Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Swimming events at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m				women
1500 m		men
Backstroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		men		women
4×200 m		men		women
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

The final of the Men's 200 metres Backstroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, on September 21, 2000.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)	1:56.76
	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	1:57.35
	Matthew Welsh (AUS)	1:57.59
4.	Örn Arnarson (ISL)	1:59.00
5.	Emanuele Merisi (ITA)	1:59.01
6.	Răzvan Florea (ROU)	1:59.05
7.	Rogério Romero (BRA)	1:59.27
8.	Gordan Kožulj (CRO)	1:59.38

Semi finals

• Held on September 20, 2000

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	1:58.44
2.	Matthew Welsh (AUS)	1:58.57
3.	Örn Arnarson (ISL)	1:58.99
4.	Rogério Romero (BRA)	1:59.69
5.	Marko Strahija (CRO)	1:59.85
6.	Klaas-Erik Zwering (NED)	2:00.06
7.	Sergey Ostapchuk (RUS)	2:00.47
8.	Leonardo Costa (BRA)	2:02.26

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)	1:57.27
2.	Răzvan Florea (ROU)	1:59.44
3.	Gordan Kožulj (CRO)	1:59.56
4.	Emanuele Merisi (ITA)	1:59.78
5.	Cameron Delaney (AUS)	2:00.39
6.	Chris Renaud (CAN)	2:01.19
7.	Volodymyr Nikolaychuk (UKR)	2:02.27
8.	Yoav Gath (ISR)	2:03.80

Qualification Heats

• Held on September 20, 2000

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Alex Fong (HKG)	2:05.47
2.	Andrei Mihailov (MDA)	2:06.67
3.	Ivan Angelov (BUL)	2:07.30
4.	Guillermo Cabrera (DOM)	2:08.22
5.	Milos Cerovic (YUG)	2:09.07
6.	Aleksandr Yegorov (KGZ)	2:13.85

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Neisser Bent (CUB)	2:02.05
2.	Mario Carvalho (POR)	2:03.82
3.	Eduardo Otero (ARG)	2:05.51
4.	Torwai Sethsothorn (THA)	2:05.52
5.	Ahmed Hussein (EGY)	2:06.10
6.	Gary Tan (SIN)	2:06.32
7.	Lee Jong-Min (KOR)	2:07.14
—	Simon Thirsk (RSA)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Klaas-Erik Zwering (NED)	2:00.94
2.	Scott Talbot-Cameron (NZL)	2:01.53
3.	Blaž Medvešek (SLO)	2:01.67
4.	Markus Rogan (AUT)	2:02.84
5.	Alejandro Bermúdez (COL)	2:03.43
6.	Miroslav Machovic (SVK)	2:04.73
7.	Arūnas Savickas (LTU)	2:05.06
8.	Alex Lim (MAS)	2:08.23

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Răzvan Florea (ROU)	1:59.79
2.	Örn Arnarson (ISL)	1:59.80
3.	Gordan Kožulj (CRO)	2:00.19
4.	Chris Renaud (CAN)	2:00.51
5.	Volodymyr Nikolaychuk (UKR)	2:01.07
6.	Leonardo Costa (BRA)	2:01.08
7.	Fu Yong (CHN)	2:02.70
—	Viktor Bodrogi (HUN)	DSQ

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	1:59.10
2.	Emanuele Merisi (ITA)	1:59.92
3.	Rogério Romero (BRA)	2:00.48
4.	Marko Strahija (CRO)	2:00.72
5.	Yoav Gath (ISR)	2:00.80
6.	Simon Dufour (FRA)	2:01.09
7.	Mirko Mazzari (ITA)	2:02.13
8.	Guillermo Mediano (ESP)	2:03.45

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)	1:58.40
2.	Cameron Delaney (AUS)	1:59.61
3.	Matthew Welsh (AUS)	1:59.76
4.	Sergey Ostapchuk (RUS)	2:00.17
5.	Adam Ruckwood (GBR)	2:01.11
6.	Simon Militis (GBR)	2:01.20
7.	Dustin Hersee (CAN)	2:01.34
8.	Ralf Braun (GER)	2:01.35

References

• USA Swimming