Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly
Final

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes

5	Michael Phelps	United States	50.58	OR

4	Milorad Čavić	Serbia	50.59	EU

3	Andrew Lauterstein	Australia	51.12	OC

4	6	Ian Crocker	United States	51.13

5	2	Jason Dunford	Kenya	51.47

6	1	Takuro Fujii	Japan	51.50	AS

7	7	Andriy Serdinov	Ukraine	51.59

8	8	Ryan Pini	Papua New Guinea	51.86

Sentence(s)

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps set a new Olympic record of 50.58 to defend his title in the event, edging out Serbia's Milorad Čavić (50.59) by one hundredth of a second (0.01).

final_sentence: U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps set a new Olympic record of 50.58 to defend his title in the event, edging out Serbia's Milorad Čavić (50.59) by one hundredth of a second (0.01).