Olympic Games 2008

Six world swimming records broken

Article published on the 2008-08-13 Latest update 2008-08-13 16:51 TU

Federica Pellegrini of Italy reacts after winning the gold in the 200 meters freestyle
(Photo: Reuters)

US swimmer Michael Phelps stunned crowds yet again on Wednesday when he won two gold medals in the space of an hour, getting closer to his personal goal to win eight golds in Beijing. The two that he won today in 200m butterfly and as part of the four-man freestyle relay team give him a total of five gold medals so far.

 

 

 

Swimming is the sport to watch, as six world records were broken in the pool on Wednesday. Italy's Federica Pellegrini broke the world record in women's 200m freestyle, which she had previously set herself, with a time of 1: 54.82, while wearing two skin-tight swimsuits. Australia's Stephanie Rice won her second medal in the 200m final with a world record of 2:08.45.

Here are today's results:

Swimming - men -200 butterfly

Gold: Michael Phelps (USA)

Silver: Laszlo Cseh (Hungary)

Bronze: Takeshi Matsuda (Japan)

Swimming - men - 4x200m relay

Gold: USA (Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens, Peter Vanderkaay)

Silver: Russia (Nikita Lobintsev, Evgeniy Lagunov, Danila Izotov, Alexander Sukhorukov)

Bronze: Australia (Patrick Murphy, Grant Hackett, Grant Brits, Nick Frost)

Swimming - women - 200m free

Gold: Federica Pellegrini (Italy)

Silver: Sara Isakovic (Slovenia)

Bronze: Pang Jiaying (China)

Swimming - women - 200 Individual medley

Gold: Stephanie Rice (Australia)

Silver: Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe)

Bronze: Natalie Coughlin (USA)

Diving - men - 3m synchronised

Gold: China (Wang Feng, Qin Kai)

Silver: Russia (Dmitry Sautin, Yuriy Kunakov)

Bronze: Ukraine (Illya Kvasha, Oleksiy Prygorov)

Cycling- women

Gold: Kristin Armstrong (USA)

Silver: Emma Pooley (Great Britain)

Bronze: Karin Thurig (Switzerland)

Cycling- men

Gold: Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland)

Silver: Gustav Larsson (Sweden)

Bronze: Levi Leipheimer (USA)

 Gymnastics - women's team

Gold: China

Silver: United States

Bronze: Romania

Judo - women's -70kg

Gold: Masae Ueno (Japan)

Silver: Anaysi Hernandez (Cuba)

Bronze: Ronda Rousey (USA)

Edith Bosch (Netherlands)

Judo - men -90kg finals

Gold: Irakli Tsirekidze (Georgia)

Silver: Amar Benikhlef (Algeria)

Bronze: Hesham Mesbah (Egypt)

Sergei Aschwanden (Switzerland)

Wrestling - men - Greco-Roman 60-66kg

Gold: Steeve Francois Fabien Guenot (France)

Silver: Kanatbek Begaliev (Kyrgyzstan)

Bronze: Mikhail Siamionau (Belarus)

Armen Vardanyan (Ukraine)

Weightlifting - men - 77kg

Gold: Sa Jae-hyuk (South Korea)

Silver: Li Hongli (China)

Bronze: Gevorg Davtyan (Armenia)

Weightlifting - men - 74 kg

Gold: Manuchar Kvirkelia (Georgia)

Silver: Yongxiang Chang (China)

Bronze: Yavor Yanakiev (Bulgaria)

Christophe Guénot (France)

Weightlifting - women - 69kg

Gold: Liu Chunhong (China)

Silver: Oxana Slivenko (Russia)

Bronze: Natalya Davydova (Ukraine)

Shooting - women - 25mm pistol

Gold: Chen Ying (China)

Silver: Gundegmaa Otryad (Mongolia)

Bronze: Munkhbayar Dorjsuren (Germany)