Leonid Khokhlov (russian: Леонид Хохлов; born June 16, 1980) is a Russian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He represented

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at the

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, and later earned a bronze medal in the freestyle relay at the

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. Khokhlov competed only in the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the

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. On the first night of the Games, the Russians were disqualified from the championship final because of an early relay launch from

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on the lead-off leg. Teaming with Kapralov,

Denis Pimankov Denis Sergeyevich Pimankov (russian: Денис Серге́евич Пиманков; born 4 February 1975 in Omsk) is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who won several medals as a member of the freestyle relay team (4×100 m and 4×200&nbs ...

, and sport legend Alexander Popov on the morning prelims, Khokhlov swam a second leg and recorded a split of 51.02 to post a sixth-seeded time of 3:19.70 for the Russian squad. At the

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, Khokhlov enjoyed the race of his life in front of a Russian crowd as he shared bronze medals with Kapralov, Pimankov, and Popov in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay with a time of 3:11.24.

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1980 births Living people Russian male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Russia Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Ulyanovsk Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub