Oleg Pukhnatiy ( uz, Олег Пухнатй; born June 10, 1975) is an Uzbek former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and individual medley events. He is a three-time Olympian (1996, 2000, and 2004), and a top 16 finalist at the

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. Pukhnatiy made his first Uzbek team at the

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. There, he failed to reach the top 16 final in the 200 m individual medley, finishing in twenty-fourth place with a time of 2:06.39. He also placed seventeenth, as a member of the Uzbekistan team, in the freestyle relay (3:28.33). On his second Olympic appearance in

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, Pukhnatiy placed thirty-second in the 200 m individual medley. Swimming in heat three, he picked up a second seed by a 1.33-second margin behind winner

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of Trinidad and Tobago in 2:06.01. He also held liable for an early takeoff in the freestyle relay, when his Uzbekistan team had been disqualified from the heats. Pukhnatiy shortened his program at the

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, when he swam only for the third time in the 200 m individual medley. He cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:07.49 from the Kazakhstan Open Championships in

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. Swimming in heat two, he edged out Chinese Taipei's Wu Nien-pin to take a fifth spot by nearly half a second (0.50) in 2:08.24. Pukhnatiy failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-second overall in the preliminaries.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pukhnatiy, Oleg 1975 births Living people Uzbekistani male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for Uzbekistan Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in swimming Asian Games bronze medalists for Uzbekistan Swimmers at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Uzbekistani male freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Tashkent