Bounthanom Vongphachanh

Bounthanom Vongphachanh
Personal information
Full name Bounthanom Vongphachanh
National team  Laos
Born (1980-11-09) 9 November 1980
Vientiane, Laos
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Bounthanom Vongphachanh (born November 9, 1980) 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]

References

  1. "Bounthanom Vongphachanh". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. "Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  3. "Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Men’s 50 Freestyle Prelims Day 6: Hall Splashes a Hot 22.04, Fastest Qualifier; Lezak Makes This One but Popov, Hoogie Bow Out". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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