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4 x 100 metres Medley Relay, Men

Date	22 – 23 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	102 from 23 countries

After the disappointment of defeat in the freestyle relays, the US team badly wanted to avoid being shut out of gold in the medley relay. Their team appeared much stronger than their opposition as it included three individual medalists and a fourth place finisher – something their rivals could not call upon.

In the final Lenny Krayzelburg’s backstroke put Team USA into a healthy lead that Ed Moses extended to two seconds over the second leg. Australia rallied on the penultimate leg but Gary Hall, Jr. earned redemption for his 4 x 100 metres freestyle swim by extending the gap on the final leg. This kept the US streak of having won the event every time they had contested it. Australia had the consolation of silver with Germany back in third.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	United States	USA	3:38.59 (2 h3)	3:33.73 (1)	Gold
	Lenny Krayzelburg • Ed Moses • Ian Crocker • Gary Hall, Jr. • Tommy Hannan • Jason Lezak • Neil Walker
2	Australia	AUS	3:39.38 (1 h2)	3:35.27 (2)	Silver
	Matt Welsh • Regan Harrison • Geoff Huegill • Michael Klim • Ryan Mitchell • Adam Pine • Ian Thorpe • Josh Watson
3	Germany	GER	3:38.50 (1 h3)	3:35.88 (3)	Bronze
	Stev Theloke • Jens Kruppa • Thomas Rupprath • Torsten Spanneberg
4	Netherlands	NED	3:40.10 (2 h2)	3:37.53 (4)
	Klaas-Erik Zwering • Marcel Wouda • Joris Keizer • Pieter van den Hoogenband • Mark Veens
5	Hungary	HUN	3:38.58 (1 h1)	3:39.09 (5)
	Péter Horváth • Károly Güttler • Zsolt Gáspár • Attila Zubor
6	Canada	CAN	3:40.56 (3 h1)	3:39.88 (6)
	Chris Renaud • Morgan Knabe • Mike Mintenko • Craig Hutchison • Yannick Lupien • Shamek Pietucha
7	France	FRA	3:40.31 (2 h1)	3:40.02 (7)
	Simon Dufour • Hugues Duboscq • Franck Esposito • Fréd Bousquet
8	Great Britain	GBR	3:39.60 (3 h3)	3:40.19 (8)
	Neil Willey • Darren Mew • James Hickman • Sion Brinn
9	Russian Federation	RUS	3:40.83 (4 h1)	–
	Vladislav Aminov • Dmitry Komornikov • Igor Marchenko • Denis Pimankov
10	Sweden	SWE	3:40.88 (5 h1)	–
	Daniel Carlsson • Martin Gustavsson • Stefan Nystrand • Mattias Ohlin
11	Ukraine	UKR	3:41.05 (4 h3)	–
	Oleh Lisohor • Volodymyr Nikolaichuk • Slava Shyrshov • Denys Sylantiev
12	Brazil	BRA	3:42.31 (3 h2)	–
	Gustavo Borges • Eduardo Fischer • Alexandre Massura • Xuxa Scherer
13	South Africa	RSA	3:42.44 (4 h2)	–
	Nick Folker • Brett Petersen • Simon Thirsk • Theo Verster
14	Croatia	CRO	3:42.73 (5 h3)	–
	Duje Draganja • Gordan Kožulj • Miloš Milošević • Vanja Rogulj
15	Spain	ESP	3:42.76 (6 h3)	–
	Javier Botello • Santiago Castellanos • Daniel Morales • David Ortega
16	Switzerland	SUI	3:42.78 (6 h1)	–
	Philipp Gilgen • Remo Lütolf • Philippe Meyer • Karel Novy
17	Israel	ISR	3:43.39 (5 h2)	–
	Yoav Bruck • Yoav Meiri • Tal Stricker • Eithan Urbach
18	Argentina	ARG	3:43.61 (7 h3)	–
	Pablo Abal • Sergio Ferreyra • José Meolans • Eduardo Otero
19	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	3:46.70 (7 h1)	–
	Sergey Ashikhmin • Aleksandr Shilin • Aleksandr Tkachev • Konstantin Ushkov
20	Cuba	CUB	3:46.88 (8 h3)	–
	Rodolfo Falcón • Yohan García • Marcos Hernández • Gunter Rodríguez
21	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:47.37 (6 h2)	–
	Fu Yong • Ouyang Kunpeng • Xie Xufeng • Zhu Yi
22	Malaysia	MAS	3:48.32 (8 h1)	–
	Anthony Ang • Elvin Chia • Alex Lim • Allen Ong
DQ	Finland	FIN	– (DQ h2)	–
	Jere Hård • Jarno Pihlava • Jani Sievinen • Tero Välimaa
DNS	Poland	POL	– (DNS h2)	–		1

