SWIMMING
(Diving,
Synchronized Swimming, Water Polo)
Sydney
International Aquatic Centre (17,500)
Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay
SEPT 16
Four swimming finals daily for 8 days in a row, and FIVE world records
on Day 1. Michael Klim swims fastest
100m in history leading Australia to the gold medal for the 4x100m
relay beating the USA to silver. USA loses the relay for the first time
in history. Ian "Thorpe-do" wins 2 gold medals and Jenny
Thompson wins her 6th gold medal in the 4 x 100m relay.
SEPT 17
THREE more world records. Dutch Inge de Bruijn
bettered her own WR in the 100m Butterfly and Tom Dolan sets WR in the 400m IM as he praises the "world
record" Games pool in a 1-2 USA finish. Brooke (USA) adds the 400m FS crown to her 800m
FS gold in Atlanta '96 in a 1-2 USA finish. Italy wins men's 100m BrS. USA has
3 of 8 golds so far and 9 medals against
the Aussie's 2.
SEPT 18
Flying Dutchman Pieter beats Ian Thorpe in front of home crowd and
equaling the WR for the 200m FS. USA bags 2 more golds by beating the
Aussie's with Megan Quann in 100m BrS and Lenny Krayzelburg in 100m BS.
ROM wins women's 100m BS. The Aussies settle for 2nd in three races.
SEPT 19
Yana Klochkova (UKR) won her 2nd gold sweeping both the 200m and 400m
IM. Tom Malchow increases the USA tally to 6 golds (6-5-3) vs. the
Aussie's 4-3-1. Ian Thorpe bags his 3rd gold in 4x200m and "Madame
Butterfly" Susie O'Neill wins the 200m FS. 2 Olympic Records and 1
more World Record.
SEPT 20
Pieter
toppled Popov's 8-yr reign as 100m FS champion. Aussie Michael Klim led
at the turn but it was neck-and-neck until Pieter edged ahead in the
last 15m. Popov - 50m & 100m champion in 1992 and 1996 - had to settle for the silver with Gary Hall - silver
medallist in 1996 - taking the bronze. Klim was just 0.01 seconds back
in fourth place. Pieter obliterated the 100m FS record with a time of
47.84 in SEP 19's semifinals. Inge de Bruijn also broke the 100m FS WR
in the semifinals marking the 11th WR + 24 OR. The Dutch rule.
Jenny Thompson anchors US 4x200m relay victory to collect her 7th gold medal - the most achieved by a woman swimmer (beating East German Kristin Otto's 6 golds in Seoul). Misty Hyman (USA) stunningly upsets Susie (AUS) who was unbeaten since 1994 in the 200m fly. Fioravanti (ITA) became the 1st man in Olympic history to win both men's breaststroke events at the same Games, winning Italy's first-ever gold medals in swimming. Terence Parkins (RSA) who is deaf wins silver in the 200m BrS. USA 8-5-4 vs. AUS 4-5-2.
SEPT
21
Lenny, whose family migrated from Ukraine to CA in 1989, won the golden
double 100m/200m BS in a 1-2 USA finish. Italian Rosolino and Hungarian
Kovacs snatched gold from the USA in the 200m IM and 200m BrS leaving a
2-3 USA finish. Inge de Bruijn wins the 100m FS after setting
the WR yesterday. Jenny Thompson becomes the most decorated female
swimmer of all time with 9 Olympic medals - 8 of them relay golds. With Fioravanti, Italy hits
the swimming jackpot with 3 golds so far. And for the 1st time since
competition bgan, there were no WRs today. All 8 US swimmers won medals
today (1-3-4). USA goes up 9-8-8 vs. AUS
4-5-3 and NED 4-1-1.
SEPT
22
Flying Dutchwoman de Bruijn shatters the 50m FS WR - her 3rd. We now have 13 WRs compared to 4 in Atlanta
1996. Tony Ervin and Gary Hall of USA achieved a 1st ever dead-heat for
gold in Olympics history and ended Popov's 8-yr reign in 50m FS. Bennett
pulls off a 400m/800m double and
hoists the USA gold tally to 12 in the pool. Mocanu (ROM) completes
women's backstroke double. USA 12-8-9 vs. AUS 4-6-4.
