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100 metres Breaststroke, Men

Date	16 – 17 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	66 from 60 countries

In June and July 2000 Roman Sludnov of Russia and America’s Ed Moses posted the two fastest times in history and the scene was set for the two men to dispute the Olympic title and possibly even break the one-minute barrier for the event. Even when Domenico Fioravanti, the Italian who held the European title, set the fastest time in both qualifying rounds few thought that that he could beat the duo to the Olympic championships.

Fioravanti had other ideas and, with neither Sludnov nor Moses quite up to their top form, the Italian broke the Olympic record on the way to becoming his nation’s first ever Olympic swimming champion. A few days later he added another gold in the 200 metres breaststroke but he was denied an opportunity to defend these titles. Shortly before the Athens Games he was forced to retire due to a genetic heart abnormality

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Domenico Fioravanti	ITA	1:01.32 (1 h8)	1:00.84 (1 h2)	1:00.46 (1)	Gold
2	Ed Moses	USA	1:01.59 (3 h8)	1:01.22 (2 h2)	1:00.73 (2)	Silver
3	Roman Sludnov	RUS	1:02.15 (3 h9)	1:01.15 (1 h1)	1:00.91 (3)	Bronze
4	Kosuke Kitajima	JPN	1:01.68 (2 h7)	1:01.31 (3 h2)	1:01.34 (4)
5	Daniel Málek	CZE	1:01.56 (2 h8)	1:01.60 (2 h1)	1:01.50 (5)
6	Morgan Knabe	CAN	1:01.81 (3 h7)	1:01.70 (3 h1)	1:01.58 (6)
7	Brett Petersen	RSA	1:02.20 (4 h8)	1:01.42 (4 h2)	1:01.63 (7)
8	Remo Lütolf	SUI	1:02.54 (6 h8)	1:01.81 (4 h1)	1:01.88 (8)
9	Károly Güttler	HUN	1:01.66 (1 h7)	1:01.83 (5 h1)	–
10	Dmitry Komornikov	RUS	1:01.87 (4 h7)	1:01.88 (5 h2)	–
11	Jarno Pihlava	FIN	1:02.21 (4 h9)	1:01.92 (6 h1)	–
12	Jens Kruppa	GER	1:02.09 (2 h9)	1:01.92 (6 h2)	–
13	Marcel Wouda	NED	1:02.00 (1 h9)	1:01.94 (7 h1)	–
14	Darren Mew	GBR	1:02.42 (5 h8)	1:01.98 (7 h2)	–
15	Oleh Lisohor	UKR	1:02.24 (5 h9)	1:02.00 (8 h2)	–
16	Hugues Duboscq	FRA	1:02.40 (5 h7)	1:02.89 (8 h1)	–
17	Phil Rogers	AUS	1:02.77 (1 h6)	–	–
18	José Couto	POR	1:02.79 (7 h8)	–	–
19	Elvin Chia	MAS	1:02.81 (2 h6)	–	–
20	Mark Warnecke	GER	1:02.85 (6 h9)	–	–
21	Akira Hayashi	JPN	1:02.86 (7 h9)	–	–
22	Patrick Schmollinger	AUT	1:02.87 (3 h6)	–	–
23	Adam Whitehead	GBR	1:02.91 (6 h7)	–	–
24	Marek Krawczyk	POL	1:03.00 (4 h6)	–	–
25	Pat Calhoun	USA	1:03.03 (7 h7)	–	–
26	Patrik Isaksson	SWE	1:03.05 (8 h9)	–	–
27	Steven Ferguson	NZL	1:03.06 (5 h6)	–	–
28	Terence Parkin	RSA	1:03.11 (8 h7)	–	–
29	Zhu Yi	CHN	1:03.20 (8 h8)	–	–
30	Vanja Rogulj	CRO	1:03.58 (6 h6)	–	–
31	Eduardo Fischer	BRA	1:03.72 (7 h6)	–	–
=32	Raiko Pachel	EST	1:03.99 (8 h6)	–	–
=32	Tal Stricker	ISR	1:03.99 (1 h5)	–	–
=34	Valērijs Kalmikovs	LAT	1:04.02 (=1 h4)	–	–
=34	Arsenio López	PUR	1:04.02 (=1 h4)	–	–
36	Vadim Tatarov	MDA	1:04.12 (1 h3)	–	–
37	Francisco Suriano	ESA	1:04.31 (2 h3)	–	–
38	Álvaro Fortuny	GUA	1:04.35 (2 h5)	–	–
39	Alwin de Prins	LUX	1:04.37 (3 h5)	–	–
40	Yang Shang-Hsuan	TPE	1:04.54 (4 h5)	–	–
41	Andrew Bree	IRL	1:04.58 (3 h4)	–	–
42	Nikola Savčić	SCG	1:04.64 (4 h4)	–	–
43	Alfredo Jacobo	MEX	1:04.67 (5 h5)	–	–
44	Iván Rodríguez	PAN	1:04.68 (6 h5)	–	–
45	Jo Gyeong-Hwan	KOR	1:04.71 (5 h4)	–	–
46	Aliaksandr Hukau	BLR	1:04.96 (7 h5)	–	–
47	Wickus Nienaber	SWZ	1:04.98 (3 h3)	–	–
48	Juan José Madrigal	CRC	1:05.14 (1 h2)	–	–
49	Jörg Lindemeier	NAM	1:05.25 (4 h3)	–	–
50	Matthew Kwok	HKG	1:05.28 (5 h3)	–	–
51	Sylvain Fauré	MON	1:05.51 (2 h2)	–	–
52	Hjalti Guðmundsson	ISL	1:05.55 (6 h4)	–	–
53	Sergio Ferreyra	ARG	1:05.75 (8 h5)	–	–
54	Aleksandr Savitsky	KAZ	1:05.95 (6 h3)	–	–
55	Jean-Luc Razakarivony	MAD	1:05.97 (3 h2)	–	–
56	Ahmad Al-Kudmani	KSA	1:06.07 (4 h2)	–	–
57	Daniel Liew	SGP	1:06.41 (7 h4)	–	–
58	Krasimir Zahov	BUL	1:07.09 (7 h3)	–	–
59	Yevgeny Petrashov	KGZ	1:07.32 (8 h4)	–	–
60	Hakan Kiper	TUR	1:07.46 (8 h3)	–	–
61	Antonio León	PAR	1:08.12 (1 h1)	–	–
62	Malick Fall	SEN	1:08.60 (5 h2)	–	–
63	Kieran Chan	PNG	1:13.34 (2 h1)	–	–
64	Karar Samedul Islam	BAN	1:14.93 (6 h2)	–	–
65	Joe Atuhaire	UGA	1:22.35 (3 h1)	–	–
DQ	Facinet Bangoura	GUI	– (DQ h2)	–	–

