Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The men’s 400 metre freestyle event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 9–10 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing China.Reigning world champion Park Tae-Hwan made an Olympic milestone to become South Korea’s first ever gold medalist in swimming. He powered past the field to an unexpected triumph in an Asian record of 3:41.86. Coming from sixth place in the final lap China’s Zhang Lin delighted the home crowd with a silver-medal effort in 3:42.44. Meanwhile U.S.