| Bounthanom Vongphachanh | |
| Fullname: | Bounthanom Vongphachanh |
| Strokes: | Freestyle |
| Birth Date: | 9 November 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Vientiane, Laos |
| Height: | 1.70NaN0 |
| Weight: | 720NaN0 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Bounthanom Vongphachanh (born November 9, 1980, in Vientiane, Laos) is a Laotian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Vongphachanh qualified for the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA in an entry time of 28.45.[2] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including 15-year-old Malique Williams of Antigua and Barbuda. He posted a lifetime best of 28.17 to earn a third spot by a 1.42-second margin behind winner Anderson Bonabart of Micronesia. Vongphachanh failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed seventy-seventh overall out of 86 swimmers in the preliminaries.[3] [4]