Round One (22 September 2000)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One (12:44)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	7	Hungary	HUN		3:38.58			Q
		Péter Horváth		26.56	55.74	–	55.74 (1)
		Károly Güttler		28.35	1:01.52	0.11	1:57.26 (2)
		Zsolt Gáspár		24.18	52.36	0.20	2:49.62 (1)
		Attila Zubor		23.32	48.96	0.21	3:38.58 (1)
2	6	France	FRA		3:40.31			Q
		Simon Dufour		27.39	55.82	–	55.82 (2)
		Hugues Duboscq		29.11	1:02.16	0.09	1:57.98 (3)
		Franck Esposito		24.49	52.60	0.45	2:50.58 (3)
		Fréd Bousquet		23.79	49.73	0.20	3:40.31 (2)
3	5	Canada	CAN		3:40.56			Q
		Chris Renaud		27.24	56.26	–	56.26 (3)
		Morgan Knabe		28.50	1:00.88	0.13	1:57.14 (1)
		Shamek Pietucha		24.59	53.27	0.15	2:50.41 (2)
		Yannick Lupien		23.98	50.15	0.28	3:40.56 (3)
4	4	Russian Federation	RUS		3:40.83
		Vladislav Aminov		27.02	56.53	–	56.53 (4)
		Dmitry Komornikov		29.34	1:01.70	0.26	1:58.23 (4)
		Igor Marchenko		25.01	53.75	0.52	2:51.98 (4)
		Denis Pimankov		23.19	48.85	0.35	3:40.83 (4)
5	3	Sweden	SWE		3:40.88
		Mattias Ohlin		27.51	57.05	–	57.05 (5)
		Martin Gustavsson		28.72	1:01.86	0.11	1:58.91 (5)
		Daniel Carlsson		24.21	53.30	0.43	2:52.21 (5)
		Stefan Nystrand		22.51	48.67	0.03	3:40.88 (5)
6	2	Switzerland	SUI		3:42.78
		Philipp Gilgen		27.93	57.31	–	57.31 (6)
		Remo Lütolf		28.06	1:01.64	-0.02	1:58.95 (6)
		Philippe Meyer		24.93	53.95	0.12	2:52.90 (6)
		Karel Novy		24.07	49.88	0.13	3:42.78 (6)
7	8	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ		3:46.70
		Aleksandr Shilin		27.95	57.88	–	57.88 (7)
		Aleksandr Tkachev		29.82	1:03.69	0.47	2:01.57 (7)
		Konstantin Ushkov		24.59	54.05	0.17	2:55.62 (7)
		Sergey Ashikhmin		24.05	51.08	0.33	3:46.70 (7)
8	1	Malaysia	MAS		3:48.32
		Alex Lim		28.30	58.48	–	58.48 (8)
		Elvin Chia		29.29	1:03.18	0.29	2:01.66 (8)
		Anthony Ang		25.71	55.70	0.18	2:57.36 (8)
		Allen Ong		23.76	50.96	0.03	3:48.32 (8)