SEPT
23
Final day of Olympic swimming - final WR tally = 15!!! and 25 ORs. 2 more WRs fell
as USA leaves the pool with a bang sweeping both medley relays. Dutch phenomenon de Bruijn is world's
quickest woman as she wins 50m/100m FS and 100m BU with all WRs. Jenny
Thompson secures her 10th medal. Kieren falls to countryman Hackett in
his quest for 3 consecutive golds in 1500m. USA dominates swimming with
14-8-11 vs. AUS/NED 5 golds. USA's 14 golds surpasses Atlanta '96 by 1
gold and 7 medals. USA's 33 medals - 17 men, 16 women, winning 4 of 6
relays and medalled in 25 of 32 events.
Russia sweeps both sync. diving golds. Australia wins inaugural women's water polo with a dramatic last-gasp victory with just 1.13s to the clock over the USA after the score was leveled at 3-3 with 13s left.
SEPT
24
For the 1st time in 4 Olympics, the Chinese were beaten in women's 10m
platform diving. USA's Laura Wilkinson nailed all her dives as the
Chinese women stumbled in their 3rd of 5 dives. Laura wins gold for the
US in the platform for the 1st time since 1964 by just 1.74 pts.
SEPT
26
Russia and France breaks into USA/JPN/CAN stranglehold on sync.
swimming medals. Xiong Ni (CHN) pulled off the narrowest and most
dramatic victory to retain his 3m-sprintboard title by 0.30 points as
world champion Saoutine (RUS) saw the gold slip from his grasp in the
last minutes. He becomes 1st diver since Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) to win
medals at 4 Olympics.
SEPT
28
China sweeps all 3 diving golds incl. 2nd gold for Xiong Ni. Aussies win
1st diving medal since 1924. Fu Mingxia wins her 4th Olympic gold equaling
Americans Pat McCormick and Greg Louganis' record. CHN is 4-4-0 in
Diving, RUS 2-1-1 and USA 1-0-0 with 1 event left.
SEPT
29
Russia wins 2nd synchro. gold.
SEPT
30
Tian Liang and Hu Jia wins China's 5th gold and 5th silver in Diving
competition.
OCT
1
Hungary captured its 1st water polo gold since 1976 and their 7th
overall by beating Russia 13-6. Yugoslavia won the bronze by defeating
defending champions Spain 8-3. It was their first medal since
back-to-back golds in '84/'88. Ian Thorpe, the Australian "Thorpedo" which earned 3 golds and
2 silvers here, carried the Australian flag into Stadium Australia at
Sydney 2000's closing ceremony.
MEN
50m Freestyle |
|
Anthony Ervin
(USA) |
21.98 |
|
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|
Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) |
22.03 |
|
100m Freestyle |
|
Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) |
48.30 |
|
Alexander Popov (RUS) |
48.69 |
|
|
Gary Hall Jr (USA) |
48.73 |
|
200m Freestyle |
|
Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) (WR) |
1:45.35 |
|
Ian Thorpe (AUS) |
1:45.83 |
|
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Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) |
1:46.65 |
|
400m Freestyle |
|
Ian Thorpe (AUS) (WR) |
3:40.59 |
|
Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) |
3:43.40 |
|
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Klete Keller (USA) |
3:47.00 |
|
1500m Freestyle |
|
Grant Hackett (AUS) |
14:48.33 |
|
Kieren Perkins (AUS) |
14:53.59 |
|
|
Chris Thompson (USA) |
14:56.81 |
|
100m Backstroke |
 |
Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) (OR) |
53.72 |
 |
Matthew Welsh (AUS |
54.07 |
|
 |
Stev Theloke (GER) |
54.82 |
|
200m Backstroke |
|
Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) (OR) |
1:56.76 |
|
Aaron Peirsol (USA) |
1:57.35 |
|
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Matthew Welsh (AUS) |
