Tamás Szűcs (born February 18, 1981) is a Hungarian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. He is a two-time SEC titleholder in the 50 and 200 m freestyle, and a former member of the swimming team for the

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at the University of South Carolina in

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. Szucs qualified for two swimming events at the

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, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:50.79 (200 m freestyle) from the national championships in

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. In the 200 m freestyle, Szucs challenged seven other swimmers on the fifth heat, including three-time Olympian

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of Denmark. He edged out South Korea's

Han Kyu-Chul Han Kyu-chul (also ''Han Gyu-cheol'', ko, 한 규철; born December 24, 1981) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle, butterfly, and individual medley events. He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and an eight-time ...

to take a seventh spot and thirty-second overall by two hundredths of a second (0.02) in 1:52.26. Szucs also teamed up with Balázs Gercsák, Balázs Makány, and

Tamás Kerékjártó Tamás Kerékjártó (born 9 July 1979 in Miskolc) is a Hungary, Hungarian swimmer. He represented his home country at the Hungary at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996, Hungary at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 and Hungary at the 2008 Summer Olympi ...

in the 4×200 m freestyle relay. Swimming the anchor leg, Szucs recorded a split of 1:52.35, and the Hungarian team finished the heats in sixteenth overall with a slowest final time of 7:31.78.

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Player Bio – South Carolina Gamecocks
1981 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Hungary Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Hungarian male freestyle swimmers South Carolina Gamecocks men's swimmers Hungarian expatriate swimmers in the United States University of South Carolina alumni Swimmers from Budapest 20th-century Hungarian people 21st-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub