Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre freestyle
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| Swimming events at the 2000 Summer Olympics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freestyle | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Individual medley | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women | ||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
These are the results of the men's 50 metre freestyle competition in swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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[edit] Medalists
Two swimmers tied for first place, resulting in the awarding of two gold medals and no silver medal being awarded.
[edit] Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. Neither record was broken at the Sydney Games.
| World Record | Image:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Popov (RUS) | 21.64 s | Moscow, Russia | 16 June 2000 |
| Olympic Record | Image:Olympic flag.svg Alexander Popov (EUN) | 21.91 s | Barcelona, Spain | 30 July 1992 |
[edit] Heats
The 80 swimmers first raced in 10 heats. The fastest 16 swimmers overall advanced to the semifinals. The heats were raced on September 20. Each swimmer's time and overall rank in all heats is listed below.
[edit] Heats ranking
[edit] Semifinals
The 16 semifinalists swam in two races on September 21. The fastest 8 men advanced to the final.
[edit] Final
The final was raced on September 22. Gary Hall, Jr. won his first gold medal in an individual event, and Pieter van den Hoogenband won his third individual medal of these Games. Alexander Popov failed to defend his gold medals in this event in the previous Games of 1992 and 1996.
| 1. | Image:Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Ervin (USA) | 21.98 |
| 1. | Image:Flag of the United States.svg Gary Hall, Jr. (USA) | 21.98 |
| 3. | Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) | 22.03 |
| 4. | Image:Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Vismara (ITA) | 22.11 |
| 5. | Image:Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Kizierowski (POL) | 22.22 |
| 6. | Image:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Popov (RUS) | 22.24 |
| 7. | Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Foster (GBR) | 22.41 |
| 8. | Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksandr Volynets (UKR) | 22.51 |
[edit] References
- (2001) Official Report of the XXVIIth Olympiad, Volume 3 - Results (PDF), Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. ISBN 0-9579616-1-8. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
- swimrankings.net. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
