Ivan Ivanov (russian: Иван Иванов; born April 27, 1979) is a Kyrgyz former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events. He is a single-time Olympian and a former Kyrgyzstani record holder in the 400 and 1500 m freestyle. Ivanov competed in a long-distance freestyle double at the

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. He posted

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B-standards of 4:04.35 (400 m freestyle) and 16:10.15 (1500 m freestyle) from the Russian National Championships in

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. On the first day of the Games, Ivanov placed forty-fifth in the

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. Swimming in heat one, he held off Nicaragua's

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by almost ten seconds to take a fifth spot in 4:09.33. Four days later, in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, Ivanov, along with Andrei Pakin,

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, and Dmitri Kuzmin, were disqualified from heat one for an early takeoff during the lead-off leg. In his final event,

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, Ivanov participated in the same heat against Czech Republic's Vlastimil Burda and Chinese Taipei's Li Yun-lun. Before the start of the program's longest race, Ivanov was cast out of the field for a "no false-start" rule, leaving Burda and Li as the only two men standing.

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* 1979 births Living people Kyrgyzstani male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Kyrgyzstan Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bishkek Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent 20th-century Kyrgyzstani people 21st-century Kyrgyzstani people {{Kyrgyzstan-swimming-bio-stub