As of 14 Aug 2008, the world record for women's Olympic 4x200 meter freestyle relay is 7:44.31 held by Team Australia. The previous record was held by USA in 2007 of about 7:49
100m Freestyle 51.22 200m Freestyle 1:52.78 100m Butterfly 54.27 200m Butterfly 2:00.70 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3:26.42 4x200m Freestyle Relay 7:35.78 4x100m Medley Relay 3:48.16
Alicia Coutts won 5 medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay, bronze in the 100m butterfly, silver in the 4x100m medley relay, 200m individual medley & 4x200m freestyle relay team
FOR THE RECORD: OLYMPIC GAMES: 1924 gold (100m, 400m freestyle; 4x200m freestyle relay), bronze (water polo); 1928 gold (100m freestyle; 4x200m freestyle relay); WORLD RECORDS: 51; U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: 52; Played Tarzan in 16 movies. Johnny Weissmuller holds no current world swimming records and by today's Olympic standards, you might say he never swam very fast, but you can't get anyone who ever saw him swim say that there ever was a greater swimmer. This was the verdict of 250 sportswriters at A.P.'s mid-century poll and it is still the verdict 15 years later.
The following athletes won a Gold Medal in the Aquatics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games:Alexandre Despatie (Canada, Men's 1m springboard, 3m springboard and synchronized 3m springboard)Tom Daley (England, Men's 10m platform and Synchronized 10m platform)Reuben Ross (Canada, Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard)Max Brick (England, Men's Synchronized 10m springboard)Jennifer Abel (Canada, Women's 1m springboard and Synchronized 3m platform)Sharleen Stratton (Australia, Women's 3m springboard)Pandelela Rinong Pamg (Malaysia, Women's 10m platform)Emilie Heymans (Canada,Women's Synchronized 3m springboard)Melissa Wu (Australia, Women's Synchronized 10m platform)Alexandra Croak (Australia, Women's Synchronized 10m platfrom)Brent Hayden (Canada,Men's 50m freestyle and 100m freestyle)Matthew Cowdrey (Australia, Men's 50 freestyle S9)Ben Austin (Australia, Men's 100m freestyle S8)Benoit Huot (Canada, Men's 100m freestyle S10)Robert Renwick (Scotland,Men's 200m freestyle)Ryan Cochrane (Canada, Men's 400m freestyle and 1500m freestyle)Liam Tancock (Men's 50m backstroke and 100m backstrokeJames Goddard (England, Men's 200m backstroke and 200m individual medley)Cameron van der Burgh (South Africa, Men's 50m breaststroke and 100m breaststroke)Brent Rickard (Australia, Men's 200m breaststroke and 4x100m medley relay)Jason Dunford (Kenya, Men's 50m butterfly)Geoff Huegill (Australia, Men's 100m butterfly and 4x100m medley relay)Chad le Clos (South Africa, Men's 200m butterfly and 400m individual medley)Kyle Richardson (Australia, Men's 4x100m relay)Eamon Sullivan (Australia, Men's 4x100m freestyle)Tommaso D'Orsogna (Australia, Men's 4x100m freestyle and 4x100m medley relays)James Magnussen (Australia, Men's 4x100m freestyle)Cameron Prosser (Australia, Men's 4x100m freestyle)Thomas Fraser-Holmes (Australia, Men's 4x200m freestyle)Nicholas Ffrost (Australia, Men's 4x200m freestyle)Ryan Napolean (Australia, Men's 4x200m freestyle)Kendrick Monk (Australia, Men's 4x200m freestyle)Leith Brodie (Australia, Men's 4x200m freestyle)Ashley Delaney (Australia, Men's 4x100m medley relay)Christian Sprenger (Australia, Men's 4x100m medley relay)Kyle Richardson (Australia, Men's 4x100m medley relay)Yolane Kukla (Australia, Women's 50m freestyle)Natalie du Toit (South Africa, Women's 50m freestyle S9,100m freestyle S9 and 100m butterfly S9)Alicia Coutts (Australia, Women's 100m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 200m individual medley, 4x100m freestyle and 4x100m medley relay)Kylie Palmer (Australia, Women's 200m freestyle and 4x200m freestyle)Rebecca Adlington (Australia, Women's 400m freestyle and 800m freestyle)Sophie Edington (Australia, Women's 50m backstroke)Emily Seebohm (Australia, Women's 100m backstroke, 4x100m freestyle and 4x100m medley relay)Meagen May (Australia, Women's 200m Backstroke and 4x200m freestyle)Leiston Pickett (Australia, Women's 50m breaststroke)Liesel Jones (Australia, Women's 100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke and 4x100m medley relay)Francesca Halsall (England, Women's 50m butterfly)Jessicah Schipper (Australia, Women's 200m butterfly and 4x100m medley relay)Hannah Miley (Scotland, Women's 400m individual medley)Marieke Guehrer (Australia, Women's 4x100m freestyle)Felicity Galvez (Australia, Women's 4x100m freestyle)Blair Evans (Australia, Women's 4x200m freestyle)Bronte Barrett (Australia, Women's 4x200m freestyle)
That was Ian Thorpe who won 5 medals (3 gold, 2 silver) at the 2000 Games. Thorpe's gold medals came in the 400 meter freestyle, 4x100 meter freestyle relay, and the 4x200 meter freestyle relay. His silver medals came in the 200 meter freestyle and the 4x100 meter medley relay.
During the Athen Olympics of 2004, Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe won a total of 4 medals: Gold in the men's 400m freestyle and the men's 200m freestyle. Silver in the men's 4x200m relay, together with Grant Hackett, Michael Klim and Nicholas Sprenger. Bronze in the men's 100m freestyle.
400 m individual medley 4x100 m freestyle relay 200 m individual freestyle 200 m individual butterfly 4x200m freestyle relay 200 m individual medley 100 m individual butterfly 4x100 medley relay
Swimmer Matt Biondi won 8 gold medals in Olympic competition: 1984 - 4x100 meter freestyle relay 1988 - 50 meter freestyle, 100 meter freestyle, 4x100 meter medley relay, 4x100 meter freestyle relay, 4x200 meter freestyle relay 1992 - 4x100 meter freestyle relay, 4x100 meter medley relay
That was swimmer Michael Phelps of the United States who set a world record, or was part of a relay team that set a world record, in 7 of the 8 events he won. Those events that Phelps won gold and set world records in were the 400 meter individual medlay, 4x100 freestyle relay, 200 meter freestyle, 200 meter butterfly, 4x200 meter freestyle relay, 200 meter individual medlay, and the 4x100 meter medlay relay. The only event that he did not set a world record in was the 100 meter butterfly and he did set an Olympic record in winning gold in that event.
Australia won a total of 17 bronze medals at the Beijing Olympics.Events- Women's 4x100m freestyle relay, Women's 100m Butterfly, Men's 4x100m freestyle relay, Men's 100m backstroke, Men's Slalom C-1 (canoe/kayak), Men's 4x200m freestyle relay, Women's 200m butterfly, Men's 50m rifle prone, Men's 100m butterfly, Men's 20km walk, Women's 50m freestyle, Women's triathlon, Softball, Women's Water Polo, Men's K-1000m (canoeing), Women's K-4 500m (canoeing) and Men's Hockey.
Mark Spitz set a new world record in each of seven events, of those, four individual and three team events (the 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, 200 m butterfly, 4 x 100 m freestyle relay, 4 x 200 m freestyle relay and 4 x 100 m medley relay).
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