 4 7 Indrek Sei Estonia 52 0944 4 6 Tamer Hamed Egypt 52 1445 5 3 Kvetoslav Svoboda Czech Republic 52 1846 3 4 Paul Kutscher Uruguay 52 2247 4 8 Fernando Jacome Colombia 52 244 4 Mark Chay Singapore 52 2449 6 2 Zeljko Panic Bosnia and Herzegovina 52 4050 6 4 Francisco Sanchez Venezuela 52 4351 3 2 Howard Hinds Netherlands Antilles 52 5252 4 3 Glen Walshaw Zimbabwe 52 5353 5 6 Igor Sitnikov Kazakhstan 52 5754 3 3 Aleksandr Agafonov Uzbekistan 52 5855 5 4 Wu Nien pin Chinese Taipei 52 7256 5 5 Felipe Delgado Ecuador 52 7857 5 8 Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou Cyprus 52 8258 3 5 Rikardur Rikardsson Iceland 52 8559 3 6 George Bovell Trinidad and Tobago 52 9060 3 1 Gentle Offoin Nigeria 52 91 NR61 3 7 Kenny Roberts Seychelles 53 4062 4 1 Rodrigo Olivares Chile 53 5063 2 3 Gregory Arkhurst Ivory Coast 53 5564 3 8 Alejandro Castellanos Honduras 54 0665 2 4 Hamid Reza Mobarez Iran 54 1266 2 5 Christophe Lim Wen Ying Mauritius 54 3367 2 6 Ganaagiin Galbadrakh Mongolia 58 7968 2 2 Ragi Edde Lebanon 59 2669 2 7 Marien Michel Ngouabi Republic of the Congo 1 00 3970 2 1 Dawood Youssef Mohamed Jassim Bahrain 1 02 4571 1 5 Eric Moussambani Equatorial Guinea 1 52 72 NR 1 3 Karim Bare Niger DSQ1 4 Farkhod Oripov Tajikistan DSQ 10 3 Fernando Scherer Brazil DNSSemifinals Edit Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes1 2 4 Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands 47 84 Q WR2 1 4 Michael Klim Australia 48 80 Q3 1 5 Alexander Popov Russia 48 84 Q4 2 5 Lars Frolander Sweden 48 93 Q NR5 2 2 Neil Walker United States 49 04 Q6 2 3 Gary Hall Jr United States 49 13 Q7 1 3 Denis Pimankov Russia 49 43 Q8 2 6 Chris Fydler Australia 49 55 Q9 2 8 Attila Zubor Hungary 49 5810 1 7 Jose Meolans Argentina 49 66 NR11 1 2 Lorenzo Vismara Italy 49 671 8 Duje Draganja Croatia 49 67 NR13 1 6 Salim Iles Algeria 49 70 NR14 1 1 Christian Troger Germany 49 8015 2 7 Roland Mark Schoeman South Africa 49 8416 2 1 Gustavo Borges Brazil 49 93Final Edit Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 4 Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands 48 30 3 Alexander Popov Russia 48 69 7 Gary Hall Jr United States 48 734 5 Michael Klim Australia 48 745 2 Neil Walker United States 49 096 6 Lars Frolander Sweden 49 227 1 Denis Pimankov Russia 49 368 8 Chris Fydler Australia 49 44References Edit Swimming schedule Australian Broadcasting Corporation 14 September 2000 Retrieved 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