Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The men’s 200 metre butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 18–19 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney Australia.U.S. swimmer and top favorite Tom Malchow shattered his own Olympic record to claim a gold medal in the event. Coming from third place on the final turn he held off a challenge from fast-pacing Denys Sylantyev of Ukraine to touch the wall first in 1:55.35.