WOMEN: Swimming, 1999-2000 Season

Updated September 14, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

at Athens, Greece, March 16-19.

(WR) indicates world record. Note that short course world records are not included in the list on the previous pages; that list is of long course world records.

Final Medal Standings

    G S B Total
1 United States 9 7 9 25
2 Germany 5 6 2 13
  Great Britain 4 4 5 13
4 Sweden 7 3 1 11
5 Ukraine 2 2 3 7
  Russia 2 0 5 7
7 South Africa 2 4 0 6
  China 2 2 2 6
9 Canada 0 4 1 5
10 Slovakia 1 2 1 4
  Australia 1 1 2 4
12 Finland 2 1 0 3
  Poland 0 2 1 3
  Italy 0 1 2 3
15 Cuba 0 1 1 2
16 Eight countries tied with 1 medal each.

MEN

Event   Time  
50m free Mark Foster, GBR 21.58  
100m free Lars Frolander, SWE 46.80  
200m free Bela Szabados, HUN 1:45.27  
400m free Chad Carvin, USA 3:41.13  
1500m free Jorg Hoffmann, GER 14:47.57  
50m back Neil Walker, USA 23.99* WR
100m back Neil Walker, USA 50.75 WR
200m back Gordan Kozulj, CRO 1:53.31  
50m breast Mark Warnecke, GER 27.22  
100m breast Roman Sloudnov, RUS 58.57* WR
200m breast Roman Sloudnov, RUS 2:07.59 WR
50m fly Mark Foster, GBR 23.30* WR
100m fly Lars Frolander, SWE 50.44 WR
200m fly James Hickman, GBR 1:53.57  
100m I.M. Neil Walker, USA 52.79 WR
200m I.M. Jani Sievinen, FIN 1:56.27  
400m I.M. Jani Sievinen, FIN 4:09.54  
4x100m free Sweden 3:09.57 WR
4x200m free USA 7:01.33 WR
4x100m medley USA 3:30.03  
*Walker swam a 23.42 in a preliminary heat to set the world record in the 50m backstroke. Sloudnov swam a 58.51 in a premininary heat to set the world record in the 100m breaststroke. In the 50m butterfly, Frolander set the world record in a preliminary heat with a 23.19.

WOMEN

Event   Time  
50m free Therese Alshammar, SWE 23.59 WR
100m free Therese Alshammar, SWE 52.17 WR
200m free Yang Yu, CHN 1:56.06  
400m free Lindsay Benko, USA 4:02.44  
800m free Chen Hua, CHN 8:17.03  
50m back Antje Buschschulte, GER 27.90  
100m back Sandra Volker, GER 58.66  
200m back Antje Buschschulte, GER 2:07.29  
50m breast Sarah Poewe, RSA 30.66  
100m breast Sarah Poewe, RSA 1:06.21  
200m breast Rebecca Brown, AUS 2:23.41  
50m fly Jenny Thompson, USA 26.13  
100m fly Jenny Thompson, USA 57.67* WR
200m fly Mette Jacobsen, DEN 2:08.10  
100m I.M. Martina Moravcova, SVK 59.71  
200m I.M. Yana Klochkova, UKR 2:08.97  
400m I.M. Yana Klochkova, UKR 4:32.45  
4x100m free Sweden 3:35.54  
4x200m free Great Britain 7:49:11 WR
4x100m medley Sweden 3:59.53  
*Thompson swam a 56.56 in a preliminary heat to set the world record in the 100m butterfly.

 

World, Olympic and American Records Swimming 2000 FINA World Cup Diving Championships

 

 
 
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