Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke

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

The final of the Men's 200 metres Backstroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 21, 2000.

Contents

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) 1:56.76
 Aaron Peirsol (USA) 1:57.35
 Matthew Welsh (AUS) 1:57.59
4.  Örn Arnarson (ISL) 1:59.00
5.  Emanuele Merisi (ITA) 1:59.01
6.  Răzvan Florea (ROU) 1:59.05
7.  Rogério Romero (BRA) 1:59.27
8.  Gordan Kožulj (CRO) 1:59.38

Semi finals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Aaron Peirsol (USA) 1:58.44
2.  Matthew Welsh (AUS) 1:58.57
3.  Örn Arnarson (ISL) 1:58.99
4.  Rogério Romero (BRA) 1:59.69
5.  Marko Strahija (CRO) 1:59.85
6.  Klaas-Erik Zwering (NED) 2:00.06
7.  Sergey Ostapchuk (RUS) 2:00.47
8.  Leonardo Costa (BRA) 2:02.26
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) 1:57.27
2.  Răzvan Florea (ROU) 1:59.44
3.  Gordan Kožulj (CRO) 1:59.56
4.  Emanuele Merisi (ITA) 1:59.78
5.  Cameron Delaney (AUS) 2:00.39
6.  Chris Renaud (CAN) 2:01.19
7.  Volodymyr Nikolaychuk (UKR) 2:02.27
8.  Yoav Gath (ISR) 2:03.80

Qualification Heats

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Alex Fong (HKG) 2:05.47
2.  Andrei Mihailov (MDA) 2:06.67
3.  Ivan Angelov (BUL) 2:07.30
4.  Guillermo Cabrera (DOM) 2:08.22
5.  Milos Cerovic (YUG) 2:09.07
6.  Aleksandr Yegorov (KGZ) 2:13.85
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Neisser Bent (CUB) 2:02.05
2.  Mario Carvalho (POR) 2:03.82
3.  Eduardo Otero (ARG) 2:05.51
4.  Torwai Sethsothorn (THA) 2:05.52
5.  Ahmed Hussein (EGY) 2:06.10
6.  Gary Tan (SIN) 2:06.32
7.  Lee Jong-Min (KOR) 2:07.14
—  Simon Thirsk (RSA) DNS
RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Klaas-Erik Zwering (NED) 2:00.94
2.  Scott Talbot-Cameron (NZL) 2:01.53
3.  Blaž Medvešek (SLO) 2:01.67
4.  Markus Rogan (AUT) 2:02.84
5.  Alejandro Bermúdez (COL) 2:03.43
6.  Miroslav Machovic (SVK) 2:04.73
7.  Arūnas Savickas (LTU) 2:05.06
8.  Alex Lim (MAS) 2:08.23
RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Răzvan Florea (ROU) 1:59.79
2.  Örn Arnarson (ISL) 1:59.80
3.  Gordan Kožulj (CRO) 2:00.19
4.  Chris Renaud (CAN) 2:00.51
5.  Volodymyr Nikolaychuk (UKR) 2:01.07
6.  Leonardo Costa (BRA) 2:01.08
7.  Fu Yong (CHN) 2:02.70
—  Viktor Bodrogi (HUN) DSQ
RANK HEAT 5 TIME
1.  Aaron Peirsol (USA) 1:59.10
2.  Emanuele Merisi (ITA) 1:59.92
3.  Rogério Romero (BRA) 2:00.48
4.  Marko Strahija (CRO) 2:00.72
5.  Yoav Gath (ISR) 2:00.80
6.  Simon Dufour (FRA) 2:01.09
7.  Mirko Mazzari (ITA) 2:02.13
8.  Guillermo Mediano (ESP) 2:03.45
RANK HEAT 6 TIME
1.  Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) 1:58.40
2.  Cameron Delaney (AUS) 1:59.61
3.  Matthew Welsh (AUS) 1:59.76
4.  Sergey Ostapchuk (RUS) 2:00.17
5.  Adam Ruckwood (GBR) 2:01.11
6.  Simon Militis (GBR) 2:01.20
7.  Dustin Hersee (CAN) 2:01.34
8.  Ralf Braun (GER) 2:01.35

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