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200 metres Breaststroke, Men

Date19 – 20 September 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationSydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants47 from 41 countries

Domenico Fioravanti of Italy entered the Sydney Olympic with a season’s best time that would not have been enough to absolutely guarantee him a place in the semi-finals of the 200 metres breaststroke. However, a few days earlier, he had become the first Italian ever to win an Olympic swimming title when he secured a shock victory in the 100 metres breaststroke.

The momentum of his victory carried on to the 200 and his winning time of 2:10.67 was the second fastest time in history behind Mike Barrowman’s gold medal winning swim at the 1992 Olympic Games. By winning the 200 Fioravanti became the first man ever to complete the double of taking both breaststroke gold medals at the same Olympics.

The silver medallist was Terence Parkin of South Africa, who had completely deaf since birth. Since he was unable to react to a starting gun, a strobe light was installed as a replacement. Unusually only one of the men who contested the most recent World Championship also reached the Olympic final and he, Ryan Mitchell finished last in Sydney.

PosCompetitorNOCR1SFFinal
1Domenico FioravantiITA2:15.04 (2 h6)2:12.37 (1 h2)2:10.87 (1)Gold
2Terence ParkinRSA2:15.06 (3 h6)2:13.57 (4 h1)2:12.50 (2)Silver
3Davide RummoloITA2:12.75 (1 h6)2:13.23 (2 h2)2:12.73 (3)Bronze
4Regan HarrisonAUS2:14.85 (4 h7)2:13.75 (3 h2)2:12.88 (4)
5Daniel MálekCZE2:14.10 (1 h4)2:13.46 (2 h1)2:13.20 (5)
6Kyle SalyardsUSA2:15.57 (6 h6)2:13.38 (1 h1)2:13.27 (6)
7Yohan BernardFRA2:15.35 (5 h6)2:13.48 (3 h1)2:13.31 (7)
8Ryan MitchellAUS2:14.69 (1 h5)2:13.87 (4 h2)2:14.00 (8)
9Dmitry KomornikovRUS2:15.70 (5 h7)2:13.95 (5 h1)
10Morgan KnabeCAN2:14.18 (1 h7)2:14.01 (5 h2)
11Maxim PodoprigoraAUT2:14.37 (2 h7)2:14.20 (6 h1)
12Stéphan PerrotFRA2:14.79 (3 h7)2:14.59 (7 h1)
13Norbert RózsaHUN2:15.27 (4 h6)2:14.67 (6 h2)
14Akira HayashiJPN2:15.54 (3 h5)2:15.16 (7 h2)
15Martin GustavssonSWE2:15.02 (2 h5)2:15.23 (8 h1)
16Aleksandr TkachevKGZ2:15.63 (1 h2)2:16.90 (8 h2)
17Kosuke KitajimaJPN2:15.71 (6 h7)
18Marek KrawczykPOL2:16.08 (2 h4)
19Valērijs KalmikovsLAT2:16.21 (3 h4)
20Roman SludnovRUS2:16.26 (4 h5)
21Tom WilkensUSA2:16.30 (5 h5)
22Aliaksandr HukauBLR2:16.93 (6 h5)
23Benno KuipersNED2:17.03 (7 h5)
24Adam WhiteheadGBR2:17.16 (7 h6)
25Jakob SveinssonISL2:17.86 (4 h4)
26José CoutoPOR2:18.08 (7 h7)
27Andrew BreeIRL2:18.14 (5 h4)
28Oleh LisohorUKR2:18.28 (2 h2)
29Jo Gyeong-HwanKOR2:19.16 (1 h3)
30Li Tsung-ChuehTPE2:19.30 (2 h3)
31Steven FergusonNZL2:19.31 (6 h4)
32Tal StrickerISR2:19.33 (7 h4)
33Raiko PachelEST2:19.71 (3 h3)
34Jarno PihlavaFIN2:19.76 (3 h2)
35Francisco SurianoESA2:20.10 (4 h3)
36Jeremy KnowlesBAH2:20.31 (4 h2)
37Andrés BicoccaARG2:20.98 (1 h1)
38Zhu YiCHN2:21.60 (8 h5)
39Álvaro FortunyGUA2:21.78 (5 h3)
40Muhammad Akbar NasutionINA2:23.81 (6 h3)
41Ratapong SirisanontTHA2:23.95 (8 h4)
42Tam Chi KinHKG2:24.04 (7 h3)
43Juan José MadrigalCRC2:24.49 (8 h3)
44Elvin ChiaMAS2:26.84 (8 h7)
45Nguyễn Ngọc AnhVIE2:29.54 (2 h1)
46Sergey VoytsekhovichUZB2:30.23 (5 h2)
47Leonard NgomaZAM2:32.90 (3 h1)
DNSJens KruppaGER– (DNS h6)
DNSVadim TatarovMDA– (DNS h2)

Round One

Date19 September 2000
FormatFastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
17Davide RummoloITA2:12.75Q
25Daniel MálekCZE2:14.10Q
32Morgan KnabeCAN2:14.18Q
47Maxim PodoprigoraAUT2:14.37Q
56Ryan MitchellAUS2:14.69Q
64Stéphan PerrotFRA2:14.79Q
76Regan HarrisonAUS2:14.85Q
87Martin GustavssonSWE2:15.02Q
92Domenico FioravantiITA2:15.04Q
103Terence ParkinRSA2:15.06Q
111Norbert RózsaHUN2:15.27Q
124Yohan BernardFRA2:15.35Q
133Akira HayashiJPN2:15.54Q
145Kyle SalyardsUSA2:15.57Q
152Aleksandr TkachevKGZ2:15.63Q
165Dmitry KomornikovRUS2:15.70Q
173Kosuke KitajimaJPN2:15.71
183Marek KrawczykPOL2:16.08
194Valērijs KalmikovsLAT2:16.21
204Roman SludnovRUS2:16.26
215Tom WilkensUSA2:16.30
228Aliaksandr HukauBLR2:16.93
231Benno KuipersNED2:17.03
246Adam WhiteheadGBR2:17.16
258Jakob SveinssonISL2:17.86
268José CoutoPOR2:18.08
271Andrew BreeIRL2:18.14
286Oleh LisohorUKR2:18.28
292Jo Gyeong-HwanKOR2:19.16
305Li Tsung-ChuehTPE2:19.30
317Steven FergusonNZL2:19.31
326Tal StrickerISR2:19.33
334Raiko PachelEST2:19.71
343Jarno PihlavaFIN2:19.76
358Francisco SurianoESA2:20.10
365Jeremy KnowlesBAH2:20.31
374Andrés BicoccaARG2:20.98
382Zhu YiCHN2:21.60
396Álvaro FortunyGUA2:21.78
401Muhammad Akbar NasutionINA2:23.81
412Ratapong SirisanontTHA2:23.95
427Tam Chi KinHKG2:24.04
433Juan José MadrigalCRC2:24.49
441Elvin ChiaMAS2:26.84
453Nguyễn Ngọc AnhVIE2:29.54
467Sergey VoytsekhovichUZB2:30.23
475Leonard NgomaZAM2:32.90
DNS4Vadim TatarovMDA
DNS8Jens KruppaGER

Heat #1

Time11:04
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
14Andrés BicoccaARG2:20.98
23Nguyễn Ngọc AnhVIE2:29.54
35Leonard NgomaZAM2:32.90

Heat #2

Time11:08
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
12Aleksandr TkachevKGZ2:15.63Q
26Oleh LisohorUKR2:18.28
33Jarno PihlavaFIN2:19.76
45Jeremy KnowlesBAH2:20.31
57Sergey VoytsekhovichUZB2:30.23
DNS4Vadim TatarovMDA

