swimming summer olympics men metre butterfly men metre butterfly event olympic games took place august beijing china swimmer set new olympic record defend title event serbia second earned seventh olympic gold single games tying record gold medals australia earned bronze finishing close race world record holder margin triumph occurred remarked better sport defeated margin triumph close serbian team filed protest officials reviewed video announced touch wall victory upheld kenya finished fifth time followed sixth spot japan asian record ukraine bronze medalist athens years earlier gold medalist commonwealth games closed field history swimmer respective nation reach olympic final individual events olympic program break current world record final finishing second time set entire event records established olympic record continental records national records preview combination venue better known water cube claimed built increase speed swimmers recently introduced swim suits proven swimmer lower time analysts predicting fast times world records set swimming events event entered summer olympics favorite win men metre butterfly winning gold medal previous games athens demonstrated superiority event world champion melbourne world championships achieving victory metre butterfly olympic events attempting win gold medal going event seen swimmer best chance beating beat metre butterfly world record lowered twice united_states olympic trials world championships montreal olympics held seventeen fastest times event favorite men metre butterfly lost second victory gave right swim final metre medley relay gave spot took turn semifinals holding world record lost times metre butterfly including united states olympic trials thought shape broke world record including analyst said going beat beijing close world record time hasn shown year threat goal serbia athens leading semifinal metre butterfly right final turn suit opened neck water causing finish time seconds european championships won men metre butterfly heavy favorite win twice distance suspended wearing serbia shirt medal podium american swimmer told new_york_times mike saying going win fly olympics year thought winner possible medal contenders included won olympic bronze medal bronze medalist world championships seen potential match improve time beijing competition heats heats began august local time utc preliminary heats sixteen came heats swimmers participated heat won time seconds heats won lithuania denmark respectively bahamas israel broke countries previous records heat greece romania set new national records south african swimmer qualify semifinals winning heat time seconds national records broken croatia portugal puerto_rico ukraine china finished second heat times seconds respectively allowed reach semifinals swimmers heat advanced including kenya australia japan france time set new olympic record beating previous record seconds achieved final metre butterfly athens set new african records time new oceanic australian best set japanese asian record time swimmers qualifying heat venezuela new_zealand united_states records broken heat included records new_zealand record heat fastest serbia united_states ukraine brazil earning spots round heat winner time beat olympic record set heats earlier setting new european serbian record managed break national records semifinals semifinals held august started semifinal won time seconds swimmers qualified semifinal seconds seconds seconds surprisingly bronze medalist world championships failed qualify finishing sixth place missing cut host nation representative second semifinal won seconds remaining seconds seconds seconds new time set semifinals included oceanic australian records set chinese record set final final took place august race headlines saying interview better swimming beat coach quote provide motivation protégé interview said like fires welcome comments definitely immediately race started took lead getting slow start turn followed split seventh place seconds approached finish tried coast wall stroke end took extra half stroke causing competitors touch wall exactly time turned actually finished second ahead time seconds admitted thought extra stroke took cost gold medal looked displaying results won bronze medal beating second records broken final time summer olympics break current world record final finishing eighteen second team mate second world record set new olympic record continental records broken final setting new asian record new european record new oceanic record finished swimmer history swimmer swim olympic final received prime minister notably won seventh gold medal games tying record gold medals won single olympic games able emulate record sponsor awarded million bonus offered summer olympics conditions final national_broadcasting_company nbc arranged joint interview praised effort telling tonight epic point half second thought moment race protest immediately end race serbian team filed protest claiming touched wall use force trigger timing officials watched video slow motion announced victory upheld referee announced clear serbian swimmer touched second serbia conceded protest convinced won gold medal serbia deputy chef mission sports quoted saying opinion right follow rules everybody saw happened interview following race said completely happy revealed people bringing years saying won race got win result controversial high speed photograph shows touching wall short distance away april said sent email posted stated lost butterfly final records prior competition existing world olympic records follows following records established competition results heats semifinals semifinal semifinal final
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly