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 Michael Phelps. Joining Aaron Peirsol (53.16), Brendan Hansen (59.37), and Jason Lezak (46.76), Phelps delivered a butterfly split of 50.15 to maintain a leading pace and claim a historic gold for the Americans with a world-record time of 3:29.34, shaving 1.34 seconds off their standard from Athens in 2004. By capturing his eighth gold, Phelps also eclipsed Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven for the most in a single Games, raising his career total to 16 medals (14 golds and 2 bronze).[2][3][4]
The Aussie foursome of Hayden Stoeckel (53.80), Brenton Rickard (58.56), Andrew Lauterstein (51.03), and Eamon Sullivan (46.65) trailed behind their greatest rivals in the pool by exactly seven-tenths of a second (0.70), but took home an admirable silver in an Oceanian record of 3:30.04.[5] Meanwhile, Japan's Kosuke Kitajima fueled the field on the breaststroke leg with a terrific split of 58.07 to deliver the foursome of Junichi Miyashita (53.87), Takuro Fujii (50.89), and Hisayoshi Sato (48.35) a bronze-medal time in 3:31.18, worthy enough for an Asian record.[6][7]
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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 Men s 4 100 metre medley relayat the Games of the XXIX OlympiadVenueBeijing National Aquatics CenterDateAugust 15 2008 heats August 17 2008 final Competitors75 from 16 nationsWinning time3 29 34 WRMedalists United States USA Aaron Peirsol Brendan Hansen Michael Phelps Jason Lezak Matt Grevers Mark Gangloff Ian Crocker Garrett Weber Gale Australia AUS Hayden Stoeckel Brenton Rickard Andrew Lauterstein Eamon Sullivan Ashley Delaney Christian Sprenger Adam Pine Matt Targett Japan JPN Junichi Miyashita Kosuke Kitajima Takuro Fujii Hisayoshi Sato Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats 20042012 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 Michael Phelps Joining Aaron Peirsol 53 16 Brendan Hansen 59 37 and Jason Lezak 46 76 Phelps delivered a butterfly split of 50 15 to maintain a leading pace and claim a historic gold for the Americans with a world record time of 3 29 34 shaving 1 34 seconds off their standard from Athens in 2004 By capturing his eighth gold Phelps also eclipsed Mark Spitz s 1972 record of seven for the most in a single Games raising his career total to 16 medals 14 golds and 2 bronze 2 3 4 The Aussie foursome of Hayden Stoeckel 53 80 Brenton Rickard 58 56 Andrew Lauterstein 51 03 and Eamon Sullivan 46 65 trailed behind their greatest rivals in the pool by exactly seven tenths of a second 0 70 but took home an admirable silver in an Oceanian record of 3 30 04 5 Meanwhile Japan s Kosuke Kitajima fueled the field on the breaststroke leg with a terrific split of 58 07 to deliver the foursome of Junichi Miyashita 53 87 Takuro Fujii 50 89 and Hisayoshi Sato 48 35 a bronze medal time in 3 31 18 worthy enough for an Asian record 6 7 Russia s Arkady Vyatchanin 53 36 Roman Sloudnov 59 45 Yevgeny Korotyshkin 51 62 and Yevgeny Lagunov 47 49 missed the podium by almost three fourths of a second 0 75 with a fourth place effort in 3 31 92 while Daniel Bell 54 52 Glenn Snyders 59 46 Corney Swanepoel 52 12 and Cameron Gibson 47 99 established a New Zealand record of 3 33 39 to claim the fifth spot in the final holding off the British quartet of Liam Tancock 54 69 Chris Cook 59 65 Michael Rock 52 02 and Simon Burnett 47 33 by 0 30 seconds a national record of 3 33 69 8 9 South Africa s Gerhard Zandberg 54 69 Cameron van der Burgh 59 40 Lyndon Ferns 51 39 and Darian Townsend 48 22 finished closer to the Brits by a hundredth of a second 0 01 with a seventh place time of 3 33 70 As the entire field came to a dramatic finish in the pool Italy was disqualified from the race because of an early relay takeoff on the final exchange by freestyle anchor Filippo Magnini 7 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 nbsp United States USA Aaron Peirsol 53 45 Brendan Hansen 59 37 Ian Crocker 50 28 Jason Lezak 47 58 3 30 68 Athens Greece 21 August 2004 10 Olympic record nbsp United States USA Aaron Peirsol 53 45 Brendan Hansen 59 37 Ian Crocker 50 28 Jason Lezak 47 58 3 30 68 Athens Greece 21 August 2004 10 The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition Date Event Name Nationality Time RecordAugust 