U.S. swimmer Tom Malchow shattered his own Olympic record to claim a gold medal in the event. Coming from third place on the final turn, he held off a challenge from fast-pacing Denys Sylantyev of Ukraine to touch the wall first in 1:55.35.[2][3] Sylantyev trailed behind by almost half a second (0.50) to take a silver in 1:55.76, while Australia's Justin Norris settled for the bronze in an Oceanian record of 1:56.17.[4][5]
Russia's Anatoly Polyakov finished outside the medals in 1:56.34. 15-year-old Michael Phelps, the youngest male U.S. Olympic swimmer in 68 years, continued to improve his personal best of 1:56.50, but it was only enough to pull off a fifth-place finish.[5][6][7]
Phelps, who later emerged as the most-decorated Olympian of all-time, was followed in the sixth spot by Great Britain's Stephen Parry in 1:57.01. Defending Olympic champion Denis Pankratov seized a powerful lead on the first length, but faded shortly to seventh place in 1:57.97. France's Franck Esposito (1:58.39), bronze medalist in Barcelona eight years earlier, closed out the field.[5]
Earlier, Malchow posted a top-seeded time of 1:56.25 on the morning prelims to cut off Melvin Stewart's 1992 Olympic record by a hundredth of a second (0.01).[8] Followed by an evening session on day three, he eventually lowered it to 1:56.02 in the semifinals.[9]
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^Longman, Jere (20 September 2000). "Sydney 2000: Swimming; Malchow Lies Low, Then Rockets To the Wall". New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
^Bondy, Filip (20 September 2000). "Malchow's gold has ripple effect". Daily News (New York). Retrieved 8 June 2013.
^ abcWhitten, Phillip (19 September 2000). . Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
^"Aussies rule relays". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 19 September 2000. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
^Dillman, Lisa (13 August 2000). "Phelps to Sydney, Oh, Boy!". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
^McMullen, Paul (18 September 2000). "Another Phelps growth spurt in 200 fly". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
^Whitten, Phillip (18 September 2000). . Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
^ abc"Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 210–212. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
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The men s 200 metre butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 18 19 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney Australia 1 Men s 200 metre butterflyat the Games of the XXVII OlympiadVenueSydney International Aquatic CentreDateSeptember 18 2000 heats amp semifinals September 19 2000 final Competitors46 from 40 nationsWinning time1 55 35 ORMedalistsTom Malchow United StatesDenys Sylantyev UkraineJustin Norris Australia 19962004 U S swimmer Tom Malchow shattered his own Olympic record to claim a gold medal in the event Coming from third place on the final turn he held off a challenge from fast pacing Denys Sylantyev of Ukraine to touch the wall first in 1 55 35 2 3 Sylantyev trailed behind by almost half a second 0 50 to take a silver in 1 55 76 while Australia s Justin Norris settled for the bronze in an Oceanian record of 1 56 17 4 5 Russia s Anatoly Polyakov finished outside the medals in 1 56 34 15 year old Michael Phelps the youngest male U S Olympic swimmer in 68 years continued to improve his personal best of 1 56 50 but it was only enough to pull off a fifth place finish 5 6 7 Phelps who later emerged as the most decorated Olympian of all time was followed in the sixth spot by Great Britain s Stephen Parry in 1 57 01 Defending Olympic champion Denis Pankratov seized a powerful lead on the first length but faded shortly to seventh place in 1 57 97 France s Franck Esposito 1 58 39 bronze medalist in Barcelona eight years earlier closed out the field 5 Earlier Malchow posted a top seeded time of 1 56 25 on the morning prelims to cut off Melvin Stewart s 1992 Olympic record by a hundredth of a second 0 01 8 Followed by an evening session on day three he eventually lowered it to 1 56 02 in the semifinals 9 Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2 1 Heats 2 2 Semifinals 2 2 1 Semifinal 1 2 2 2 Semifinal 2 2 3 Final 3 References 4 External linksRecords editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp Tom Malchow USA 1 55 18 Charlotte United States 17 June 2000 10 Olympic record nbsp Melvin Stewart USA 1 56 26 Barcelona Spain 30 July 1992 10 The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition Date Event Name Nationality Time Record18 September Heat 6 Tom Malchow nbsp United States 1 56 25 OR18 September Semifinal 2 Tom Malchow nbsp United States 1 56 02 OR19 September Final Tom Malchow nbsp