Tseng Cheng-hua (; born September 25, 1980) is a Taiwanese former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events. He is a single-time Olympian (2000), and a top 8 finalist in both 100 and 200 m butterfly at the

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. Tseng competed only in two individual events at the

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in Sydney. He achieved

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B-standards of 56.13 (100 m butterfly) and 2:04.83 (200 m butterfly) from the National University Games in

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. In his first event, 200 m butterfly, Tseng placed thirty-fifth on the morning prelims. He established a Taiwanese record of 2:03.62 to lead against five other swimmers in heat one. Three days later, in the

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, Tseng challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including Kyrgyzstan's Konstantin Ushkov, silver medalist for Russia in Atlanta four years earlier, and Uzbekistan's top favorite

Ravil Nachaev Ravil Nachaev (also ''Ravil Nagayev'', rus, Равиль Начаев; born June 17, 1974 in Tashkent) is an Uzbek former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly events. He is a three-time Olympian (1996, 2000, and 2004), and ...

. He posted a time of 56.39 to earn a third seed and fifty-second overall, finishing behind winner Nachaev by more than a second.

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1980 births Living people Taiwanese male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Taiwan Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games Male butterfly swimmers Swimmers from Taipei Swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Chinese Taipei {{Taiwan-swimming-bio-stub