Van den Hoogenband akadzokera kumitambo yeOlympic muna 2008 muBeijing uye akapedza ari wechishanu mumakwikwi emamita zana akasununguka
. Akasiya basa pashure pomutambo wacho. Mumakwikwi ekupedzisira akaputsa rekodhi yake yenyika iyo yakamira kubva ku2000 Summer Olympics ichiiunza ku47.68 s.