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200 metres Backstroke, Men

Date	20 – 21 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	45 from 38 countries

Lenny Krayzelburg, the American who had won both backstroke titles at the most recent world championships, had been unbeaten for two years prior to the US Olympic trials but at the trials he suffered a surprise defeat by to 17-year-old Aaron Peirsol. Krayzelburg was back on form in time for the Olympic Games and swam away from Peirsol to win the gold medal by three quarters of a second. He became the fourth man to win the double of 100 and 200 metres backstroke gold medals at the Olympic Games. Although beaten by Krayzelburg in Sydney, Peirsol would return to dominate the backstroke events Olympics in 2004 and 2008 and win five Olympic titles.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Lenny Krayzelburg	USA	1:58.40 (1 h6)	1:57.27 (1 h2)	1:56.76 (1)	Gold
2	Aaron Peirsol	USA	1:59.10 (1 h5)	1:58.44 (1 h1)	1:57.35 (2)	Silver
3	Matt Welsh	AUS	1:59.76 (3 h6)	1:58.57 (2 h1)	1:57.59 (3)	Bronze
4	Örn Arnarson	ISL	1:59.80 (2 h4)	1:58.99 (3 h1)	1:59.00 (4)
5	Emanuele Merisi	ITA	1:59.92 (2 h5)	1:59.78 (4 h2)	1:59.01 (5)
6	Răzvan Florea	ROU	1:59.79 (1 h4)	1:59.44 (2 h2)	1:59.05 (6)
7	Rogério Romero	BRA	2:00.48 (3 h5)	1:59.69 (4 h1)	1:59.27 (7)
8	Gordan Kožulj	CRO	2:00.19 (3 h4)	1:59.56 (3 h2)	1:59.38 (8)
9	Marko Strahija	CRO	2:00.72 (4 h5)	1:59.85 (5 h1)	–
10	Klaas-Erik Zwering	NED	2:00.94 (1 h3)	2:00.06 (6 h1)	–
11	Cameron Delaney	AUS	1:59.61 (2 h6)	2:00.39 (5 h2)	–
12	Sergey Ostapchuk	RUS	2:00.17 (4 h6)	2:00.47 (7 h1)	–
13	Chris Renaud	CAN	2:00.51 (4 h4)	2:01.19 (6 h2)	–
14	Leonardo Costa	BRA	2:01.08 (6 h4)	2:02.26 (8 h1)	–
15	Volodymyr Nikolaichuk	UKR	2:01.07 (5 h4)	2:02.27 (7 h2)	–
16	Yoav Gath	ISR	2:00.80 (5 h5)	2:03.80 (8 h2)	–
17	Simon Dufour	FRA	2:01.09 (6 h5)	–	–
18	Adam Ruckwood	GBR	2:01.11 (5 h6)	–	–
19	Simon Militis	GBR	2:01.20 (6 h6)	–	–
20	Dustin Hersee	CAN	2:01.34 (7 h6)	–	–
21	Ralf Braun	GER	2:01.35 (8 h6)	–	–
22	Scott Talbot	NZL	2:01.53 (2 h3)	–	–
23	Blaž Medvešek	SLO	2:01.67 (3 h3)	–	–
24	Neisser Bent	CUB	2:02.05 (1 h2)	–	–
25	Mirko Mazzari	ITA	2:02.13 (7 h5)	–	–
26	Fu Yong	CHN	2:02.70 (7 h4)	–	–
27	Markus Rogan	AUT	2:02.84 (4 h3)	–	–
28	Alejandro Bermúdez	COL	2:03.43 (5 h3)	–	–
29	Guillermo Mediano	ESP	2:03.45 (8 h5)	–	–
30	Mário Carvalho	POR	2:03.82 (2 h2)	–	–
31	Miroslav Machovič	SVK	2:04.73 (6 h3)	–	–
32	Arūnas Savickas	LTU	2:05.06 (7 h3)	–	–
33	Alex Fong	HKG	2:05.47 (1 h1)	–	–
34	Eduardo Otero	ARG	2:05.51 (3 h2)	–	–
35	Torwai Sethsothorn	THA	2:05.52 (4 h2)	–	–
36	Ahmed Hussain	EGY	2:06.10 (5 h2)	–	–
37	Gary Tan	SGP	2:06.32 (6 h2)	–	–
38	Andrei Mihailov	MDA	2:06.67 (2 h1)	–	–
39	Lee Jong-Min	KOR	2:07.14 (7 h2)	–	–
40	Ivan Angelov	BUL	2:07.30 (3 h1)	–	–
41	Guillermo Cabrera	DOM	2:08.22 (4 h1)	–	–
42	Alex Lim	MAS	2:08.23 (8 h3)	–	–
43	Miloš Cerović	SCG	2:09.07 (5 h1)	–	–
44	Aleksandr Yegorov	KGZ	2:13.86 (6 h1)	–	–
DQ	Viktor Bodrogi	HUN	– (DQ h4)	–	–

