CORRECTED - CORRECTED-Olympics-Swimming-Sullivan breaks 100m freestyle recor

(corrects new record time)

BEIJING, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Eamon Sullivan of Australia broke the men's swimming 100 metres freestyle world record on the first leg of the final of men's 4x100m freestyle relay at the Beijing Olympics on Monday.

Sullivan clocked 47.24 seconds to beat the previous world record of 47.50 set by France's Alain Bernard at the European championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands, in March.

(Editing by Greg Stutchbury)

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