1:57.59 |
|
100m
Breaststroke |
|
Domenico Fioravanti (ITA) (OR) |
1:00.46 |
|
|
Ed Moses (USA) |
1:00.73 |
|
|
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Roman Sloudnov (RUS) |
1:00.91 |
|
200m
Breaststroke |
|
Domenico Fioravanti (ITA) |
2:10.87 |
|
Terence Parkin (RSA) |
2:12.50 |
|
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Davide Rummolo (ITA) |
2:12.73 |
|
100m Butterfly |
|
Lars Froelander (SWE) |
52.00 |
|
Michael Klim (AUS) |
52.18 |
|
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Geoff Huegill (AUS) |
52.22 |
|
200m Butterfly |
|
Tom Malchow (USA) (OR) |
1:55.35 |
|
Denys Sylant'yev (UKR) |
1:55.76 |
|
|
Justin Norris (AUS) |
1:56.17 |
|
200m Individual
Medley |
|
Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) (OR) |
1:58.98 |
|
Tom Dolan (USA) |
1:59.77 |
|
|
Tom Wilkens (USA) |
2:00.87 |
|
400m Individual
Medley |
|
Tom Dolan (USA) (WR) |
4:11.76 |
|
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Erik Vendt (USA) |
4:14.23 |
|
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Curtis Myden (CAN) |
4:15.33 |
|
4 x 100m
Freestyle Relay |
|
AUSTRALIA (WR) |
3:13.67 |
|
UNITED STATES |
3:13.86 |
|
|
BRAZIL |
3:17.30 |
|
4 x 200m
Freestyle Relay |
|
AUSTRALIA (WR) |
7:07.05 |
|
UNITED STATES |
7:12.64 |
|
|
NETHERLANDS |
7:12.70 |
|
4 x 100m Medley |
|
UNITED STATES (WR) |
3:33.73 |
|
AUSTRALIA |
3:35.27 |
|
|
GERMANY |
3:35.88 |
|
|
DIVING |
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3m Springboard |
|
Ni Xiong (CHN) |
708.72 |
|
Fernando Platas (MEX) |
708.42 |
|
|
Dmitri Saoutine (RUS) |
703.20 |
|
10m Platform |
|
Liang Tian (CHN) |
724.53 |
|
Jia Hu (CHN) |
713.55 |
|
|
Dmitri Saoutine (RUS) |
679.26 |
|
Synchronized 3m
Springboard |
|
Hailiang Xiao & Ni Xiong (CHN) |
365.58 |
|
|
Alexandre Dobroskok & Dmitri Saoutine (RUS) |
329.97 |
|
|
|
Robert Newbery & Dean Pullar (AUS) |
322.86 |
|
Synchronized 10m
Platform |
|
Igor Loukachine & Dmitri Saoutine (RUS) |
365.04 |
|
Jia Hu & Liang Tian (CHN) |
358.74 |
|
|
Jan Hempel & Heiko Meyer (GER) |
338.88 |
|
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WATER POLO |
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Water Polo |
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HUNGARY |
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RUSSIA |
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YUGOSLAVIA |
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WOMEN
50m Freestyle |
|
Inge de Bruijn (NED) |
24.32 |
|
Therese Alshammar (SWE) |
24.51 |
|
|
Dara Torres (USA) |
24.63 |
|
100m Freestyle |
|
Inge de Bruijn (NED) |
53.83 |
|
Therese Alshammar (SWE) |
54.33 |
|
|
Dara Torres
(USA) |
54.43 |
|
200m Freestyle |
|
Susie O'Neill (AUS) |
1:58.24 |
|
Martina Moravcova (SVK) |
1:58.32 |
|
|
Caludia Poll (CRC) |
1:58.81 |
|
400m Freestyle |
|
Brooke Bennett (USA) |
4:05.80 |
|
Diana Munz (USA) |
4:07.07 |
|
|
Claudia Poll (CRC) |
4:07.83 |
|
800m Freestyle |
|
Brooke Bennett (USA) (OR) |
8:19.67 |
|
Yana Klochkova (UKR) |
8:22.66 |
|
|
Kaitlin Sandeno (USA) |
8:24.29 |
|
100m Backstroke |
|
Diana Mocanu (ROM) (OR) |
1:00.21 |
|
Mai Nakamura (JPN) |
1:00.55 |
|
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Nina Zhivanevskaya (ESP) |
1:00.89 |
|
200m Backstroke |
|
Diana Mocanu (ROM) |
2:08.16 |
|
Roxana Maracineanu (FRA) |
2:10.25 |
|
|
Miki Nakao (JPN) |
2:11.05 |
|
100m
Breaststroke |
|
Megan Quann (USA) |
1:07.05 |
|
Leisel Jones (AUS) |
1:07.49 |
|
|
Penny Heyns (RSA) |
1:07.55 |
|
200m
Breaststroke |
|
Agnes Kovacs (HUN) |
