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Olympics-Collated medals awarded in swimming

Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:14am EDT
 Aug 24 (Reuters) - The following medals were awarded in
swimming at the 2008 Olympic Games
 MEN
 50M FREESTYLE
 Gold - Cesar Cielo Filho (Brazil)
 Silver - Amaury Leveaux (France)
 Bronze - Alain Bernard (France)
 100M FREESTYLE
 Gold - Alain Bernard (France)
 Silver - Eamon Sullivan (Australia)
 Bronze - Jason Lezak (U.S.)
 100M BACKSTROKE
 Gold - Aaron Peirsol (U.S.)
 Silver - Matthew Grevers (U.S.)
 Bronze - Arkady Vyatchanin (Russia)
 100M BUTTERFLY
 Gold - Michael Phelps (U.S.)
 Silver - Milorad Cavic (Serbia)
 Bronze - Andrew Lauterstein (Australia)
 100M BREASTSTROKE
 Gold - Kosuke Kitajima (Japan)
 Silver - Alexander Dale Oen (Norway)
 Bronze - Hugues Duboscq (France)
 200M FREESTYLE
 Gold - Michael Phelps (U.S.)
 Silver - Park Tae-hwan (South Korea)
 Bronze - Peter Vanderkaay (U.S.)
 200M BACKSTROKE
 Gold - Ryan Lochte (U.S.)
 Silver - Aaron Peirsol (U.S.)
 Bronze - Arkady Vyatchanin (Russia)
 200M BUTTERFLY
 Gold - Michael Phelps (U.S.)
 Silver - Laszlo Cseh (Hungary)
 Bronze - Takeshi Matsuda (Japan)
 200M BREASTSTROKE
 Gold - Kosuke Kitajima (Japan)
 Silver - Brenton Rickard (Australia)
 Bronze - Hugues Duboscq (France)
 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
 Gold - Michael Phelps (U.S.)
 Silver - Laszlo Cseh (Hungary)
 Bronze - Ryan Lochte (U.S.)
 400M FREESTYLE
 Gold - Park Tae-hawn (South Korea)
 Silver - Zhang Lin (China)
 Bronze - Larsen Jensen (U.S.)
 400M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
 Gold - Michael Phelps (U.S.)
 Silver - Lazslo Cseh (Hungary)
 Bronze - Ryan Lochte (U.S.)
 1,500 FREESTYLE
 Gold - Oussama Mellouli (Tunisia)
 Silver - Grant Hackett (Australia)
 Bronze - Ryan Cochrane (Canada)
 4X100 FREESTYLE RELAY
 Gold - U.S.
 Silver - France
 Bronze - Australia
 4X200 FREESTYLE RELAY
 Gold - U.S.
 Silver - Russia
 Bronze - Australia
 4x100 MEDLEY RELAY
 Gold - U.S.
 Silver - Australia
 Bronze - Japan
 10KM FREESTYLE
 Gold - Maarten van der Weijden (Netherlands)
 Silver - David Davies (Britain)
 Bronze - Thomas Lurz (Germany)
 WOMEN
 50M FREESTYLE
 Gold - Britta Steffen (Germany)
 Silver - Dara Torres (U.S.)
 Bronze - Cate Campbell (Australia)
 100M FREESTYLE
 Gold - Britta Steffen (Germany)
 Silver - Libby Trickett (Australia)
 Bronze - Natalie Coughlin (U.S.)
 100M BACKSTROKE
 Gold - Natalie Coughlin (U.S.)
 Silver - Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe)
 Bronze - Margaret Hoelzer (U.S.)
 100 BREASTSROKE
 Gold - Leisel Jones (Australia)
 Silver - Rebecca Soni (U.S.)
 Bronze - Mirna Jukic (Austria)
 100M BUTTERFLY
 Gold - Libby Trickett (Australia)
 Silver - Christine Magnuson (U.S.)
 Bronze - Jessicah Schipper (Australia)
 200M FREESTYLE
 Gold - Federica Pellegrini (Italy)
 Silver - Sara Isakovic (Slovenia)
 Bronze - Pang Jiaying (China)
 200M BACKSTROKE
 Gold - Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe)
 Silver - Margaret Hoelzer (U.S.)
 Bronze - Reiko Nakamura (Japan)
 200M BUTTERFLY
 Gold - Liu Zige (China)
 Silver - Jiao Liuyang (China)
 Bronze - Jessicah Schipper (Australia)
 200M BREASTSTROKE
 Gold - Rebecca Soni (U.S.)
 Silver - Leisel Jones (Australia)
 Bronze - Sara Nordenstam (Norway)
 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
 Gold - Stephanie Rice (Australia)
 Silver - Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe)
 Bronze - Natalie Coughlin (U.S.)
 400M FREESYTLE
 Gold - Rebecca Adlington (Britain)
 Silver - Katie Hoff (U.S.)
 Bronze - Joanne Jackson (Britain)
 400M INDVIDUAL MEDLEY
 Gold - Stephanie Rice (Australia)
 Silver - Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe)
 Bronze - Katie Hoff (U.S.)
 WOMEN'S 800M FREESTYLE
 Gold - Rebecca Adlington (Britain)
 Silver - Alessia Filippi (Italy)
 Bronze - Lotte Friis (Denmark)
 4X100 FREESTYLE RELAY
 Gold - Netherlands
 Silver - U.S.
 Bronze - Australia
 4X200M FREESTYLE RELAY
 Gold - Australia
 Silver - China
 Bronze - U.S.
 4x100 MEDLEY RELAY
 Gold - Australia
 Silver - U.S.
 Bronze - China
 10KM FREESTYLE
 Gold - Larisa Ilchenko (Russia)
 Silver - Keri-Anne Payne (Britain)
 Bronze - Cassandra Patten (Britain)
 (Compiled by Padraic Halpin, Editing by Lars Janssen)
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