Ivan Ivanov (; born April 27, 1979) is a Kyrgyz former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events. He is a single-time Olympian and a former Kyrgyzstani record holder in the 400 and 1500 m freestyle. Ivanov competed in a long-distance freestyle double at the

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. He posted

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B-standards of 4:04.35 (400 m freestyle) and 16:10.15 (1500 m freestyle) from the Russian National Championships in

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. On the first day of the Games, Ivanov placed forty-fifth in the

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. Swimming in heat one, he held off Nicaragua's Marcelino López by almost ten seconds to take a fifth spot in 4:09.33. Four days later, in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, Ivanov, along with Andrei Pakin,

Aleksandr Shilin Aleksandr Shilin (; born February 2, 1976) is a Russian-born Kyrgyzstani former swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle and sprint backstroke events. He represented his adopted nation Kyrgyzstan at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and post ...

, and Dmitri Kuzmin, were disqualified from heat one for an early takeoff during the lead-off leg. In his final event, 1500 m freestyle, Ivanov participated in the same heat against Czech Republic's

Vlastimil Burda Vlastimil Burda (born November 4, 1975) is a Czech former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events. He is a single-time Olympian (2000) and a resident athlete for USK Praha in Prague. While studying in the United States, Burda h ...

and Chinese Taipei's

Li Yun-lun Li Yun-lun (; born December 25, 1981) is a Taiwanese former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events. He is a single-time Olympian and a former record holder in the 400 and 1500 m freestyle. Li competed in a long-distance fre ...

. Before the start of the program's longest race, Ivanov was cast out of the field for a "no false-start" rule, leaving Burda and Li as the only two men standing.

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* 1979 births Living people Kyrgyzstani male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Kyrgyzstan Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Bishkek Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent 20th-century Kyrgyzstani sportsmen 21st-century Kyrgyzstani sportsmen {{Kyrgyzstan-swimming-bio-stub