Heat Two (12:51)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	Australia	AUS		3:39.38			Q
		Josh Watson		26.79	55.39	–	55.39 (1)
		Ryan Mitchell		28.92	1:02.29	0.16	1:57.68 (1)
		Adam Pine		24.67	52.87	0.33	2:50.55 (1)
		Ian Thorpe		23.43	48.83	0.18	3:39.38 (1)
2	5	Netherlands	NED		3:40.10			Q
		Klaas-Erik Zwering		27.72	56.99	–	56.99 (5)
		Marcel Wouda		28.67	1:01.74	0.27	1:58.73 (2)
		Joris Keizer		24.29	52.24	0.28	2:50.97 (2)
		Mark Veens		23.24	49.13	0.44	3:40.10 (2)
3	3	Brazil	BRA		3:42.31
		Alexandre Massura		27.28	55.83	–	55.83 (2)
		Eduardo Fischer		29.43	1:03.49	0.18	1:59.32 (4)
		Xuxa Scherer		24.66	53.80	0.47	2:53.12 (4)
		Gustavo Borges		23.61	49.19	0.09	3:42.31 (3)
4	1	South Africa	RSA		3:42.44
		Simon Thirsk		27.71	56.88	–	56.88 (4)
		Brett Petersen		28.20	1:02.51	0.13	1:59.39 (5)
		Theo Verster		24.79	53.52	0.24	2:52.91 (3)
		Nick Folker		23.15	49.53	0.18	3:42.44 (4)
5	7	Israel	ISR		3:43.39
		Eithan Urbach		27.26	56.12	–	56.12 (3)
		Tal Stricker		28.92	1:02.65	0.02	1:58.77 (3)
		Yoav Meiri		25.44	54.54	0.07	2:53.31 (5)
		Yoav Bruck		23.64	50.08	0.16	3:43.39 (5)
6	8	People's Republic of China	CHN		3:47.37
		Fu Yong		28.66	58.34	–	58.34 (6)
		Zhu Yi		29.62	1:03.35	0.24	2:01.69 (6)
		Ouyang Kunpeng		25.36	53.96	0.28	2:55.65 (6)
		Xie Xufeng		24.53	51.72	0.43	3:47.37 (6)
DQ	6	Finland	FIN		–				2
		Jani Sievinen		28.08	56.49	–	56.49 (AC)
		Jarno Pihlava		–	–	–	– (AC)
		Tero Välimaa		–	–	–	– (AC)
		Jere Hård		–	–	–	– (AC)
DNS	2	Poland	POL		–				3

Heat Three (12:58)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	3	Germany	GER		3:38.50			Q
		Stev Theloke		26.86	55.54	–	55.54 (2)
		Jens Kruppa		28.37	1:01.39	0.26	1:56.93 (2)
		Thomas Rupprath		23.94	52.39	0.30	2:49.32 (1)
		Torsten Spanneberg		23.29	49.18	0.27	3:38.50 (1)
2	4	United States	USA		3:38.59			Q
		Neil Walker		26.23	55.10	–	55.10 (1)
		Ed Moses		28.30	1:01.34	0.27	1:56.44 (1)
		Tommy Hannan		24.64	53.32	0.26	2:49.76 (2)
		Jason Lezak		23.44	48.83	0.31	3:38.59 (2)
3	5	Great Britain	GBR		3:39.60			Q
		Neil Willey		26.92	56.13	–	56.13 (5)
		Darren Mew		27.76	1:01.01	0.07	1:57.14 (3)
		James Hickman		24.59	52.84	0.10	2:49.98 (3)
		Sion Brinn		23.30	49.62	0.07	3:39.60 (3)
4	6	Ukraine	UKR		3:41.05
		Volodymyr Nikolaichuk		27.57	56.41	–	56.41 (6)
		Oleh Lisohor		27.93	1:01.84	0.25	1:58.25 (4)
		Denys Sylantiev		24.64	52.99	0.41	2:51.24 (4)
		Slava Shyrshov		23.53	49.81	0.47	3:41.05 (4)
5	8	Croatia	CRO		3:42.73
		Gordan Kožulj		27.59	56.52	–	56.52 (7)
		Vanja Rogulj		28.37	1:02.19	0.16	1:58.71 (5)
		Miloš Milošević		24.61	54.08	0.21	2:52.79 (6)
		Duje Draganja		23.49	49.94	0.39	3:42.73 (5)
6	2	Spain	ESP		3:42.76
		David Ortega		27.05	55.68	–	55.68 (3)
		Santiago Castellanos		29.06	1:03.15	0.27	1:58.83 (6)
		Daniel Morales		24.12	53.91	0.18	2:52.74 (5)
		Javier Botello		23.91	50.02	0.26	3:42.76 (6)
7	7	Argentina	ARG		3:43.61
		Eduardo Otero		27.89	58.00	–	58.00 (8)
		Sergio Ferreyra		29.09	1:02.73	0.38	2:00.73 (7)
		Pablo Abal		24.85	53.96	0.15	2:54.69 (7)
		José Meolans		22.60	48.92	0.14	3:43.61 (7)
8	1	Cuba	CUB		3:46.88
		Rodolfo Falcón		27.38	55.97	–	55.97 (4)
		Gunter Rodríguez		30.93	1:05.40	0.02	2:01.37 (8)
		Yohan García		25.91	55.65	0.19	2:57.02 (8)
		Marcos Hernández		23.61	49.86	0.04	3:46.88 (8)

