Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The inaugural men’s 50 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 24 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul South Korea.U.S. swimmer Matt Biondi demolished a new world record to become the event’s first ever Olympic champion. He threw down a scorching time in 22.14 to add a fourth gold and sixth medal to his Olympic hardware and to slice 0.04 seconds off the record set by South Africa’s Peter Williams.