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Quiz about 2000 Olympic Champions Swimming

2000 Olympic Champions - Swimming Quiz

All questions will be based on Sydney 2000, and some of those champions.

A multiple-choice quiz by commby_89. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
commby_89

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
181,178

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1415

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the 2000 Olympic champion in the men's 200M Freestyle? Hint

Ian Thorpe

Pieter Van Den Hoogenband

Grant Hackett

Klete Keller

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the 2000 Olympic champion in the Women's 200M Freestyle? Hint

Susie O'Neill

Claudia Poll

Franziska Van Almsick

Martina Moravcova

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the 2000 Olympic champion in the Men's 50M Butterfly? Hint

Ian Crocker

Not an event contested at Olympics.

Matt Welsh

Michael Phelps

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the 2000 Olympic champion in the Women's 200M Butterfly? Hint

Misty Hyman

Susie O'Neill

Petria Thomas

Mette Jacobson

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the 2000 Olympic champion/s in the Men's 50M Freestyle? Hint

Gary Hall Jr & Anthony Ervin

Alexander Popov

Alexander Popov & Gary Hall Jr

Gary Hall Jr

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was the 2000 Olympic champion in the Women's 100M Butterfly? Hint

Inge de Bruijn

Jenny Thompson

Petria Thomas

Martina Moravcova

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was the 2000 Olympic champion in the Men's 100M Butterfly? Hint

Michael Klim

Lars Frolander

Michael Phelps

Ian Crocker

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the 2000 Olympic champion in the Women's 100M Breaststroke? Hint

Leisel Jones

Megan Quann

Penny Heyns

Amanda Beard

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which men's team were the 2000 Olympic champions in the 4 X 100M Freestyle Relay? Hint

USA

Australia

Nederlands

Russia

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which women's team were the 2000 Olympic champions in the 4 X 100 Medley Relay? Hint

USA

China

Australia

Germany

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the 2000 Olympic champion in the men's 200M Freestyle?

Answer: Pieter Van Den Hoogenband

Pieter Van Den Hoogenband of the Netherlands, came over the top of Ian Thorpe to take out the title. In winning, Pieter equaled his world record set in the semi-finals.

2. Who was the 2000 Olympic champion in the Women's 200M Freestyle?

Answer: Susie O'Neill

At the Sydney Olympics, Claudia Poll from Costa Rica, was the reigning champion from Atlanta 1996. Susie O'Neill of Australia took the gold this time around.

3. Who was the 2000 Olympic champion in the Men's 50M Butterfly?

Answer: Not an event contested at Olympics.

The 50M Backstroke, Breaststroke, and Butterfly, were events that are not contested at Olympics. The 50M Feestyle was however.

4. Who was the 2000 Olympic champion in the Women's 200M Butterfly?

Answer: Misty Hyman

Misty Hyman of USA was the first person to beat Susie O'Neill in the 200M Butterfly in over 5 years. Susie was known as, "Madame Butterfly", due to her career record over the 200M Butterfly. Susie broke Mary T Meagher, USA, 19 year world record in the event in 2000.

5. Who was the 2000 Olympic champion/s in the Men's 50M Freestyle?

Answer: Gary Hall Jr & Anthony Ervin

Both Gary Hall Jr and Anthony Ervin are from the USA. Anthony Ervin went onto win the Men's 50M Free at the 2001 World Championships.

6. Who was the 2000 Olympic champion in the Women's 100M Butterfly?

Answer: Inge de Bruijn

Inge de Bruijn broke her own world record in the final. Petria Thomas went on to take out the title at the 2001 World Championships. Jenny Thompson was the 2003 World Champion.

7. Who was the 2000 Olympic champion in the Men's 100M Butterfly?

Answer: Lars Frolander

Michael Klim went into the 2000 Olympics ranked #1. At the time of the Olympics, he was the world record holder in the event. Lars Frolander of Sweeden came from behind to win.

8. Who was the 2000 Olympic champion in the Women's 100M Breaststroke?

Answer: Megan Quann

Megan Quann of the United States, swam an amazing race to hold off, then World Record holder, Penny Heyns, and Leisel Jones.

9. Which men's team were the 2000 Olympic champions in the 4 X 100M Freestyle Relay?

Answer: Australia

Prior to the race, Gary Hall Jr, of the USA, said they would smash the Australian's like smashing guitars. The Australian men set a New World Record in the event. Michael Klim broke Alexander Popov's world record in the 100M Freestyle in the lead off leg.

10. Which women's team were the 2000 Olympic champions in the 4 X 100 Medley Relay?

Answer: USA

The USA team smashed the Chinese World Record in the event. The women's team was the first to swim a 4 X 100M Medley relay in under 4 minutes.

Source: Author commby_89

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