The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
took place on 17–18 September at the
Sydney International Aquatic Centre
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in
Sydney
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, Australia.
Lenny Krayzelburg
Lenny Krayzelburg (born September 28, 1975, as Leonid Krayzelburg; uk, Леонід Крайзельбург, russian: link=no, Леони́д Кра́йзельбург) is an American former backstroke swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and form ...
, a Ukrainian-born American whose swimming career began in the old Soviet system, shattered a new Olympic record to claim a gold medal in the event, slashing 0.14 seconds off an eight-year-old standard set by
Jeff Rouse
Jeffrey Norman Rouse (born February 6, 1970) is an American former competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events.
Rouse represented the United States in two consecutive Olympic Games in 1992 ...
in Barcelona. He seized the lead on the first length, and held off a challenge from Australia's overwhelming favorite
Matt Welsh
Matthew James Welsh (born 18 November 1976) is an Australian swimmer who is the former world champion in the backstroke and butterfly. He took two golds in 50-meter butterfly and 50-meter backstroke, during one hour, at the World Championship ...
down the final lap to touch the wall first in 53.72.
Delighted by the frenzied home crowd, Welsh took home with a silver medal in an Oceanian record of 54.07. Meanwhile, Germany's
Stev Theloke stormed home from behind to wrest a bronze in 54.82, edging out another Aussie
Josh Watson (55.01) by almost two-tenths of a second (0.20).
Poland's
Bartosz Kizierowski
Bartłomiej "Bartosz" Kizierowski (born 20 February 1977) is a freestyle who represented Poland in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.
Biography
Kizierowski began his career as a backstroke swimmer, but changed to freestyle ...
finished fifth with a time of 55.04, and was followed in the sixth spot by U.S. swimmer
Neil Walker
Neil Martin Andrew Walker (born September 10, 1985) is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates (2009–2015), New York Mets (2016–17), Milwaukee Brewers ( ...
in 55.14. Theloke's teammate
Steffen Driesen
Steffen Driesen (born November 30, 1981, in Düsseldorf) is a backstroke swimmer from Germany, who competed in two consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, he won the silver medal in the ...
(55.27) and Israel's
Eithan Urbach
Eithan Urbach (born 12 January 1977 in Haifa) is a former backstroke swimmer from Israel. Urbach competed in two events in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Ol ...
(55.74) closed out the field.
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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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Semifinals
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
References
External links
Official Olympic Report
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Men's events at the 2000 Summer Olympics