200m Freestyle Thorpe vs van den Hoogenband & Phelps Athens

200m libres en las Olimpiadas de Atenas 2004

1º Ian Thorpe (1.44.71) Olympic record
2º Pieter van den Hoogenband (1.45.23)
3º Michael Phelps (1.45.32) Americas record
4º Klete Keller (1.46.13)
5º Grant Hackett (1.46.56)

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• Freestyle
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• Hoogenband
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• Athens
• 2004
• swimming
• natacion

[whbsurfer13]

this year yes, phelps would have dumped on him

4 years ago in athens, hell no

[pupa09087]

si estuviera ian thorpe, phelps no conseguiria tantas medeallas!!

q buenos duelos eran esos

[Hello33193]

Phelps; you dumb pot ass freak. Peiter; UR SO OZOM

[InvestmentsCostaRica]

Yes I love Atenas i hope to visit there this weekend.

[Gighen93]

thorpe will come back in london 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cldfsn]

@tbonlhmara Actually he did. His 200m Breaststroke at Japan open in 2008 was done in a LZR. So was the 100 Breast at Beijing:) We've seen at Pan Pacs this year that Kitajima is still a beast though.

[tbonlhmara]

@cldfsn i don't think kitajima broke 2 WR with the tech suits

[DarthMuse]

@whbsurfer13 Thorpe retired from swimming at 21 you saying he wouldn't of improve aswell this race proved whos better enough said medal counts means nothing thorpe could of just stacked up on medals 2 if he wanted.

[swfearth]

just a little suggestion for u before u are so sure about something like "It was TAILORED for him.." at least u know about it before u are so sure ? really just "TAILORED" for him ? again DID U SEE that video i told u ? have u ever seen a company "TAILORED" for some swimmer and put him or her in wind tunnel ? ok ciao

[swfearth]

u are coming back to the argument whether this suit would be ban or not ? im not gonna go there again. u cant accept the FACT that Thope was the fast suit and he wont the race . so i stop here

[cldfsn]

It was TAILORED for him, which is what most swimmers at that level did anyway.The fact that the suit was retailed meant that anyone could buy it,thus it's use was NOT limited to Thorpe,therefore not against the rules.I think that was what FINA meant by no swimsuit being exclusive to one swimmer alone.

[swfearth]

wait are u or are u not agreeing Biederman should not hold the records ? . and i do blame FINA for that mistake . but that still DOES NOT change the fact Thorpe won the race with the fast suit and dont forget it was special made for him , and he was the only one wear those kinda suit.