[2] He established a South Korean record of 15:12.32 to earn a silver medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan.

[1] During his swimming career, Cho has been training most of the time between the United States and Mexico, under veteran coach and long-time mentor Jack Simon.

Swimming in heat three of the men's 1500 m freestyle, Cho faded down the stretch to round out the field in last place and thirty-third overall on the morning prelims in 15:50.45.

[5][6] He challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including top medal favorite David Davies of Great Britain.

Cho rounded out the field to last place by a 13.38-second margin behind Russia's Alexey Filipets in 15:43.43.