Final (23 September 2000 — 16:36)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	3	United States	USA		3:33.73			WR
		Lenny Krayzelburg		26.09	53.87	–	53.87 (1)
		Ed Moses		27.29	59.84	0.11	1:53.71 (1)
		Ian Crocker		23.97	52.10	0.25	2:45.81 (1)
		Gary Hall, Jr.		22.49	47.92	0.17	3:33.73 (1)
2	6	Australia	AUS		3:35.27
		Matt Welsh		26.33	54.29	–	54.29 (2)
		Regan Harrison		28.57	1:01.48	0.31	1:55.77 (3)
		Geoff Huegill		23.68	51.33	0.15	2:47.10 (2)
		Michael Klim		22.86	48.17	0.37	3:35.27 (2)
3	4	Germany	GER		3:35.88
		Stev Theloke		26.66	55.07	–	55.07 (3)
		Jens Kruppa		27.76	1:00.52	0.22	1:55.59 (2)
		Thomas Rupprath		23.67	52.14	0.11	2:47.73 (3)
		Torsten Spanneberg		22.70	48.15	0.30	3:35.88 (3)
4	7	Netherlands	NED		3:37.53
		Klaas-Erik Zwering		27.71	56.83	–	56.83 (8)
		Marcel Wouda		28.56	1:01.20	0.16	1:58.03 (7)
		Joris Keizer		23.84	52.26	0.22	2:50.29 (7)
		Pieter van den Hoogenband		22.21	47.24	0.04	3:37.53 (4)
5	5	Hungary	HUN		3:39.09
		Péter Horváth		26.68	55.90	–	55.90 (6)
		Károly Güttler		28.03	1:01.23	0.22	1:57.13 (5)
		Zsolt Gáspár		24.34	52.95	0.17	2:50.08 (5)
		Attila Zubor		22.96	49.01	0.22	3:39.09 (5)
6	8	Canada	CAN		3:39.88
		Chris Renaud		26.90	55.66	–	55.66 (4)
		Morgan Knabe		28.37	1:01.23	0.32	1:56.89 (4)
		Mike Mintenko		23.91	52.66	0.22	2:49.55 (4)
		Craig Hutchison		23.69	50.33	0.28	3:39.88 (6)
7	1	France	FRA		3:40.02
		Simon Dufour		27.04	55.67	–	55.67 (5)
		Hugues Duboscq		28.36	1:01.69	0.04	1:57.36 (6)
		Franck Esposito		24.47	52.80	0.26	2:50.16 (6)
		Fréd Bousquet		23.62	49.86	0.11	3:40.02 (7)
8	2	Great Britain	GBR		3:40.19
		Neil Willey		27.08	56.49	–	56.49 (7)
		Darren Mew		27.74	1:01.76	0.09	1:58.25 (8)
		James Hickman		24.21	52.53	0.19	2:50.78 (8)
		Sion Brinn		23.13	49.41	0.12	3:40.19 (8)