Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Date September 16, 2000 (heats & final)
Competitors 46 from 40 nations
Winning time 3:40.59 WR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Ian Thorpe  Australia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Klete Keller  United States

The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 16 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]

At only 17 years of age, Australia's overwhelming favorite Ian Thorpe, dubbed by his fans as the "Thorpedo", made his Olympic debut by claiming the first gold medal for the host nation at these Games. Cheered by a massive home crowd and rocketed to the chants of "Thorpie" by his swimming fans, Thorpe maintained a strong lead from start to finish before hitting the wall first in a new world record of 3:40.59.[2][3]

Massimiliano Rosolino, born with an Australian heritage, earned a silver medal for Italy in a European record of 3:43.40, finishing just three body lengths of a pool behind Thorpe. Meanwhile, U.S. swimmer Klete Keller stormed home from last place in the 200 m lap to wrest a bronze in 3:47.00, an American record, edging out Rosolino's teammate Emiliano Brembilla (3:47.01) by a hundredth of a second (0.01).[4]

Romania's Dragoș Coman finished fifth with a national record of 3:47.38, and was followed in the sixth spot by another U.S. swimmer Chad Carvin in 3:47.58. Aussie Grant Hackett (3:48.22) and South Africa's Ryk Neethling (3:48.52) rounded out the finale within three-tenths of a second (0.30) apart.[4]

Acknowledging a massive roar of the home crowd, Thorpe also cracked Yevgeny Sadovyi's 1992 Olympic record by 0.35 seconds to lead the final of six heats, and pick up a top-seeded time of 3:44.65 in the morning prelims.[5][6]

Records

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

World record Ian Thorpe (AUS)3:41.33Sydney, Australia13 May 2000
Olympic record Yevgeny Sadovyi (EUN)3:45.00Barcelona, Spain29 July 1992

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
16 SeptemberHeat 6Ian Thorpe Australia3:44.65OR
16 SeptemberFinalIan Thorpe Australia3:40.59WR

Results

Heats

[7]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164Ian Thorpe Australia3:44.65Q, OR
243Massimiliano Rosolino Italy3:45.65Q, NR
344Ryk Neethling South Africa3:48.08Q
463Emiliano Brembilla Italy3:48.41Q
555Chad Carvin United States3:48.42Q
665Klete Keller United States3:48.62Q
753Dragoș Coman Romania3:48.77Q, NR
854Grant Hackett Australia3:48.91Q
952Heiko Hell Germany3:50.80
1045Paul Palmer Great Britain3:51.06
1141Masato Hirano Japan3:51.42AS
1268Nicolas Rostoucher France3:51.80NR
1356James Salter Great Britain3:52.01
1467Alexei Filipets Russia3:52.21
1566Rick Say Canada3:52.72
1647Igor Snitko Ukraine3:52.97
1742Luiz Lima Brazil3:53.87
1846Jacob Carstensen Denmark3:54.14
1957Vlastimil Burda Czech Republic3:54.40
2058Spyridon Gianniotis Greece3:54.96
2162Mark Johnston Canada3:54.99
2248Dmitry Koptur Belarus3:55.26
2351Ricardo Monasterio Venezuela3:55.35
2436Torwai Sethsothorn Thailand3:56.68
2533Jin Hao China3:57.22
2638Damian Alleyne Barbados3:58.12
2724Woo Chul South Korea3:58.31
2835Jorge Carral Armella Mexico3:58.34
2934Jonathan Duncan New Zealand3:58.52
3022Mark Kwok Kin Ming Hong Kong3:58.94NR
3132Zoltán Szilágyi Hungary3:59.40
3225Agustín Fiorilli Argentina3:59.44
3361Igor Chervynskiy Ukraine3:59.84
3423Petar Stoychev Bulgaria3:59.94
3537Jure Bučar Slovenia4:00.19
3621Miguel Mendoza Philippines4:00.66NR
3712Sng Ju Wei Singapore4:01.34NR
3828Victor Rogut Moldova4:01.42
3927Aytekin Mindan Turkey4:01.46
4015Giancarlo Zolezzi Chile4:01.51
4114Li Yun-lun Chinese Taipei4:03.10
4231Hannes Kalteis Austria4:03.66
4326Dieung Manggang Malaysia4:03.77
4416Hani Elteir Egypt4:04.23
4513Ivan Ivanov Kyrgyzstan4:09.33
4617Marcelino López Nicaragua4:18.89

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Ian Thorpe Australia3:40.59WR
2nd, silver medalist(s)5Massimiliano Rosolino Italy3:43.40EU
3rd, bronze medalist(s)7Klete Keller United States3:47.00AM
46Emiliano Brembilla Italy3:47.01
51Dragoș Coman Romania3:47.38NR
62Chad Carvin United States3:47.58
78Grant Hackett Australia3:48.22
83Ryk Neethling South Africa3:48.52

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Harris, Beth (16 September 2000). "Thorpe Sets World Mark, Thompson Wins 6th Gold". ABC News. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "The Stuff of Heroes". Time Magazine. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  4. 1 2 Whitten, Phillip (16 September 2000). "Olympic Day 1 Finals (Complete)". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  5. ↑ Whitten, Phillip (16 September 2000). "Olympic Day 1 Prelims (Complete)". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Morrissey, Rick (16 September 2000). "Spitz's Remarks Not Golden". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  7. ↑
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