Round One

Date	20 September 2000
Format	Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Lenny Krayzelburg	USA	1:58.40	QOR
2	–	Aaron Peirsol	USA	1:59.10	Q
3	–	Cameron Delaney	AUS	1:59.61	Q
4	–	Matt Welsh	AUS	1:59.76	Q
5	–	Răzvan Florea	ROU	1:59.79	Q
6	–	Örn Arnarson	ISL	1:59.80	Q
7	–	Emanuele Merisi	ITA	1:59.92	Q
8	–	Sergey Ostapchuk	RUS	2:00.17	Q
9	–	Gordan Kožulj	CRO	2:00.19	Q
10	–	Rogério Romero	BRA	2:00.48	Q
11	–	Chris Renaud	CAN	2:00.51	Q
12	–	Marko Strahija	CRO	2:00.72	Q
13	–	Yoav Gath	ISR	2:00.80	Q
14	–	Klaas-Erik Zwering	NED	2:00.94	Q
15	–	Volodymyr Nikolaichuk	UKR	2:01.07	Q
16	–	Leonardo Costa	BRA	2:01.08	Q
17	–	Simon Dufour	FRA	2:01.09
18	–	Adam Ruckwood	GBR	2:01.11
19	–	Simon Militis	GBR	2:01.20
20	–	Dustin Hersee	CAN	2:01.34
21	–	Ralf Braun	GER	2:01.35
22	–	Scott Talbot	NZL	2:01.53
23	–	Blaž Medvešek	SLO	2:01.67
24	–	Neisser Bent	CUB	2:02.05
25	–	Mirko Mazzari	ITA	2:02.13
26	–	Fu Yong	CHN	2:02.70
27	–	Markus Rogan	AUT	2:02.84
28	–	Alejandro Bermúdez	COL	2:03.43
29	–	Guillermo Mediano	ESP	2:03.45
30	–	Mário Carvalho	POR	2:03.82
31	–	Miroslav Machovič	SVK	2:04.73
32	–	Arūnas Savickas	LTU	2:05.06
33	–	Alex Fong	HKG	2:05.47
34	–	Eduardo Otero	ARG	2:05.51
35	–	Torwai Sethsothorn	THA	2:05.52
36	–	Ahmed Hussain	EGY	2:06.10
37	–	Gary Tan	SGP	2:06.32
38	–	Andrei Mihailov	MDA	2:06.67
39	–	Lee Jong-Min	KOR	2:07.14
40	–	Ivan Angelov	BUL	2:07.30
41	–	Guillermo Cabrera	DOM	2:08.22
42	–	Alex Lim	MAS	2:08.23
43	–	Miloš Cerović	SCG	2:09.07
44	–	Aleksandr Yegorov	KGZ	2:13.86
DQ	–	Viktor Bodrogi	HUN	–		1

Heat #1

Time	10:29

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Alex Fong	HKG	2:05.47	29.98 (3)	1:01.74 (2)	1:33.50 (2)	31.76 (2)	31.76 (1)	31.97 (2)
2	–	Andrei Mihailov	MDA	2:06.67	29.53 (1)	1:01.19 (1)	1:33.42 (1)	31.66 (1)	32.23 (2)	33.25 (4)
3	–	Ivan Angelov	BUL	2:07.30	30.23 (5)	1:02.36 (4)	1:35.50 (4)	32.13 (3)	33.14 (4)	31.80 (1)
4	–	Guillermo Cabrera	DOM	2:08.22	29.93 (2)	1:02.21 (3)	1:35.26 (3)	32.28 (5)	33.05 (3)	32.96 (3)
5	–	Miloš Cerović	SCG	2:09.07	30.26 (6)	1:02.41 (5)	1:35.68 (5)	32.15 (4)	33.27 (5)	33.39 (5)
6	–	Aleksandr Yegorov	KGZ	2:13.86	30.06 (4)	1:03.32 (6)	1:38.06 (6)	33.26 (6)	34.74 (6)	35.80 (6)

