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4 × 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	Competitors	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

Date	19 September 2000
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Team	NOC	Time
1	–	Australia	AUS	7:14.27	Q
2	–	United States	USA	7:17.22	Q
3	–	Italy	ITA	7:17.69	Q
4	–	Germany	GER	7:19.95	Q
5	–	Netherlands	NED	7:20.67	Q
6	–	Great Britain	GBR	7:20.69	Q
7	–	Canada	CAN	7:21.45	Q
8	–	Russian Federation	RUS	7:23.58	Q
9	–	Romania	ROU	7:24.06
10	–	Hungary	HUN	7:24.48
11	–	Denmark	DEN	7:24.63
12	–	Belarus	BLR	7:24.83
13	–	Brazil	BRA	7:26.42
14	–	Ukraine	UKR	7:32.16
15	–	Greece	GRE	7:35.77
DQ	–	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	–		1

Heat #1

Time	11:38

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

Heat #2

Time	11:49

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

Final Round

Date	19 September 2000 — 20:33

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