Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The men’s 100 metre butterfly event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 14–16 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing China.U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps blasted 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). He also earned his seventh Olympic gold at a single Games tying Mark Spitz’s 1972 record for the most gold medals.
