The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 21–22 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.

Competing at his third Games, Lars Frölander ended Sweden's 20-year drought to become an Olympic champion in the event, since Pär Arvidsson did so in 1980. Surprised by a massive home crowd, he overhauled Australia's top favorites Michael Klim and Geoff Huegill on the final 25 metres to snatch a gold medal in a new European record of 52.00. Klim added a silver to his two relay golds from the Games, in a time of 52.18, while Huegill took home the bronze in 52.22, handing an entire medal pool for the Aussies with an unexpected two–three finish.

At 18 years of age, U.S. teenage swimmer Ian Crocker came up with a spectacular swim to earn a fourth spot in an American record of 52.44. Meanwhile, Canada's Mike Mintenko shared a fifth-place tie with Japan's Takashi Yamamoto in a matching standard of 52.58. Germany's Thomas Rupprath and Russia's Anatoly Polyakov closed out the field with a joint seventh-place finish (53.13).

Earlier in the semifinals, Huegill became the second fastest of all time in swimming history to break a 52-second barrier, establishing a new Olympic record of 51.96.

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 21 September Semifinal 1 Geoff Huegill 51.96

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 4 Michael Klim 52.73 Q 2 8 4 Geoff Huegill 52.79 Q 3 8 6 Mike Mintenko 52.90 Q, NR 4 6 6 Takashi Yamamoto 52.91 Q 5 6 4 Lars Frölander 53.14 Q 6 7 3 Zsolt Gáspár 53.29 Q 7 6 2 Anatoly Polyakov 53.30 Q 8 7 6 Denys Sylantyev 53.34 Q 9 6 5 Ian Crocker 53.45 Q 10 6 3 James Hickman 53.48 Q11 8 3 Franck Esposito 53.54 Q 8 5 Tommy Hannan Q 13 7 5 Thomas Rupprath 53.57 Q 14 6 7 Joris Keizer 53.66 Q 15 7 8 Jere Hård 53.67 Q 16 5 5 Stefan Aartsen 53.81 Q 17 7 1 Andriy Serdinov 53.90 18 5 6 Theo Verster 53.95 19 6 1 Igor Marchenko 53.98 20 5 4 Ouyang Kunpeng 54.12 21 7 7 Ioan Gherghel 54.13 22 7 2 Shamek Pietucha 54.14 23 6 8 Peter Mankoč 54.15 8 1 Daniel Carlsson 25 8 8 Tero Välimaa 54.24 26 5 2 Marcin Kaczmarek 54.32 27 5 7 Jan Vítazka 54.34 28 5 8 Pablo Martín Abal 54.45 29 8 2 Francisco Sánchez 54.56 30 4 4 Simão Morgado 54.75 31 4 2 Philippe Meyer 54.85 NR 32 4 6 Andrew Livingston 55.03 33 5 1 Joshua Ilika Brenner 55.07 34 3 4 Ravil Nachaev 55.21 35 3 5 Konstantin Ushkov 55.25 36 1 5 Anthony Ang 55.26 NR 37 4 7 Yoav Meiri 55.38 38 3 7 Simeon Makedonski 55.49 39 2 4 Janko Gojković 55.55 NR 5 3 Oswaldo Quevedo 41 2 3 Aleksandar Miladinovski 55.62 42 4 1 Dennis Otzen Jensen 55.70 43 4 3 Yohan García 55.74 44 2 6 Mehdi Addadi 56.04 45 2 7 Daniel O'Keeffe 56.05 NR 46 2 8 Roberto Delgado 56.07 47 3 6 Luc Decker 56.10 48 2 5 Ríkardur Ríkardsson 56.11 NR 49 1 4 Andrey Gavrilov 56.14 50 4 8 Ivan Mladina 56.17 51 1 3 Ioannis Drymonakos 56.36 52 3 2 Tseng Cheng-hua 56.39 53 3 3 Haitham Hassan 56.42 54 2 2 Stephen Fahy 56.46 55 3 8 Albert Christiadi Sutanto 56.50 56 1 6 Artūrs Jakovļevs 56.63 57 2 1 Nicholas Rees 57.23 58 1 2 Conrad Francis 57.44 59 3 1 Dumitru Zastoico 58.55 60 1 1 Kim Jin-woo 59.55 61 1 7 Kamal Salman Masud 1:00.60 4 5 Milorad Čavić 8 7 Christian Keller

Semifinals

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Geoff Huegill 51.96 Q, 2 5 Takashi Yamamoto 53.10 Q 3 1 Joris Keizer 53.33 NR 4 3 Zsolt Gáspár 53.45 5 6 Denys Sylantyev 53.51 6 2 James Hickman 53.55 7 7 Tommy Hannan 53.59 8 8 Stefan Aartsen 53.81

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Michael Klim 52.63 Q 2 2 Ian Crocker 52.82 Q 3 3 Lars Frölander 52.84 Q 4 5 Mike Mintenko 53.00 Q 5 1 Thomas Rupprath 53.18 Q 6 6 Anatoly Polyakov 53.32 Q 7 7 Franck Esposito 53.38 8 8 Jere Hård 53.65

Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Lars Frölander 52.00 EU 5 Michael Klim 52.18 4 Geoff Huegill 52.22 4 3 Ian Crocker 52.44 AM 5 2 Mike Mintenko 52.58 NR 7 Takashi Yamamoto AS 7 1 Thomas Rupprath 53.13 8 Anatoly Polyakov

References

External links Official Olympic Report