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Fun Trivia: 2 : 2000 Sydney

Special Sub-Topic: 2000 Olympic Champions - Swimming


Who was the 2000 Olympic champion in the men's 200M Freestyle?

    Pieter Van Den Hoogenband. Pieter Van Den Hoogenband of the Netherlands, came over the top of Ian Thorpe to take out the title. In winning, Pieter equaled his world record set in the semi-finals.

Who was the 2000 Olympic champion in the Women's 200M Freestyle?
    Susie O'Neill. At the Sydney Olympics, Claudia Poll from Costa Rica, was the reigning champion from Atlanta 1996. Susie O'Neill of Australia took the gold this time around.

Who was the 2000 Olympic champion in the Men's 50M Butterfly?
    Not an event contested at Olympics.. The 50M Backstroke, Breaststroke, and Butterfly, were events that are not contested at Olympics. The 50M Feestyle was however.

Who was the 2000 Olympic champion in the Women's 200M Butterfly?
    Misty Hyman. Misty Hyman of USA was the first person to beat Susie O'Neill in the 200M Butterfly in over 5 years. Susie was known as, "Madame Butterfly", due to her career record over the 200M Butterfly. Susie broke Mary T Meagher, USA, 19 year world record in the event in 2000.

Who was the 2000 Olympic champion/s in the Men's 50M Freestyle?
    Gary Hall Jr & Anthony Ervin. Both Gary Hall Jr and Anthony Ervin are from the USA. Anthony Ervin went onto win the Men's 50M Free at the 2001 World Championships.

Who was the 2000 Olympic champion in the Women's 100M Butterfly?
    Inge de Bruijn. Inge de Bruijn broke her own world record in the final. Petria Thomas went on to take out the title at the 2001 World Championships. Jenny Thompson was the 2003 World Champion.

Who was the 2000 Olympic champion in the Men's 100M Butterfly?
    Lars Frolander. Michael Klim went into the 2000 Olympics ranked #1. At the time of the Olympics, he was the world record holder in the event. Lars Frolander of Sweeden came from behind to win.

Who was the 2000 Olympic champion in the Women's 100M Breaststroke?
    Megan Quann. Megan Quann of the United States, swam an amazing race to hold off, then World Record holder, Penny Heyns, and Leisel Jones.

Which men's team were the 2000 Olympic champions in the 4 X 100M Freestyle Relay?
    Australia. Prior to the race, Gary Hall Jr, of the USA, said they would smash the Australian's like smashing guitars. The Australian men set a New World Record in the event. Michael Klim broke Alexander Popov's world record in the 100M Freestyle in the lead off leg.

Which women's team were the 2000 Olympic champions in the 4 X 100 Medley Relay?
    USA. The USA team smashed the Chinese World Record in the event. The women's team was the first to swim a 4 X 100M Medley relay in under 4 minutes.


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