Nguyễn Ngọc Anh (born October 26, 1981) is a Vietnamese former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. Nguyen qualified only for the men's 200 m breaststroke at the

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, by receiving a Universality place from

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, in an entry time of 2:23.75. He participated in heat one against two other swimmers Andrés Bicocca of Argentina and Leonard Ngoma of Zambia. He raced to a second seed by more than a full body length behind winner Bicocca in 2:29.54. Nguyen failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-fifth overall in the prelims.

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* 1981 births Living people Vietnamese male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Vietnam Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Male breaststroke swimmers 21st-century Vietnamese sportsmen {{Vietnam-swimming-bio-stub