Stating the obvious, Michael Phelps is an aquatic beast. He’s Aquaman. He probably has gills. Entering this year’s London 2012 Summer Olympic Games, Michael Phelps came in with an astonishing 16 medals under his speedo. The all-time record of medals received by an Olympian was 18, until Mr. Phelps came along. With 17 swimming events, the men’s competition is more fierce than ever, with everyone gunning for the Americans.
Phelps has surpassed the all-time Olympiad record of 18 medals and with this possibly being his last, he might as well go out with a bang. Team USA’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay absolutely destroyed the competition. In a stunning turn of events, Phelps was defeated and took the silver medal in the 200m Butterfly, with Chad le Clos of South Africa nabbing the gold.
Check out the rest of the schedules and results below:
Men’s 50m Freestyle: Finals – Friday, August 3
Gold: France – Florent Manaudou 21.34
Silver: USA – Cullen Jones 21.54 +0.20
Bronze: Brazil – Cesar Cielo 21.59 +0.25
4TH: Brazil – Bruno Fratus 21.61 +0.27
5TH: USA – Anthony Ervin 21.78 +0.44
Men’s 100m Freestyle: Finals – Wednesday, August 1
Gold: USA – Nathan Adrian 47.52
Silver: Australia – James Magnussen 47.53 +0.01
Bronze: Canada – Brent Hayden 47.80 +0.28
4TH: France – Yannick Agnel 47.84 +0.32
5TH: Netherlands – Sebastiaan Verschuren 47.88 +0.36
Men’s 200m Freestyle: Finals – Monday, July 30
Gold: France – Yannick Agnel 1:43.14
Silver Tie: South Korea – Taehwan Park 1:44.93 +1.79
Silver Tie: China – Yang Sun 1:44.93 +1.79
4TH: USA – Ryan Lochte 1:45.04 +1.90
5TH: Germany – Paul Bierderman 1:45.53 +2.39
Men’s 400m Freestyle: Finals – Saturday, July 28
Gold: China – Yang Sun 3:40.14 (Olympic Record)
Silver: South Korea – Taehwan Park 3:42.06 +1.92
Bronze: USA – Peter Vanderkaay 3:44.69 +4.55
4TH: China – Yun Hao 3:46.02 +5.88
5TH: USA – Conor Dwyer 3:46.39 +6.25
Men’s 1500m Freestyle: Finals –Saturday, August 4
Gold: China – Yang Sun 14:31.02 (World Record)
Silver: Canada – Ryan Cochrane 14:39.63 (Americas Record) +8.61
Bronze: Tunisia Oussama Mellouli 14:40.31 +9.29
4TH: South Korea – Taehwan Park 14:50.61 +19.59
5TH: Italy – Gregorio paltrinieri 14:51.92 +20.90
Men’s 100m Butterfly: Finals – Friday, August 3
Gold: USA – Michael Phelps 51.21
Silver Tie: South Africa – Chad le Clos 51.44 +0.23
Silver Tie: Russia – Evgeny Korotyshkin 51.44 +0.23
4TH Tie: Serbia – Milorad Cavic 51.81 +0.60
4TH Tie: Germany – Steffen Deibler 51.81 +0.60
Men’s 200m Butterfly: Finals – Tuesday, July 31
Gold: South Africa – Chad le Clos 1:52.96 (African Record)
Silver: USA – Michael Phelps 1:53.01 +0.05
Bronze: Japan – Takeshi Matsuda 1:53.21 +0.25
4TH: Austria – Dinko Jukic 1:54.35 +1.39
5TH: USA – Tyler Clary 1:55.06 +2.10
Men’s 100m Breaststroke: Finals – Sunday, 29 July 2012
Gold: South Africa – Cameron van der Burgh 58.46 (World Record)
Silver: Australia – Christian Sprenger 58.93 +0.47
Bronze: USA – Brendan Hansen 59.49 +1.03
4TH: Hungary – Daniel Gyurta 59.53 +1.07
5TH: Japan – Kosuke Kitajima 59.79 +1.33
Men’s 200m Breaststroke: Finals – Wednesday, August 1
Gold: Hungary – Daniel Gyurta 2:07.28 (World Record)
Silver: Great Britain – Michael Jamieson 2:07.43 +0.15
Bronze: Japan – Ryo Tateishi 2:08.29 +1.01
4TH: Japan – Kosuke Kitajima 2:08.35 +1.07
5TH: USA – Scott Weltz 2:09.02 +1.74
Men’s 100m Backstroke: Finals – Monday, July 30
Gold: USA – Matthew Grevers 52.16 (Olympic Record)
Silver: USA – Nick Thoman 52.92 +0.76
Bronze: Japan – Ryosuke Irie 52.97 +0.81
4TH: France – Camille Lacourt 53.08 +0.92
5TH: Great Britain – Liam Tancock 53.35 +1.19
Men’s 200m Backstroke: Finals – Thursday, August 2
Gold: USA – Tyler Clary 1:53.41 (Olympic Record)
Silver: Japan – Ryosuke Irie 1:53.78 +0.37
Bronze: USA – Ryan Lochte 1:53.94 +0.53
4TH Tie: Poland – Radoslaw Kawecki 1:55.59 +2.18
4TH Tie: China – Fenglin Zhang 1:55.59 +2.18
Men’s 200m Individual Medley: Finals – Thursday, August 2
Gold: USA – Michael Phelps 1:54.27
Silver: USA – Ryan Lochte 1:54.90 +0.63
Bronze: Hungary – Laszlo Cseh 1:56.22 +1.95
4TH: Brazil – Thiago Pereira 1:56.74 +2.47
5TH: Japan – Kosuke Hagino 1:57.35 +3.08
Men’s 400m Individual Medley: Finals – Saturday, July 28
Gold: USA – Ryan Lochte 4:05.18
Silver: Brazil – Thiago Pereira 4:08.86 +3.68
Bronze: Japan – HAGINO Kosuke Hagino 4:08.94 (Asian Record)
4TH: USA – Michael Phelps 4:09.28 +4.10
5TH: South Africa – Chad le Clos 4:12.42 +7.24
Men’s 10km Marathon: Finals – Friday, August 10
Gold: Tunisia – Oussama Mellouli 1:49:55.1
Silver: Germany – Thomas Lurz 1:49:58.5
Bronze: Canada – Richard Weinberger 1:50:00.3
4TH: Greece – Spyridon Gianniotis 1:50:05.3
5TH: Great Britain – Daniel Fogg 1:50:37.3
Men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay: Finals – Sunday, July 29
Gold: France 3:09.93
Amaury Leveaux (48.13)
Fabien Gilot (47.67)
Clément Lefert (47.39)
Yannick Agnel (46.74)
Silver: USA 3:10.38 +0.45
Nathan Adrian (47.89)
Michael Phelps (47.15)
Cullen Jones (47.60)
Ryan Lochte (47.74)
Bronze: Russia 3:11.41 +1.48
Andrey Grechin (48.57)
Nikita Lobintsev (47.39)
Vladimir Morozov (47.85)
Danila Izotov (47.60)
4TH: Australia 3:11.63 +1.70
5TH: South Africa 3:13.45 +3.52
Men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay: Finals – Tuesday, July 31
Gold: USA 6:59.70
Ryan Lochte (1:45.15)
Conor Dwyer (1:45.23)
Ricky Berens (1:45.27)
Michael Phelps (1:44.05)
Silver: France 7:02.77 +3.07
Amaury Leveaux (1:46.70)
Grégory Mallet (1:46.83)
Clément Lefert (1:46.00)
Yannick Agnel (1:43.24)
Bronze: China 7:06.30 +6.60
Hao Yun (1:47.12)
Li Yunqi (1:46.46)
Jiang Haiqi (1:47.17)
Sun Yang (1:45.55)
4TH: Germany 7:06.59 +6.89
5TH: Australia 7:07.00 +7.30
Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay: Finals – Saturday, August 4
Gold: USA 3:29.35
Matt Grevers (52.58)
Brendan Hansen (59.19)
Michael Phelps (50.73)
Nathan Adrian (46.85)
Silver: Japan 3:31.26 +1.91
Ryosuke Irie (52.92)
Kosuke Kitajima (58.64)
Takeshi Matsuda (51.20)
Takuro Fujii (48.50)
Bronze: Australia 3:31.58 +2.23
Hayden Stoeckel (53.71)
Christian Sprenger (59.05)
Matt Targett (51.60)
James Magnussen (47.22)
4TH: Great Britain 3:32.32 +2.97
5TH: Hungary 3:33.02 +3.67
Source: London 2012
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