Hsu Kuo-tung

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]

Hsu Kuo-tung
Personal information
Full nameHsu Kuo-tung
National team Chinese Taipei
Born (1983-09-22) 22 September 1983
Taipei, Taiwan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesIndividual medley
In this Chinese name, the family name is Xu.

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hsu Kuo-tung". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  2. "Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  3. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 316. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  4. "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
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