The gold, silver, and bronze medals at the 2008 Beijing Games will go to the best swimmers on the day of each final race. Not necessarily the fastest - but to the best. Which swimmer will have the best race on the day that counts? These are my medal predictions for the men's races in Beijing as of 25 July 2008.
- 50 Meter Freestyle
GOLD: Eamon Sullivan, AUS
SILVER: Garrett Weber-Gale, USA
BRONZE: Alain Bernard, FRA
- 100 Meter Freestyle
GOLD: Jason Lezak, USA
SILVER: Eamon Sullivan, AUS
BRONZE: Alain Bernard, FRA
- 200 Meter Freestyle
GOLD: Michael Phelps, USA
SILVER: Jean Basson, RSA
BRONZE: Peter Vanderkaay, USA
- 400 Meter Freestyle
GOLD: Tae Hwan Park, KOR
SILVER: Grant Hackett, AUS
BRONZE: Peter Vanderkaay, USA
- 1500 Meter Freestyle
GOLD: Grant Hackett, AUS
SILVER: Peter Vanderkaay, USA
BRONZE: Larsen Jensen, USA
- 100 Meter Backstroke
GOLD: Aaron Peirsol, USA
SILVER: Matt Grevers, USA
BRONZE: Helge Meeuw, GER
- 200 Meter Backstroke
GOLD: Ryan Lochte, USA
SILVER: Aaron Peirsol, USA
BRONZE: Ryosuke Irie, JPN
- 100 Meter Breaststroke
GOLD: Kosuke Kitajima, JPN
SILVER: Brendan Hansen, USA
BRONZE: Chris Cook, GBR
- 200 Meter Breaststroke
GOLD: Kosuke Kitajima, JPN
SILVER: Alexander Oen Dale, NOR
BRONZE: Brent Rickard, AUS
- 100 Meter Butterfly
GOLD: Michael Phelps, USA
SILVER: Ian Crocker, USA
BRONZE: Fred Bousquet, FRA
- 200 Meter Butterfly
GOLD: Michael Phelps, USA
SILVER: Peng Wu, CHN
BRONZE: Gil Stovall, USA
- 200 Meter Individual Medley
GOLD: Ryan Lochte, USA
SILVER: Michael Phelps, USA
BRONZE: Laszlo Cseh, HUN
- 400 Meter Individual Medley
GOLD: Michael Phelps, USA
SILVER: Ryan Lochte, USA
BRONZE: Laszlo Cseh, HUN
- 400 (4 x 100) Meter Freestyle Relay
GOLD: USA
SILVER: FRA
BRONZE: AUS
- 800 (4 x 200) Meter Freestyle Relay
GOLD: USA
SILVER: AUS
BRONZE: RUS
- 400 (4 x 100) Meter Medley Relay
GOLD: USA
SILVER: AUS
BRONZE: FRA
- 10-kilometer Open Water Swimming Marathon
GOLD: Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS)
SILVER: David Davies, GBR
BRONZE: Petar Stoychev (BUL)
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