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The Olympic 100 m finals, particularly the men's, are among the most popular events from any sport at the Olympics – the 2012 Olympic men's 100 metres final was the most watched event at the London Games by British audiences (with 20 million television viewers) [134] while in the United States that event was the third-most viewed Olympic clip ...
The men's 100 m freestyle at the 2009 World Championships took place on 29 July (heats and semifinals) and the evening of 30 July (finals) at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. Records [ edit ]
The men's 100 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 15 and August 16. The two main contenders for the event were the reigning World Champion Tyson Gay and Usain Bolt , the reigning Olympic champion and world record holder.
USA Olympic Trials (elec. 52.58) Los Angeles, United States [21] 24 52.2 Michael Wenden Australia: 19 Oct 1968: Olympic Games: Mexico City, Mexico [22] 25 51.94 h: Mark Spitz United States: 23 Aug 1970: AAU Championships Los Angeles, United States [23] 26 51.47 h: Mark Spitz United States: 5 Aug 1972: USA Olympic Trials Chicago, United States ...
This is a history of the 100 m backstroke world record as swum in both long-course (50 m; Olympic) pools and short-course (25 m) pools—the two categories recognized/tracked by FINA. Graphic data for World Record Progression in Men and Women Swimming 50m-100m-200m Long and Short Course Butterfly-Backstroke-Breaststroke-Freestyle
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where Shoulberg was an Assistant Coach, Berkoff earned another gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter medley relay. He also won a bronze medal by placing third in the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 54.78. [12] [17] [18]
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Two days later, she recorded a time of 1:54.88 en route to winning the 200-meter freestyle. On July 1, Ledecky broke Janet Evans's 28-year-old national championship record in the morning preliminary heats of the 800-meter freestyle (8:10.91) before placing seventh that evening in the 100-meter freestyle (53.99).