Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan lashe lambar zinare 6 a gasar zakarun Turai ta 1999, Van den Hoogenband na daya daga cikin wadanda aka fi so a gasar Olympics ta 2000, amma abokan hamayyarsa sun kasance masu ban tsoro. A tseren mita 200 na 'yanci ya fuskanci mai riƙe da tarihin duniya, matashin dan Australia Ian Thorpe, wanda aka fi so a gida a Sydney. A cikin wasan kusa da na karshe, Van den Hoogenband ya kafa sabon tarihin duniya, amma Thorpe ya amsa tare da lokaci kawai 0.02 s a hankali. A cikin wasan karshe mai ban sha'awa, Van den Hoogenband ya daidaita lokacinsa daga wasan kusa da na karshe don lashe lambar zinare. A cikin
100 m freestyle, Van den Hoogenband ya sake kafa tarihin duniya a wasan kusa da na karshe kuma ya lashe lambar zinare ta biyu, inda ya kayar da zakaran 1992 da 1996, Alexander Popov. Rikodin duniya na mita 100 ya tsaya har zuwa 21 ga Maris 2008 kuma Alain Bernard na Faransa (47.60) ya karya shi. Van den Hoogenband ya sami ƙarin lambobin yabo guda biyu, duka tagulla, a cikin tseren tseren mita 50 da tseren tseren mita 4 × 200, wanda shi ne mai tsere na ƙarshe.