Heat #2

Time	10:33

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Neisser Bent	CUB	2:02.05	28.77 (1)	59.66 (1)	1:30.61 (1)	30.89 (1)	30.95 (1)	31.44 (3)
2	–	Mário Carvalho	POR	2:03.82	29.92 (6)	1:01.21 (4)	1:32.62 (2)	31.29 (2)	31.41 (2)	31.20 (1)
3	–	Eduardo Otero	ARG	2:05.51	29.38 (2)	1:01.14 (3)	1:33.34 (3)	31.76 (5)	32.20 (3)	32.17 (4)
4	–	Torwai Sethsothorn	THA	2:05.52	30.14 (7)	1:02.06 (7)	1:34.30 (7)	31.92 (7)	32.24 (4)	31.22 (2)
5	–	Ahmed Hussain	EGY	2:06.10	29.59 (5)	1:01.34 (6)	1:33.80 (6)	31.75 (4)	32.46 (6)	32.30 (5)
6	–	Gary Tan	SGP	2:06.32	29.47 (3)	1:01.32 (5)	1:33.66 (=4)	31.85 (6)	32.34 (5)	32.66 (6)
7	–	Lee Jong-Min	KOR	2:07.14	29.49 (4)	1:00.98 (2)	1:33.66 (=4)	31.49 (3)	32.68 (7)	33.48 (7)

Heat #3

Time	10:37

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Klaas-Erik Zwering	NED	2:00.94	28.56 (1)	59.13 (1)	1:29.96 (1)	30.57 (2)	30.83 (1)	30.98 (1)	Q
2	–	Scott Talbot	NZL	2:01.53	28.99 (4)	59.26 (2)	1:30.13 (2)	30.27 (1)	30.87 (2)	31.40 (2)
3	–	Blaž Medvešek	SLO	2:01.67	28.64 (2)	59.29 (3)	1:30.24 (3)	30.65 (3)	30.95 (3)	31.43 (3)
4	–	Markus Rogan	AUT	2:02.84	28.77 (3)	59.49 (4)	1:30.89 (4)	30.72 (4)	31.40 (5)	31.95 (5)
5	–	Alejandro Bermúdez	COL	2:03.43	29.55 (8)	1:00.64 (7)	1:31.97 (5)	31.09 (6)	31.33 (4)	31.46 (4)
6	–	Miroslav Machovič	SVK	2:04.73	29.20 (7)	59.99 (5)	1:32.41 (7)	30.79 (5)	32.42 (7)	32.32 (6)
7	–	Arūnas Savickas	LTU	2:05.06	29.06 (6)	1:00.56 (6)	1:32.36 (6)	31.50 (7)	31.80 (6)	32.70 (7)
8	–	Alex Lim	MAS	2:08.23	29.02 (5)	1:00.99 (8)	1:34.49 (8)	31.97 (8)	33.50 (8)	33.74 (8)

Heat #4

Time	10:41

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Răzvan Florea	ROU	1:59.79	28.00 (1)	58.26 (1)	1:29.07 (1)	30.26 (2)	30.81 (2)	30.72 (5)	Q
2	–	Örn Arnarson	ISL	1:59.80	28.48 (4)	58.79 (3)	1:29.56 (2)	30.31 (3)	30.77 (1)	30.24 (1)	Q
3	–	Gordan Kožulj	CRO	2:00.19	28.31 (2)	58.70 (2)	1:29.68 (3)	30.39 (4)	30.98 (6)	30.51 (3)	Q
4	–	Chris Renaud	CAN	2:00.51	28.43 (3)	58.97 (4)	1:29.88 (4)	30.54 (5)	30.91 (5)	30.63 (4)	Q
5	–	Volodymyr Nikolaichuk	UKR	2:01.07	28.79 (6)	58.99 (5)	1:29.89 (5)	30.20 (1)	30.90 (4)	31.18 (6)	Q
6	–	Leonardo Costa	BRA	2:01.08	29.11 (7)	59.82 (7)	1:30.65 (6)	30.71 (6)	30.83 (3)	30.43 (2)	Q
7	–	Fu Yong	CHN	2:02.70	28.51 (5)	59.51 (6)	1:31.10 (7)	31.00 (7)	31.59 (7)	31.60 (7)
DQ	–	Viktor Bodrogi	HUN	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–		2

