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 (1:01.63) and Switzerland's Remo Lütolf (1:01.88) 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. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 17 September Final Domenico Fioravanti 1:00.46

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 8 5 Domenico Fioravanti 1:01.32 Q, NR 2 8 1 Daniel Málek 1:01.56 Q, NR 3 8 4 Ed Moses 1:01.59 Q 4 7 7 Károly Güttler 1:01.66 Q 5 7 5 Kosuke Kitajima 1:01.68 Q 6 7 3 Morgan Knabe 1:01.81 Q 7 7 6 Dmitry Komornikov 1:01.87 Q 8 9 8 Marcel Wouda 1:02.00 Q, NR 9 9 7 Jens Kruppa 1:02.09 Q 10 9 4 Roman Sloudnov 1:02.15 Q 11 8 3 Brett Petersen 1:02.20 Q 12 9 5 Jarno Pihlava 1:02.21 Q 13 9 2 Oleg Lisogor 1:02.24 Q 14 7 8 Hugues Duboscq 1:02.40 Q 15 8 6 Darren Mew 1:02.42 Q 16 8 2 Remo Lütolf 1:02.54 Q 17 6 5 Phil Rogers 1:02.77 18 8 8 José Couto 1:02.79 19 6 6 Elvin Chia 1:02.81 20 9 6 Mark Warnecke 1:02.85 21 9 3 Akira Hayashi 1:02.86 22 6 4 Patrick Schmollinger 1:02.87 23 7 2 Adam Whitehead 1:02.91 24 6 2 Marek Krawczyk 1:03.00 25 7 4 Pat Calhoun 1:03.03 26 9 1 Patrik Isaksson 1:03.05 27 6 3 Steven Ferguson 1:03.06 28 7 1 Terence Parkin 1:03.11 29 8 7 Zhu Yi 1:03.20 30 6 7 Vanja Rogulj 1:03.58 31 6 1 Eduardo Fischer 1:03.72 32 6 8 Raiko Pachel 1:03.99 5 5 Tal Stricker 34 4 3 Valērijs Kalmikovs 1:04.02 4 7 Arsenio López 36 3 1 Vadim Tatarov 1:04.12 NR 37 3 4 Francisco Suriano 1:04.31 NR 38 5 6 Alvaro Fortuny 1:04.35 39 5 3 Alwin de Prins 1:04.37 40 5 2 Yang Shang-hsuan 1:04.54 41 4 5 Andrew Bree 1:04.58 42 4 2 Nikola Savčić 1:04.64 43 5 4 Alfredo Jacobo 1:04.67 44 5 8 Iván Rodríguez Mesa 1:04.68 45 4 8 Joe Kyong-fan 1:04.71 46 5 7 Aliaksandr Hukau 1:04.96 47 3 5 Wickus Nienaber 1:04.98 48 2 4 Juan José Madrigal 1:05.14 NR 49 3 2 Jorg Lindemeier 1:05.25 50 3 3 Matthew Kwok Hon Ming 1:05.28 51 2 3 Sylvain Fauré 1:05.51 52 4 4 Hjalti Gudmundsson 1:05.55 53 5 1 Sergio Andres Ferreyra 1:05.75 54 3 7 Aleksandr Savitsky 1:05.95 55 2 6 Jean Luc Razakarivony 1:05.97 56 2 5 Ahmed Al-Kudmani 1:06.07 57 4 1 Daniel Liew 1:06.41 58 3 8 Krasimir Zahov 1:07.09 59 4 6 Yevgeny Petrashov 1:07.32 60 3 6 Hakan Kiper 1:07.46 61 1 3 Antonio Leon Candia 1:08.12 NR 62 2 2 Malick Fall 1:08.60 63 1 5 Kieran Chan 1:13.34 64 2 7 Karar Samedul Islam 1:14.93 65 1 4 Joe Atuhaire 1:22.35 2 1 Facinet Bangoura

Semifinals

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Roman Sloudnov 1:01.15 Q 2 4 Daniel Málek 1:01.60 Q 3 3 Morgan Knabe 1:01.70 Q 4 8 Remo Lütolf 1:01.81 Q, NR 5 5 Károly Güttler 1:01.83 6 7 Jarno Pihlava 1:01.92 7 6 Marcel Wouda 1:01.94 NR 8 1 Hugues Duboscq 1:02.89

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Domenico Fioravanti 1:00.84 Q, NR 2 5 Ed Moses 1:01.22 Q 3 3 Kosuke Kitajima 1:01.31 Q, AS 4 7 Brett Petersen 1:01.42 Q, AF 5 6 Dmitry Komornikov 1:01.88 6 2 Jens Kruppa 1:01.92 7 8 Darren Mew 1:01.98 8 1 Oleg Lisogor 1:02.00

Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Domenico Fioravanti 1:00.46 3 Ed Moses 1:00.73 5 Roman Sloudnov 1:00.91 4 6 Kosuke Kitajima 1:01.34 5 7 Daniel Málek 1:01.50 NR 6 1 Morgan Knabe 1:01.58 NR 7 2 Brett Petersen 1:01.63 8 8 Remo Lütolf 1:01.88

References

External links Official Olympic Report