2000 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
# 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.

## Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50 m freestyle | Mark Foster Great Britain | 21.58 | Brendon Dedekind South Africa | 21.62 | Stefan Nystrand Sweden | 21.80 |
| 100 m freestyle | Lars Frölander Sweden | 46.80 | Stefan Nystrand Sweden | 47.73 | Scott Tucker United States | 47.82 |
| 200 m freestyle | Bela Szabados Hungary | 1:45.27 | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | 1:45.63 | Chad Carvin United States | 1:45.79 |
| 400 m freestyle | Chad Carvin United States | 3:41.13 | Paul Palmer Great Britain | 3:42.70 | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | 3:43.68 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Jörg Hoffmann Germany | 14:47.57 | Igor Chervynskyi Ukraine | 14:48.20 | Chad Carvin United States | 14:51.23 |
| 50 m backstroke | Neil Walker United States | 23.99 | Lenny Krayzelburg United States | 24.24 | Rodolfo Falcón Cuba | 24.32 |
| 100 m backstroke | Neil Walker United States | 50.75 WR | Rodolfo Falcón Cuba | 52.87 | Derya Büyükuncu Turkey | 52.88 |
| 200 m backstroke | Gordan Kožulj Croatia | 1:53.31 | Brad Bridgewater United States | 1:53.87 | Volodymyr Nikolaychuk Ukraine | 1:55.33 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Mark Warnecke Germany | 27.22 | Brendon Dedekind South Africa | 27.27 | Oleg Lisogor Ukraine | 27.30 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Roman Sloudnov Russia | 58.57 | Zhu Yi China | 59.99 | Roman Ivanovsky Russia | 1:00.05 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Roman Sloudnov Russia | 2:07.59 WR | Terence Parkin South Africa | 2:07.91 | Andrei Ivanov Russia | 2:09.90 |
| 50 m butterfly | Mark Foster Great Britain | 23.30 | Neil Walker United States | 23.46 | Sabir Muhammad United States | 23.56 |
| 100 m butterfly | Lars Frölander Sweden | 50.44 WR | James Hickman Great Britain | 51.53 | Denys Sylantyev Ukraine | 51.84 |
| 200 m butterfly | James Hickman Great Britain | 1:53.57 | Shamek Pietucha Canada | 1:54.27 | Anatoly Polyakov Russia | 1:54.47 |
| 100 m individual medley | Neil Walker United States | 52.79 WR | Jani Sievinen Finland | 54.08 | James Hickman Great Britain | 54.38 |
| 200 m individual medley | Jani Sievinen Finland | 1:56.27 | James Hickman Great Britain | 1:56.86 | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | 1:58.05 |
| 400 m individual medley | Jani Sievinen Finland | 4:09.54 | Terence Parkin South Africa | 4:10.56 | Michael 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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50 m freestyle | Therese Alshammar Sweden | 23.59 WR | Sandra Völker Germany | 24.77 | Alison Sheppard Great Britain | 24.80 |
| 100 m freestyle | Therese Alshammar Sweden | 52.17 WR | Jenny Thompson United States | 53.14 | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | 53.88 |
| 200 m freestyle | Yang Yu China | 1:56.06 | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | 1:56.46 | Natalya Baranovskaya Belarus | 1:57.54 |
| 400 m freestyle | Lindsay Benko United States | 4:02.44 | Yana Klochkova Ukraine | 4:04.39 | Chen Hua China | 4:06.63 |
| 800 m freestyle | Chen Hua China | 8:17.03 | Brooke Bennett United States | 8:19.66 | Flavia Rigamonti Switzerland | 8:21.57 |
| 50 m backstroke | Antje Buschschulte Germany | 27.90 | Marylyn Chiang Canada | 28.03 | Kellie McMillan Australia | 28.06 |
| 100 m backstroke | Sandra Völker Germany | 58.66 | Marylyn Chiang Canada | 59.33 | Antje Buschschulte Germany | 59.37 |
| 200 m backstroke | Antje Buschschulte Germany | 2:07.29 | Clementine Stoney Australia | 2:08.64 | Lindsay Benko United States | 2:08.85 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Sarah Poewe South Africa | 30.66 | Hao Ping China | 31.22 | Tara Kirk United States | 31.47 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Sarah Poewe South Africa | 1:06.21 | Alicja Pęczak Poland | 1:07.69 | Yelena Bogomazova Russia | 1:08.27 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Rebecca Brown Australia | 2:23.41 | Alicja Pęczak Poland | 2:24.24 | Brooke Hanson Australia | 2:25.30 |
| 50 m butterfly | Jenny Thompson United States | 26.13 | Anna-Karin Kammerling Sweden | 26.16 | Nicola Jackson Great Britain | 26.85 |
| 100 m butterfly | Jenny Thompson United States | 57.67 | Johanna Sjöberg Sweden | 57.96 | Karen Campbell United States | 58.86 |
| 200 m butterfly | Mette Jacobsen Denmark | 2:08.10 | Katrin Jaeke Germany | 2:09.42 | Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland | 2:09.61 |
| 100 m individual medley | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | 59.71 | Marianne Limpert Canada | 1:02.00 | Alenka Kejžar Slovenia | 1:02.24 |
| 200 m individual medley | Yana Klochkova Ukraine | 2:08.97 | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | 2:08.98 | Marianne Limpert Canada | 2:12.68 |
| 400 m individual medley | Yana Klochkova Ukraine | 4:32.45 | Nicole Hetzer Germany | 4:37.92 | Katie 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

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 9 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | South Africa (RSA) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |
