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Olympic Games 2008
Phelps takes third gold medal
Article published on the 2008-08-12 Latest update 2008-08-12 17:59 TU
Michael Phelps (C) of the US starts the men's 200m butterfly swimming semifinal.
(Reuters)
Michael Phelps won the ninth Olympic title of his career on Tuesday when he took the 200m freestyle. He broke the world record - his third record at these Games, after three races. There were medals awarded in diving, judo, wrestling, weightlifting and fencing.
In the men's 200m freestyle, Michael Phelps went straight into the lead and then increased it on each length. He finished in 1' 42.96", breaking the world record by nine tenths of a second. The silver medal went to South Korea's Park Tae-Hwan with another American, Peter Vanderkay, taking the bronze.
Phelps will be attempting to take another gold on Wednesday when he goes in the 200m butterfly.
RESULTS
Swimming - men - 200m freestyle
Gold: Michael Phelps (USA)Silver: Park Tae-Hhwan Park (Korea)
Bronze: Peter Vanderkaay (USA)
Swimming - women - 100m breaststroke
Gold: Leisel Jones (Australia)
Silver: Rebecca Soni (USA)
Bronze: Mirna Jukic (Austria)
Swimming - men - 100m backstroke
Or: Aaron Peirsol (USA)
Argent: Matt Grevers (USA)
Bronze: Hayden Stoeckel (Australia)
Arkady Vyatchanin (Russia)
Swimming - women - 100m backstroke
Gold: Natalie Coughlin (USA)
Silver: Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe)
Bronze: Margaret Hoelzer (USA)
Diving - women synchronised 10m
Gold: China (Wang Xin, Chen Ruolin)
Silver: Australia (Briony Cole, Melissa Wu)
Bronze: Mexico (Paola Espinosa, Tatiana Ortiz)
Gymnastics - men - team competition
Gold: China
Silver: Japan
Bronze: United States
Fencing - men individual sabre
Or: Zhong Man (China)
Argent: Nicolas Lopez (France)
Bronze: Mihai Covaliu (Romania)
Judo - men - 81 kg
Ole Bischog (Germany)
Kim Jae Bim (Korea)
Roman Gontjuk (Ukraine)
Camilo Tiago (Brazil)
Judo - women - 63kg
Gold: Ayumi Tanimoto (Japan)
Silver: Lucie Decosse (France)
Bronze: Elisabeth Willeboordse (Netherlands)
Bronze: Won Ok-Im (N Korea)
Kayaking - men - K1
Gold: Alexander Grimm (Germany)
Silver: Fabien Lefevre (France)
Bronze: Benjamin Kudjow Thomas (Togo)
Kayaking - men - C1
Gold: Michal Martikan (Slovakia)
Silver: David Florence (Great-Britain)
Bronze: Robin Bell (Australia)
Wrestling - 60 kg
Or: Islam-Beka Albiev (Russia)
Argent: Vitaliy Rahimov (Azerbaijan)
Bronze: Nurbakyt Tengizbayev (Kazakhstan)
Ruslan Tiumenbaev (Kyrgytan)
Wrestling - 55 kg
Gold: Nazyr Mankiev (Russia)
Silver: Rovshan Bayramov (Azerbaijan)
Bronze: Roman Amoyan (Armenia)
Bronze: Park Eun-Chol (S Korea)
Weightlifting - men 69kg
Liao Hui (China)
Vencelas Dabaya-Tientcheu (France)
Tigran Martirosyan (Armenia)
Weightlifting - women 63kg
Gold: Pak Hyon-Suk (N Korea)
Silver: Irina Nekrassova (Kazakhstan)
Bronze: Lu Ying-Chi (Taiwan)
Shooting - men - double trap
Gold: Walton Eller (USA)
Silver: Francesco Daniello (Italy)
Bronze: Hu Binyuan (China)
Shooting men 50m pistol
Gold: Jin Jong-Oh Jin (S Korea)
Silver: Kim Jong-Su (N Korea)
Bronze: Tan Zongliang Tan (China)
