Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 22–23 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]

Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 22, 2000 (heats)
September 23, 2000 (final)
Competitors102 from 24 nations
Winning time3:33.73 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States (USA)
Lenny Krayzelburg, Ed Moses, Ian Crocker, Gary Hall, Jr., Neil Walker*, Tommy Hannan*, Jason Lezak*
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia (AUS)
Matt Welsh, Regan Harrison, Geoff Huegill, Michael Klim, Josh Watson*, Ryan Mitchell*, Adam Pine*, Ian Thorpe*
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Germany (GER)
Stev Theloke, Jens Kruppa, Thomas Rupprath, Torsten Spanneberg
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
← 1996
2004 →

Since the event's inception in 1960, the U.S. team dominated the race from the start to demolish a four-year-old world record and most importantly, to defend their Olympic title. Lenny Krayzelburg (53.87), Ed Moses (59.84), Ian Crocker (52.10), and Gary Hall, Jr. (47.92, an American) put together a blazing fast finish of 3:33.73 to cut off their own standard by 1.11 seconds. Moses also produced a mighty effort in the breaststroke leg as he became the first ever swimmer to record a sub one-minute barrier split.[2][3] After accepting their golds in front of the Aussie home crowd, the U.S. men unfurled a banner reading: "Sydney 2000. In our hearts forever. Thanks Australia."[4]

The Aussie team of Matt Welsh (54.29), Regan Harrison (1:01.48), Geoff Huegill (51.33), and Michael Klim (48.17) finished behind their greatest rivals by a couple of seconds, but made a surprise packet with the silver in an Oceanian record of 3:35.27. Meanwhile, Stev Theloke (55.07), Jens Kruppa (1:00.52), Thomas Rupprath (52.14), and Torsten Spanneberg (48.15) earned their first medley relay medal for Germany since the nation's reunification in 1990, taking home the bronze in a European record of 3:35.88.[4][5][6]

Netherlands' Klaas-Erik Zwering (56.83), Marcel Wouda (1:01.20), Joris Keizer (52.26), and anchor Pieter van den Hoogenband (47.24, the fastest split of the race) missed the podium by more than a full body length over the Germans with a fourth-place time of 3:37.53. Hungary (3:39.03), Canada (3:39.88), France (3:40.02), and Great Britain (3:40.19) completed a close finish at the rear of the championship finale.[6]

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   United States (USA)
Jeff Rouse (53.95)
Jeremy Linn (1:00.32)
Mark Henderson (52.39)
Gary Hall, Jr. (48.18)
3:34.84 Atlanta, United States 26 July 1996 [7]
Olympic record   United States (USA)
Jeff Rouse (53.95)
Jeremy Linn (1:00.32)
Mark Henderson (52.39)
Gary Hall, Jr. (48.18)
3:34.84 Atlanta, United States 26 July 1996 [7]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
September 23 Final Lenny Krayzelburg (53.87)
Ed Moses (59.84)
Ian Crocker (52.10)
Gary Hall, Jr. (47.92)
  United States 3:33.73 WR

Results edit

Heats edit

[7]

