Barbara Krause, who swam for East Germany in the 1980 Olympics, won gold in the 100 meter freestyle, 200 meter freestyle, and 4x100 freestyle relay.
She swam the freestyle portion which is the 4th and final leg of the event.
George Bovell swam the 50 m freestyle, 100 m freestyle, & 100 m backstroke for Trinidad and Tobago his best finish was 7th in the 50 m freestyle with a time of 21.82
The youngest participant in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was Antoinette Guedia of Cameroon who was 12 years, 300 days old when she swam in the women's 50 meter freestyle event. She swam the distance in a time of 33.59 seconds which placed her in 83rd place.
Eric the Eel! Real name Eric Moussambani who swam the 100 meter freestyle in 1:52.72 in a preliminary heat.
2008 Olympics: 1200 swimmers
Nicknamed "Eric the Eel" by the media after the name first appeared in an ... at the 2000Summer Olympics when he swam his heat of the 100 m freestyle in 1: 52.72. ... other Equatoguinean swimmer at the Sydney Olympics, Paula Barila Bolopa, ... He did not take part in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
There are 4 people from Swaziland who are in the Olympics. Luke Hall is a Swimmer who is participating in the swimming event. He will be swimming the 50m Freestyle on Aug 14th Temalangeni Dlamini is in the Olympics as well. She is in Athletics running the 400m. Senele Dlamini is a swimmer who swam on the 15th Isaiah Msibi also participated in the Olympics in Athletics
No, Eric only entered the one race and not surprisingly his 1:52 time for the 100m freestyle didn't make the next round therefore this was Eric's one and only swim in the Sydney Olympics. Due to a visa bungle Eric did not compete in the 2004 Olympics and despite improving his personal best to under 57 seconds he did not compete in the 2008 Olympics thus Eric has only made the one appearance at the Olympics to date
According to the time database in USA Swimming, Michael Phelps swam the 50 freestyle in short course yards with a time of 20.12 on December 10, 2010.
Petra Banović was born November 10, 1979. She swam in the Olympics for Croatia.
he swam at the sydney Olympics in 2000 at age 15, but did not win Amy medals.