2:24.35 |
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Kristy Kowal (USA) |
2:24.56 |
|
|
Amanda Beard (USA) |
2:25.35 |
|
100m Butterfly |
|
Inge de Bruijn (NED) (WR) |
56.61 |
|
Martina Moravcova (SVK) |
57.97 |
|
|
Dara Torres (USA) |
58.20 |
|
200m Butterfly |
|
Misty Hyman (USA) |
2:05.88 |
|
Susan O'Neill (AUS) |
2:05.81 |
|
|
Petria Thomas (AUS) |
2:07.12 |
|
200m Individual
Medley |
|
Yana Klochkova (UKR) (OR) |
2:10.68 |
|
Beatruce Caslaru (ROM) |
2:12.57 |
|
|
Cristina Teuscher (USA) |
2:13.32 |
|
400m Individual
Medley |
|
Yana Klochkova (UKR) (WR) |
4:33.59 |
|
Yasuko Tajima (JPN) |
4:35.96 |
|
|
Beatrice Caslaru (ROM) |
4:37.18 |
|
4 x 100m
Freestyle Relay |
|
UNITED STATES (WR) |
3:36.61 |
|
NETHERLANDS |
3:39.83 |
|
|
SWEDEN |
3:40.30 |
|
4 x 200m
Freestyle Relay |
|
UNITED STATES (OR) |
7:57.80 |
|
AUSTRALIA |
7:58.52 |
|
|
GERMANY |
7:58.64 |
|
4 x 100m Medley |
|
UNITED STATES (WR) |
3:58.30 |
|
AUSTRALIA |
4:01.59 |
|
|
JAPAN |
4:04.16 |
|
|
DIVING |
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3m Springboard |
|
Mingxia Fu (CHN) |
609.42 |
|
Jingjing Guo (CHN) |
597.81 |
|
|
Doerte Lindner (GER) |
574.35 |
|
10m Platform |
|
Laura Wilkinson (USA) |
543.75 |
|
Na Li (CHN) |
542.01 |
|
|
Anne Montminy (CAN) |
540.15 |
|
Synchronized 3m
Springboard |
|
Vera Ilina & Ioulia Pakhalina (RUS) |
332.64 |
|
Mingxia Fu & Jingjing Guo (CHN) |
321.60 |
|
|
Ganna Sorokina & Olena Zhupina (UKR) |
290.34 |
|
Synchronized 10m
Platform |
|
Na Li & Xue Sang (CHN) |
345.12 |
|
Emilie Heymans & Anne Montminy (CAN) |
312.03 |
|
|
Rebecca Gilmore & Loudy Tourky (AUS) |
301.50 |
|
|
SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING |
|||
Duet |
|
Olga Brusnikina & Maria Kisseleva (RUS) |
99.580 |
|
Miya Tachibana & Miho Takeda (JPN) |
98.650 |
|
|
Virginie Dedieu & Myriam Lignot (FRA) |
97.437 |
|
Team |
|
RUSSIA |
99.146 |
|
JAPAN |
98.860 |
|
|
CANADA |
97.357 |
|
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WATER POLO |
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Water Polo |
|
AUSTRALIA |
|
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UNITED STATES |
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RUSSIA |
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Country |
|
|
|
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
United States (USA) |
15 |
9 |
11 |
35 |
Australia (AUS) |
6 |
9 |
6 |
21 |
China (CHN) |
5 |
5 |
0 |
10 |
Netherlands (NED) |
5 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
Russia (RUS) |
4 |
3 |
4 |
11 |
Italy (ITA) |
3 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
Ukraine (UKR) |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
Romania (ROM) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
Hungary (HUN) |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Sweden (SWE) |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
Japan (JPN) |
0 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
Slovakia (SVK) |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Canada (CAN) |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
France (FRA) |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
South Africa (RSA) |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Mexico (MEX) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Germany (GER) |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
Costa Rica (CRC) |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
BRA, ESP, YUG |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
Total |
45* |
43* |
45* |
133* |
