Swimming Event: Venue: National Aquatics Center
Phelps wins Olympic Men's 200m Butterfly gold in world record time
Michael Phelps swims during the final. (Thank you and credits to Chen Kai/Xinhua Images)
Michael Phelps swims during the final. (Thank you and credits to Chen Kai/Xinhua Images)
Michael Phelps won gold medal - (Thank you and credits to Xinhua Images)
Michael Phelps won his tenth Olympic gold medal, setting a world record for the most number of Olympic golds won by a single athlete when he stormed to victory in the Men's 200m Butterfly final on Wednesday. In the process, he also set a new world record for the event at 1:52.03. (Thank you and credits to Mark Dadswell/Getty Images)
Hungary's Laszlo Cesh took silver in 1:52.70, and the bronze went to Japanese Takeshi Matsuda in 1:52.97.
Event: Men's 200 m butterfly
Competitor: Michael Phelps
Country: United States
World Record - WR
Federica Pellegrini kisses the gold medal. (Thank you and credits to Paul Gilham/Getty Images)
Event: Women's 200 m freestyle
Competitor: Federica Pellegrini
Country: Italy
World Record - WR
Italy's Federica Pellegrini won gold with a world record time of 1:54.82 in the Women's 200m Freestyle final at the National Aquatics Center on Wednesday, August 13.
Pellegrini's time was 0.63 seconds under the old world record mark. The swim was all the more impressive because of Pellegrini's heavy Beijing 2008 Olympic Games schedule.
Sara Isakovic of Slovenia, the fastest qualifier into the final on Tuesday, August 12, took silver in 1:54.97.
China's hopes for a surprise gold medal in the race looked good early on with Pang Jiaying swimming strongly, but she faded in the last 50m. Nevertheless, she had done enough to hold on for a bronze medal in 1:55.05 - and to set an Asian record.
Katie Hoff of the United States, who qualified second fastest for the final, finished fourth in an Americas record time of 1:55.78.
Camelia Alina Potec of Romania, the defending Olympic champion, finished in fifth place in 1:56.87.
L-R) Kirsty Coventry, Stephanie Rice and Natalie Coughlin - Australian Stephanie Rice wins Women's 200m Individual Medley with world record
(Thank you and credits to Nick Laham/Getty Images)
The Women's 200m Individual Medley final was held at the National Aquatics Center during day five of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 13, 2008 in Beijing, China. Stephanie Rice of Australia broke the world record to win the gold medal. Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe took the silver in 2:08.59 and Natalie Coughlin of the United States won the bronze in 2:10.34.
Women's 200m Individual Medley: Rice crowned best all-rounder - Stephanie Rice of Australia underlined her dominance in the Medley events when she broke her own world record to win the Olympic Women's 200m Individual Medley gold medal in a new mark of 2:08.45. Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry took silver and American Natalie Coughlin the bronze.
lATEST RESULTS: Overall Medal Standings as at 12.45pm on August 13,2008
LATEST MEDAL TALLY AS AT 12.45PM AUGUST 13,2008
(L-R) Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens and Peter Vanderkaay. (Thank you and credits to Nick Laham/Getty Images)
United States wins Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay gold with world record - The United States won the Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay with a new world record at the Beijing Olympic Games on Wednesday.
The American quartet clocked a stunning world record of 6:58.56 to beat the previous mark of 7:03.24. Russia won the silver and Australia finished third.
The Chinese team celebrates on the podium after winning the gold in the women's team final of the artistic gymnastics event of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing on August 13, 2008. China won the gold, while United States won the silver and Romania the bronze.(Thank you and credits to FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images)
China makes history by winning its first Team gold in Women's Gymnastics(Thank you and credits to Al Bello/Getty Images)
Beijing - August 13,2008: China made history today by winning its first Olympic gold medal in the Team event of Women's Gymnastics. China won the gold medal with a total of 188.900 points.
The United States won the silver medal with a total of 186.525 points and Romania won the bronze with a total of 181.525 points.
China's Linlin Deng competes on the balance beam during the women's team final of the artistic gymnastics event of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing on August 13, 2008. China won the gold, while United States won the silver and Romania the bronze. (Thank you and credits to LLUIS GENE/AFP/Getty Images)
Day 5: August 13, 2008 - Gold Medalists highlights from the 2008 Beijing 29th Olympics 2008
Cycling: Women's road time trial
Competitor: Kristin Armstrong - Gold Medalist
Country: United States
(Thank you and credits to http://en.beijing2008.cn, http://au.sports.yahoo.com, http://en.wikipedia.org and all sources for the information and pictures)
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