Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke
December 15, 2023
The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 20–21 September at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1] There were 45 competitors from 38 nations.[2] Each nation had been limited to two swimmers in the event since 1984. The event was won by Lenny Krayzelburg of the United States, with his countryman Aaron Peirsol taking silver. It was the second consecutive Games that Americans had finished one-two in the event (Brad Bridgewater and Tripp Schwenk had done so in 1996). Bronze went to Matt Welsh of Australia, the nation's first medal in the event since 1980.
Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
The pool at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre
Soviet-born American Krayzelburg became the fourth swimmer in Olympic history to strike a backstroke double, since Roland Matthes did so in 1968 and 1972, John Naber in 1976, and Rick Carey in 1984. He powered past his nearest rivals Peirsol and Australia's overwhelming favorite Welsh to hit the wall first in a new Olympic record of 1:56.76.[3][4] At only 17 years of age, Peirsol trailed behind by over half a second (0.59) to take a silver in 1:57.35. Meanwhile, Welsh settled only for the bronze in an Oceanian record of 1:57.59.[5][6]
Iceland's Örn Arnarson came up with a spectacular swim to earn a fourth spot in 1:59.00, holding off Italy's Emanuele Merisi (1:59.01), bronze medalist in Atlanta four years earlier, by a hundredth of a second (0.01). Romania's Răzvan Florea finished sixth with a time of 1:59.05, while Brazil's Rogério Romero (1:59.27), competing at his fourth Olympics, and Croatia's Gordan Kožulj (1:59.38) closed out the field. For the first time in Olympic history, all eight swimmers went under a two-minute barrier.[6]
Earlier, Krayzelburg established a new Olympic standard of 1:58.40 on the morning prelims to cut off Martin López-Zubero's eight-year record by seven hundredths of a second (0.07). He lowered it to 1:57.27 in the semifinals.[7][8]
This was the 11th appearance of the 200 metre backstroke event. It was first held in 1900. The event did not return until 1964; since then, it has been on the programme at every Summer Games. From 1904 to 1960, a men's 100 metre backstroke was held instead. In 1964, only the 200 metres was held. Beginning in 1968 and ever since, both the 100 and 200 metre versions have been held.[2]
The Dominican Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Slovenia, and Ukraine each made their debut in the event. Australia and Great Britain each made their 10th appearance, tied for most among nations to that point.
Competition formatedit
The competition altered the format that had been used since 1984. The tournament expanded to three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The advancement rule followed the format introduced in 1952. A swimmer's place in the heat was not used to determine advancement; instead, the fastest times from across all heats in a round were used. Instead of having the top 16 swimmers divided into a Final A for the top 8 and Final B for 9th through 16th, as was done in from 1984 to 1996, the 2000 competition added semifinals. The top 16 swimmers from the heats competed in the new semifinals. The top 8 semifinalists advanced to the final (there was no longer a classification final for 9th through 16th). Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties.
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition, with Krayzelburg setting a new Olympic record each time he swam. All three medalists swam faster than the old Olympic record.
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^Dillman, Lisa (22 September 2000). "Thrills & Chills". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
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^ abWhitten, Phillip (21 September 2000). . Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
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^ abc"Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 278–279. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
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Official Olympic Report
December 15, 2023
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The men s 200 metre backstroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 20 21 September at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre in Sydney Australia 1 There were 45 competitors from 38 nations 2 Each nation had been limited to two swimmers in the event since 1984 The event was won by Lenny Krayzelburg of the United States with his countryman Aaron Peirsol taking silver It was the second consecutive Games that Americans had finished one two in the event Brad Bridgewater and Tripp Schwenk had done so in 1996 Bronze went to Matt Welsh of Australia the nation s first medal in the event since 1980 Men s 200 metre backstrokeat the Games of the XXVII OlympiadThe pool at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic CentreVenueSydney Olympic Park Aquatic CentreDatesSeptember 20 2000 heats amp semifinals September 21 2000 final Competitors45 from 38 nationsWinning time1 56 76 ORMedalistsLenny Krayzelburg United StatesAaron Peirsol United StatesMatt Welsh Australia 19962004 Soviet born American Krayzelburg became the fourth swimmer in Olympic history to strike a backstroke double since Roland Matthes did so in 1968 and 1972 John Naber in 1976 and Rick Carey in 1984 He powered past his nearest rivals Peirsol and Australia s overwhelming favorite Welsh to hit the wall first in a new Olympic record of 1 56 76 3 4 At only 17 years of age Peirsol trailed behind by over half a second 0 59 to take a silver in 1 57 35 Meanwhile Welsh settled only for the bronze in an Oceanian record of 1 57 59 5 6 Iceland s Orn Arnarson came up with a spectacular swim to earn a fourth spot in 1 59 00 holding off Italy s Emanuele Merisi 1 59 01 bronze medalist in Atlanta four years earlier by a hundredth of a second 0 01 Romania s Răzvan Florea finished sixth with a time of 1 59 05 while Brazil s Rogerio Romero 1 59 27 competing at his fourth Olympics and Croatia s Gordan Kozulj 1 59 38 closed out the field For the first time in Olympic history all eight swimmers went under a two minute barrier 6 Earlier Krayzelburg established a new Olympic standard of 1 58 40 on the morning prelims to cut off Martin Lopez Zubero s eight year record by seven hundredths of a second 0 07 He lowered it to 1 57 27 in the semifinals 7 8 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Records 4 Schedule 5 Results 5 1 Heats 5 2 Semifinals 5 3 Final 6 References 7 External linksBackground editThis was the 11th appearance of the 200 metre backstroke event It was first held in 1900 The event did not return until 1964 since then it has been on the programme at every Summer Games From 1904 to 1960 a men s 100 metre backstroke was held instead In 1964 only the 200 metres was held Beginning in 1968 and ever since both the 100 and 200 metre versions have been held 2 Two of the 8 finalists from the 1996 Games returned bronze medalist Emanuele Merisi of Italy and seventh place finisher Mirko Mazzari of Italy The medalists at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships had been Lenny Krayzelburg of the United States Ralf Braun of Germany and Mark Versfeld of Canada Krazyelburg and Braun were competing in Sydney Versfeld was not 2 The Dominican Republic Kyrgyzstan Slovenia and Ukraine each made their debut in the event Australia and Great Britain each made their 10th appearance tied for most among nations to that point Competition format editThe competition altered the format that had been used since 1984 The tournament expanded to three rounds heats semifinals and a final The advancement rule followed the format introduced in 1952 A swimmer s place in the heat was not used to determine advancement instead the fastest times from across all heats in a round were used Instead of having the top 16 swimmers divided into a Final A for the top 8 and Final B for 9th through 16th as was done in from 1984 to 1996 the 2000 competition added semifinals The top 16 swimmers from the heats competed in the new semifinals The top 8 semifinalists advanced to the final there was no longer a classification final for 9th through 16th Swim offs were used as necessary to break ties This swimming event used backstroke Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long this race consisted of four lengths of the pool Records editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp Lenny Krayzelburg USA 1 55 87 Sydney Australia 27 August 1999 9 Olympic record nbsp Martin Lopez Zubero ESP 1 58 47 Barcelona Spain 28 July 1992 9 The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition with Krayzelburg setting a new Olympic record each time he swam All three medalists swam faster than the old Olympic record Date Event Swimmer Nation Time Record20 September Heat 6 Lenny Krayzelburg nbsp United States 1 58 40 OR20 September Semifinal 2 Lenny Krayzelburg nbsp United States 1 57 27 OR21 September Final Lenny Krayzelburg nbsp United States 1 56 76 ORSchedule editThe expansion of the event to three rounds also resulted in the event now taking place over two days instead of a single day All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time