Nguyễn Hữu Việt (1 October 1988 – 25 March 2022) was a Vietnamese swimmer who specialized in breaststroke events. He won a total of five medals (three golds, one silver, and one bronze), and set numerous records for both the 100 and 200 m breaststroke at the

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(2003–2009). Nguyễn made his first Vietnamese Olympic team as a 15-year-old for the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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, where he competed in the men's 100 m breaststroke. Swimming in heat three, he rounded out a field of seven swimmers to place last and fifty-second overall by two thirds of a second (0.66) behind Estonia's Aleksander Baldin, with a time of 1:06.70. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, Nguyễn qualified again for the second time in the 100 m breaststroke. He received a FINA wild card entry by achieving his personal best of 1:03.73 from his gold medal triumph at the

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. Nguyễn challenged five other swimmers in heat two, including fellow two-time Olympian Sergiu Postică of Moldova. He raced to fourth place by 0.14 of a second behind Lebanon's Wael Koubrousli in 1:06.36. Nguyễn failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-eighth overall on the first night of the preliminaries.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nguyen, Huu Viet 1988 births 2022 deaths Vietnamese male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Vietnam Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2010 Asian Games Male breaststroke swimmers People from Haiphong SEA Games medalists in swimming SEA Games gold medalists for Vietnam SEA Games silver medalists for Vietnam SEA Games bronze medalists for Vietnam Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games Competitors at the 2003 SEA Games Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games Asian Games competitors for Vietnam Deaths from asthma 20th-century Vietnamese people 21st-century Vietnamese people