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The Top 10 - Strokes and IM - Men

Dateline:  05/01/2000 (Updated 5/13/2000)

 

 

A look at the top ranked swimmers, and where their performances would have placed them in the 1996 Summer Olympics. The Strokes and IM will be added soon.

Men - Freestyle - Strokes and IM

Women - Freestyle - Strokes and IM

 

Name

Country

Where time would have placed in 1996

 

Men's 100 Back; 1996 winner –
Jeff Rouse, USA, 54.10

1

Neil Walker

USA

54.58, 2nd

2

Josh Watson

AUS

55.44, 6th

3

Rogerio Romero

BRA

55.57, 8th

4

Darius Grigalionis

LTU

55.63, 8th

4

Aaron Peirsol

USA

55.63, 8th

6

Robert Brewer

USA

55.67, 8th

7

Mariusz Siembida

POL

55.78, 10th

8

Volodymyr Nikolaychuk

UKR

55.87, 10th

9

Matt Welsh

AUS

55.92, 10th

10

David Ortega

ESP

55.94, 10th

 

Men's 200 Back; 1996 winner –
Brad Bridgewater, USA, 1:58.54

1

Aaron Peirsol

USA

1:57.03, 1st

2

Brian Walters

USA

1:59.62, 4th

3

Rogerio Romero

BRA

1:59.77, 4th

4

Simon Dufour

FRA

1:59.79, 4th

5

Josh Watson

USA

2:00.65, 6th

6

Emanuele Merisi

ITA

2:00.75, 7th

7

Mirko Mazzari

ITA

2:00.88, 7th

8

Guillermo Mediano

ESP

2:00.96, 7th

9

Jorge Sanchez

ESP

2:01.30, 8th

10

Markus Rogan

AUT

2:01.38, 9th

 

Men's 100 Breast; 1996 winner –
Fred deBurghgraeve, BEL, 1:00.60

1

Ed Moses

USA

1:01.32, 3rd

2

Kosuke Kitajima

JPN

1:01.41, 4th

3

Akira Hayashi

JPN

1:01.51, 5th

4

Brett Petersen

RSA

1:01.62, 5th

5

Roman Sloudnov

RUS

1:01.73, 7th

6

Ryosuke Imai

JPN

1:02.12, 8th

7

Domenico Fioravanti

ITA

1:02.24, 9th

8

Remo Lutolf

SUI

1:02.28, 9th

9

Brendan Hansen

USA

1:02.35, 10th

9

Jarrod Marrs

USA

1:02.35, 10th

 

Men's 200 Breast; 1996 winner –
Norbert Rozsa, HUN 2:12.57

1

Yohan Bernard

FRA

2:12.48, 1st

2

Kosuke Kitajima

JPN

2:13.47, 4th

3

Terence Parkin

RSA

2:13.57, 4th

4

Akira Hayashi

JPN

2:13.59, 4th

5

Ed Moses

USA

2:13.86, 4th

6

Yoshiaki Okito

JPN

2:13.90, 4th

7

Daisuke Kimura

JPN

2:13.97, 4th

8

Kyle Salyards

USA

2:14.32, 4th

9

Stephen Perrot

FRA

2:14.61, 5th

10

Andrei Ivanov

RUS

2:15.12, 7th

 

Men’s 100 Fly; 1996 winner –
Dennis Pankratov, RUS, 52.27

1

Franck Esposito

FRA

52.52, 2nd

2

Michael Klim

AUS

52.81, 3rd

3

Geoff Huegill

AUS

52.86, 3rd

4

Zsolt Gaspar

HUN

52.87, 3rd

5

Takashi Yamamoto

JPN

52.97, 3rd

6

Adam Pine

AUS

53.07, 3rd

7

Burl Reid

AUS

53.38, 8th

8

Scott Miller

AUS

53.39, 8th

9

Denis Sylantyev

UKR

53.42, 8th

10

William Kirby

AUS

53.49, 8th

 

Men’s 200 Fly; 1996 winner –
Denis Pankratov, RUS, 1:56.51

1

Stephen Parry

GBR

1:56.34, 1st

2

Franck Esposito

FRA

1:56.60, 2nd

3

Tom Malchow

USA

1:56.67, 2nd

4

Takashi Yamamoto

JPN

1:57.77, 4th

5

Hisayoshi Tanaka

JPN

1:57.94, 4th

6

Denis Sylantyev

UKR

1:58.02, 4th

7

William Kirby

AUS

1:58.28, 5th

8

Justin Norris

AUS

1:58.53, 8th

9

Andrew Livingston

PUR

1:58.98, 8th

10

Michael Phelps

USA

1:59.02, 8th

 

Men’s 200 IM; 1996 winner –
Attila Czene, HUN, 1:59.91

1

Tom Wilkens

USA

2:00.67, 3rd

2

Tom Dolan

USA

2:01.21, 3rd

3

Ron Karnaugh

USA

2:01.62, 6th

4

Terence Parkin

RSA

2:01.95, 6th

5

Grant McGregor

AUS

2:02.02, 6th

6

Xavier Marchand

FRA

2:02.19, 6th

7

Matthew Dunn

AUS

2:02.38, 6th

8

Jani Sievinen

FIN

2:02.54, 6th

8

Susumu Tabuchi

JPN

2:02.54, 6th

10

Marcel Wouda

NED

2:02.56, 6th

 

Men’s 400 IM; 1996 winner –
Tom Dolan, USA, 4:14.90

1

Tom Wilkens

USA

4:13.84, 1st

2

Susumu Tabuchi

JPN

4:16.04, 3rd

3

Tom Dolan

USA

4:17.28, 5th

4

Alessio Boggiatto

ITA

4:18.46, 7th

5

Terence Parkin

RSA

4:19.31, 7th

6

Shinya Taniguchi

JPN

4:19.65, 7th

7

Frederik Hviid

ESP

4:20.17, 7th

8

Cezar Badita

ROM

4:20.56, 8th

9

Robert Margalis

USA

4:21.18, 9th

10

Takahiro Mori

JPN

4:21.19, 9th

To: The Top 10 Men's Freestyle

To The Top 10 Women's Freestyle

To The Top 10 Women's Strokes and IM

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More on this subject:

Swimming Records

Swimming Results

Olympic Aquatic Event's Preview

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