2000 in Sports - Swimming

Swimming

  • Fifth World Short Course Championships, held in Athens, Greece (March 16 – March 19)
    • United States wins the most medals (25), and the most gold medals (9)
  • 25th European LC Championships, held in Helsinki, Finland (July 3 – August 9)
    • Romania wins the most medals (14), Sweden and Russia the most gold medals (6)
  • XXVII Olympic Games, held in Sydney, Australia (September 16 – September 23)
  • Fourth European SC Championships, held in Valencia, Spain (December 14 – December 17)
    • Great Britain wins the most medals (19), Sweden the most gold medals (10)
  • January 18 – Australia's Susie O'Neill breaks her own world record in the 200 m butterfly (short course) once again, this time at a meet in Sydney, Australia, clocking 2:04.16.
  • February 12 – In Paris, France, US–swimmer Jenny Thompson betters her own world record in the women's 100 m butterfly (short course), from 56:90 to 56:80.
  • March 18 – Jenny Thompson once again betters her own world record in the women's 100 m butterfly (short course), this time in Athens, Greece, from 56:80 to 56:56.
  • March 23 – Anthony Ervin breaks the world record in the men's 50 m freestyle (short course) at a swimming meet in Minneapolis, clocking 21.21.
  • June 16 – At the Russian National Swimming Championships in Moscow, Alexander Popov betters the ten year old world record (21.81) in the 50m freestyle (long course), swam by USA's Tom Jager in 1990 – 21.64.

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