Round One

Date	16 September 2000
Format	Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Domenico Fioravanti	ITA	1:01.32	Q
2	–	Daniel Málek	CZE	1:01.56	Q
3	–	Ed Moses	USA	1:01.59	Q
4	–	Károly Güttler	HUN	1:01.66	Q
5	–	Kosuke Kitajima	JPN	1:01.68	Q
6	–	Morgan Knabe	CAN	1:01.81	Q
7	–	Dmitry Komornikov	RUS	1:01.87	Q
8	–	Marcel Wouda	NED	1:02.00	Q
9	–	Jens Kruppa	GER	1:02.09	Q
10	–	Roman Sludnov	RUS	1:02.15	Q
11	–	Brett Petersen	RSA	1:02.20	Q
12	–	Jarno Pihlava	FIN	1:02.21	Q
13	–	Oleh Lisohor	UKR	1:02.24	Q
14	–	Hugues Duboscq	FRA	1:02.40	Q
15	–	Darren Mew	GBR	1:02.42	Q
16	–	Remo Lütolf	SUI	1:02.54	Q
17	–	Phil Rogers	AUS	1:02.77
18	–	José Couto	POR	1:02.79
19	–	Elvin Chia	MAS	1:02.81
20	–	Mark Warnecke	GER	1:02.85
21	–	Akira Hayashi	JPN	1:02.86
22	–	Patrick Schmollinger	AUT	1:02.87
23	–	Adam Whitehead	GBR	1:02.91
24	–	Marek Krawczyk	POL	1:03.00
25	–	Pat Calhoun	USA	1:03.03
26	–	Patrik Isaksson	SWE	1:03.05
27	–	Steven Ferguson	NZL	1:03.06
28	–	Terence Parkin	RSA	1:03.11
29	–	Zhu Yi	CHN	1:03.20
30	–	Vanja Rogulj	CRO	1:03.58
31	–	Eduardo Fischer	BRA	1:03.72
=32	–	Tal Stricker	ISR	1:03.99
=32	–	Raiko Pachel	EST	1:03.99
=34	–	Arsenio López	PUR	1:04.02
=34	–	Valērijs Kalmikovs	LAT	1:04.02
36	–	Vadim Tatarov	MDA	1:04.12
37	–	Francisco Suriano	ESA	1:04.31
38	–	Álvaro Fortuny	GUA	1:04.35
39	–	Alwin de Prins	LUX	1:04.37
40	–	Yang Shang-Hsuan	TPE	1:04.54
41	–	Andrew Bree	IRL	1:04.58
42	–	Nikola Savčić	SCG	1:04.64
43	–	Alfredo Jacobo	MEX	1:04.67
44	–	Iván Rodríguez	PAN	1:04.68
45	–	Jo Gyeong-Hwan	KOR	1:04.71
46	–	Aliaksandr Hukau	BLR	1:04.96
47	–	Wickus Nienaber	SWZ	1:04.98
48	–	Juan José Madrigal	CRC	1:05.14
49	–	Jörg Lindemeier	NAM	1:05.25
50	–	Matthew Kwok	HKG	1:05.28
51	–	Sylvain Fauré	MON	1:05.51
52	–	Hjalti Guðmundsson	ISL	1:05.55
53	–	Sergio Ferreyra	ARG	1:05.75
54	–	Aleksandr Savitsky	KAZ	1:05.95
55	–	Jean-Luc Razakarivony	MAD	1:05.97
56	–	Ahmad Al-Kudmani	KSA	1:06.07
57	–	Daniel Liew	SGP	1:06.41
58	–	Krasimir Zahov	BUL	1:07.09
59	–	Yevgeny Petrashov	KGZ	1:07.32
60	–	Hakan Kiper	TUR	1:07.46
61	–	Antonio León	PAR	1:08.12
62	–	Malick Fall	SEN	1:08.60
63	–	Kieran Chan	PNG	1:13.34
64	–	Karar Samedul Islam	BAN	1:14.93
65	–	Joe Atuhaire	UGA	1:22.35
DQ	–	Facinet Bangoura	GUI	–		1

