John Tabone

John Tabone
Personal information
Full name John Tabone
National team  Malta
Born (1980-05-04) 4 May 1980
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Individual medley

John Tabone (born May 4, 1980) is a Maltese former swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[1] Tabone qualified only for the men's 400 m individual medley at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 5:00.00.[2] He challenged four other swimmers in heat one, including Hong Kong's Alex Fong, who turned into one of his country's popular singers, and Tunisia's 16-year-old Oussama Mellouli, who later became an Olympic champion in long-distance freestyle (2008) and open water (2012). He rounded out a small field to last place in a personal best of 4:53.12, finishing farther from Fong by more than 24 seconds. Tabone failed to reach the top 8 final, as he placed forty-fifth overall in the prelims.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "John Tabone". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 316. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Olympic Games – Swimming: John J. Tabone in action on Sunday". Malta Media. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
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