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4 x 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men

Date	19 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	76 from 16 countries

If the 4 x 100 metres freestyle relay had an epic, the double distance relay turned into a cakewalk for Australia and the only real excitement concerned by how much they were going to beat the world record - the answer turned out to be 1.74 seconds. Behind the dominant Australians the next four teams were separated by a third of a second with the USA edging out the fast finishing Dutch team for the silver medal. A sign of the strength of the Australian team was that they could afford to pick Grant Hackett and Daniel Kowalski only for the heat swims.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	Australia	AUS	7:14.27 (1 h2)	7:07.05 (1)	Gold
	Ian Thorpe • Michael Klim • Todd Pearson • Bill Kirby • Grant Hackett • Daniel Kowalski
2	United States	USA	7:17.22 (1 h1)	7:12.64 (2)	Silver
	Scott Goldblatt • Josh Davis • Jamie Rauch • Klete Keller • Chad Carvin • Nate Dusing
3	Netherlands	NED	7:20.67 (3 h2)	7:12.70 (3)	Bronze
	Martijn Zuijdweg • Johan Kenkhuis • Marcel Wouda • Pieter van den Hoogenband • Mark van der Zijden
4	Italy	ITA	7:17.69 (2 h1)	7:12.91 (4)
	Andrea Beccari • Matteo Pelliciari • Emiliano Brembilla • Massi Rosolino • Simone Cercato • Klaus Lanzarini
5	Great Britain	GBR	7:20.69 (4 h2)	7:12.98 (5)
	Edward Sinclair • Paul Palmer • Marc Spackman • Jamie Salter • Andrew Clayton
6	Germany	GER	7:19.95 (2 h2)	7:20.19 (6)
	Stefan Pohl • Christian Keller • Stefan Herbst • Christian Tröger • Heiko Hell • Michael Kiedel
7	Canada	CAN	7:21.45 (3 h1)	7:21.92 (7)
	Mark Johnston • Mike Mintenko • Rick Say • Yannick Lupien • Brian Johns
8	Russian Federation	RUS	7:23.58 (4 h1)	7:24.37 (8)
	Dmitry Chernyshov • Andrey Kapralov • Sergey Lavrenov • Aleksey Filipets • Aleksey Yegorov
9	Romania	ROU	7:24.06 (5 h2)	–
	Cezar Bădiță • Dragoș Coman • Răzvan Florea • Ștefan Gherghel
10	Hungary	HUN	7:24.48 (5 h1)	–
	Attila Czene • Zsolt Gáspár • Jácint Simon • Béla Szabados
11	Denmark	DEN	7:24.63 (6 h2)	–
	Henrik Steen Andersen • Jacob Carstensen • Dennis Otzen Jensen • Jeppe Bøje Nielsen
12	Belarus	BLR	7:24.83 (6 h1)	–
	Valerian Khurashvili • Ihar Kaliada • Dzmitry Koptur • Paval Lahun
13	Brazil	BRA	7:26.42 (7 h1)	–
	Rodrigo Castro • Leonardo Costa • Edvaldo Valério • Luiz Lima
14	Ukraine	UKR	7:32.16 (7 h2)	–
	Serhiy Fesenko • Artem Honcharenko • Ihor Snitko • Rostyslav Svanidze
15	Greece	GRE	7:35.77 (8 h2)	–
	Spyros Bitsakis • Spyros Gianniotis • Dimitrios Manganas • Thanasis Oikonomou
DQ	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	– (DQ h1)	–
	Ivan Ivanov • Dmitry Kuzmin • Andrey Pakin • Aleksandr Shilin