Heat #1

Time	11:45

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Antonio León	PAR	1:08.12	0.85	31.67 (1)	36.45 (1)
2	–	Kieran Chan	PNG	1:13.34	0.95	34.09 (2)	39.25 (2)
3	–	Joe Atuhaire	UGA	1:22.35	0.93	36.98 (3)	45.37 (3)

Heat #2

Time	11:48

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Juan José Madrigal	CRC	1:05.14	0.80	30.66 (3)	34.48 (1)
2	–	Sylvain Fauré	MON	1:05.51	0.78	30.59 (1)	34.92 (3)
3	–	Jean-Luc Razakarivony	MAD	1:05.97	0.89	31.38 (4)	34.59 (2)
4	–	Ahmad Al-Kudmani	KSA	1:06.07	0.75	30.64 (2)	35.43 (4)
5	–	Malick Fall	SEN	1:08.60	0.85	32.08 (5)	36.52 (5)
6	–	Karar Samedul Islam	BAN	1:14.93	0.84	34.47 (6)	40.46 (6)
DQ	–	Facinet Bangoura	GUI	–	–	– (–)	–	2

Heat #3

Time	11:51

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Vadim Tatarov	MDA	1:04.12	0.92	29.95 (3)	34.17 (1)
2	–	Francisco Suriano	ESA	1:04.31	0.76	29.91 (2)	34.40 (2)
3	–	Wickus Nienaber	SWZ	1:04.98	0.77	29.83 (1)	35.15 (4)
4	–	Jörg Lindemeier	NAM	1:05.25	0.80	30.46 (5)	34.79 (3)
5	–	Matthew Kwok	HKG	1:05.28	0.66	30.08 (4)	35.20 (5)
6	–	Aleksandr Savitsky	KAZ	1:05.95	0.82	30.54 (6)	35.41 (6)
7	–	Krasimir Zahov	BUL	1:07.09	0.84	30.70 (7)	36.39 (8)
8	–	Hakan Kiper	TUR	1:07.46	0.89	31.35 (8)	36.11 (7)

Heat #4

Time	11:54

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
=1	–	Arsenio López	PUR	1:04.02	0.76	30.24 (=2)	33.78 (3)
=1	–	Valērijs Kalmikovs	LAT	1:04.02	0.80	30.49 (6)	33.53 (1)
3	–	Andrew Bree	IRL	1:04.58	0.84	30.84 (7)	33.74 (2)
4	–	Nikola Savčić	SCG	1:04.64	0.81	29.71 (1)	34.93 (5)
5	–	Jo Gyeong-Hwan	KOR	1:04.71	0.80	30.48 (5)	34.23 (4)
6	–	Hjalti Guðmundsson	ISL	1:05.55	0.79	30.28 (4)	35.27 (6)
7	–	Daniel Liew	SGP	1:06.41	0.72	30.24 (=2)	36.17 (8)
8	–	Yevgeny Petrashov	KGZ	1:07.32	0.97	31.56 (8)	35.76 (7)

Heat #5

Time	11:57

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Tal Stricker	ISR	1:03.99	0.77	29.95 (3)	34.04 (2)
2	–	Álvaro Fortuny	GUA	1:04.35	0.78	29.45 (1)	34.90 (=6)
3	–	Alwin de Prins	LUX	1:04.37	0.84	30.39 (7)	33.98 (1)
4	–	Yang Shang-Hsuan	TPE	1:04.54	0.78	30.28 (5)	34.26 (3)
5	–	Alfredo Jacobo	MEX	1:04.67	0.78	29.77 (2)	34.90 (=6)
6	–	Iván Rodríguez	PAN	1:04.68	0.87	30.10 (4)	34.58 (5)
7	–	Aliaksandr Hukau	BLR	1:04.96	0.90	30.62 (8)	34.34 (4)
8	–	Sergio Ferreyra	ARG	1:05.75	0.77	30.34 (6)	35.41 (8)

Heat #6

Time	12:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Phil Rogers	AUS	1:02.77	0.74	29.40 (3)	33.37 (3)
2	–	Elvin Chia	MAS	1:02.81	0.83	29.66 (6)	33.15 (1)
3	–	Patrick Schmollinger	AUT	1:02.87	0.83	29.36 (2)	33.51 (4)
4	–	Marek Krawczyk	POL	1:03.00	0.74	29.76 (7)	33.24 (2)
5	–	Steven Ferguson	NZL	1:03.06	0.79	29.33 (1)	33.73 (6)
6	–	Vanja Rogulj	CRO	1:03.58	0.78	29.64 (5)	33.94 (7)
7	–	Eduardo Fischer	BRA	1:03.72	0.75	30.15 (8)	33.57 (5)
8	–	Raiko Pachel	EST	1:03.99	0.84	29.61 (4)	34.38 (8)

Heat #7

Time	12:03

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Károly Güttler	HUN	1:01.66	0.78	28.73 (1)	32.93 (4)	Q
2	–	Kosuke Kitajima	JPN	1:01.68	0.67	29.36 (5)	32.32 (2)	Q
3	–	Morgan Knabe	CAN	1:01.81	0.79	28.79 (2)	33.02 (5)	Q
4	–	Dmitry Komornikov	RUS	1:01.87	0.80	29.63 (7)	32.24 (1)	Q
5	–	Hugues Duboscq	FRA	1:02.40	0.80	29.14 (3)	33.26 (6)	Q
6	–	Adam Whitehead	GBR	1:02.91	0.78	29.54 (6)	33.37 (7)
7	–	Pat Calhoun	USA	1:03.03	0.68	29.33 (4)	33.70 (8)
8	–	Terence Parkin	RSA	1:03.11	0.75	30.36 (8)	32.75 (3)

Heat #8

Time	12:07

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Domenico Fioravanti	ITA	1:01.32	0.79	29.13 (4)	32.19 (1)	Q
2	–	Daniel Málek	CZE	1:01.56	0.86	29.25 (=5)	32.31 (2)	Q
3	–	Ed Moses	USA	1:01.59	0.73	28.81 (2)	32.78 (3)	Q
4	–	Brett Petersen	RSA	1:02.20	0.74	28.92 (3)	33.28 (5)	Q
5	–	Darren Mew	GBR	1:02.42	0.93	28.79 (1)	33.63 (7)	Q
6	–	Remo Lütolf	SUI	1:02.54	0.89	29.29 (7)	33.25 (4)	Q
7	–	José Couto	POR	1:02.79	0.78	29.25 (=5)	33.54 (6)
8	–	Zhu Yi	CHN	1:03.20	0.86	29.55 (8)	33.65 (8)