17 Final Aaron Peirsol 53 16 Brendan Hansen 59 27 Michael Phelps 50 15 Jason Lezak 46 76 nbsp United States 3 29 34 WRResults editHeats edit Rank Heat Lane Nationality Name Time Notes1 2 4 nbsp United States Matt Grevers 53 59 Mark Gangloff 1 00 35 Ian Crocker 50 85 Garrett Weber Gale 47 96 3 32 75 Q2 1 4 nbsp Australia Ashley Delaney 53 74 Christian Sprenger 59 95 Adam Pine 51 66 Matt Targett 47 41 3 32 76 Q OC3 1 5 nbsp Japan Junichi Miyashita 54 29 Kosuke Kitajima 58 79 Takuro Fujii 50 86 Hisayoshi Sato 48 87 3 32 81 Q AS4 2 3 nbsp Russia Arkady Vyatchanin 53 86 Roman Sloudnov 59 63 Nikolay Skvortsov 51 62 Andrey Grechin 48 48 3 33 59 Q EU5 1 6 nbsp Great Britain Liam Tancock 54 67 Chris Cook 59 40 Michael Rock 51 99 Simon Burnett 47 77 3 33 83 Q6 2 8 nbsp New Zealand Daniel Bell 54 52 Glenn Snyders 59 46 Corney Swanepoel 52 12 Cameron Gibson 47 99 3 34 09 Q7 2 6 nbsp South Africa Gerhard Zandberg 54 19 Cameron van der Burgh 59 68 Lyndon Ferns 52 33 Darian Townsend 47 96 3 34 16 Q AF8 2 7 nbsp Italy Mirco di Tora 54 05 Alessandro Terrin 1 01 25 Mattia Nalesso 51 96 Filippo Magnini 47 06 3 34 32 Q9 2 1 nbsp France Benjamin Stasiulis 55 46 Hugues Duboscq 59 29 Christophe Lebon 51 97 Fabien Gilot 48 06 3 34 7810 2 5 nbsp Canada Jake Tapp 55 16 Mike Brown 1 00 98 Joe Bartoch 52 58 Brent Hayden 46 84 3 35 5611 1 2 nbsp Sweden Simon Sjodin 55 27 Jonas Andersson 1 01 22 Lars Frolander 51 13 Jonas Persson 48 21 3 35 83 NR12 2 2 nbsp Croatia Gordan Kozulj 54 91 Vanja Rogulj 1 01 30 Mario Todorovic 51 52 Duje Draganja 49 96 3 37 6913 1 1 nbsp Romania Răzvan Florea 54 81 Valentin Preda 1 01 41 Ioan Gherghel 52 44 Norbert Trandafir 49 34 3 38 0014 1 3 nbsp Brazil Guilherme Guido 54 78 Felipe Franca Silva 1 02 06 Kaio de Almeida 53 31 Nicolas Oliveira 48 51 3 38 6615 1 7 nbsp Ukraine Oleksandr Isakov 56 66 Valeriy Dymo 1 00 61 Sergiy Breus 52 38 Yuriy Yegoshin 49 11 3 38 7616 1 8 nbsp Belarus Pavel Sankovich 55 11 Viktar Vabishchevich 1 01 89 Yevgeniy Lazuka 52 63 Stanislau Neviarouski 49 76 3 39 39Final edit Rank Lane Nationality Name Time Time behind Notes nbsp 4 nbsp United States Aaron Peirsol 53 16 Brendan Hansen 59 27 Michael Phelps 50 15 Jason Lezak 46 76 3 29 34 WR nbsp 5 nbsp Australia Hayden Stoeckel 53 80 Brenton Rickard 58 56 Andrew Lauterstein 51 03 Eamon Sullivan 46 65 3 30 04 0 70 OC nbsp 3 nbsp Japan Junichi Miyashita 53 87 Kosuke Kitajima 58 07 Takuro Fujii 50 89 Hisayoshi Sato 48 35 3 31 18 1 84 AS4 6 nbsp Russia Arkady Vyatchanin 53 36 Roman Sloudnov 59 45 Yevgeny Korotyshkin 51 62 Yevgeny Lagunov 47 49 3 31 92 2 58 EU5 7 nbsp New Zealand Daniel Bell 54 74 Glenn Snyders 59 87 Corney Swanepoel 51 78 Cameron Gibson 47 00 3 33 39 4 05 NR6 2 nbsp Great Britain Liam Tancock 54 69 Chris Cook 59 65 Michael Rock 52 02 Simon Burnett 47 33 3 33 69 4 35 NR7 1 nbsp South Africa Gerhard Zandberg 54 69 Cameron van der Burgh 59 40 Lyndon Ferns 51 39 Darian Townsend 48 22 3 33 70 4 36 AF8 nbsp Italy Mirco di Tora 54 52 Loris Facci 1 00 55 Mattia Nalesso 52 26 Filippo Magnini DSQReferences edit Olympic Swimming Schedule USA Today 9 August 2008 Retrieved 14 May 2013 Wang Cynthia 17 August 2008 Phelps Wins Eighth Gold Breaks Spitz s Record People Retrieved 4 July 2013 Phelps claims Olympic record eighth gold medal with relay win Sports Illustrated CNN 13 August 2008 Retrieved 3 July 2013 Phelps wins historic eighth gold medal CNN 16 August 2008 Retrieved 3 July 2013 Phelps claims historic eighth gold in Beijing ABC News Australia 17 August 2008 Retrieved 3 July 2013 Odeven Ed 18 August 2008 Phelps achievement leaves nothing to the imagination The Japan Times Retrieved 3 July 2013 a b Lohn John 16 August 2008 Eight is Great for Michael Phelps U S Comes From Behind To Win Men s 400 Medley Relay with World Record Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 13 May 2013 Retrieved 4 July 2013 Phelps bags record eighth gold Stuff co nz 17 August 2008 Retrieved 4 July 2013 Phelps wins historic eighth gold BBC Sport 17 August 2008 Retrieved 4 July 2013 a b Zinser Lynn 22 August 2004 U S men smash record to take the final gold The New York Times Retrieved 13 April 2008 External links editOfficial Olympic Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men 27s 4 100 metre medley relay amp oldid 1147265987, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
