Hsu Kuo-tung
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Hsu Kuo-tung |
| National team |
 Chinese Taipei |
| Born |
22 September 1983 Taipei, Taiwan |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Individual medley |
Hsu Kuo-tung (Chinese: 徐 國棟; pinyin: Xú Guódòng; 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]
References
- ↑ "Hsu Kuo-tung". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 316. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ↑ "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.