Kyriakos Dimosthenous Explained

Kyriakos Dimosthenous (el|Κυριάκος Δημοσθένους; born March 4, 1980) is a Cypriot former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.^[1] Dimosthenous qualified for the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by achieving a FINA B-standard of 1:04.74 from the Greek Open Championships in Piraeus.^[2] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including 15-year-old Nguyen Huu Viet of Vietnam. He edged out Estonia's Aleksander Baldin to take a sixth spot by a tenth of a second (0.10) with a time of 1:05.54. Dimosthenous failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-sixth overall out of 60 swimmers on the first day of preliminaries.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Kyriakos Dimosthenous. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418053322/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/kyriakos-dimosthenous-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 4 May 2013.
2. Web site: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 3). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 24 March 2013.
3. Web site: Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
4. News: Whitten . Phillip . Prelims, Men's 100 Breaststroke: Kitajima, Hansen Qualify One-Two; Japanese Sets Olympic Record . . 14 August 2004 . 19 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203065847/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7788.asp . 3 December 2013 .