Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The men’s 50 metre freestyle event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 14–16 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing China.César Cielo made an Olympic milestone to become Brazil’s first ever gold medalist in swimming. He rocketed to an unexpected triumph in a new Olympic record of 21.30 the second-fastest in history powering past the field by 0.15 of a second a sizable chunk in the event’s shortest race.