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

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tom Dolan  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Erik Vendt  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Curtis Myden  Canada
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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

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]

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[edit]

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

World record  Tom Dolan (USA) 4:12.30 Rome, Italy 6 September 1994 [9]
Olympic record  Tamás Darnyi (HUN) 4:14.23 Barcelona, Spain 27 July 1992 [9]

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

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
17 September Final Tom Dolan  United States 4:11.76 WR

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

[9]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 3 Alessio Boggiatto  Italy 4:14.26 Q, NR
2 6 4 Tom Dolan  United States 4:15.52 Q
3 4 4 Curtis Myden  Canada 4:16.35 Q
4 4 6 Cezar Bădiță  Romania 4:17.11 Q, NR
5 5 4 Erik Vendt  United States 4:17.15 Q
6 5 5 Justin Norris  Australia 4:17.36 Q
5 2 Shinya Taniguchi  Japan Q, AS
8 5 6 Terence Parkin  South Africa 4:18.14 Q, AF
9 5 7 Jirka Letzin  Germany 4:18.63
10 6 6 István Batházi  Hungary 4:18.85
11 5 3 Michael Halika  Israel 4:19.97
12 4 5 Matthew Dunn  Australia 4:20.31
13 6 5 Susumu Tabuchi  Japan 4:20.76
14 4 7 Johann Le Bihan  France 4:20.96
15 6 3 Frederik Hviid  Spain 4:21.63
16 4 1 Dean Kent  New Zealand 4:21.81
17 3 2 Alexey Kovrigin  Russia 4:22.21
18 3 6 Yves Platel  Switzerland 4:22.38
19 6 1 Massimiliano Eroli  Italy 4:22.85
20 5 1 Ioannis Kokkodis  Greece 4:23.19
21 6 7 Xie Xufeng  China 4:23.33
22 3 4 Serghei Mariniuc  Moldova 4:23.57
23 3 5 Jan Vítazka  Czech Republic 4:23.81
24 4 2 Simon Militis  Great Britain 4:24.38
25 5 8 Jin Hao  China 4:24.56
26 4 8 Michael Windisch  Austria 4:24.62
27 2 2 Jani Sievinen  Finland 4:25.16
28 3 7 Dmytro Nazarenko  Ukraine 4:25.26
29 6 2 Owen von Richter  Canada 4:25.70
30 3 1 Marko Milenkovič  Slovenia 4:26.62
31 2 4 Jeremy Knowles  Bahamas 4:26.87
32 6 8 Torwai Sethsothorn  Thailand 4:28.42
33 3 3 Kim Bang-hyun  South Korea 4:28.56
34 1 3 Alex Fong  Hong Kong 4:29.02
35 3 8 Alejandro Bermúdez  Colombia 4:29.42
36 2 3 George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago 4:29.52 NR
37 2 7 Juan Carlos Piccio  Philippines 4:30.17
38 2 5 Juan Veloz  Mexico 4:31.73
39 2 8 Grigoriy Matuzkov  Kazakhstan 4:31.89
40 1 4 Georgi Palazov  Bulgaria 4:35.92
41 2 1 Wan Azlan Abdullah  Malaysia 4:36.90
42 2 6 Sandro Tomaš  Croatia 4:38.31
43 1 5 Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 4:41.97
44 1 6 Hsu Kuo-tung  Chinese Taipei 4:42.78
45 1 2 John Tabone  Malta 4:53.12

Final[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Tom Dolan  United States 4:11.76 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Erik Vendt  United States 4:14.23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Curtis Myden  Canada 4:15.33 NR
4 4 Alessio Boggiatto  Italy 4:15.93
5 8 Terence Parkin  South Africa 4:16.92 AF
6 1 Justin Norris  Australia 4:17.87
7 6 Cezar Bădiță  Romania 4:20.91
8 7 Shinya Taniguchi  Japan 4:20.93

References[edit]

  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. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c "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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