Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics ? Men's 400 metre individual medley

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Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Medal winners
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates August 9 (heats)
August 10 (final)
Competitors 29 from 22 nations
Winning time 4:03.84 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Phelps   United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Laszlo Cseh   Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ryan Lochte   United States
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Swimming at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Qualification
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m men women
4 × 200 m men women
Medley relay
4 × 100 m men women
Marathon
10 km men women

The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 9?10 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China . [1]

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps blasted a new world record to defend his title in the event, and more importantly, claim his first Olympic gold, seventh career, and ninth overall. Phelps expected to get a major challenge from teammate Ryan Lochte , but he pulled away from the field on the breaststroke leg, and then opened up his lead on the freestyle leg to a strong finish in 4:03.84, more than a second faster than his world record from the U.S. Olympic Trials. [2] [3] Hungary's Laszlo Cseh earned his first ever Olympic silver medal at these Games, in a European record of 4:06.16. Lochte, who fought off a challenge against Phelps, faded towards the end of the race with a bronze in 4:08.09. [4]

Italian tandem Alessio Boggiatto (4:12.16) and Luca Marin (4:12.47) earned fourth and fifth spots with only 0.31 seconds apart from each other. Hungary's Gerg? Kis (4:12.84), Canada's Brian Johns (4:13.38), and Brazil's Thiago Pereira (4:15.40) rounded out the finale. [4]

Records [ edit ]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Michael Phelps   ( USA ) 4:05.25 Omaha , United States 29 June 2008 [5]
Olympic record   Michael Phelps   ( USA ) 4:08.26 Athens , Greece 14 August 2004 ?

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
August 9 Heat 4 Michael Phelps   United States 4:07.82 OR
August 10 Final Michael Phelps   United States 4:03.84 WR

Results [ edit ]

Heats [ edit ]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Michael Phelps   United States 4:07.82 Q, OR
2 2 4 Laszlo Cseh   Hungary 4:09.26 Q
3 4 5 Luca Marin   Italy 4:10.22 Q
4 3 4 Ryan Lochte   United States 4:10.33 Q
5 4 3 Gerg? Kis   Hungary 4:10.66 Q
6 2 3 Alessio Boggiatto   Italy 4:10.68 Q
7 3 7 Brian Johns   Canada 4:11.41 Q, NR
8 3 5 Thiago Pereira   Brazil 4:11.74 Q
9 4 2 Keith Beavers   Canada 4:12.75
10 2 1 Bradley Ally   Barbados 4:14.01 NR
11 2 8 Gal Nevo   Israel 4:14.03 NR
12 3 3 Riaan Schoeman   South Africa 4:14.09
13 3 1 Andrey Krylov   Russia 4:14.55
14 4 6 Travis Nederpelt   Australia 4:15.37
15 2 2 Dinko Juki?   Austria 4:15.48 NR
16 2 7 Alexander Tikhonov   Russia 4:16.49
17 2 5 Thomas Haffield   Great Britain 4:16.76
18 2 6 Vasileios Demetis   Greece 4:18.40
19 3 6 Euan Dale   Great Britain 4:18.60
20 4 8 Vadym Lepskyy   Ukraine 4:20.96
21 3 8 Omar Pinzon   Colombia 4:22.31
22 4 7 Pierre Henri   France 4:22.41
23 1 4 Nik?a Roki   Croatia 4:22.44
24 3 2 Javier Nunez   Spain 4:22.69
25 4 1 Romanos Alyfantis   Greece 4:23.41
26 1 6 Dmitriy Gordiyenko   Kazakhstan 4:25.20
27 1 2 Vasilii Danilov   Kyrgyzstan 4:29.20
28 1 3 Deniz Nazar   Turkey 4:30.80
29 1 5 Hocine Haciane   Andorra 4:32.00

Final [ edit ]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Michael Phelps   United States 4:03.84 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Laszlo Cseh   Hungary 4:06.16 EU
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Ryan Lochte   United States 4:08.09
4 7 Alessio Boggiatto   Italy 4:12.16
5 3 Luca Marin   Italy 4:12.47
6 2 Gerg? Kis   Hungary 4:12.84
7 1 Brian Johns   Canada 4:13.38
8 8 Thiago Pereira   Brazil 4:15.40

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Olympic Swimming Schedule" . USA Today . 9 August 2008 . Retrieved 14 May 2013 .
  2. ^ Newberry, Paul (10 August 2008). "Michael Phelps sets world record in 400 IM, 1 gold down, 7 to go" . New York Times . Retrieved 17 May 2013 .
  3. ^ "Opening statement: Phelps grabs gold, WR in 400 IM" . ESPN . 10 August 2008 . Retrieved 17 May 2013 .
  4. ^ a b Lohn, John (10 August 2008). "Michael Phelps Smashes World Record in 400 IM" . Swimming World Magazine . Archived from the original on 2 May 2012 . Retrieved 17 May 2013 .
  5. ^ Crouse, Karen (30 June 2008). "Rival's fast finish propels Phelps to another record" . The New York Times . Retrieved 6 August 2008 .

External links [ edit ]

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