Archive | August 16th, 2008 |
Swimming butterfly in the third leg of the 4X100 United States Medley Relay Team, Michael Phelps won his eighth Gold Medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The U.S. Team also included Aaron Peirsol (backstroke, 53.16), Brendan Hansen (breast stroke) and Jason Lezak (freestyle) won in a world record 3:29.34 — a world record.
Silver went to Australia and Bronze to Japan.
Without a significant tailwind, Usain Bolt, 21, broke the world record for the 100 meter dash in 9.69 seconds Saturday night in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The sprinter from Jamaica is 6′ 5″ tall and towers over most other sprinters. Bolt (shirt number 2163) decelerated, turned his torso to his right, pounded his chest and celebrated before he reached the finish line after looking to his right and realizing he had a secure lead to win the gold medal. Bolt is Jamaica’s first Olympic sprint champion.
How fast is Usain Bolt in miles per hour in the 2008 Summer Olympics?
Average speed is 23.08 miles per hour. Some estimate is peak speed may have reached 30 miles per hour during the world record sprint.
Walter Dix of the United States placed third in 9.91 seconds.
Still image sequence of Michael Phelps who used an out-of-sync extra mini-stroke to beat Milorad Cavic of Serbia — losing after he glided in to the wall thinking he had the lead.
Michael Phelps beats Milorad Cavic by one-hundredth of a second (50.58 s) in the 100-meter butterfly. The event was the only race that Phelps did not break a world record to win the race, which was his seventh gold medal. While Phelps tied Mark Spitz with the most gold medals in a single event, Mark Spitz won all of his races with world records. Michael Phelps is favored to win his eight gold medal as he swims the butterfly leg of the 400 medley relay.
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