 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kumitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2000 muSydney, Kalmikovs akasarudza kusiya hafu yebasa rake rekusanganisa kaviri, uye kuyedza panzvimbo pacho ne100 m breaststroke. Akawana FINA B-mazinga e1:04.89 100 m breaststroke, 2:16.30 200 m breaststroke, uye 2:04.83 200 m munhu oga medley kubva kuEuropean Championships muHelsinki. Pazuva rokutanga reMitambo, Kalmikovs akaisa makumi matatu nemana mumakwikwi emamita zana. Achishambira mumakwikwi mana, akafara nekupedzisa kumhanya naArsenio López wePuerto Rico, sezvo ivo vaviri vakarova madziro kutanga munguva yakafanana ye1:04.02. Mazuva matatu gare gare, mumakwikwi emamita mazana maviri, Kalmikovs akaisa rekodhi nyowani yeLatvia ye2:16.21 kuti atore nzvimbo yegumi nemapfumbamwe kubva pakupisa, asi akarasikirwa nesemifinal kudimburwa neinopfuura hafu yechipiri 0.50. Muchiitiko chake chekupedzisira, 200 m m ega ega, Kalmikovs akaisa makumi maviri nemana pamangwanani ekutanga. Achishambira zvakare mumakwikwi mana, akapedza ari panzvimbo yechipiri ne0.11 yechipiri shure kweNew Zealand Dean Kent mune yakanakisisa yehupenyu hwe2:04.18. 