BEIJING, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Michael Phelps of the United States won the Olympic gold medal in the men's swimming 200m freestyle on Tuesday, breaking the world record.
South Korea's Park Tae-hwan won the silver and Peter Vanderkaay of the United States the bronze. (Editing by Miles Evans) (For more stories visit our multimedia Beijing website here; and see our blog at blogs.reuters.com/china)
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