Heat #5

Time	10:46

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Aaron Peirsol	USA	1:59.10	28.36 (1)	58.41 (1)	1:28.66 (1)	30.05 (1)	30.25 (1)	30.44 (5)	Q
2	–	Emanuele Merisi	ITA	1:59.92	28.96 (5)	59.04 (2)	1:29.58 (2)	30.08 (2)	30.54 (=2)	30.34 (4)	Q
3	–	Rogério Romero	BRA	2:00.48	28.82 (3)	59.47 (5)	1:30.31 (4)	30.65 (4)	30.84 (5)	30.17 (2)	Q
4	–	Marko Strahija	CRO	2:00.72	28.51 (2)	59.24 (3)	1:30.53 (5)	30.73 (5)	31.29 (7)	30.19 (3)	Q
5	–	Yoav Gath	ISR	2:00.80	29.16 (7)	1:00.26 (=7)	1:30.80 (6)	31.10 (8)	30.54 (=2)	30.00 (1)	Q
6	–	Simon Dufour	FRA	2:01.09	28.92 (4)	59.26 (4)	1:30.07 (3)	30.34 (3)	30.81 (4)	31.02 (7)
7	–	Mirko Mazzari	ITA	2:02.13	29.37 (8)	1:00.26 (=7)	1:31.33 (7)	30.89 (6)	31.07 (6)	30.80 (6)
8	–	Guillermo Mediano	ESP	2:03.45	29.00 (6)	59.99 (6)	1:31.43 (8)	30.99 (7)	31.44 (8)	32.02 (8)

Heat #6

Time	10:51

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Lenny Krayzelburg	USA	1:58.40	27.80 (1)	57.68 (1)	1:27.87 (1)	29.88 (1)	30.19 (1)	30.53 (2)	QOR
2	–	Cameron Delaney	AUS	1:59.61	28.65 (5)	59.06 (5)	1:29.77 (5)	30.41 (4)	30.71 (2)	29.84 (1)	Q
3	–	Matt Welsh	AUS	1:59.76	28.04 (4)	58.12 (3)	1:28.92 (2)	30.08 (2)	30.80 (4)	30.84 (6)	Q
4	–	Sergey Ostapchuk	RUS	2:00.17	28.03 (3)	58.46 (4)	1:29.28 (4)	30.43 (5)	30.82 (5)	30.89 (7)	Q
5	–	Adam Ruckwood	GBR	2:01.11	28.95 (7)	59.72 (8)	1:30.51 (6)	30.77 (7)	30.79 (3)	30.60 (4)
6	–	Simon Militis	GBR	2:01.20	28.73 (6)	59.56 (7)	1:30.54 (7)	30.83 (8)	30.98 (6)	30.66 (5)
7	–	Dustin Hersee	CAN	2:01.34	29.03 (8)	59.47 (6)	1:30.77 (8)	30.44 (6)	31.30 (8)	30.57 (3)
8	–	Ralf Braun	GER	2:01.35	27.86 (2)	58.04 (2)	1:29.23 (3)	30.18 (3)	31.19 (7)	32.12 (8)

Semi-Finals

Date	20 September 2000
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Lenny Krayzelburg	USA	1:57.27	QOR
2	–	Aaron Peirsol	USA	1:58.44	Q
3	–	Matt Welsh	AUS	1:58.57	Q
4	–	Örn Arnarson	ISL	1:58.99	Q
5	–	Răzvan Florea	ROU	1:59.44	Q
6	–	Gordan Kožulj	CRO	1:59.56	Q
7	–	Rogério Romero	BRA	1:59.69	Q
8	–	Emanuele Merisi	ITA	1:59.78	Q
9	–	Marko Strahija	CRO	1:59.85
10	–	Klaas-Erik Zwering	NED	2:00.06
11	–	Cameron Delaney	AUS	2:00.39
12	–	Sergey Ostapchuk	RUS	2:00.47
13	–	Chris Renaud	CAN	2:01.19
14	–	Leonardo Costa	BRA	2:02.26
15	–	Volodymyr Nikolaichuk	UKR	2:02.27
16	–	Yoav Gath	ISR	2:03.80

