Hsu Kuo-tung explained

Hsu Kuo-tung
Fullname:Hsu Kuo-tung
Strokes:Individual medley
Birth Date:22 September 1983
Birth Place:Taipei, Taiwan
Height:1.730NaN0
Weight:680NaN0
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Hsu Kuo-tung (; born September 22, 1983) is a Taiwanese former swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[1] Hsu competed only in the men's 400 m individual medley at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He achieved a FINA B-cut of 4:35.33 from the National University Games in Taipei.[2] He challenged four other swimmers in heat one, including Hong Kong's Alex Fong, who turned out into one of city's popular singers, and Tunisia's 16-year-old Oussama Mellouli, who later became an Olympic champion in long-distance freestyle (2008) and open water (2012). He opened up his race to register a fourth-place time of 4:42.78, finishing behind Mellouli by almost a full second, and Fong, the winner of his heat, by more than 13 seconds. Hsu failed to reach the top 8 final, as he placed forty-fourth overall in the prelims.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Hsu Kuo-tung. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418030031/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hs/hsu-kuo-tung-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 10 June 2013.
  2. Web site: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 1). PDF. Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. 23 April 2013.
  3. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 1 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . dead . 19 August 2011 . . . . 316 . 26 March 2013 .
  4. News: Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM. https://archive.today/20130616043443/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep17_dol.html. usurped. June 16, 2013. Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. 28 May 2013.