Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
| Men's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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| Venue | Beijing National Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | August 12, 2008 (heats) August 13, 2008 (semifinals) August 14, 2008 (final) |
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| Competitors | 64 from 55 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 47.21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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| Swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics  |
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| 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 100 metre freestyle event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 12–14 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China.[1]
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.[2] 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. U.S. swimmer Jason Lezak and Brazil's César Cielo tied for the bronze medal in a matching time of 47.67.[3][4]
Two-time defending champion Pieter van den Hoogenband finished the race in fifth place at 47.75. Although he missed an opportunity to attain a third straight triumph in the same event, Van den Hoogenband became the first ever swimmer to reach the final at his fourth Olympics. Four months later, he announced his retirement from the sport, ending an Olympic career with a total of seven medals, including three golds.[3][5][6]
Van den Hoogenband was followed in sixth by South Africa's Lyndon Ferns (48.04), and in seventh by Sullivan's teammate Matt Targett (48.20). After missing out the semifinals in Athens four years earlier, Sweden's Stefan Nystrand rounded out the finale to eighth place in 48.33.[3]
Earlier in the semifinals, Bernard and Sullivan exchanged world-record performances to set up a battle race for the final. Swimming in the first heat, Bernard delivered a time of 47.20 to erase a 0.04-second standard set by Sullivan during his lead-off leg in the 4×100 m freestyle relay. A few minutes later, Sullivan had taken back the record in the second semifinal at 47.05.[7][8]
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Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Alain Bernard (FRA) |
47.50 | Eindhoven, Netherlands | 22 March 2008 |
| Olympic record |  Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) |
47.84 | Sydney, Australia | 19 September 2000 |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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| 13 August | Semifinal 1 | Alain Bernard | France |
47.20 | WR |
| 13 August | Semifinal 2 | Eamon Sullivan |  Australia |
47.05 | WR |
Results
Heats
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 5 | Alain Bernard | France |
47.20 | Q, WR |
| 2 | 4 | Stefan Nystrand |  Sweden |
47.91 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Jason Lezak |  United States |
47.98 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Lyndon Ferns |  South Africa |
48.00 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | César Cielo Filho |  Brazil |
48.07 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | Christian Galenda |  Italy |
48.47 | |
| 7 | 1 | Jonas Persson | Sweden |
48.59 | |
| 8 | 7 | Fabien Gilot | France |
49.00 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 4 | Eamon Sullivan | Australia |
47.05 | Q, WR |
| 2 | 3 | Pieter van den Hoogenband |  Netherlands |
47.68 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 7 | Matt Targett | Australia |
47.88 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Filippo Magnini | Italy |
48.11 | |
| 5 | 6 | Garrett Weber-Gale | United States |
48.12 | |
| 6 | 5 | Brent Hayden |  Canada |
48.20 | |
| 7 | 1 | Andrey Grechin |  Russia |
48.71 | |
| 8 | 8 | Dominik Meichtry |  Switzerland |
49.58 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Alain Bernard | France |
47.21 | |
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4 | Eamon Sullivan | Australia |
47.32 | |
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7 | Jason Lezak | United States |
47.67 | |
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8 | César Cielo Filho | Brazil |
47.67 | SA |
| 5 | 3 | Pieter van den Hoogenband | Netherlands |
47.75 | |
| 6 | 1 | Lyndon Ferns | South Africa |
48.04 | |
| 7 | 6 | Matt Targett | Australia |
48.20 | |
| 8 | 2 | Stefan Nystrand | Sweden |
48.33 |
References
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