UTC 10 Date Time RoundWednesday 20 September 2000 10 2919 31 HeatsSemifinalsThursday 21 September 2000 19 21 FinalResults editHeats edit Krayzelburg had the fastest time in the heats setting a new Olympic record 9 Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes1 6 4 Lenny Krayzelburg nbsp United States 1 58 40 Q OR2 5 4 Aaron Peirsol nbsp United States 1 59 10 Q3 6 6 Cameron Delaney nbsp Australia 1 59 61 Q4 6 5 Matt Welsh nbsp Australia 1 59 76 Q5 4 1 Răzvan Florea nbsp Romania 1 59 79 Q6 4 8 Orn Arnarson nbsp Iceland 1 59 80 Q NR7 5 6 Emanuele Merisi nbsp Italy 1 59 92 Q8 6 2 Sergey Ostapchuk nbsp Russia 2 00 17 Q9 4 4 Gordan Kozulj nbsp Croatia 2 00 19 Q10 5 5 Rogerio Romero nbsp Brazil 2 00 48 Q11 4 6 Chris Renaud nbsp Canada 2 00 51 Q12 5 7 Marko Strahija nbsp Croatia 2 00 72 Q13 5 2 Yoav Gath nbsp Israel 2 00 80 Q14 3 2 Klaas Erik Zwering nbsp Netherlands 2 00 94 Q NR15 4 3 Volodymyr Nikolaychuk nbsp Ukraine 2 01 07 Q NR16 4 5 Leonardo Costa nbsp Brazil 2 01 08 Q17 5 3 Simon Dufour nbsp France 2 01 0918 6 7 Adam Ruckwood nbsp Great Britain 2 01 1119 6 1 Simon Militis nbsp Great Britain 2 01 2020 6 8 Dustin Hersee nbsp Canada 2 01 3421 6 3 Ralf Braun nbsp Germany 2 01 3522 3 5 Scott Talbot Cameron nbsp New Zealand 2 01 5323 3 7 Blaz Medvesek nbsp Slovenia 2 01 6724 2 2 Neisser Bent nbsp Cuba 2 02 0525 5 1 Mirko Mazzari nbsp Italy 2 02 1326 4 7 Fu Yong nbsp China 2 02 7027 3 4 Markus Rogan nbsp Austria 2 02 8428 3 3 Alejandro Bermudez nbsp Colombia 2 03 4329 5 8 Guillermo Mediano nbsp Spain 2 03 4530 2 4 Mario Carvalho nbsp Portugal 2 03 8231 3 6 Miroslav Machovic nbsp Slovakia 2 04 7332 3 8 Arunas Savickas nbsp Lithuania 2 05 0633 1 3 Alex Fong nbsp Hong Kong 2 05 47 NR34 2 6 Eduardo German Otero nbsp Argentina 2 05 5135 2 7 Torwai Sethsothorn nbsp Thailand 2 05 5236 2 3 Ahmed Hussein nbsp Egypt 2 06 1037 2 8 Gary Tan nbsp Singapore 2 06 3238 1 4 Andrei Mihailov nbsp Moldova 2 06 6739 2 1 Lee Jong min nbsp South Korea 2 07 1440 1 5 Ivan Angelov nbsp Bulgaria 2 07 3041 1 7 Guillermo Cabrera nbsp Dominican Republic 2 08 2242 3 1 Alex Lim nbsp Malaysia 2 08 2343 1 6 Milos Cerovic nbsp FR Yugoslavia 2 09 0744 1 2 Aleksandr Yegorov nbsp Kyrgyzstan 2 13 85 4 2 Viktor Bodrogi nbsp Hungary DSQ 2 5 Simon Thirsk nbsp South Africa DNSSemifinals edit Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes1 2 4 Lenny Krayzelburg nbsp United States 1 57 27 Q OR2 1 4 Aaron Peirsol nbsp United States 1 58 44 Q3 1 5 Matt Welsh nbsp Australia 1 58 57 Q4 1 3 Orn Arnarson nbsp Iceland 1 58 99 Q NR5 2 3 Răzvan Florea nbsp Romania 1 59 44 Q NR6 2 2 Gordan Kozulj nbsp Croatia 1 59 56 Q7 1 2 Rogerio Romero nbsp Brazil 1 59 69 Q8 2 6 Emanuele Merisi nbsp Italy 1 59 78 Q9 1 7 Marko Strahija nbsp Croatia 1 59 8510 1 1 Klaas Erik Zwering nbsp Netherlands 2 00 06 NR11 2 5 Cameron Delaney nbsp Australia 2 00 3912 1 6 Sergey Ostapchuk nbsp Russia 2 00 4713 2 7 Chris Renaud nbsp Canada 2 01 1914 1 8 Leonardo Costa nbsp Brazil 2 02 2615 2 8 Volodymyr Nikolaychuk nbsp Ukraine 2 02 2716 2 1 Yoav Gath nbsp Israel 2 03 80Final edit Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes nbsp 4 Lenny Krayzelburg nbsp United States 1 56 76 OR nbsp 5 Aaron Peirsol nbsp United States 1 57 35 nbsp 3 Matt Welsh nbsp Australia 1 57 59 OC4 6 Orn Arnarson nbsp Iceland 1 59 005 8 Emanuele Merisi nbsp Italy 1 59 016 2 Răzvan Florea nbsp Romania 1 59 05 NR7 1 Rogerio Romero nbsp Brazil 1 59 278 7 Gordan Kozulj nbsp Croatia 1 59 38References edit Swimming schedule Australian Broadcasting Corporation 14 September 2000 Retrieved 14 May 2013 a b c 200 metres Backstroke Men Olympedia Retrieved 13 July 2021 Double gold for Krayzelburg BBC Sport 18 September 2000 Retrieved 3 June 2013 Dillman Lisa 22 September 2000 Thrills amp Chills Los Angeles Times Retrieved 2 June 2013 Berlin Peter 22 September 2000 De Bruijn Takes Second Gold Hungarian and Italian Also Triumph European Swimmers Steal the Show New York Times Retrieved 2 June 2013 a b Whitten Phillip 21 September 2000 Olympic Day 6 Finals Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 2 September 2012 Retrieved 23 May 2013 Whitten Phillip 20 September 2000 Olympic Day 5 Prelims Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 24 June 2013 Retrieved 23 May 2013 Peterson Lauren 21 September 2000 States Athletic Teams Krayzelburg Ervin Advance in Sydney New York Times Retrieved 2 June 2013 a b c Sydney 2000 Swimming Men s 100m Backstroke Heats PDF Sydney 2000 LA84 Foundation pp 278 279 Retrieved 1 June 2013 External links editOfficial Olympic Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics Men 27s 200 metre backstroke amp oldid 1154822519, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
