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

The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 17 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]

Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 17, 2000 (heats & final)
Competitors45 from 39 nations
Winning time4:11.76 WR
Medalists
Tom Dolan  United States
Erik Vendt  United States
Curtis Myden  Canada
Swimming at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

U.S. swimmer Tom Dolan blistered the entire field, and broke a six-year-old world record to successfully defend his Olympic title in the event. Acknowledging a massive roar from an Australian crowd, Dolan pulled away from the field on the backstroke leg, and then opened up his lead to a powerful finish in a sterling time of 4:11.76.[2][3] Dolan's teammate Erik Vendt came from last place on the first turn with a spectacular swim to take home the silver in 4:14.23, pulling off another top-two finish of the night for the Americans.[4] Meanwhile, Canada's Curtis Myden managed to repeat his bronze from Atlanta four years earlier in 4:15.33, handing a second straight medal haul for North America in the event's history.[5][6]

Leading earlier in the prelims, Italy's Alessio Boggiatto finished outside the podium by six-tenths of a second (0.60) in 4:15.93. South Africa's Terence Parkin, a deaf mute since birth, swam on the outside in lane eight, but pulled off a fifth-place effort in an African record of 4:16.92. He was followed in sixth spot by Australia's newcomer Justin Norris (4:17.87), and in seventh by Romania's Cezar Bădiță (4:20.91), who had been overshadowed in his presence by a doping ban before the start of the Games.[6] In May 2000, Badita failed a doping test for a steroid nandralone when he competed at the Mare Nostrum meet in Barcelona, Spain.[7][8] Japan's Shinya Taniguchi closed out the field to eighth place with a time of 4:20.93.[6]

Records

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

World record Tom Dolan (USA)4:12.30Rome, Italy6 September 1994[9]
Olympic record Tamás Darnyi (HUN)4:14.23Barcelona, Spain27 July 1992[9]

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
17 SeptemberFinalTom Dolan United States4:11.76WR

Results

Heats

[9]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
143Alessio Boggiatto Italy4:14.26Q, NR
264Tom Dolan United States4:15.52Q
344Curtis Myden Canada4:16.35Q
446Cezar Bădiță Romania4:17.11Q, NR
554Erik Vendt United States4:17.15Q
655Justin Norris Australia4:17.36Q
52Shinya Taniguchi JapanQ, AS
856Terence Parkin South Africa4:18.14Q, AF
957Jirka Letzin Germany4:18.63
1066István Batházi Hungary4:18.85
1153Michael Halika Israel4:19.97
1245Matthew Dunn Australia4:20.31
1365Susumu Tabuchi Japan4:20.76
1447Johann Le Bihan France4:20.96
1563Frederik Hviid Spain4:21.63
1641Dean Kent New Zealand4:21.81
1732Alexey Kovrigin Russia4:22.21
1836Yves Platel Switzerland4:22.38
1961Massimiliano Eroli Italy4:22.85
2051Ioannis Kokkodis Greece4:23.19
2167Xie Xufeng China4:23.33
2234Serghei Mariniuc Moldova4:23.57
2335Jan Vítazka Czech Republic4:23.81
2442Simon Militis Great Britain4:24.38
2558Jin Hao China4:24.56
2648Michael Windisch Austria4:24.62
2722Jani Sievinen Finland4:25.16
2837Dmytro Nazarenko Ukraine4:25.26
2962Owen von Richter Canada4:25.70
3031Marko Milenkovič Slovenia4:26.62
3124Jeremy Knowles Bahamas4:26.87
3268Torwai Sethsothorn Thailand4:28.42
3333Kim Bang-hyun South Korea4:28.56
3413Alex Fong Hong Kong4:29.02
3538Alejandro Bermúdez Colombia4:29.42
3623George Bovell Trinidad and Tobago4:29.52NR
3727Juan Carlos Piccio Philippines4:30.17
3825Juan Veloz Mexico4:31.73
3928Grigoriy Matuzkov Kazakhstan4:31.89
4014Georgi Palazov Bulgaria4:35.92
4121Wan Azlan Abdullah Malaysia4:36.90
4226Sandro Tomaš Croatia4:38.31
4315Oussama Mellouli Tunisia4:41.97
4416Hsu Kuo-tung Chinese Taipei4:42.78
4512John Tabone Malta4:53.12

Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Tom Dolan United States4:11.76WR
2Erik Vendt United States4:14.23
3Curtis Myden Canada4:15.33NR
44Alessio Boggiatto Italy4:15.93
58Terence Parkin South Africa4:16.92AF
61Justin Norris Australia4:17.87
76Cezar Bădiță Romania4:20.91
88Shinya Taniguchi Japan4:20.93

References
  1. "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. "More fireworks in the pool". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  3. Clarey, Christopher (18 September 2000). "Dolan Sets World Mark in 400 Medley : U.S. Powers to 6 Medals On a Swimmers' Night". New York Times. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  4. "Dolan, Munz overcome ailments to win". ESPN. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  5. "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  6. Whitten, Phillip (17 September 2000). "Olympic Day 2 Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  7. Whitten, Phillip (17 September 2000). "Exclusive: Banned Swimmer Allowed To Compete". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  8. "Badita cleared for Olympics". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 31 August 2000. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  9. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 318–319. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
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