100m Freestyle facts
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At the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, Hawaiian American Duke Kahanamoku overslept and missed his qualifying heat in the 100m freestyle. His main rival, Cecil Healy of AUS, convinced judges to hold a special qualifying race for Duke. Duke ending up going on to win the gold, and Cecil took silver
An Olympic swimmer nicknamed 'Eric the eel', from Equatorial Guinea, won a 100m freestyle in the 2000 Sydney Olympics with a very poor time because the other two swimmers were disqualified for false-starts.
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During the 2000 Sydney Games, swimmer Eric Moussambani competed in the 100m freestyle, despite having never seen an Olympic size pool, never raced more than 50m, and had only been training for 8 months. Despite this, he finished with the time of 1.52:75, to the thundering roar of the audience.
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Eric Moussambani. An Equatoguinean swimmer who qualified for the Sidney Olympics via a wildcard draw designed to encourage developing countries. He struggled to finish his 100M freestyle which he swimmed in twice the time of the world record.
