{{short description|Malaysian swimmer}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Allen Ong | image = <!-- Only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people -- see WP:NONFREE. --> | image_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | caption = | fullname = Allen Ong Hou Ming | nicknames = | national_team = {{MAS}} | strokes = Freestyle | club = | coach = Kelly Kremer (U.S.) | collegeteam = University of Minnesota (U.S.) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|11|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Ipoh, Malaysia | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|72|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's swimming}} {{MedalCountry | Malaysia }} {{MedalCompetition|Southeast Asian Games}} {{MedalGold| 2001 Kuala Lumpur | 100 m freestyle}} {{MedalGold| 2003 Hanoi | 100 m freestyle}} {{MedalSilver| 1999 Brunei | 100 m freestyle}} {{MedalSilver| 2003 Hanoi | 50 m freestyle}} {{MedalBronze| 2001 Kuala Lumpur | 50 m freestyle}} | show-medals = yes | updated = }}
'''Allen Ong Hou Ming''' (born 2 November 1979) is a Malaysian former swimmer, who specialised in sprint freestyle events.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Allen Ong|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/on/allen-ong-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418100822/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/on/allen-ong-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 27 April 2013}}</ref> He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), a double gold medalist in the 100 m freestyle at the Southeast Asian Games (2001 and 2003), and a varsity swimmer for the Minnesota Golden Gophers at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.<ref name=olycut>{{cite news|title=Yeo, Sirisanont and Lim Lead Southeast Asian Games With Three Gold Medals Apiece |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/6370.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630101919/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/6370.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 June 2013 |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=9 December 2003 |access-date=27 April 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Golden Gopher Guys in Greece|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7708.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=31 July 2004|access-date=27 April 2013}}</ref>
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 (51.93), and thirty-seventh in the 200 m freestyle (1:54.53).<ref>{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 5 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=114 |access-date=19 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archive-date=19 August 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 2 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=124 |access-date=23 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archive-date=19 August 2011 }}</ref> He also placed twenty-second, as a member of the Malaysian team, in the 4 × 100 m medley relay (3:48.32).<ref>{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 1 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=346 |access-date=23 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archive-date=19 August 2011 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wu and Qi Win Third Gold Apiece, as China Winds Up a Dominant Performance at Asian Games |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4193.asp |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=5 October 2002 |access-date=27 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228210352/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4193.asp |archive-date=28 December 2013 }}</ref>
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 (50 m freestyle) from the Malaysian Open Championships in Kuala Lumpur, and 51.57 (100 m freestyle) from the Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam.<ref name=olycut/><ref>{{cite news|title=Ong, Lim Set Records on Final Day of Malaysian Invite|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7464.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=31 July 2004|access-date=27 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 4)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000104060026000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|work=Athens 2004|publisher=Omega Timing|access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 4|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/swimming/results/3535064.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=18 August 2004|access-date=31 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Thomas |first=Stephen |title=Men's 100 Freestyle Prelims Day 4: Lezak, Crocker Fail to Qualify. Hoogie Best with 48.70 |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7852.asp |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=18 August 2004 |access-date=19 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403104714/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7852.asp |archive-date=3 April 2007 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 5|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/swimming/results/3535048.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=20 August 2004|access-date=31 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Thomas |first=Stephen |title=Men's 50 Freestyle Prelims Day 6: Hall Splashes a Hot 22.04, Fastest Qualifier; Lezak Makes This One but Popov, Hoogie Bow Out |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7897.asp |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=19 August 2004 |access-date=19 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204025/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7897.asp |archive-date=29 October 2013 }}</ref>
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