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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.
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
The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) [1] of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics, symbolizing the pinnacle of speed and athleticism in swimming competitions. [2] The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1922. [3]
The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15 and 16 August at the Beijing National Stadium. [1] 80 athletes from 64 nations competed. [2] Each nation was limited to 3 athletes per rules in force since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by Jamaican Usain Bolt in a world record time of 9.69 seconds. It ...
In the 50m freestyle, Osman won the gold medal with the new Mediterranean Game record of 24.83s. [29] Osman won the gold medal in the 50m butterfly, with the new Mediterranean Game record of 25.48s. [30] In the 100m butterfly, Osman won the silver medal with a time of 58.51s. [31] In the 100m freestyle, Osman qualified but did not compete in ...
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.
He is the youngest ever Indian swimmer to qualify for an Olympics. [3] [4] Although he did not qualify for the semifinals of the 100m freestyle at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he did finish first in his heat (Heat 3) and set a new personal best of 50.07 seconds, [5] placing him 42nd overall. He came 48th in the 200 m freestyle and 32nd in the 50 m.
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 ...