Bulgaria's Antonov Out of 50m Freestyle Semi-Finals

Sports | August 19, 2004, Thursday // 00:00
Bulgaria's Antonov Out of 50m Freestyle Semi-Finals Men's 50m freestyle at the Athens Olympics left Bulgarian Raichin Antonov (M) out of the semi-finals. Photo by BNT

Bulgarian Raichin Antonov ranked fifth in the men's 50m freestyle at the Athens Olympics.

His result - 23.67 seconds - leaves him out of the semi-finals.

The contest in the Olympic swimming pool was marked by the sensational elimination of Olympic 100 meters freestyle champion Pieter van den Hoogenband and world champion Alexander Popov.

Van den Hoogenband, who retained his 100 freestyle title on Wednesday, was 17th overall in 22.56 seconds, while Popov was joint 18th in 22.58.

The top 16 qualified for the evening's semi-finals.

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