fullname coach birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name collegeteam
allen ong hou ming kelly kremer -lrb- usa -rrb- ipoh , malaysia 72 kg lb 0 on 1.78 0 on 2 november 1979 allen ong
 freestyle allen ong minnesota golden gophers -lrb- usa -rrb-
allen ong

allen ong hou ming -lrb- born 2 november 1979 in ipoh -rrb- is a retired malaysian swimmer , who specialised in sprint freestyle events .
he is a two-time olympian -lrb- 2000 and 2004 -rrb- , a double gold medalist in the 100 m freestyle at the southeast asian games -lrb- 2001 and 2003 -rrb- , and a varsity swimmer for the minnesota golden gophers at the university of minnesota in minneapolis .
ong made his official debut at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney .
he failed to advance into the semifinals in any of his individual events , finishing fortieth in the 100 m freestyle -lrb- 51.93 -rrb- , and thirty-seventh in the 200 m freestyle -lrb- 1:54.53 -rrb- .
he also placed twenty-second , as a member of the malaysian team , in the 4 × 100 m medley relay -lrb- 3:48.32 -rrb- .
two years later , ong blasted a malaysian record of 23.62 to pick up a seventh seed in the 50 m freestyle at the 2002 asian games in busan , south korea .
at the 2004 summer olympics in athens , ong shortened his program , swimming only in two individual events .
he cleared fina b-standard entry times of 23.49 -lrb- 50 m freestyle -rrb- from the malaysian open championships in kuala lumpur , and 51.57 -lrb- 100 m freestyle -rrb- from the southeast asian games in hanoi , vietnam .
in the 100 m freestyle , ong challenged seven other swimmers in heat four , including fellow two-time olympians alexandros aresti of cyprus and george gleason of the virgin islands .
he edged out bulgaria 's raichin antonov to take a seventh spot and fiftieth overall by 0.29 of a second , outside his record time of 52.04 .
in his second event , 50 m freestyle , ong matched his forty-sixth place tie with sea games champion arwut chinnapasaen on the morning 's preliminaries .
swimming in heat five , he managed to pull off a fifth-place effort in 23.52 , just 0.03 of a second off his entry time .
