Nguyễn Thị Hương (born March 5, 1982) is a Vietnamese former swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events. Nguyen swam for

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in the women's 400 m individual medley at the

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. She received a ticket from

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, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 5:24.94. She participated in heat one against three other swimmers

Georgina Bardach Georgina Bardach Martin (born August 18, 1983 in Córdoba) is a swimmer from Argentina. At the 2002 FINA Short Course World Championships in Moscow, she finished third in the 400 m Individual Medley race. She also won the gold medal at the 2003 ...

of Argentina, 26-year-old

Jana Korbasová Jana Korbasová (born March 20, 1974) is a Slovak former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke and in individual medley events. She represented Slovakia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and later became a sixth-place finalist in the 200 m backstroke ...

of Slovakia, and

Alexandra Zertsalova Alexandra Zertsalova (; born January 18, 1982) is a Kyrgyz former swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events. Zertsalova competed in a medley double at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achieved FINA B-standards of 2:23.30 (200 m ...

of Kyrgyzstan. She rounded out a small field to last place in 5:26.56, the slowest of all in the heats, just two seconds off her lifetime best and entry standard. Nguyen failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed twenty-eighth overall on the first day of prelims.

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* 1982 births Living people Vietnamese female medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for Vietnam Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics 21st-century Vietnamese sportswomen {{Vietnam-swimming-bio-stub