Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke
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Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke
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The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 17–18 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. Lenny Krayzelburg, a Ukrainian-born American whose swimming career began in the old Soviet system, shattered a new Olympic record to claim a gold medal in the event, slashing 0.14 seconds off an eight-year-old standard set by Jeff Rouse in Barcelona. He seized the lead on the first length, and held off a challenge from Australia's overwhe
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2007-07-22T20:36:46Z
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2024-09-09T20:30:32Z
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