Round One (19 September 2000)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One (11:38)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	United States	USA				7:17.22			Q
		Chad Carvin		25.73	53.53	1:21.81	1:49.65	0.74	1:49.65 (4)
		Nate Dusing		25.27	53.42	1:21.73	1:49.44	0.27	3:39.09 (2)
		Jamie Rauch		25.80	53.16	1:21.10	1:48.94	0.46	5:28.03 (1)
		Klete Keller		25.98	53.46	1:21.35	1:49.19	0.56	7:17.22 (1)
2	5	Italy	ITA				7:17.69			Q
		Andrea Beccari		26.07	53.89	1:21.82	1:49.30	0.80	1:49.30 (1)
		Klaus Lanzarini		25.66	53.74	1:21.47	1:49.77	0.62	3:39.07 (1)
		Simone Cercato		25.46	53.22	1:21.91	1:50.36	0.36	5:29.43 (2)
		Matteo Pelliciari		25.52	52.89	1:20.54	1:48.26	0.39	7:17.69 (2)
3	3	Canada	CAN				7:21.45			Q
		Mark Johnston		26.36	54.12	1:22.04	1:50.24	0.85	1:50.24 (5)
		Brian Johns		25.36	53.00	1:21.23	1:51.19	0.41	3:41.43 (3)
		Mike Mintenko		24.73	52.45	1:20.51	1:49.79	0.21	5:31.22 (3)
		Rick Say		25.18	53.36	1:21.85	1:50.23	0.38	7:21.45 (3)
4	6	Russian Federation	RUS				7:23.58			Q
		Andrey Kapralov		26.18	54.09	1:22.24	1:49.52	0.84	1:49.52 (3)
		Aleksey Yegorov		26.26	54.83	1:24.00	1:52.67	0.42	3:42.19 (4)
		Sergey Lavrenov		25.03	53.13	1:22.29	1:51.68	0.38	5:33.87 (5)
		Dmitry Chernyshov		24.66	52.31	1:20.87	1:49.71	0.23	7:23.58 (4)
5	1	Hungary	HUN				7:24.48
		Attila Czene		26.32	54.90	1:24.04	1:52.66	0.86	1:52.66 (7)
		Zsolt Gáspár		25.15	53.88	1:22.77	1:51.86	0.18	3:44.52 (7)
		Jácint Simon		25.16	53.17	1:21.65	1:50.32	0.10	5:34.84 (6)
		Béla Szabados		24.54	51.99	1:20.56	1:49.64	0.32	7:24.48 (5)
6	7	Belarus	BLR				7:24.83
		Ihar Kaliada		25.73	53.82	1:21.64	1:49.44	0.74	1:49.44 (2)
		Paval Lahun		25.42	54.41	1:23.75	1:52.83	0.23	3:42.27 (5)
		Dzmitry Koptur		26.04	54.26	1:22.71	1:51.14	0.30	5:33.41 (4)
		Valerian Khurashvili		24.65	52.28	1:21.20	1:51.42	0.25	7:24.83 (6)
7	2	Brazil	BRA				7:26.42
		Edvaldo Valério		26.78	55.56	1:24.17	1:51.68	0.74	1:51.68 (6)
		Leonardo Costa		25.63	53.88	1:22.29	1:51.53	0.24	3:43.21 (6)
		Luiz Lima		26.13	54.63	1:23.04	1:51.81	0.22	5:35.02 (7)
		Rodrigo Castro		25.38	53.50	1:22.09	1:51.40	0.25	7:26.42 (7)
DQ	8	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ				–				1
		Andrey Pakin		–	–	–	–	–	– (AC)
		Dmitry Kuzmin		–	–	–	–	–	– (AC)
		Aleksandr Shilin		–	–	–	–	–	– (AC)
		Ivan Ivanov		–	–	–	–	–	– (AC)

Heat Two (11:49)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	Australia	AUS				7:14.27			Q
		Grant Hackett		26.17	53.80	1:22.01	1:50.31	0.82	1:50.31 (5)
		Bill Kirby		24.76	51.98	1:19.80	1:47.76	0.28	3:38.07 (1)
		Todd Pearson		24.83	51.92	1:20.00	1:47.68	0.18	5:25.75 (1)
		Daniel Kowalski		25.13	52.85	1:20.92	1:48.52	0.34	7:14.27 (1)
2	3	Germany	GER				7:19.95			Q
		Heiko Hell		26.44	54.36	1:22.42	1:50.48	0.89	1:50.48 (6)
		Michael Kiedel		25.45	53.28	1:21.71	1:50.64	0.18	3:41.12 (4)
		Christian Keller		25.41	52.98	1:21.41	1:49.12	0.27	5:30.24 (2)
		Stefan Herbst		24.57	52.65	1:21.24	1:49.71	0.31	7:19.95 (2)
3	6	Netherlands	NED				7:20.67			Q
		Martijn Zuijdweg		26.45	55.01	1:22.52	1:49.60	0.82	1:49.60 (1)
		Mark van der Zijden		25.95	54.41	1:22.82	1:51.18	0.37	3:40.78 (3)
		Johan Kenkhuis		25.09	53.00	1:21.26	1:50.27	0.32	5:31.05 (3)
		Marcel Wouda		25.24	52.98	1:21.07	1:49.62	0.22	7:20.67 (3)
4	5	Great Britain	GBR				7:20.69			Q
		Jamie Salter		26.06	54.26	1:22.41	1:49.62	0.89	1:49.62 (2)
		Andrew Clayton		25.76	54.05	1:23.00	1:51.87	0.30	3:41.49 (6)
		Marc Spackman		25.15	52.82	1:21.03	1:49.94	0.22	5:31.43 (4)
		Edward Sinclair		25.23	52.97	1:20.86	1:49.26	0.38	7:20.69 (4)
5	2	Romania	ROU				7:24.06
		Dragoș Coman		25.11	52.45	1:21.46	1:50.25	0.89	1:50.25 (4)
		Cezar Bădiță		25.57	53.70	1:22.21	1:49.90	0.38	3:40.15 (2)
		Răzvan Florea		25.49	53.99	1:23.34	1:52.85	0.36	5:33.00 (5)
		Ștefan Gherghel		25.53	53.82	1:22.57	1:51.06	0.32	7:24.06 (5)
6	7	Denmark	DEN				7:24.63
		Jacob Carstensen		26.11	54.01	1:21.68	1:49.80	0.73	1:49.80 (3)
		Henrik Steen Andersen		26.27	54.68	1:23.20	1:51.51	0.33	3:41.31 (5)
		Jeppe Bøje Nielsen		25.52	53.61	1:22.47	1:51.98	0.28	5:33.29 (6)
		Dennis Otzen Jensen		25.17	53.41	1:21.19	1:51.34	0.37	7:24.63 (6)
7	1	Ukraine	UKR				7:32.16
		Serhiy Fesenko		26.43	55.61	1:25.26	1:54.11	0.92	1:54.11 (8)
		Ihor Snitko		26.12	54.49	1:23.62	1:52.31	0.53	3:46.42 (7)
		Artem Honcharenko		26.22	55.24	1:24.33	1:52.98	0.26	5:39.40 (7)
		Rostyslav Svanidze		25.42	54.78	1:24.36	1:52.76	0.21	7:32.16 (7)
8	8	Greece	GRE				7:35.77
		Thanasis Oikonomou		27.01	55.42	1:24.27	1:52.72	0.94	1:52.72 (7)
		Dimitrios Manganas		25.93	54.49	1:24.31	1:54.58	0.22	3:47.30 (8)
		Spyros Bitsakis		26.14	55.63	1:25.54	1:55.23	0.39	5:42.53 (8)
		Spyros Gianniotis		25.96	54.56	1:24.43	1:53.24	0.37	7:35.77 (8)

