in line with the other strokes. Pankratov attempted to repeat his success at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and finished 7th in the 200 m butterfly. He retired in 2002. In total, he set seven world records, three long course and four short course. His two long course 100 m butterfly world records stood for two years until broken in 1997, and his 200 m butterfly world record of 1:55.22 lasted five years before broken by Tom Malchow of the United States. His short course world records included two in the 100 m butterfly and one each in the 50 m and 200 m butterfly, set in 1997. He was named as the male World Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine in 1995 and 1996. See also List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame References External links 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Volgograd Russian male swimmers Olympic swimmers of Russia Olympic swimmers of the Unified Team Male butterfly swimmers Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics World record setters in swimming Russian male freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists in swimming Goodwill Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games