Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te wikitoria i ngā mētara koura e 6 i te
1999 European Championships, ko Van den Hoogenband tetahi o nga mea pai i te 2000 Summer Olympics, engari ko ona hoa whawhai he tino kaha. I roto i te 200 m freestyle i aro ia ki te kaipupuri rekoata o te ao, te taiohi o Ahitereiria a Ian Thorpe, te mea pai ki te iwi kaainga i Sydney. I roto i te haurua whakamutunga, i whakaturia e Van den Hoogenband he rekoata hou o te ao, engari i whakahokia e Thorpe me te waa 0.02 noa iho. I roto i tētahi whakamutunga whakaongaonga, i taurite a Van den Hoogenband i tana wā mai i te haurua whakamutunga ki te wikitōria i te mētara koura. I roto i te 100 m freestyle, i whakaturia ano e Van den Hoogenband tetahi rekoata o te ao i nga whiringa toa me te wikitoria i tana mētara koura tuarua, i te wikitoria i te 1992 me te 1996 toa, Alexander Popov. Ko tana rekoata o te ao 100 mita i tu tae noa ki te 21 Poutu-te-rangi 2008 ka pakaru e te French a Alain Bernard (47.60). I wikitoria e Van den Hoogenband etahi atu mētara e rua, he parahi, i te 50 m freestyle me te 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, i reira ia te kaikawe whakamutunga.