Michael Phelp continues to etch his name in history as the greatest Olympian ever. On Thursday, he won a second gold medal after finishing first in the Men's 200m Individual Medley.
Rebecca Soni stole the show in Day 6 of swimming events at the 2012 London Olympics as she broke her own 2008 Beijing world record in the Women's 200m Individual Medley. She came in first at 2:19.59. bettering her record by .41 seconds.
The Men's 50m set the precendent for the excitement to follow in the other competitions.
Cesar Cielo of Brazil and American swimmer Cullen Jones arrived at the same time in the semifinals of the event.
Americans Ryan Lochte and Tyler Clary were the favorites to win it all as the race was hitting its final leg. Clary pulled ahead of Lochte and so did Ryusuke Irie of Japan. Clary finished with an Olympic Record after swimming a 1:53.41. Lochte settled for bronze.
Ranomi Kromowidjojo took the gold in the Women's 100m Freestyle.
Women's 200m Individual Medley (Final)
|
Place |
Name----- Time |
|
1 |
Rebecca Soni- 2:19.59 WR |
|
2 |
Satomi Suzuki- 2:20.72 |
|
3 |
Iuliia Efimova- 2:20.92 |
|
4 |
Rikke Pedersen- 2:21.65 |
|
5 |
Martha McCabe- 2:23.16 |
|
6 |
Micah Lawrence- 2:23.27 |
|
7 |
Suzaan van Biljon- 2:23.72 |
|
87 |
Sally Foster- 2:26.00 |
Men's 200m Backstroke (Final)
|
Place |
Name----Time |
|
1 |
Tyler Clary- 1:53.41 OR |
|
2 |
Ryosuke Irie- 1:53.78 |
|
3 |
Ryan Lochte- 1:53.94 |
|
4 |
Radoslaw Kawecki- 1:55.59 |
|
4 |
Zhang Fenglin- 1:55.59 |
|
6 |
Kazuki Watanabe- 1:57.03 |
|
7 |
Yakov Toumarkin- 1:57.62 |
|
8 |
Mitch Larkin- 1:58.02 |
Men's 200m Individual Medley (Final)
|
Place |
Name----Time |
|
1 |
Michael Phelps- 1:54.27 |
|
2 |
Ryan Lochte- 1:54.90 |
|
3 |
Laszlo Cseh- 1:56.22 |
|
4 |
Thiago Pereira- 1:56.74 |
|
5 |
Kosuke Hagino- 1:57.35 |
|
6 |
Ken Takakuwa- 1:58.53 |
|
7 |
James Doodard- 1:59.05 |
|
8 |
Markus Deibler- 1:59.10 |
Women's 100m Freestyle (Final)
|
Place |
Name----Time |
|
1 |
Ranomi Kromowidjojo 53.00 OR |
|
2 |
Aleksandra Herasimenia- 53.38 |
|
3 |
Tang Yi- 53.44 |
|
4 |
Melanie Schlanger- 53.47 |
|
5 |
Missy Franklin- 53.64 |
|
6 |
Francesca Halsall- 53.66 |
|
7 |
Jeanette Ottesen Gray- 53.75 |
|
8 |
Jessica Hardy- 54.02 |
Men's 50m Freestyle (Semis)
|
Place |
Name----- Time |
|
=1 |
Cesar Cielo- 21.54 |
|
=1 |
Cullen Jones- 21.54 |
|
3 |
Anthony Ervin- 21.62 |
|
4 |
Bruno Fratus- 21.63 |
|
5 |
George Richard Bovell- 21.77 |
|
6 |
Florent Manaudou- 21.80 |
|
=7 |
Eamon Sullivan- 21.88 |
|
=7 |
Roland Schoeman- 21.88 |
Women's 200m Backstroke (Semis)
|
Place |
Name----Time |
|
1 |
Elizabeth Beisel- 2:06.18 |
|
2 |
Missy Franklin- 2:06.84 |
|
3 |
Meagen Nay- 2:07.42 |
|
4 |
Anastasia Zueva- 2:07.88 |
|
5 |
Alexianne Castel: 2:08.24 |
|
6 |
Kristy Coventry- 2:08.32 |
|
7 |
Elizabeth Simmonds- 2:08.48 |
|
8 |
Sinead Russell- 2:08.76 |
Men's 100m Butterfly (semis)
|
Place |
Name----Time |
|
1 |
Michael Phelps- 50.86 |
|
2 |
Chad le Clos- 51.42 |
|
3 |
Tyler McGill-51.61 |
|
4 |
Milorad Cavic- 51.66 |
|
5 |
Joeri Verlinden-51.75 |
|
6 |
Steffen Deibler- 51.76 |
|
7 |
Konrad Czerniak- 51.78 |
|
8 |
Evgeny Korotyshkin- 51.85 |