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Alain Bernard stormed home on the final lap to claim France's first ever gold medal in the event with a time of 47.21. [3] Australia's world record holder Eamon Sullivan enjoyed a great start in the first 50 metres, but ended up with a silver in 47.32, just 0.11 of a second behind Bernard.
The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 13–15 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. [ 1 ] Germany's Britta Steffen blasted a new Olympic record to claim a gold medal in the event.
1:22.2 Paris 1900: not held: St. Louis 1904: the race was 100 yards, not 100 meters: London 1908 Charles Daniels 1:05.6 Stockholm 1912 Duke Kahanamoku 1:03.4 Antwerp 1920 Duke Kahanamoku 1:01.4 Paris 1924 Johnny Weissmuller 59.0 Amsterdam 1928 Johnny Weissmuller 58.6 Los Angeles 1932 Yasuji Miyazaki 58.2 [5]
World Record (100 m freestyle) August 11, 2008 Final Michael Phelps United States: 47.51 Americas Record (100 m freestyle) August 11, 2008 Final Brent Hayden Canada: 47.56 National Record (100 m freestyle) August 10, 2008 Heat 2 Amaury Leveaux France: 47.76 Olympic Record (100 m freestyle) August 10, 2008 Heat 2 César Cielo Brazil: 47.91
Amelia Alcock (born 11 April 2000), known professionally as Milly Alcock, is an Australian actress. She received an AACTA Award nomination for her performance in the Foxtel comedy-drama Upright (2019–2022).
Madeleine Scerri (born 11 August 1989) is an Australian swimmer of Maltese origin, who specialized in freestyle events. She participated for Malta in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She participated for Malta in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Julianne Moore, Meghann Fahy and Milly Alcock have all joined Netflix’s upcoming limited series Sirens in leading roles, our sister site Variety reports. The dark comedy (from Maid creator Molly ...
The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15 and 17 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. [1]Since the event's inception in 1960, the U.S. men's team dominated the race from the start to demolish a new world record, to defend their title, and most importantly, to wrap up the greatest performance in Olympic history for ...