The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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took place on 17 September at the
Sydney International Aquatic Centre
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in
Sydney, Australia
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.
U.S. swimmer
Tom Dolan
Thomas Fitzgerald Dolan (born September 15, 1975) is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Dolan grew up in Arlington, Virginia. He attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, wh ...
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. Dolan's teammate
Erik Vendt
Erik K. Vendt (born January 9, 1981) is an American former competition swimmer. He won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 400-meter individual medley. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Vendt won a gold me ...
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. Meanwhile, Canada's
Curtis Myden
Curtis Allen Myden (born December 31, 1973) is a former breaststroke and medley swimmer from Canada, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics in 1992, 1996 and 2000. He won a total number of three medals at the Olympics, all of them ...
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.
Leading earlier in the prelims, Italy's
Alessio Boggiatto
Alessio Boggiatto (born 18 December 1981) is a former Italian medley swimmer.
Biography
Born at Moncalieri, Boggiatto specialized in 400 m medley, winning several European Championship medals and one World Championship title in that distanc ...
finished outside the podium by six-tenths of a second (0.60) in 4:15.93. South Africa's
Terence Parkin
Terence Mike Parkin (born 12 April 1980 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) is a swimmer from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 200m Breaststroke. Parkin, who is deaf, also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, as wel ...
, 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.
[ In May 2000, Badita failed a doping test for a steroid ]nandralone
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when he competed at the Mare Nostrum meet in Barcelona, Spain
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.Shinya Taniguchi
was a Japanese swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Death
He died on 4 September 2013 from stomach cancer
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closed out the field to eighth place with a time of 4:20.93.[
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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.
Results
Heats
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Final
References
External links
Official Olympic Report
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Men's events at the 2000 Summer Olympics