Table: swimming at the 2008 summer olympics - men 's 100 metre freestyle
[['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'], ['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']]
Statement: the fastest and slowest time were separated by a total of 2.53 second
Statement: Australia took 2 out of the top 3 spot and was the only country with 2 competitor in the top 8
Statement: less than 1 second separated the top 3 time
Statement: the competitor in the Lane at either end (1 and 8) had the slowest time
Statement: Rank 4 through 6 were all within 0.4 second of the third place (matt Targett of australia)