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Host City: Sydney, Australia
Venue(s): Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Date Started: September 17, 2000
Date Finished: September 17, 2000
Format: Fastest eight advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Tom Dolan |
| Silver: | Erik Vendt |
| Bronze: | Curtis Myden |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fong Alex | 20 | Hong Kong | HKG | 4:29.02 | |
| 2 | Georgi Palazov | 20 | Bulgaria | BUL | 4:35.92 | |
| 3 | Oussama Mellouli | 16 | Tunisia | TUN | 4:41.97 | |
| 4 | Hsu Kuo-Tung | 16 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | 4:42.78 | |
| 5 | John Tabone | 20 | Malta | MLT | 4:53.12 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jani Sievinen | 26 | Finland | FIN | 4:25.16 | |
| 2 | Jeremy Knowles | 19 | Bahamas | BAH | 4:26.87 | |
| 3 | George Bovell | 17 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 4:29.52 | |
| 4 | Juan Carlos Piccio | 19 | Philippines | PHI | 4:30.17 | |
| 5 | Juan Veloz | 17 | Mexico | MEX | 4:31.73 | |
| 6 | Grigory Matuzkov | 29 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 4:31.89 | |
| 7 | Wan Azlan Abdullah | 25 | Malaysia | MAS | 4:36.90 | |
| 8 | Sandro Tomaš | 27 | Croatia | CRO | 4:38.31 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksey Kovrigin | 19 | Russia | RUS | 4:22.21 | |
| 2 | Yves Platel | 22 | Switzerland | SUI | 4:22.38 | |
| 3 | Serghei Mariniuc | 31 | Moldova | MDA | 4:23.57 | |
| 4 | Jan Víťazka | 24 | Czech Republic | CZE | 4:23.81 | |
| 5 | Dmytro Nazarenko | 20 | Ukraine | UKR | 4:25.26 | |
| 6 | Marko Milenkovič | 24 | Slovenia | SLO | 4:26.62 | |
| 7 | Kim Bang-Hyeon | 21 | South Korea | KOR | 4:28.56 | |
| 8 | Alejandro Bermúdez | 25 | Colombia | COL | 4:29.42 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alessio Boggiatto | 19 | Italy | ITA | 4:14.26 | QU |
| 2 | Curtis Myden | 26 | Canada | CAN | 4:16.55 | QU |
| 3 | Cezar Bădiţă | 21 | Romania | ROU | 4:17.11 | QU |
| 4 | Matt Dunn | 27 | Australia | AUS | 4:20.31 | |
| 5 | Johann Le Bihan | 21 | France | FRA | 4:20.96 | |
| 6 | Dean Kent | 21 | New Zealand | NZL | 4:21.81 | |
| 7 | Simon Militis | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:24.38 | |
| 8 | Michael Windisch | 24 | Austria | AUT | 4:24.62 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erik Vendt | 19 | United States | USA | 4:17.15 | QU |
| 2T | Shinya Taniguchi | 19 | Japan | JPN | 4:17.36 | QU |
| 2T | Justin Norris | 20 | Australia | AUS | 4:17.36 | QU |
| 4 | Terence Parkin | 20 | South Africa | RSA | 4:18.14 | QU |
| 5 | Jirka Letzin | 29 | Germany | GER | 4:18.63 | |
| 6 | Miki Halika | 21 | Israel | ISR | 4:19.97 | |
| 7 | Ioannis Kokkodis | 19 | Greece | GRE | 4:23.19 | |
| 8 | Jin Hao | 21 | China | CHN | 4:24.56 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Dolan | 24 | United States | USA | 4:15.52 | QU |
| 2 | István Batházi | 21 | Hungary | HUN | 4:18.85 | |
| 3 | Susumu Tabuchi | 20 | Japan | JPN | 4:20.76 | |
| 4 | Frederik Hviid | 25 | Spain | ESP | 4:21.63 | |
| 5 | Massimiliano Eroli | 23 | Italy | ITA | 4:22.85 | |
| 6 | Xie Xufeng | 22 | China | CHN | 4:23.33 | |
| 7 | Owen Von Richter | 25 | Canada | CAN | 4:25.70 | |
| 8 | Torwai Sethsothorn | 18 | Thailand | THA | 4:28.42 |