Career
Hell made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with a three-event program On the first day of the Games, Hell missed a spot for the top 8 final of the 400 m freestyle, finishing in ninth place with a time of 3:50.80. He also competed for the sixth-place German team in the preliminary heats of the men"s 4×200 m freestyle relay.
Teaming with Michael Kiedel, Christian Keller, and Stefan Herbst, Hell swam the lead-off leg and recorded a time of 1:50.48.
In his last event, 1500 m freestyle, Hell finished outside the medals in eighth place by more than 10 seconds behind Ukraine"s Igor Chervynskiy in 15:19.87. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Hell shortened his program, swimming only in the 400 m freestyle.
He finished first ahead of his teammate Christian Hein from the Olympic trials, in a FINA A-standard of 3:51.48. On the first morning of the Games, Hell placed eighteenth in the preliminaries.
He also teamed up with Jens Schreiber, Lars Conrad, and Christian Keller in the 4×200 m freestyle relay.
Swimming the second leg, Hell recorded a split of 1:49.15, but the Germans pulled off again with a sixth-place effort, in a final time of 7:16.51.
