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Host City: Sydney, Australia
Venue(s): Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Date Started: September 20, 2000
Date Finished: September 20, 2000
Format: Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Lenny Krayzelburg |
| Silver: | Aaron Peirsol |
| Bronze: | Matt Welsh |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fong Alex | 20 | Hong Kong | HKG | 2:05.47 | |
| 2 | Andrei Mihailov | 19 | Moldova | MDA | 2:06.67 | |
| 3 | Ivan Angelov | 21 | Bulgaria | BUL | 2:07.30 | |
| 4 | Guillermo Cabrera | 18 | Dominican Republic | DOM | 2:08.22 | |
| 5 | Miloš Cerović | 20 | Serbia and Montenegro | SCG | 2:09.07 | |
| 6 | Aleksandr Yegorov | 24 | Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 2:13.86 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neisser Bent | 24 | Cuba | CUB | 2:02.05 | |
| 2 | Mário Carvalho | 22 | Portugal | POR | 2:03.82 | |
| 3 | Eduardo Otero | 20 | Argentina | ARG | 2:05.51 | |
| 4 | Torwai Sethsothorn | 18 | Thailand | THA | 2:05.52 | |
| 5 | Ahmed Hussain | 17 | Egypt | EGY | 2:06.10 | |
| 6 | Gary Tan | 18 | Singapore | SIN | 2:06.32 | |
| 7 | Lee Jong-Min | 18 | South Korea | KOR | 2:07.14 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Klaas-Erik Zwering | 19 | Netherlands | NED | 2:00.94 | QU |
| 2 | Scott Talbot-Cameron | 19 | New Zealand | NZL | 2:01.53 | |
| 3 | Blaž Medvešek | 20 | Slovenia | SLO | 2:01.67 | |
| 4 | Markus Rogan | 18 | Austria | AUT | 2:02.84 | |
| 5 | Alejandro Bermúdez | 25 | Colombia | COL | 2:03.43 | |
| 6 | Miroslav Machovič | 24 | Slovakia | SVK | 2:04.73 | |
| 7 | Arūnas Savickas | 25 | Lithuania | LTU | 2:05.06 | |
| 8 | Alex Lim | 20 | Malaysia | MAS | 2:08.23 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Răzvan Florea | 19 | Romania | ROU | 1:59.79 | QU |
| 2 | Örn Arnarson | 19 | Iceland | ISL | 1:59.80 | QU |
| 3 | Goran Kožulj | 23 | Croatia | CRO | 2:00.19 | QU |
| 4 | Chris Renaud | 24 | Canada | CAN | 2:00.51 | QU |
| 5 | Volodymyr Nikolaichuk | 25 | Ukraine | UKR | 2:01.07 | QU |
| 6 | Leonardo Costa | 23 | Brazil | BRA | 2:01.08 | QU |
| 7 | Fu Yong | 22 | China | CHN | 2:02.70 | |
| AC | Viktor Bodrogi | 16 | Hungary | HUN | DQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Peirsol | 17 | United States | USA | 1:59.10 | QU |
| 2 | Emanuele Merisi | 27 | Italy | ITA | 1:59.92 | QU |
| 3 | Rogério Romero | 30 | Brazil | BRA | 2:00.48 | QU |
| 4 | Marko Strahija | 25 | Croatia | CRO | 2:00.72 | QU |
| 5 | Yoav Gath | 19 | Israel | ISR | 2:00.80 | QU |
| 6 | Simon Dufour | 21 | France | FRA | 2:01.09 | |
| 7 | Mirko Mazzari | 25 | Italy | ITA | 2:02.13 | |
| 8 | Guillermo Mediano | 24 | Spain | ESP | 2:03.45 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lenny Krayzelburg | 24 | United States | USA | 1:58.40 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Cameron Delaney | 19 | Australia | AUS | 1:59.61 | QU |
| 3 | Matt Welsh | 23 | Australia | AUS | 1:59.76 | QU |
| 4 | Sergey Ostapchuk | 24 | Russia | RUS | 2:00.17 | QU |
| 5 | Adam Ruckwood | 26 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:01.11 | |
| 6 | Simon Militis | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:01.20 | |
| 7 | Dustin Hersee | 25 | Canada | CAN | 2:01.34 | |
| 8 | Ralf Braun | 27 | Germany | GER | 2:01.35 |