2008 Olympic Swimming Results

Mark Warkentin (Santa Barbara, Calif.) placed eighth Thursday in the Olympic debut of the menÂ’s 10k marathon swim at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. The NetherlandsÂ’ Maarten van der Weijden won gold in 1:51:51.6, while David Davies (GBR) earned the silver and Thomas Lurz (GER) finished third for the bronze at 1:51:53.1 and 1:51:53.6, respectively.

21 August Men's 10k Open Water Marathon - 2008 Olympic Swimming Results

Chloe Sutton (Mission Viejo, Calif.) finished 22nd in the debut of the womenÂ’s Olympic 10k marathon swim Wednesday at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. Russian swimmer Larisa Ilchenko won the first-ever Olympic open water gold,while Great Britian's Keri-Anne Payne and Cassandra Patten finished second and third for the silver and bronze, respectively.

The top swimmers results from the 2008 Olympic Swimming 10k Open Water Women's event, 20 August 2008

The top swimmers results from the the 2008 Olympic Swimming Pool in Beijing 17 August 2008 morning session

Overhead photo of (L-R) Milorad Cavic of Serbia and Michael Phelps of the United States 100-meter butterfly finish at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The top swimmers results from the the 2008 Olympic Swimming Pool in Beijing 16 August 2008 Morning Session

The top swimmer's results from the the 2008 Olympic Swimming Pool in Beijing for the 15 August 2008 Evening Session. All qualifying swims, no medals awarded for the evening sessions.

The top swimmer's results from the the 2008 Olympic Swimming Pool in Beijing for the 15 August 2008 Morning Session.

The top swimmers results from the the 2008 Olympic Swimming Pool in Beijing 14 August 2008 Evening Session

The top swimmers results from the the 2008 Olympic Swimming Pool in Beijing 14 August 2008 Morning Session

The top swimmers results from the the 2008 Olympic Swimming Pool in Beijing 13 August 2008 Evening Session

With wins in the 200m butterfly and 800m free relay, Michael Phelps won his 10th and 11th career Olympic gold medals, more than any other athlete in history. His time of 1:52.03 in the 100m fly edged his former world record in that event by six-hundredths of a second. He then teamed up with Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens and Peter Vanderkaay to smash the world record in the 800m free with a time of 6:58.56.

The top swimmers results from the the 2008 Olympic Swimming Pool in Beijing 13 August 2008 Morning Session

The results and order of events for swimming at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games

The top swimmers results from the the 2008 Olympic Swimming Pool in Beijing 12 August 2008 Evening Session

The top swimmers results from the the 2008 Olympic Swimming Pool in Beijing for the 12 August 2008 Morning Session

The top swimmers results from the the 2008 Olympic Swimming Pool in Beijing 11 August 2008 Evening Session

Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones and Jason Lezak destroyed the world record in the menÂ’s 400m freestyle relay by four seconds Monday, on the second day of finals at the 2008 Olympic Games. Their gold medal-winning time of 3:08.24 edged runner up France by eight-hundredths of a second.

The top swimmers results from the the 2008 Olympic Swimming Pool in Beijing 11 August 2008 Morning Session

The top swimmers results from the the 2008 Olympic Swimming Pool in Beijing Sat 10 August 2008 Evening Session

The top swimmer's results from the the 2008 Olympic Swimming Pool in Beijing

The top swimmers results from the the 2008 Olympic Swimming Pool in Beijing Sat 9 August 2008 Evening Session