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 László 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 Gergő Kis (4:12.84), Canada's Brian Johns (4:13.38), and Brazil's Thiago Pereira (4:15.40) rounded out the finale.[4]
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swimming, 2008, summer, olympics, metre, individual, medley, metre, individual, medley, event, 2008, olympic, games, took, place, august, beijing, national, aquatics, center, beijing, china, metre, individual, medleyat, games, xxix, olympiadmedal, winnersvenue. 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 Men s 400 metre individual medleyat the Games of the XXIX OlympiadMedal winnersVenueBeijing National Aquatics CenterDatesAugust 9 heats August 10 final Competitors29 from 22 nationsWinning time4 03 84 WRMedalistsMichael Phelps United StatesLaszlo Cseh HungaryRyan Lochte United States 20042012 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 Gergo Kis 4 12 84 Canada s Brian Johns 4 13 38 and Brazil s Thiago Pereira 4 15 40 rounded out the finale 4 Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2 1 Heats 2 2 Final 3 References 4 External linksRecords EditPrior 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 RecordAugust 9 Heat 4 Michael Phelps United States 4 07 82 ORAugust 10 Final Michael Phelps United States 4 03 84 WRResults EditHeats Edit Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 4 4 Michael Phelps United States 4 07 82 Q OR2 2 4 Laszlo Cseh Hungary 4 09 26 Q3 4 5 Luca Marin Italy 4 10 22 Q4 3 4 Ryan Lochte United States 4 10 33 Q5 4 3 Gergo Kis Hungary 4 10 66 Q6 2 3 Alessio Boggiatto Italy 4 10 68 Q7 3 7 Brian Johns Canada 4 11 41 Q NR8 3 5 Thiago Pereira Brazil 4 11 74 Q9 4 2 Keith Beavers Canada 4 12 7510 2 1 Bradley Ally Barbados 4 14 01 NR11 2 8 Gal Nevo Israel 4 14 03 NR12 3 3 Riaan Schoeman South Africa 4 14 0913 3 1 Andrey Krylov Russia 4 14 5514 4 6 Travis Nederpelt Australia 4 15 3715 2 2 Dinko Jukic Austria 4 15 48 NR16 2 7 Alexander Tikhonov Russia 4 16 4917 2 5 Thomas Haffield Great Britain 4 16 7618 2 6 Vasileios Demetis Greece 4 18 4019 3 6 Euan Dale Great Britain 4 18 6020 4 8 Vadym Lepskyy Ukraine 4 20 9621 3 8 Omar Pinzon Colombia 4 22 3122 4 7 Pierre Henri France 4 22 4123 1 4 Niksa Roki Croatia 4 22 4424 3 2 Javier Nunez Spain 4 22 6925 4 1 Romanos Alyfantis Greece 4 23 4126 1 6 Dmitriy Gordiyenko Kazakhstan 4 25 2027 1 2 Vasilii Danilov Kyrgyzstan 4 29 2028 1 3 Deniz Nazar Turkey 4 30 8029 1 5 Hocine Haciane Andorra 4 32 00Final Edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Michael Phelps United States 4 03 84 WR 5 Laszlo Cseh Hungary 4 06 16 EU 6 Ryan Lochte United States 4 08 094 7 Alessio Boggiatto Italy 4 12 165 3 Luca Marin Italy 4 12 476 2 Gergo Kis Hungary 4 12 847 1 Brian Johns Canada 4 13 388 8 Thiago Pereira Brazil 4 15 40References Edit Olympic Swimming Schedule USA Today 9 August 2008 Retrieved 14 May 2013 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 Opening statement Phelps grabs gold WR in 400 IM ESPN 10 August 2008 Retrieved 17 May 2013 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 Crouse Karen 30 June 2008 Rival s fast finish propels Phelps to another record The New York Times Retrieved 6 August 2008 External links EditOfficial Olympic Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men 27s 400 metre individual medley amp oldid 1120332398, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
