Onan Orlando Thom (born April 11, 1984) is a Guyanese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Thom qualified for the men's 100 m freestyle at the

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, by receiving a Universality place from

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, in an entry time of 54.14. He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including three-time Olympian

Aleksandr Agafonov Aleksandr Agafonov ( uz, Александр Агафонов; born 22 April 1975) is an Uzbek former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. He is a three-time Olympian (1996, 2000, and 2004), a two-time swimmer at the Asian Games (2002 and ...

of Uzbekistan. He earned a sixth spot in 55.24, more than a second off his entry time. Thom failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-ninth overall out of 71 swimmers in the preliminaries.

Major results

Individual

Long course

References

1984 births Living people Guyanese male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Guyana Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Pan American Games competitors for Guyana Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Guyana Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Competitors at the 2002 South American Games People from Linden, Guyana {{Guyana-swimming-bio-stub