Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 2008 Summer Olympics i Beijing, i tohu a Haustov mo te wa tuarua i roto i te
100 m freestyle mā te horoi i te FINA B-tapahi o 50.37 mai i te 2008 European Aquatics Championships i Eindhoven, Netherlands. I werohia e ia etahi atu kaukau e whitu i te wha o nga werawera, tae atu ki a Jason Dunford o Kenya me Ryan Pini o Papua New Guinea, i tae atu raua tokorua ki te whiringa toa o te butterfly. Ko Haustov i whakaoti i te waahi ki te waahi whakamutunga mo te 0.18 o te tuarua i muri i a Norbert Trandafir o Romania i roto i te 50.92 hēkona, he tekau noa iho o te tuarua i muri i tana waa i Athens. Kaore a Haustov i eke ki nga hawhe whakamutunga, i te mea i tuu ia i te rima tekau ma tahi o nga kaikawe 64 i nga waahanga tuatahi.