Dieung Manggang

Dieung Anak Manggang (born 11 April 1981) is a Malaysian former swimmer, who specialised in long-distance freestyle and in butterfly events.[1] He is a single-time Olympian (2000), and a multiple-time SEA Games medalist (1999 and 2001).

Dieung Manggang
Personal information
Full nameDieung Anak Manggang
National team Malaysia
Born (1981-04-11) 11 April 1981
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Malaysia
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Brunei 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1999 Brunei 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Kuala Lumpur 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Kuala Lumpur 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Kuala Lumpur 200 m butterfly

At the 1999 Southeast Asian Games in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, Manggang powered home with two gold medals each in the 400 m freestyle (4:00.34) and 1500 m freestyle (15:57.47).[2][3]

Manggang competed in a long-distance freestyle double at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. After claiming two titles from the SEA Games, his entry times of 4:00.34 (400 m freestyle) and 15:57.47 (1500 m freestyle) were accredited under a FINA B-standard.[4][5] On the first day of the Games, Manggang placed forty-third in the 400 m freestyle. Swimming in heat two, he rounded out the field to last place in 4:03.77, more than three seconds off his entry time.[6][7] Nearly a week later, in the 1500 m freestyle, Manggang challenged five other swimmers in the same heat, including 18-year-old Jonathan Duncan of New Zealand. He held off Duncan by more than half the body length to take a third spot and thirty-sixth overall in a time of 16:02.11.[8]

When his nation Malaysia hosted the 2001 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Manggang won a total of three bronze medals each in the 200 m butterfly (2:05.70), 400 m freestyle (4:00.12), and 1500 m freestyle (15:55.73).[9][10][11]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dieung Manggang". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  2. "Double misses for Elvin Chia, two others break down". Utusan Malaysia. 9 September 2001. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  3. "Richard good as gold in 50m freestyle". The Jakarta Post. Jakarta. 12 August 1999. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  4. "Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)". Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  5. "Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)". Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  6. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 133. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  7. Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  8. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 147. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  9. "Yi Ting ends Malaysia's 12-year drought". Utusan Malaysia. 12 September 2001. Archived from the original on 8 May 2005. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  10. "Keng Liat set to deliver first gold for Malaysia in swimmingt". Utusan Malaysia. 9 September 2001. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  11. "Indonesia, Thailand in the medals". China Post. 12 September 2001. Retrieved 25 May 2013.


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