Heat #1

Time	19:31

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Aaron Peirsol	USA	1:58.44	27.87 (1)	57.86 (1)	1:28.50 (1)	29.99 (1)	30.64 (4)	29.94 (3)	Q
2	–	Matt Welsh	AUS	1:58.57	28.12 (2)	58.18 (2)	1:29.04 (3)	30.06 (2)	30.86 (5)	29.53 (1)	Q
3	–	Örn Arnarson	ISL	1:58.99	28.16 (3)	58.27 (3)	1:28.74 (2)	30.11 (3)	30.47 (3)	30.25 (5)	Q
4	–	Rogério Romero	BRA	1:59.69	28.47 (6)	58.96 (5)	1:29.39 (5)	30.49 (6)	30.43 (=1)	30.30 (6)	Q
5	–	Marko Strahija	CRO	1:59.85	28.61 (8)	59.09 (=6)	1:30.04 (6)	30.48 (5)	30.95 (6)	29.81 (2)
6	–	Klaas-Erik Zwering	NED	2:00.06	28.32 (5)	58.65 (4)	1:29.08 (4)	30.33 (4)	30.43 (=1)	30.98 (7)
7	–	Sergey Ostapchuk	RUS	2:00.47	28.25 (4)	59.09 (=6)	1:30.41 (7)	30.84 (8)	31.32 (7)	30.06 (4)
8	–	Leonardo Costa	BRA	2:02.26	28.54 (7)	59.24 (8)	1:30.84 (8)	30.70 (7)	31.60 (8)	31.42 (8)

Heat #2

Time	19:37

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Lenny Krayzelburg	USA	1:57.27	27.68 (1)	57.22 (1)	1:26.88 (1)	29.54 (1)	29.66 (1)	30.39 (2)	QOR
2	–	Răzvan Florea	ROU	1:59.44	27.88 (3)	58.08 (3)	1:28.99 (3)	30.20 (3)	30.91 (5)	30.45 (3)	Q
3	–	Gordan Kožulj	CRO	1:59.56	27.69 (2)	57.73 (2)	1:28.34 (2)	30.04 (2)	30.61 (3)	31.22 (7)	Q
4	–	Emanuele Merisi	ITA	1:59.78	28.88 (7)	59.21 (5)	1:29.78 (4)	30.33 (5)	30.57 (2)	30.00 (1)	Q
5	–	Cameron Delaney	AUS	2:00.39	28.66 (6)	58.93 (4)	1:29.79 (5)	30.27 (4)	30.86 (4)	30.60 (5)
6	–	Chris Renaud	CAN	2:01.19	28.56 (5)	59.32 (6)	1:30.72 (6)	30.76 (6)	31.40 (7)	30.47 (4)
7	–	Volodymyr Nikolaichuk	UKR	2:02.27	29.01 (8)	59.85 (8)	1:31.22 (8)	30.84 (7)	31.37 (6)	31.05 (6)
8	–	Yoav Gath	ISR	2:03.80	28.49 (4)	59.55 (7)	1:31.12 (7)	31.06 (8)	31.57 (8)	32.68 (8)

Final Round

Date	21 September 2000 — 19:21

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Lenny Krayzelburg	USA	1:56.76	27.37 (1)	56.59 (1)	1:26.05 (1)	29.22 (1)	29.46 (1)	30.71 (7)	OR
2	–	Aaron Peirsol	USA	1:57.35	27.60 (4)	56.92 (2)	1:27.03 (2)	29.32 (2)	30.11 (2)	30.32 (3)
3	–	Matt Welsh	AUS	1:57.59	27.42 (2)	56.99 (3)	1:27.20 (3)	29.57 (3)	30.21 (3)	30.39 (4)
4	–	Örn Arnarson	ISL	1:59.00	27.87 (5)	57.69 (5)	1:28.25 (4)	29.82 (4)	30.56 (5)	30.75 (8)
5	–	Emanuele Merisi	ITA	1:59.01	28.42 (8)	58.41 (8)	1:28.74 (7)	29.99 (6)	30.33 (4)	30.27 (2)
6	–	Răzvan Florea	ROU	1:59.05	27.49 (3)	57.51 (4)	1:28.37 (5)	30.02 (7)	30.86 (7)	30.68 (5)
7	–	Rogério Romero	BRA	1:59.27	28.24 (7)	58.40 (7)	1:29.02 (8)	30.16 (8)	30.62 (6)	30.25 (1)
8	–	Gordan Kožulj	CRO	1:59.38	27.89 (6)	57.82 (6)	1:28.69 (6)	29.93 (5)	30.87 (8)	30.69 (6)