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The men’s 200 metre individual medley event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 11–13 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing China.U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps blasted a new world record to defend his title in the event and more importantly claim his sixth Olympic gold twelfth career and fourteenth overall medal. He established a sterling time of 1:54.23 to lower his prior standard from the Olympic trials by almost six-tenths of a second (0.60).

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