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 3 3   Germany Stev Theloke (55.54)
Jens Kruppa (1:01.39)
Thomas Rupprath (52.39)
Torsten Spanneberg (49.18)
3:38.50 Q, NR
2 1 7   Hungary Péter Horváth (55.74)
Károly Güttler (1:01.52)
Zsolt Gáspár (52.36)
Attila Zubor (48.96)
3:38.58 Q, NR
3 3 4   United States Neil Walker (55.10)
Ed Moses (1:01.34)
Tommy Hannan (53.32)
Jason Lezak (48.83)
3:38.59 Q
4 2 4   Australia Josh Watson (55.39)
Ryan Mitchell (1:02.29)
Adam Pine (52.87)
Ian Thorpe (48.83)
3:39.38 Q
5 3 5   Great Britain Neil Willey (56.13)
Darren Mew (1:01.01)
James Hickman (52.84)
Sion Brinn (49.62)
3:39.60 Q
6 2 5   Netherlands Klaas-Erik Zwering (56.99)
Marcel Wouda (1:01.74)
Joris Keizer (52.24)
Mark Veens (49.13)
3:40.10 Q
7 1 6   France Simon Dufour (55.82)
Hugues Duboscq (1:02.16)
Franck Esposito (52.60)
Frédérick Bousquet (49.73)
3:40.31 Q
8 1 5   Canada Chris Renaud (56.26)
Morgan Knabe (1:00.88)
Shamek Pietucha (53.27)
Yannick Lupien (50.15)
3:40.56 Q
9 1 4   Russia Vladislav Aminov (56.53)
Dmitry Komornikov (1:01.70)
Igor Marchenko (53.75)
Denis Pimankov (48.85)
3:40.83
10 1 3   Sweden Mattias Ohlin (57.05)
Martin Gustavsson (1:01.86)
Daniel Carlsson (53.30)
Stefan Nystrand (48.67)
3:40.88
11 3 6   Ukraine Volodymyr Nikolaychuk (56.41)
Oleg Lisogor (1:01.84)
Denys Sylantyev (52.99)
Vyacheslav Shyrshov (49.81)
3:41.05
12 2 3   Brazil Alexandre Massura (55.83)
Eduardo Fischer (1:03.49)
Fernando Scherer (53.80)
Gustavo Borges (49.19)
3:42.31
13 2 1   South Africa Simon Thirsk (56.88)
Brett Petersen (1:02.51)
Theo Verster (53.52)
Nicholas Folker (49.53)
3:42.44 AF
14 3 8   Croatia Gordan Kožulj (56.52)
Vanja Rogulj (1:02.19)
Miloš Milošević (54.08)
Duje Draganja (49.94)
3:42.73 NR
15 3 2   Spain David Ortega (55.68)
Santiago Castellanos (1:03.15)
Daniel Morales (53.91)
Javier Botello (50.02)
3:42.76
16 1 2   Switzerland Philipp Gilgen (57.31)
Remo Lütolf (1:01.64)
Philippe Meyer (53.95)
Karel Novy (49.88)
3:42.78 NR
17 2 7   Israel Eithan Urbach (56.12)
Tal Stricker (1:02.65)
Yoav Meiri (54.54)
Yoav Bruck (50.08)
3:43.39 NR
18 3 7   Argentina Eduardo Germán Otero (58.00)
Sergio Andres Ferreyra (1:02.73)
Pablo Martín Abal (53.96)
José Meolans (48.92)
3:43.61
19 1 8   Kyrgyzstan Aleksandr Shilin (57.88)
Alexander Tkachev (1:03.69)
Konstantin Ushkov (54.05)
Sergey Ashihmin (51.08)
3:46.70 NR
20 3 1   Cuba Rodolfo Falcón (55.97)
Gunter Rodríguez (1:05.40)
Yohan García (55.65)
Marcos Hernández (49.86)
3:46.88
21 2 8   China Fu Yong (58.34)
Zhu Yi (1:03.35)
Ouyang Kunpeng (53.96)
Xie Xufeng (51.72)
3:47.37
22 1 1   Malaysia Alex Lim (58.48)
Elvin Chia (1:03.18)
Anthony Ang (55.70)
Allen Ong (50.96)
3:48.32
2 6   Finland Jani Sievinen (56.49)
Jarno Pihlava
Tero Välimaa
Jere Hård
DSQ
2 2   Poland DNS

Final edit

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Time behind Notes
  3   United States Lenny Krayzelburg (53.87)
Ed Moses (59.84)
Ian Crocker (52.10)
Gary Hall, Jr. (47.92)
3:33.73 WR
  2   Australia Matt Welsh (54.29)
Regan Harrison (1:01.48)
Geoff Huegill (51.33)
Michael Klim (48.17)
3:35.27 1.54 OC
  4   Germany Stev Theloke (55.07)
Jens Kruppa (1:00.52)
Thomas Rupprath (52.14)
Torsten Spanneberg (48.15)
3:35.88 2.15 EU
4 7   Netherlands Klaas-Erik Zwering (56.83)
Marcel Wouda (1:01.20)
Joris Keizer (52.26)
Pieter van den Hoogenband (47.24)
3:37.53 3.80 NR
5 5   Hungary Péter Horváth (55.90)
Károly Güttler (1:01.23)
Zsolt Gáspár (52.95)
Attila Zubor (49.01)
3:39.09 5.36
6 8   Canada Chris Renaud (55.66)
Morgan Knabe (1:01.23)
Mike Mintenko (52.66)
Craig Hutchison (50.33)
3:39.88 6.15
7 1   France Simon Dufour (55.67)
Hugues Duboscq (1:01.69)
Franck Esposito (52.80)
Frédérick Bousquet (49.86)
3:40.02 6.29
8 6   Great Britain Neil Willey (56.49)
Darren Mew (1:01.76)
James Hickman (52.53)
Sion Brinn (49.41)
3:40.19 6.46

References edit

  1. ^ "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ^ Fitzpatrick, Frank (23 September 2000). "U.S. Swimmers Didn't Take A Back Seat Australia Was Expected To Dominate In The Pool At This Olympics. The Americans Proved That Wrong". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  3. ^ Clarey, Christopher (23 September 2000). "Sydney 2000: Swimming; U.S. Makes Biggest, and the Final, Waves". New York Times. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Thrilling conclusion". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 22 September 2000. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Thompson wins eighth gold medal". ESPN. 22 September 2000. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  6. ^ a b Whitten, Phillip (23 September 2000). "Olympic Day 8 Finals – Complete". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  7. ^ a b c "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 4×100m Medley Relay Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 349–351. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

External links edit