swimming at the 2008 summer olympics - men 's 100 metre freestyle 

Statements about this table:
australia take 2 out of the top 3 spot and be the only country with 2 competitor in the top 8
the competitor in the lane at either end (1 and 8) have the slowest time
rank 4 through 6 be all within 0.4 second of the third place (matt targett of australia)
the fastest and slowest time be separate by more than 2.53 second
australia take 2 out of the top 3 spot , 1st and 2nd , and be the only country with 2 competitor in the top 8
less than 1 second separate the top 3 time , but more than 2 minute on the bottom 3 time
the competitor in the lane at either end (1 and 8) have the slowest time , with lane 3 as the fastest
rank 4 through 6 be all within 0.4 second of the third place (matt targett of australia) and eamon sullivan of the 1st place
rank
lane
name
nationality
time
1
4
eamon sullivan
australia
47.05
2
3
pieter van den hoogenband
netherlands
47.68
3
7
matt targett
australia
47.88
4
2
filippo magnini
italy
48.11
rank
lane
name
nationality
time
5
6
garrett weber - gale
united states
48.12
6
5
brent hayden
canada
48.20
7
1
andrey grechin
russia
48.71
8
8
dominik meichtry
switzerland
49.58