He failed to reach the top 16 final in any of his individual events, finishing forty-fifth in the 50 m freestyle (23.12), and forty-eighth in the 100 m butterfly (56.61).

Although he swam the anchor leg in heat one, his team had been disqualified due to an early relay takeoff by Pukhnatiy.

[8] Despite winning the heats in just a single day, he failed to advance into the semifinals in any of his individual events, finishing thirtieth in the 50 m freestyle, and thirty-fourth in the 100 m butterfly.

Nachaev later emerged as Uzbekistan's top swimmer, when he shared the gold with South Korea's Kim Min-suk in the 50 m freestyle, a matching time of 22.86 seconds, at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan.

Nachaev failed to reach the semifinals for his third and final Olympic stint, placing thirty-sixth in the preliminaries.