Career
He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and a bronze medalist at the Southeast Asian Games (2003). He also blasted an Indonesian record of 2:06.09 in the 200 m individual medley, but managed to pull off a fourth-place effort in the final. Sutanto shortened his swimming program at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, as his spots in both 100 and 200 m butterfly were respectively taken by Andy Wibowo and Donny Utomo.
Instead, he qualified only for the 200 m individual medley.
After breaking his own record from the Southern Economic Association, USA Games, his entry time of 2:06.09 was officially accredited under a FINA B-standard. He challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including Denmark"s Jacob Carstensen and South of Korea"s Kim Bang-Hyun, who both competed at their third Olympics.
Sutanto upset Southern Economic Association, USA Games bronze medalist Gary Tan of Singapore to take a sixth seed by less than nearly a second in 2:07.55. Sutanto failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fortieth overall in the preliminaries.