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Ian James Thorpe AM (born 13 October 1982) is an Australian retired [1] swimmer who specialised in freestyle, but also competed in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the second most won by any Australian after fellow swimmer Emma McKeon .
Ian Thorpe: The Swimmer is a 2012 documentary covering the lead up to the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Ian Thorpe undertook a failed attempt to comeback. [1] The documentary is directed by Gregor Jordan and was produced for the ABC by Finch in association with Matchbox Pictures.
The Swimming Australia Hall of Fame was established in 2022 by Swimming Australia "to both recognise and celebrate those athletes and coaches who have left an indelible mark on the sport at the international level." [1] The inaugural inductees were Freddy Lane, Fanny Durack, Dawn Fraser, Shane Gould and Ian Thorpe. [2]
A swimmer's place in the heat was not used to determine advancement; instead, the fastest times from across all heats in a round were used. Instead of having the top 16 swimmers divided into a Final A for the top 8 and Final B for 9th through 16th, as was done in from 1984 to 1996, the 2000 competition added semifinals.
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Ian Thorpe Australia: 1:45.83 Massimiliano Rosolino Italy: 1:46.65 2004 Athens details: Ian Thorpe Australia: 1:44.71 OR: Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands: 1:45.23 Michael Phelps United States: 1:45.32 2008 Beijing details: Michael Phelps United States: 1:42.96 WR: Park Tae-hwan South Korea: 1:44.85 Peter Vanderkaay United States: 1:45.14 ...
Leading by 0.25 seconds at the final relay exchange, Ian Thorpe was passed by U.S. swimmer Gary Hall Jr. at the 350 metres mark, but eventually recovered and touched the wall first with an anchor of 48.30 to deliver the Aussie foursome of Michael Klim (48.18), Chris Fydler (48.48), and Ashley Callus (48.74) a gold
The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 22 July. Both the heats and final were held on 22 July. [1] [2]In the final, Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe broke his own world record with a time of 3:40.17, bettering his previous record of 3:40.59 and successfully defending his world title. [3]