Heat #3

Time11:12
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
12Jo Gyeong-HwanKOR2:19.16
25Li Tsung-ChuehTPE2:19.30
34Raiko PachelEST2:19.71
48Francisco SurianoESA2:20.10
56Álvaro FortunyGUA2:21.78
61Muhammad Akbar NasutionINA2:23.81
77Tam Chi KinHKG2:24.04
83Juan José MadrigalCRC2:24.49

Heat #4

Time11:16
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
15Daniel MálekCZE2:14.10Q
23Marek KrawczykPOL2:16.08
34Valērijs KalmikovsLAT2:16.21
48Jakob SveinssonISL2:17.86
51Andrew BreeIRL2:18.14
67Steven FergusonNZL2:19.31
76Tal StrickerISR2:19.33
82Ratapong SirisanontTHA2:23.95

Heat #5

Time11:20
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
16Ryan MitchellAUS2:14.69Q
27Martin GustavssonSWE2:15.02Q
33Akira HayashiJPN2:15.54Q
44Roman SludnovRUS2:16.26
55Tom WilkensUSA2:16.30
68Aliaksandr HukauBLR2:16.93
71Benno KuipersNED2:17.03
82Zhu YiCHN2:21.60

Heat #6

Time11:25
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
17Davide RummoloITA2:12.75Q
22Domenico FioravantiITA2:15.04Q
33Terence ParkinRSA2:15.06Q
41Norbert RózsaHUN2:15.27Q
54Yohan BernardFRA2:15.35Q
65Kyle SalyardsUSA2:15.57Q
76Adam WhiteheadGBR2:17.16
DNS8Jens KruppaGER

Heat #7

Time11:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
12Morgan KnabeCAN2:14.18Q
27Maxim PodoprigoraAUT2:14.37Q
34Stéphan PerrotFRA2:14.79Q
46Regan HarrisonAUS2:14.85Q
55Dmitry KomornikovRUS2:15.70Q
63Kosuke KitajimaJPN2:15.71
78José CoutoPOR2:18.08
81Elvin ChiaMAS2:26.84

Semi-Finals

Date19 September 2000
FormatFastest eight advanced to the final.
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
12Domenico FioravantiITA2:12.37Q
24Davide RummoloITA2:13.23Q
31Kyle SalyardsUSA2:13.38Q
44Daniel MálekCZE2:13.46Q
57Yohan BernardFRA2:13.48Q
62Terence ParkinRSA2:13.57Q
76Regan HarrisonAUS2:13.75Q
83Ryan MitchellAUS2:13.87Q
98Dmitry KomornikovRUS2:13.95
105Morgan KnabeCAN2:14.01
115Maxim PodoprigoraAUT2:14.20
123Stéphan PerrotFRA2:14.59
137Norbert RózsaHUN2:14.67
141Akira HayashiJPN2:15.16
156Martin GustavssonSWE2:15.23
168Aleksandr TkachevKGZ2:16.90

Heat #1

Time19:57
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
11Kyle SalyardsUSA2:13.38Q
24Daniel MálekCZE2:13.46Q
37Yohan BernardFRA2:13.48Q
42Terence ParkinRSA2:13.57Q
58Dmitry KomornikovRUS2:13.95
65Maxim PodoprigoraAUT2:14.20
73Stéphan PerrotFRA2:14.59
86Martin GustavssonSWE2:15.23

Heat #2

Time20:03
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
12Domenico FioravantiITA2:12.37Q
24Davide RummoloITA2:13.23Q
36Regan HarrisonAUS2:13.75Q
43Ryan MitchellAUS2:13.87Q
55Morgan KnabeCAN2:14.01
67Norbert RózsaHUN2:14.67
71Akira HayashiJPN2:15.16
88Aleksandr TkachevKGZ2:16.90

Final Round

Date20 September 2000 — 19:03
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
14Domenico FioravantiITA2:10.87
27Terence ParkinRSA2:12.50
35Davide RummoloITA2:12.73
41Regan HarrisonAUS2:12.88
56Daniel MálekCZE2:13.20
63Kyle SalyardsUSA2:13.27
72Yohan BernardFRA2:13.31
88Ryan MitchellAUS2:14.00