Dieung Manggang

Dieung Manggang
Personal information
Full name Dieung Anak Manggang
National team  Malaysia
Born (1981-04-11) 11 April 1981
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, butterfly

Dieung Anak Manggang (born 11 April 1981) is a Malaysian former swimmer, who specialised in long-distance freestyle and in butterfly events.[1] He is a single-time Olympian (2000), and a multiple-time SEA Games medalist (1999 and 2001).

At the 1999 Southeast Asian Games in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, Manggang powered home with two gold medals each in the 400 m freestyle (4:00.34) and 1500 m freestyle (15:57.47).[2][3]

Manggang competed in a long-distance freestyle double at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. After claiming two titles from the SEA Games, his entry times of 4:00.34 (400 m freestyle) and 15:57.47 (1500 m freestyle) were accredited under a FINA B-standard.[4][5] On the first day of the Games, Manggang placed forty-third in the 400 m freestyle. Swimming in heat two, he rounded out the field to last place in 4:03.77, more than three seconds off his entry time.[6][7] Nearly a week later, in the 1500 m freestyle, Manggang challenged five other swimmers in the same heat, including 18-year-old Jonathan Duncan of New Zealand. He held off Duncan by more than half the body length to take a third spot and thirty-sixth overall in a time of 16:02.11.[8]

When his nation Malaysia hosted the 2001 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Manggang won a total of three bronze medals each in the 200 m butterfly (2:05.70), 400 m freestyle (4:00.12), and 1500 m freestyle (15:55.73).[9][10][11]

References

  1. "Dieung Manggang". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  2. "Double misses for Elvin Chia, two others break down". Utusan Malaysia. 9 September 2001. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  3. "Richard good as gold in 50m freestyle". Jakarta: The Jakarta Post. 12 August 1999. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  4. "Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  5. "Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  6. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 133. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  7. Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  8. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 147. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  9. "Yi Ting ends Malaysia's 12-year drought". Utusan Malaysia. 12 September 2001. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  10. "Keng Liat set to deliver first gold for Malaysia in swimmingt". Utusan Malaysia. 9 September 2001. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  11. "Indonesia, Thailand in the medals". China Post. 12 September 2001. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
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