Search

Custom Search

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Phelps rewrites Olympic mark for Men's 400m Individual Medley


Phelps rewrites Olympic mark for Men's 400m Individual Medley



Michael Phelps of the United States set a new Olympic Record of 4:07.82 in the heats for the Men's 400m Individual Medley on Saturday, August 9, slicing 0.44 seconds off the previous record he set in Athens four years ago.

Laszlo Cseh of Hungary and Italian Luca Marin finished second and third, clocking 4:09.26 and 4:10.22, respectively.

Also advancing to Sunday morning's final are Ryan Lochte (USA), Gergo Kis (Hungary), Alessio Boggiatto (Italy), Brian Johns (Canada) and Thiago Pereira (Brazil).

No comments: