 Omar Hughes akaberekwa musi waMarch 4, 1982 muSt. Georges muGrenadian aimbova mutambi wekushambira, uyo akakurumbira mumitambo yemahara. Hughes akakwikwidza kuGrenada mumakwikwi evarume emamita makumi mashanu akasunungukapaMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2000 muSydney. Akagamuchira tikiti kubva kuFINA, pasi pechirongwa cheUniversality, munguva yekupinda ye24.00. Akadenha vamwe vanoshambira vanomwe mumakwikwi matatu, kusanganisira vakwikwidzi veOlympic kaviri Howard Hinds weNetherlands Antilles naEmin Guliyev weAzerbaijan. Akamhanyira kunzvimbo yechishanu yakadyarwa mumakore 25.06, anopfuura wechipiri kure nomwero wake wokutanga. Hughes akakundikana kuenda kumasemifinal, sezvo akaisa makumi mashanu nemanomwe ese mu prelims. 