Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
| Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
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| Venue | Sydney International Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
| Date | September 22, 2000 (heats) September 23, 2000 (final) |
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| Competitors | 102 from 24 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 3:33.73 WR | |||||||||
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 United States (USA)Lenny Krayzelburg, Ed Moses, Ian Crocker, Gary Hall, Jr., Neil Walker*, Tommy Hannan*, Jason Lezak* |
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 Australia (AUS)Matt Welsh, Regan Harrison, Geoff Huegill, Michael Klim, Josh Watson*, Ryan Mitchell*, Adam Pine*, Ian Thorpe* |
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*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats. |
Germany (GER)
Stev Theloke, Jens Kruppa, Thomas Rupprath, Torsten Spanneberg
The men's 4×100 metre medley relay event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 22–23 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.
Since the event's inception in 1960, the U.S. team dominated the race from the start to demolish a four-year-old world record and most importantly, to defend their Olympic title. Lenny Krayzelburg (53.87), Ed Moses (59.84), Ian Crocker (52.10), and Gary Hall, Jr. (47.92, an American) put together a blazing fast finish of 3:33.73 to cut off their own standard by 1.11 seconds. Moses also produced a mighty effort in the breaststroke leg as he became the first ever swimmer to record a sub one-minute barrier split. After accepting their golds in front of the Aussie home crowd, the U.S. men unfurled a banner reading: "Sydney 2000. In our hearts forever. Thanks Australia."
The Aussie team of Matt Welsh (54.29), Regan Harrison (1:01.48), Geoff Huegill (51.33), and Michael Klim (48.17) finished behind their greatest rivals by a couple of seconds, but made a surprise packet with the silver in an Oceanian record of 3:35.27. Meanwhile, Stev Theloke (55.07), Jens Kruppa (1:00.52), Thomas Rupprath (52.14), and Torsten Spanneberg (48.15) earned their first medley relay medal for Germany since the nation's reunification in 1990, taking home the bronze in a European record of 3:35.88.
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