Final (19 September 2000 — 20:33)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	Australia	AUS				7:07.05			WR
		Ian Thorpe		24.67	52.01	1:19.05	1:46.03	0.80	1:46.03 (1)
		Michael Klim		24.01	51.20	1:18.95	1:46.40	0.24	3:32.43 (1)
		Todd Pearson		24.79	52.04	1:19.69	1:47.36	0.29	5:19.79 (1)
		Bill Kirby		24.79	52.03	1:19.73	1:47.26	0.30	7:07.05 (1)
2	5	United States	USA				7:12.64
		Scott Goldblatt		25.32	52.56	1:20.39	1:49.66	0.79	1:49.66 (3)
		Josh Davis		24.30	50.96	1:18.59	1:46.49	0.20	3:36.15 (2)
		Jamie Rauch		24.51	51.71	1:20.06	1:48.74	0.15	5:24.89 (2)
		Klete Keller		25.49	53.18	1:20.70	1:47.75	0.19	7:12.64 (2)
3	2	Netherlands	NED				7:12.70
		Martijn Zuijdweg		26.45	54.72	1:22.98	1:49.89	0.82	1:49.89 (5)
		Johan Kenkhuis		24.79	52.50	1:20.64	1:49.37	0.24	3:39.26 (5)
		Marcel Wouda		25.41	53.33	1:21.29	1:48.56	0.03	5:27.82 (5)
		Pieter van den Hoogenband		24.56	51.51	1:18.82	1:44.88	0.30	7:12.70 (3)
4	3	Italy	ITA				7:12.91
		Andrea Beccari		25.75	54.28	1:22.25	1:49.67	0.80	1:49.67 (4)
		Matteo Pelliciari		25.14	52.60	1:20.36	1:48.41	0.22	3:38.08 (4)
		Emiliano Brembilla		26.36	53.80	1:21.52	1:48.92	0.44	5:27.00 (4)
		Massi Rosolino		24.59	51.71	1:18.94	1:45.91	0.27	7:12.91 (4)
5	7	Great Britain	GBR				7:12.98
		Edward Sinclair		26.10	53.81	1:21.98	1:49.61	0.85	1:49.61 (2)
		Paul Palmer		24.60	51.98	1:19.61	1:47.15	0.17	3:36.76 (3)
		Marc Spackman		25.14	52.86	1:21.04	1:48.85	0.26	5:25.61 (3)
		Jamie Salter		24.52	52.11	1:20.31	1:47.37	0.18	7:12.98 (5)
6	6	Germany	GER				7:20.19
		Stefan Pohl		25.52	53.26	1:21.26	1:50.83	0.88	1:50.83 (8)
		Christian Keller		25.41	53.52	1:21.97	1:50.01	0.22	3:40.84 (7)
		Stefan Herbst		24.81	52.73	1:21.12	1:49.05	0.25	5:29.89 (7)
		Christian Tröger		25.02	53.58	1:22.00	1:50.30	0.27	7:20.19 (6)
7	1	Canada	CAN				7:21.92
		Mark Johnston		26.30	54.52	1:22.60	1:50.44	0.84	1:50.44 (=6)
		Mike Mintenko		24.73	52.65	1:21.11	1:49.94	0.31	3:40.38 (6)
		Rick Say		24.51	52.00	1:20.24	1:48.71	0.18	5:29.09 (6)
		Yannick Lupien		25.74	54.74	1:24.34	1:52.83	0.38	7:21.92 (7)
8	8	Russian Federation	RUS				7:24.37
		Dmitry Chernyshov		25.59	53.71	1:22.31	1:50.44	0.81	1:50.44 (=6)
		Andrey Kapralov		24.51	52.51	1:21.78	1:51.16	0.17	3:41.60 (8)
		Sergey Lavrenov		25.79	54.08	1:23.21	1:51.65	0.27	5:33.25 (8)
		Aleksey Filipets		25.74	53.77	1:22.93	1:51.12	0.26	7:24.37 (8)