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

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Mark Foster   Great Britain	21.58	Brendon Dedekind   South Africa	21.62	Stefan Nystrand   Sweden	21.80
100 m freestyle	Lars Frölander   Sweden	46.80	Stefan Nystrand   Sweden	47.73	Scott Tucker   United States	47.82
200 m freestyle	Bela Szabados   Hungary	1:45.27	Massimiliano Rosolino   Italy	1:45.63	Chad Carvin   United States	1:45.79
400 m freestyle	Chad Carvin   United States	3:41.13	Paul Palmer   Great Britain	3:42.70	Massimiliano Rosolino   Italy	3:43.68
1500 m freestyle	Jörg Hoffmann   Germany	14:47.57	Igor Chervynskyi   Ukraine	14:48.20	Chad Carvin   United States	14:51.23
50 m backstroke	Neil Walker   United States	23.99	Lenny Krayzelburg   United States	24.24	Rodolfo Falcón   Cuba	24.32
100 m backstroke	Neil Walker   United States	50.75 WR	Rodolfo Falcón   Cuba	52.87	Derya Büyükuncu   Turkey	52.88
200 m backstroke	Gordan Kožulj   Croatia	1:53.31	Brad Bridgewater   United States	1:53.87	Volodymyr Nikolaychuk   Ukraine	1:55.33
50 m breaststroke	Mark Warnecke   Germany	27.22	Brendon Dedekind   South Africa	27.27	Oleg Lisogor   Ukraine	27.30
100 m breaststroke	Roman Sloudnov   Russia	58.57	Zhu Yi   China	59.99	Roman Ivanovsky   Russia	1:00.05
200 m breaststroke	Roman Sloudnov   Russia	2:07.59 WR	Terence Parkin   South Africa	2:07.91	Andrei Ivanov   Russia	2:09.90
50 m butterfly	Mark Foster   Great Britain	23.30	Neil Walker   United States	23.46	Sabir Muhammad   United States	23.56
100 m butterfly	Lars Frölander   Sweden	50.44 WR	James Hickman   Great Britain	51.53	Denys Sylantyev   Ukraine	51.84
200 m butterfly	James Hickman   Great Britain	1:53.57	Shamek Pietucha   Canada	1:54.27	Anatoly Polyakov   Russia	1:54.47
100 m individual medley	Neil Walker   United States	52.79 WR	Jani Sievinen   Finland	54.08	James Hickman   Great Britain	54.38
200 m individual medley	Jani Sievinen   Finland	1:56.27	James Hickman   Great Britain	1:56.86	Massimiliano Rosolino   Italy	1:58.05
400 m individual medley	Jani Sievinen   Finland	4:09.54	Terence Parkin   South Africa	4:10.56	Michael Halika   Israel	4:10.90
4×100 m freestyle relay	Sweden Johan Nyström Lars Frölander Mattias Ohlin Stefan Nystrand	3:09.57 WR	United States Scott Tucker Josh Davis Sabir Muhammad Neil Walker	3:10.98	Germany Mitja Zastrow Stefan Herbst Christian Tröger Stephan Kunzelmann	3:13.69
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States Josh Davis Neil Walker Scott Tucker Chad Carvin	7:01.33 WR	Great Britain Edward Sinclair Marc Spackman Paul Palmer James Salter	7:03.06	Russia Denis Pimankov Anatoly Polyakov Dmitri Chernychev Andrey Kapralov	7:05.24
4×100 m medley relay	United States Lenny Krayzelburg Jarrod Marrs Neil Walker Scott Tucker	3:30.03	Germany Sebastian Halgasch Björn Nowakowski Thomas Rupprath Stefan Herbst	3:31.77	Great Britain Neil Willey Darren Mew James Hickman Paul Belk	3:32.08