United States 1 55 35 ORResults editHeats edit 10 Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 6 4 Tom Malchow nbsp United States 1 56 25 Q OR2 4 4 Denys Sylantyev nbsp Ukraine 1 56 42 Q3 5 3 Michael Phelps nbsp United States 1 57 30 Q4 6 6 Justin Norris nbsp Australia 1 57 60 Q5 5 5 Anatoly Polyakov nbsp Russia 1 57 67 Q6 6 3 James Hickman nbsp Great Britain 1 57 88 Q7 5 4 Franck Esposito nbsp France 1 57 97 Q8 6 5 Stephen Parry nbsp Great Britain 1 58 00 Q9 5 2 Denis Pankratov nbsp Russia 1 58 01 Q10 5 6 Takashi Yamamoto nbsp Japan 1 58 07 Q11 4 5 Thomas Rupprath nbsp Germany 1 58 32 Q12 4 3 Heath Ramsay nbsp Australia 1 58 82 Q13 6 8 Stefan Aartsen nbsp Netherlands 1 58 89 Q14 4 6 Hisayoshi Tanaka nbsp Japan 1 59 00 Q15 6 7 Andrew Livingston nbsp Puerto Rico 1 59 05 Q16 6 1 Sergey Fesenko nbsp Ukraine 1 59 41 Q17 4 2 Ioan Gherghel nbsp Romania 1 59 4818 6 2 Shamek Pietucha nbsp Canada 1 59 5919 5 8 Han Kyu chul nbsp South Korea 1 59 8520 5 7 Juan Veloz nbsp Mexico 2 00 0221 3 6 Vladan Markovic nbsp FR Yugoslavia 2 00 1122 2 3 Anthony Ang nbsp Malaysia 2 00 12 NR23 4 1 Jorge Perez nbsp Spain 2 00 1524 3 4 Viktor Bodrogi nbsp Hungary 2 00 7425 3 3 Ioannis Drymonakos nbsp Greece 2 00 7526 3 1 Theo Verster nbsp South Africa 2 00 9027 3 5 Gunter Rodriguez nbsp Cuba 2 01 06 NR28 3 2 Michael Windisch nbsp Austria 2 01 20 NR29 2 6 Zoran Lazarovski nbsp Macedonia 2 01 3030 4 7 Massimiliano Eroli nbsp Italy 2 01 3231 4 8 Michael Halika nbsp Israel 2 01 9732 2 7 Mark Kwok Kin Ming nbsp Hong Kong 2 01 9933 5 1 Xie Xufeng nbsp China 2 02 0034 3 7 Tero Valimaa nbsp Finland 2 02 4635 1 5 Tseng Cheng hua nbsp Chinese Taipei 2 03 6236 2 5 Juan Pablo Valdivieso nbsp Peru 2 03 6737 3 8 Colin Lowth nbsp Ireland 2 03 9138 2 2 Dulyarit Phuangthong nbsp Thailand 2 04 1539 2 8 Lovrenco Franicevic nbsp Croatia 2 04 3540 1 3 Georgi Palazov nbsp Bulgaria 2 04 4041 2 1 Konstantin Andriushin nbsp Kyrgyzstan 2 04 8642 2 4 Albert Christiadi Sutanto nbsp Indonesia 2 05 1343 1 4 Roberto Delgado nbsp Ecuador 2 08 1844 1 6 Dumitru Zastoico nbsp Moldova 2 09 3445 1 2 Dmitriy Tsutskarev nbsp Uzbekistan 2 10 5446 1 7 Fadi Kouzmah nbsp Syria 2 11 56Semifinals edit Semifinal 1 edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 4 Denys Sylantyev nbsp Ukraine 1 56 81 Q2 5 Justin Norris nbsp Australia 1 57 10 Q3 6 Stephen Parry nbsp Great Britain 1 57 23 Q4 2 Takashi Yamamoto nbsp Japan 1 57 665 3 James Hickman nbsp Great Britain 1 57 846 7 Heath Ramsay nbsp Australia 1 57 907 1 Hisayoshi Tanaka nbsp Japan 1 58 068 8 Sergey Fesenko nbsp Ukraine 1 59 03Semifinal 2 edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 4 Tom Malchow nbsp United States 1 56 02 Q OR2 3 Anatoly Polyakov nbsp Russia 1 56 78 Q3 5 Michael Phelps nbsp United States 1 57 00 Q4 6 Franck Esposito nbsp France 1 57 04 Q5 2 Denis Pankratov nbsp Russia 1 57 24 Q6 8 Andrew Livingston nbsp Puerto Rico 1 58 63 NR7 1 Stefan Aartsen nbsp Netherlands 1 58 668 7 Thomas Rupprath nbsp Germany 1 58 96Final edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes nbsp 4 Tom Malchow nbsp United States 1 55 35 OR nbsp 3 Denys Sylantyev nbsp Ukraine 1 55 76 NR nbsp 7 Justin Norris nbsp Australia 1 56 17 OC4 5 Anatoly Polyakov nbsp Russia 1 56 345 6 Michael Phelps nbsp United States 1 56 506 1 Stephen Parry nbsp Great Britain 1 57 017 8 Denis Pankratov nbsp Russia 1 57 978 2 Franck Esposito nbsp France 1 58 39References edit Swimming schedule Australian Broadcasting Corporation 14 September 2000 Retrieved 14 May 2013 Fitzpatrick Frank 20 September 2000 Malchow Captures Gold In Butterfly He Suffers From Asthma And Says He Is Not Much Of An Athlete But Yesterday The 200 meter Race Was His Daily News New York Retrieved 8 June 2013 Longman Jere 20 September 2000 Sydney 2000 Swimming Malchow Lies Low Then Rockets To the Wall New York Times Retrieved 8 June 2013 Bondy Filip 20 September 2000 Malchow s gold has ripple effect Daily News New York Retrieved 8 June 2013 a b c Whitten Phillip 19 September 2000 Olympic Day 4 Finals Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 30 September 2007 Retrieved 8 June 2013 Aussies rule relays Sports Illustrated CNN 19 September 2000 Retrieved 8 June 2013 Dillman Lisa 13 August 2000 Phelps to Sydney Oh Boy Los Angeles Times Retrieved 8 June 2013 McMullen Paul 18 September 2000 Another Phelps growth spurt in 200 fly The Baltimore Sun Retrieved 8 June 2013 Whitten Phillip 18 September 2000 Olympic Day 3 Finals 100 Breast 100 Back M 100 Back W 200 Free Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 30 September 2007 Retrieved 23 May 2013 a b c Sydney 2000 Swimming Men s 200m Butterfly Heats PDF Sydney 2000 LA84 Foundation pp 210 212 Retrieved 6 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 butterfly amp oldid 1117444636, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
