2000 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

The 5th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) were held at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Athens, Greece from 16–19 March 2000. 15 world records were set.

1999 FINA World Swimming Championships
Host cityAthens
CountryGreece
Opening16 March 2000 (2000-03-16)
Closing19 March 2000 (2000-03-19)
Main venueOAKA

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
50 m freestyleMark Foster
 Great Britain
21.58Brendon Dedekind
 South Africa
21.62Stefan Nystrand
 Sweden
21.80
100 m freestyleLars Frölander
 Sweden
46.80Stefan Nystrand
 Sweden
47.73Scott Tucker
 United States
47.82
200 m freestyleBela Szabados
 Hungary
1:45.27Massimiliano Rosolino
 Italy
1:45.63Chad Carvin
 United States
1:45.79
400 m freestyleChad Carvin
 United States
3:41.13Paul Palmer
 Great Britain
3:42.70Massimiliano Rosolino
 Italy
3:43.68
1500 m freestyleJörg Hoffmann
 Germany
14:47.57Igor Chervynskyi
 Ukraine
14:48.20Chad Carvin
 United States
14:51.23
50 m backstrokeNeil Walker
 United States
23.99Lenny Krayzelburg
 United States
24.24Rodolfo Falcón
 Cuba
24.32
100 m backstrokeNeil Walker
 United States
50.75
WR
Rodolfo Falcón
 Cuba
52.87Derya Büyükuncu
 Turkey
52.88
200 m backstrokeGordan Kožulj
 Croatia
1:53.31Brad Bridgewater
 United States
1:53.87Volodymyr Nikolaychuk
 Ukraine
1:55.33
50 m breaststrokeMark Warnecke
 Germany
27.22Brendon Dedekind
 South Africa
27.27Oleg Lisogor
 Ukraine
27.30
100 m breaststrokeRoman Sloudnov
 Russia
58.57Zhu Yi
 China
59.99Roman Ivanovsky
 Russia
1:00.05
200 m breaststrokeRoman Sloudnov
 Russia
2:07.59
WR
Terence Parkin
 South Africa
2:07.91Andrei Ivanov
 Russia
2:09.90
50 m butterflyMark Foster
 Great Britain
23.30Neil Walker
 United States
23.46Sabir Muhammad
 United States
23.56
100 m butterflyLars Frölander
 Sweden
50.44
WR
James Hickman
 Great Britain
51.53Denys Sylantyev
 Ukraine
51.84
200 m butterflyJames Hickman
 Great Britain
1:53.57Shamek Pietucha
 Canada
1:54.27Anatoly Polyakov
 Russia
1:54.47
100 m individual medleyNeil Walker
 United States
52.79
WR
Jani Sievinen
 Finland
54.08James Hickman
 Great Britain
54.38
200 m individual medleyJani Sievinen
 Finland
1:56.27James Hickman
 Great Britain
1:56.86Massimiliano Rosolino
 Italy
1:58.05
400 m individual medleyJani Sievinen
 Finland
4:09.54Terence Parkin
 South Africa
4:10.56Michael Halika
 Israel
4:10.90
4×100 m freestyle relay  Sweden
Johan Nyström
Lars Frölander
Mattias Ohlin
Stefan Nystrand
3:09.57
WR
 United States
Scott Tucker
Josh Davis
Sabir Muhammad
Neil Walker
3:10.98  Germany
Mitja Zastrow
Stefan Herbst
Christian Tröger
Stephan Kunzelmann
3:13.69
4×200 m freestyle relay  United States
Josh Davis
Neil Walker
Scott Tucker
Chad Carvin
7:01.33
WR
 Great Britain
Edward Sinclair
Marc Spackman
Paul Palmer
James Salter
7:03.06  Russia
Denis Pimankov
Anatoly Polyakov
Dmitri Chernychev
Andrey Kapralov
7:05.24
4×100 m medley relay  United States
Lenny Krayzelburg
Jarrod Marrs
Neil Walker
Scott Tucker
3:30.03  Germany
Sebastian Halgasch
Björn Nowakowski
Thomas Rupprath
Stefan Herbst
3:31.77  Great Britain
Neil Willey
Darren Mew
James Hickman
Paul Belk
3:32.08

