Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle
| Men's 50 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
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| Venue | Sydney International Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
| Date | September 21, 2000 (heats & semifinals) September 22, 2000 (final) |
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| Competitors | 80 from 73 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 21.98 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming events at the 2000 Summer Olympics  |
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| 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 men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 21–22 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]
U.S. swimmers Gary Hall, Jr. and Anthony Ervin, who trained together at the Phoenix Swim Club, tied for the gold in the most exciting race of the Games. They finished with a matching time of 21.98, edging out Dutch swimmer Pieter van den Hoogenband by five hundredths of a second (0.05) in 22.03.[2][3]
Italy's Lorenzo Vismara finished fourth in 22.11, while Poland's Bartosz Kizierowski was a fraction behind the leading pack in sixth at 22.22. Russia's double defending champion Alexander Popov finished outside the medals in sixth place with a time of 22.24.[2][4] Great Britain's four-time Olympian Mark Foster (22.41) and Ukraine's Oleksandr Volynets (22.51) rounded out the finale.[2] Earlier in the prelims, Volynets made a surprise packet with a ninth fastest time and a Ukrainian record of 22.52 to lead the sixth heat.[5]
Ervin stopped swimming competitively in 2003, auctioned off his gold medal on eBay to aid survivors of the 2004 tsunami, but returned from retirement to claim his place on his second Olympics in London, twelve years after his first.[6][7][8]
Contents
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Alexander Popov (RUS) |
21.64 | Moscow, Russia | 16 June 2000 | [9] |
| Olympic record |  Alexander Popov (EUN) |
21.91 | Barcelona, Spain | 30 July 1992 | [9] |
No new records were set during this competition.
Results
Heats
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 4 | Gary Hall, Jr. |  United States |
22.07 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Anthony Ervin | United States |
22.13 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Mark Foster |  Great Britain |
22.32 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Brendon Dedekind |  South Africa |
22.39 | |
| 5 | 8 | Chris Fydler |  Australia |
22.41 | |
| 6 | 7 | Johan Kenkhuis |  Netherlands |
22.47 | |
| 7 | 2 | Stefan Nystrand |  Sweden |
22.49 | NR |
| 8 | 3 | Ricardo Busquets |  Puerto Rico |
22.51 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 3 | Pieter van den Hoogenband | Netherlands |
22.11 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Alexander Popov | Russia |
22.17 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Lorenzo Vismara |  Italy |
22.30 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Bartosz Kizierowski |  Poland |
22.35 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Oleksandr Volynets |  Ukraine |
22.36 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 7 | Roland Mark Schoeman | South Africa |
22.41 | |
| 7 | 6 | Brett Hawke | Australia |
22.49 | |
| 8 | 8 | Denis Pimankov | Russia |
22.89 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Gary Hall, Jr. | United States |
21.98 | |
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3 | Anthony Ervin | United States |
21.98 | |
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5 | Pieter van den Hoogenband | Netherlands |
22.03 | |
| 4 | 2 | Lorenzo Vismara | Italy |
22.11 | |
| 5 | 1 | Bartosz Kizierowski | Poland |
22.22 | |
| 6 | 6 | Alexander Popov | Russia |
22.24 | |
| 7 | 7 | Mark Foster | Great Britain |
22.41 | |
| 8 | 8 | Oleksandr Volynets | Ukraine |
22.51 |
References
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External links
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| 50 metres |
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