Heat #9

Time	12:11

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Marcel Wouda	NED	1:02.00	0.91	29.49 (6)	32.51 (2)	Q
2	–	Jens Kruppa	GER	1:02.09	0.82	29.04 (=3)	33.05 (3)	Q
3	–	Roman Sludnov	RUS	1:02.15	0.77	29.78 (8)	32.37 (1)	Q
4	–	Jarno Pihlava	FIN	1:02.21	0.73	28.78 (1)	33.43 (6)	Q
5	–	Oleh Lisohor	UKR	1:02.24	0.75	29.09 (5)	33.15 (4)	Q
6	–	Mark Warnecke	GER	1:02.85	0.73	28.96 (2)	33.89 (7)
7	–	Akira Hayashi	JPN	1:02.86	0.66	29.57 (7)	33.29 (5)
8	–	Patrik Isaksson	SWE	1:03.05	0.82	29.04 (=3)	34.01 (8)

Semi-Finals

Date	16 September 2000
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Domenico Fioravanti	ITA	1:00.84	Q
2	–	Roman Sludnov	RUS	1:01.15	Q
3	–	Ed Moses	USA	1:01.22	Q
4	–	Kosuke Kitajima	JPN	1:01.31	Q
5	–	Brett Petersen	RSA	1:01.42	Q
6	–	Daniel Málek	CZE	1:01.60	Q
7	–	Morgan Knabe	CAN	1:01.70	Q
8	–	Remo Lütolf	SUI	1:01.81	Q
9	–	Károly Güttler	HUN	1:01.83
10	–	Dmitry Komornikov	RUS	1:01.88
=11	–	Jarno Pihlava	FIN	1:01.92
=11	–	Jens Kruppa	GER	1:01.92
13	–	Marcel Wouda	NED	1:01.94
14	–	Darren Mew	GBR	1:01.98
15	–	Oleh Lisohor	UKR	1:02.00
16	–	Hugues Duboscq	FRA	1:02.89

Heat #1

Time	19:43

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Roman Sludnov	RUS	1:01.15	0.79	28.80 (1)	32.35 (1)	Q
2	–	Daniel Málek	CZE	1:01.60	0.78	29.12 (8)	32.48 (2)	Q
3	–	Morgan Knabe	CAN	1:01.70	0.77	28.95 (=4)	32.75 (3)	Q
4	–	Remo Lütolf	SUI	1:01.81	0.79	28.84 (2)	32.97 (6)	Q
5	–	Károly Güttler	HUN	1:01.83	0.76	28.95 (=4)	32.88 (4)
6	–	Jarno Pihlava	FIN	1:01.92	0.72	28.90 (3)	33.02 (7)
7	–	Marcel Wouda	NED	1:01.94	0.89	29.05 (6)	32.89 (5)
8	–	Hugues Duboscq	FRA	1:02.89	0.78	29.11 (7)	33.78 (8)

Heat #2

Time	19:48

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Domenico Fioravanti	ITA	1:00.84	0.86	28.82 (5)	32.02 (1)	Q
2	–	Ed Moses	USA	1:01.22	0.77	28.46 (2)	32.76 (4)	Q
3	–	Kosuke Kitajima	JPN	1:01.31	0.68	28.97 (7)	32.34 (2)	Q
4	–	Brett Petersen	RSA	1:01.42	0.71	28.17 (1)	33.25 (6)	Q
5	–	Dmitry Komornikov	RUS	1:01.88	0.81	29.38 (8)	32.50 (3)
6	–	Jens Kruppa	GER	1:01.92	0.82	28.93 (6)	32.99 (5)
7	–	Darren Mew	GBR	1:01.98	0.78	28.62 (3)	33.36 (8)
8	–	Oleh Lisohor	UKR	1:02.00	0.75	28.67 (4)	33.33 (7)

Final Round

Date	17 September 2000 — 19:33

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Domenico Fioravanti	ITA	1:00.46	0.77	28.91 (=5)	31.55 (1)	OR
2	–	Ed Moses	USA	1:00.73	0.74	28.60 (1)	32.13 (3)
3	–	Roman Sludnov	RUS	1:00.91	0.77	29.23 (8)	31.68 (2)
4	–	Kosuke Kitajima	JPN	1:01.34	0.68	28.92 (7)	32.42 (4)
5	–	Daniel Málek	CZE	1:01.50	0.80	28.91 (=5)	32.59 (5)
6	–	Morgan Knabe	CAN	1:01.58	0.75	28.88 (3)	32.70 (6)
7	–	Brett Petersen	RSA	1:01.63	0.75	28.89 (4)	32.74 (7)
8	–	Remo Lütolf	SUI	1:01.88	0.83	28.64 (2)	33.24 (8)