Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke


The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 16–17 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.
Domenico Fioravanti made an Olympic milestone to become Italy's first ever gold medalist in swimming. He stormed home on the final lap to establish a new Olympic standard of 1:00.46, cutting off Frédérik Deburghgraeve's 1996 record by 0.14 seconds. U.S. swimmer Ed Moses enjoyed a strong lead on the first length of the pool, but ended up only with a silver in 1:00.73. Meanwhile, Russia's world record holder Roman Sloudnov took the bronze in 1:00.91.
Japan's Kosuke Kitajima, who later emerged as the world's top breaststroke swimmer of the decade, pulled off a fourth-place finish in 1:01.34. Czech Republic's Daniel Málek earned a fifth spot in a national record of 1:01.50, and was followed in sixth by Canada's Morgan Knabe with a time of 1:01.58. South Africa's Brett Petersen and Switzerland's Remo Lütolf closed out the field.
Notable swimmers failed to reach the top 8 final, featuring four-time Olympians Károly Güttler of Hungary and Mark Warnecke of Germany, Australia's overwhelming favorite Phil Rogers, and New Zealand's Steven Ferguson, the son of former Olympic champion Ian Ferguson, who later became one of the most successful kayakers in the sport.
Shortly before the next Olympics, Fioravanti was forced to retire from swimming after failing a routine medical test carried by the Italian National Olympic Committee. Tests revealed that he was diagnosed with a genetic heart anomaly.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
17 SeptemberFinalDomenico Fioravanti1:00.46

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
185Domenico Fioravanti1:01.32Q, NR
281Daniel Málek1:01.56Q, NR
384Ed Moses1:01.59Q
477Károly Güttler1:01.66Q
575Kosuke Kitajima1:01.68Q
673Morgan Knabe1:01.81Q
776Dmitry Komornikov1:01.87Q
898Marcel Wouda1:02.00Q, NR
997Jens Kruppa1:02.09Q
1094Roman Sloudnov1:02.15Q
1183Brett Petersen1:02.20Q
1295Jarno Pihlava1:02.21Q
1392Oleg Lisogor1:02.24Q
1478Hugues Duboscq1:02.40Q
1586Darren Mew1:02.42Q
1682Remo Lütolf1:02.54Q
1765Phil Rogers1:02.77
1888José Couto1:02.79
1966Elvin Chia1:02.81
2096Mark Warnecke1:02.85
2193Akira Hayashi1:02.86
2264Patrick Schmollinger1:02.87
2372Adam Whitehead1:02.91
2462Marek Krawczyk1:03.00
2574Pat Calhoun1:03.03
2691Patrik Isaksson1:03.05
2763Steven Ferguson1:03.06
2871Terence Parkin1:03.11
2987Zhu Yi1:03.20
3067Vanja Rogulj1:03.58
3161Eduardo Fischer1:03.72
3268Raiko Pachel1:03.99
3255Tal Stricker1:03.99
3443Valērijs Kalmikovs1:04.02
3447Arsenio López1:04.02
3631Vadim Tatarov1:04.12NR
3734Francisco Suriano1:04.31NR
3856Alvaro Fortuny1:04.35
3953Alwin de Prins1:04.37
4052Yang Shang-hsuan1:04.54
4145Andrew Bree1:04.58
4242Nikola Savčić1:04.64
4354Alfredo Jacobo1:04.67
4458Iván Rodríguez Mesa1:04.68
4548Joe Kyong-fan1:04.71
4657Aliaksandr Hukau1:04.96
4735Wickus Nienaber1:04.98
4824Juan José Madrigal1:05.14NR
4932Jorg Lindemeier1:05.25
5033Matthew Kwok Hon Ming1:05.28
5123Sylvain Fauré1:05.51
5244Hjalti Gudmundsson1:05.55
5351Sergio Andres Ferreyra1:05.75
5437Aleksandr Savitsky1:05.95
5526Jean Luc Razakarivony1:05.97
5625Ahmed Al-Kudmani1:06.07
5741Daniel Liew1:06.41
5838Krasimir Zahov1:07.09
5946Yevgeny Petrashov1:07.32
6036Hakan Kiper1:07.46
6113Antonio Leon Candia1:08.12NR
6222Malick Fall1:08.60
6315Kieran Chan1:13.34
6427Karar Samedul Islam1:14.93
6514Joe Atuhaire1:22.35
21Facinet Bangoura

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final