Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
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.