<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngemva kokuwina izindondo zegolide ezingu - 6 emncintiswaneni  <response>: Emqhudelwaneni WaseYurophu ka-1999, uVan den Hoogenband wayengomunye wabadlali abathandwa kakhulu kuma-Olympic asehlobo ka-2000, kodwa izimbangi zakhe zazinamandla. Emjahweni wamamitha angama-200 wamahhala wabhekana nomnikazi werekhodi lomhlaba, osemusha wase-Australia u-Ian Thorpe, owayethandwa yizixuku zasekhaya eSydney. Emidlalweni yokugcina, uVan den Hoogenband wabeka irekhodi elisha lomhlaba, kodwa uThorpe waphendula ngesikhathi esiphansi ngo-0.02 kuphela. Emdlalweni wokugcina owawuthakazelisa, uVan den Hoogenband walinganisa isikhathi sakhe esasise-semi-final ukuze anqobe indondo yegolide. Emjahweni wamamitha ayi-100 we-freestyle, uVan den Hoogenband waphinde wabeka irekhodi lomhlaba kuma-semi-finals futhi wawina indondo yakhe yesibili yegolide, wanqoba iqhawe lika-1992 no-1996, u-Alexander Popov. Irekhodi lakhe lomhlaba lamamitha ayi-100 lahlala kuze kube ngumhlaka 21 Mashi 2008 futhi laphulwa yiFrance u-Alain Bernard 47.60. UVan den Hoogenband wanqoba izindondo ezimbili ezengeziwe, zombili zethusi, emjahweni wamahhala wamamitha angama-50 kanye ne-4 × 200 m freestyle relay, lapho ayengumdlali wokugcina. 