Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The men’s 400 metre individual medley event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 17 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney Australia.U.S. swimmer Tom Dolan blistered the entire field and broke a six-year-old world record to successfully defend his Olympic title in the event. Acknowledging a massive roar from an Australian crowd Dolan pulled away from the field on the backstroke leg and then opened up his lead to a powerful finish in a sterling time of 4:11.76.