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

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Therese Alshammar   Sweden	23.59 WR	Sandra Völker   Germany	24.77	Alison Sheppard   Great Britain	24.80
100 m freestyle	Therese Alshammar   Sweden	52.17 WR	Jenny Thompson   United States	53.14	Martina Moravcová   Slovakia	53.88
200 m freestyle	Yang Yu   China	1:56.06	Martina Moravcová   Slovakia	1:56.46	Natalya Baranovskaya   Belarus	1:57.54
400 m freestyle	Lindsay Benko   United States	4:02.44	Yana Klochkova   Ukraine	4:04.39	Chen Hua   China	4:06.63
800 m freestyle	Chen Hua   China	8:17.03	Brooke Bennett   United States	8:19.66	Flavia Rigamonti   Switzerland	8:21.57
50 m backstroke	Antje Buschschulte   Germany	27.90	Marylyn Chiang   Canada	28.03	Kellie McMillan   Australia	28.06
100 m backstroke	Sandra Völker   Germany	58.66	Marylyn Chiang   Canada	59.33	Antje Buschschulte   Germany	59.37
200 m backstroke	Antje Buschschulte   Germany	2:07.29	Clementine Stoney   Australia	2:08.64	Lindsay Benko   United States	2:08.85
50 m breaststroke	Sarah Poewe   South Africa	30.66	Hao Ping   China	31.22	Tara Kirk   United States	31.47
100 m breaststroke	Sarah Poewe   South Africa	1:06.21	Alicja Pęczak   Poland	1:07.69	Yelena Bogomazova   Russia	1:08.27
200 m breaststroke	Rebecca Brown   Australia	2:23.41	Alicja Pęczak   Poland	2:24.24	Brooke Hanson   Australia	2:25.30
50 m butterfly	Jenny Thompson   United States	26.13	Anna-Karin Kammerling   Sweden	26.16	Nicola Jackson   Great Britain	26.85
100 m butterfly	Jenny Thompson   United States	57.67	Johanna Sjöberg   Sweden	57.96	Karen Campbell   United States	58.86
200 m butterfly	Mette Jacobsen   Denmark	2:08.10	Katrin Jaeke   Germany	2:09.42	Otylia Jędrzejczak   Poland	2:09.61
100 m individual medley	Martina Moravcová   Slovakia	59.71	Marianne Limpert   Canada	1:02.00	Alenka Kejžar   Slovenia	1:02.24
200 m individual medley	Yana Klochkova   Ukraine	2:08.97	Martina Moravcová   Slovakia	2:08.98	Marianne Limpert   Canada	2:12.68
400 m individual medley	Yana Klochkova   Ukraine	4:32.45	Nicole Hetzer   Germany	4:37.92	Katie Jo Yevak   United States	4:38.80
4×100 m freestyle relay	Sweden Louise Jöhncke Therese Alshammar Anna-Karin Kammerling Johanna Sjöberg	3:35.54	Germany Katrin Meissner Antje Buschschulte Britta Steffen Sandra Völker	3:37.31	Great Britain Alison Sheppard Claire Huddart Karen Legg Karen Pickering	3:37.93
4×200 m freestyle relay	Great Britain Claire Huddart Nicola Jackson Karen Legg Karen Pickering	7:49.11 WR	United States Lindsay Benko Brooke Bennett Tammie Stone Jenny Thompson	7:50.59	China Sun Dan Yang Lina Li Jin Yang Yu	7:52.70
4×100 m medley relay	Sweden Therese Alshammar Emma Igelström Johanna Sjöberg Anna-Karin Kammerling	3:59.53	Germany Sandra Völker Janne Schäfer Katrin Jäke Katrin Meissner	4:01.47	United States Jamie Reid Anita Nall Jenny Thompson Tammie Stone	4:02.51

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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	9	7	8	24
2	Sweden (SWE)	7	3	1	11
3	Germany (GER)	5	6	2	13
4	Great Britain (GBR)	4	4	6	14
5	South Africa (RSA)	2	4	0	6
6	Ukraine (UKR)	2	2	3	7
7	China (CHN)	2	2	2	6
8	Finland (FIN)	2	1	0	3
9	Russia (RUS)	2	0	5	7
10	Slovakia (SVK)	1	2	1	4
11	Australia (AUS)	1	1	2	4
12	Croatia (CRO)	1	0	0	1
	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	0	1
	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
15	Canada (CAN)	0	4	1	5
16	Poland (POL)	0	2	1	3
17	Italy (ITA)	0	1	2	3
18	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	1	2
19	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	1	1
	Israel (ISR)	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		40	40	40	120

References

• HistoFINA Men^{[ permanent dead link]}
• HistoFINA Women^{[ permanent dead link]}