The 5th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) were held at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Athens, Greece from 16 to 19 March 2000. 15 world records were set.

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
50 m freestyleMark Foster Great Britain21.58Brendon Dedekind South Africa21.62Stefan Nystrand Sweden21.80
100 m freestyleLars Frölander Sweden46.80Stefan Nystrand Sweden47.73Scott Tucker United States47.82
200 m freestyleBela Szabados Hungary1:45.27Massimiliano Rosolino Italy1:45.63Chad Carvin United States1:45.79
400 m freestyleChad Carvin United States3:41.13Paul Palmer Great Britain3:42.70Massimiliano Rosolino Italy3:43.68
1500 m freestyleJörg Hoffmann Germany14:47.57Igor Chervynskyi Ukraine14:48.20Chad Carvin United States14:51.23
50 m backstrokeNeil Walker United States23.99Lenny Krayzelburg United States24.24Rodolfo Falcón Cuba24.32
100 m backstrokeNeil Walker United States50.75 WRRodolfo Falcón Cuba52.87Derya Büyükuncu Turkey52.88
200 m backstrokeGordan Kožulj Croatia1:53.31Brad Bridgewater United States1:53.87Volodymyr Nikolaychuk Ukraine1:55.33
50 m breaststrokeMark Warnecke Germany27.22Brendon Dedekind South Africa27.27Oleg Lisogor Ukraine27.30
100 m breaststrokeRoman Sloudnov Russia58.57Zhu Yi China59.99Roman Ivanovsky Russia1:00.05
200 m breaststrokeRoman Sloudnov Russia2:07.59 WRTerence Parkin South Africa2:07.91Andrei Ivanov Russia2:09.90
50 m butterflyMark Foster Great Britain23.30Neil Walker United States23.46Sabir Muhammad United States23.56
100 m butterflyLars Frölander Sweden50.44 WRJames Hickman Great Britain51.53Denys Sylantyev Ukraine51.84
200 m butterflyJames Hickman Great Britain1:53.57Shamek Pietucha Canada1:54.27Anatoly Polyakov Russia1:54.47
100 m individual medleyNeil Walker United States52.79 WRJani Sievinen Finland54.08James Hickman Great Britain54.38
200 m individual medleyJani Sievinen Finland1:56.27James Hickman Great Britain1:56.86Massimiliano Rosolino Italy1:58.05
400 m individual medleyJani Sievinen Finland4:09.54Terence Parkin South Africa4:10.56Michael Halika Israel4:10.90
4 × 100 m freestyle relaySweden Johan Nyström Lars Frölander Mattias Ohlin Stefan Nystrand3:09.57 WRUnited States Scott Tucker Josh Davis Sabir Muhammad Neil Walker3:10.98Germany Mitja Zastrow Stefan Herbst Christian Tröger Stephan Kunzelmann3:13.69
4 × 200 m freestyle relayUnited States Josh Davis Neil Walker Scott Tucker Chad Carvin7:01.33 WRGreat Britain Edward Sinclair Marc Spackman Paul Palmer James Salter7:03.06Russia Denis Pimankov Anatoly Polyakov Dmitri Chernychev Andrey Kapralov7:05.24
4 × 100 m medley relayUnited States Lenny Krayzelburg Jarrod Marrs Neil Walker Scott Tucker3:30.03Germany Sebastian Halgasch Björn Nowakowski Thomas Rupprath Stefan Herbst3:31.77Great Britain Neil Willey Darren Mew James Hickman Paul Belk3:32.08

Legend: WR: World record; CR: World Championships record

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
50 m freestyleTherese Alshammar Sweden23.59 WRSandra Völker Germany24.77Alison Sheppard Great Britain24.80
100 m freestyleTherese Alshammar Sweden52.17 WRJenny Thompson United States53.14Martina Moravcová Slovakia53.88
200 m freestyleYang Yu China1:56.06Martina Moravcová Slovakia1:56.46Natalya Baranovskaya Belarus1:57.54
400 m freestyleLindsay Benko United States4:02.44Yana Klochkova Ukraine4:04.39Chen Hua China4:06.63
800 m freestyleChen Hua China8:17.03Brooke Bennett United States8:19.66Flavia Rigamonti Switzerland8:21.57
50 m backstrokeAntje Buschschulte Germany27.90Marylyn Chiang Canada28.03Kellie McMillan Australia28.06
100 m backstrokeSandra Völker Germany58.66Marylyn Chiang Canada59.33Antje Buschschulte Germany59.37
200 m backstrokeAntje Buschschulte Germany2:07.29Clementine Stoney Australia2:08.64Lindsay Benko United States2:08.85
50 m breaststrokeSarah Poewe South Africa30.66Hao Ping China31.22Tara Kirk United States31.47
100 m breaststrokeSarah Poewe South Africa1:06.21Alicja Pęczak Poland1:07.69Yelena Bogomazova Russia1:08.27
200 m breaststrokeRebecca Brown Australia2:23.41Alicja Pęczak Poland2:24.24Brooke Hanson Australia2:25.30
50 m butterflyJenny Thompson United States26.13Anna-Karin Kammerling Sweden26.16Nicola Jackson Great Britain26.85
100 m butterflyJenny Thompson United States57.67Johanna Sjöberg Sweden57.96Karen Campbell United States58.86
200 m butterflyMette Jacobsen Denmark2:08.10Katrin Jaeke Germany2:09.42Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland2:09.61
100 m individual medleyMartina Moravcová Slovakia59.71Marianne Limpert Canada1:02.00Alenka Kejžar Slovenia1:02.24
200 m individual medleyYana Klochkova Ukraine2:08.97Martina Moravcová Slovakia2:08.98Marianne Limpert Canada2:12.68
400 m individual medleyYana Klochkova Ukraine4:32.45Nicole Hetzer Germany4:37.92Katie Jo Yevak United States4:38.80
4 × 100 m freestyle relaySweden Louise Jöhncke Therese Alshammar Anna-Karin Kammerling Johanna Sjöberg3:35.54Germany Katrin Meissner Antje Buschschulte Britta Steffen Sandra Völker3:37.31Great Britain Alison Sheppard Claire Huddart Karen Legg Karen Pickering3:37.93
4 × 200 m freestyle relayGreat Britain Claire Huddart Nicola Jackson Karen Legg Karen Pickering7:49.11 WRUnited States Lindsay Benko Brooke Bennett Tammie Stone Jenny Thompson7:50.59China Sun Dan Yang Lina Li Jin Yang Yu7:52.70
4 × 100 m medley relaySweden Therese Alshammar Emma Igelström Johanna Sjöberg Anna-Karin Kammerling3:59.53Germany Sandra Völker Janne Schäfer Katrin Jäke Katrin Meissner4:01.47United States Jamie Reid Anita Nall Jenny Thompson Tammie Stone4:02.51

Legend: WR: World record; CR: World Championships record

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1United States (USA)97824
2Sweden (SWE)73111
3Germany (GER)56213
4Great Britain (GBR)44614
5South Africa (RSA)2406
6Ukraine (UKR)2237
7China (CHN)2226
8Finland (FIN)2103
9Russia (RUS)2057
10Slovakia (SVK)1214
11Australia (AUS)1124
12Croatia (CRO)1001
Denmark (DEN)1001
Hungary (HUN)1001
15Canada (CAN)0415
16Poland (POL)0213
17Italy (ITA)0123
18Cuba (CUB)0112
19Belarus (BLR)0011
Israel (ISR)0011
Slovenia (SLO)0011
Switzerland (SUI)0011
Turkey (TUR)0011
Totals (23 entries)404040120
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