John Tabone

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]

For the Maltese Olympic sailor, see John Tabone (sailor).
John Tabone
Personal information
Full nameJohn Tabone
National team Malta
Born (1980-05-04) 4 May 1980
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesIndividual medley

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Tabone". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. 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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