Mihajlo Ristovski (; born March 3, 1983) is a former Macedonian swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. He represented the

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at the

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, placing among the top 60 swimmers in the 200 m freestyle. Ristovski was invited by

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through the Universality rule to compete as a lone male swimmer for Macedonia in the men's 200 m freestyle at the

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. Swimming against Georgia's Irakli Revishvili and two-time Olympian Emanuele Nicolini of San Marino in heat one, Ristovski powered his way into second place and fifty-fifth overall in his lifetime best at 1:57.45, which was not enough to put him further to the semifinals.

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NBC Olympics Profile
1983 births Living people Macedonian male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for North Macedonia Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Struga {{RMacedonia-swimming-bio-stub