Legend: WR: World record; CR: World Championships record

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
50 m freestyleTherese Alshammar
 Sweden
23.59
WR
Sandra Völker
 Germany
24.77Alison Sheppard
 Great Britain
24.80
100 m freestyleTherese Alshammar
 Sweden
52.17
WR
Jenny Thompson
 United States
53.14Martina Moravcová
 Slovakia
53.88
200 m freestyleYang Yu
 China
1:56.06Martina Moravcová
 Slovakia
1:56.46Natalya Baranovskaya
 Belarus
1:57.54
400 m freestyleLindsay Benko
 United States
4:02.44Yana Klochkova
 Ukraine
4:04.39Chen Hua
 China
4:06.63
800 m freestyleChen Hua
 China
8:17.03Brooke Bennett
 United States
8:19.66Flavia Rigamonti
 Switzerland
8:21.57
50 m backstrokeAntje Buschschulte
 Germany
27.90Marylyn Chiang
 Canada
28.03Kellie McMillan
 Australia
28.06
100 m backstrokeSandra Völker
 Germany
58.66Marylyn Chiang
 Canada
59.33Antje Buschschulte
 Germany
59.37
200 m backstrokeAntje Buschschulte
 Germany
2:07.29Clementine Stoney
 Australia
2:08.64Lindsay Benko
 United States
2:08.85
50 m breaststrokeSarah Poewe
 South Africa
30.66Hao Ping
 China
31.22Tara Kirk
 United States
31.47
100 m breaststrokeSarah Poewe
 South Africa
1:06.21Alicja Pęczak
 Poland
1:07.69Yelena Bogomazova
 Russia
1:08.27
200 m breaststrokeRebecca Brown
 Australia
2:23.41Alicja Pęczak
 Poland
2:24.24Brooke Hanson
 Australia
2:25.30
50 m butterflyJenny Thompson
 United States
26.13Anna-Karin Kammerling
 Sweden
26.16Nicola Jackson
 Great Britain
26.85
100 m butterflyJenny Thompson
 United States
57.67Johanna Sjöberg
 Sweden
57.96Karen Campbell
 United States
58.86
200 m butterflyMette Jacobsen
 Denmark
2:08.10Katrin Jaeke
 Germany
2:09.42Otylia Jędrzejczak
 Poland
2:09.61
100 m individual medleyMartina Moravcová
 Slovakia
59.71Marianne Limpert
 Canada
1:02.00Alenka Kejžar
 Slovenia
1:02.24
200 m individual medleyYana Klochkova
 Ukraine
2:08.97Martina Moravcová
 Slovakia
2:08.98Marianne Limpert
 Canada
2:12.68
400 m individual medleyYana Klochkova
 Ukraine
4:32.45Nicole Hetzer
 Germany
4:37.92Katie Jo Yevak
 United States
4:38.80
4×100 m freestyle relay  Sweden
Louise Jöhncke
Therese Alshammar
Anna-Karin Kammerling
Johanna Sjöberg
3:35.54  Germany
Katrin Meissner
Antje Buschschulte
Britta Steffen
Sandra Völker
3:37.31  Great Britain
Alison Sheppard
Claire Huddart
Karen Legg
Karen Pickering
3:37.93
4×200 m freestyle relay  Great Britain
Claire Huddart
Nicola Jackson
Karen Legg
Karen Pickering
7:49.11
WR
 United States
Lindsay Benko
Brooke Bennett
Tammie Stone
Jenny Thompson
7:50.59  China
Sun Dan
Yang Lina
Li Jin
Yang Yu
7:52.70
4×100 m medley relay  Sweden
Therese Alshammar
Emma Igelström
Johanna Sjöberg
Anna-Karin Kammerling
3:59.53  Germany
Sandra Völker
Janne Schäfer
Katrin Jäke
Katrin Meissner
4:01.47  United States
Jamie Reid
Anita Nall
Jenny Thompson
Tammie Stone
4:02.51

Legend: WR: World record; CR: World Championships record

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)97824
2  Sweden (SWE)73111
3  Germany (GER)56213
4  Great Britain (GBR)44614
5  South Africa (RSA)2406
6  Ukraine (UKR)2237
7  China (CHN)2226
8  Finland (FIN)2103
9  Russia (RUS)2057
10  Slovakia (SVK)1214
11  Australia (AUS)1124
12  Croatia (CRO)1001
 Denmark (DEN)1001
 Hungary (HUN)1001
15  Canada (CAN)0415
16  Poland (POL)0213
17  Italy (ITA)0123
18  Cuba (CUB)0112
19  Belarus (BLR)0011
 Israel (ISR)0011
 Slovenia (SLO)0011
 Switzerland (SUI)0011
 Turkey (TUR)0011
Totals (23 entries)404040120

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