History was made on the day by the Great Britain swimming team as they won their best ever Olympics medal tally.
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It was an eventful day at the Olympics on Sunday for swimmers as five medal matches were held. There are the men’s 50m freestyle final, women’s 50m freestyle final, men’s 1500m freestyle final, women’s 4x100m medley relay final, and men’s 4x100m medley relay final. History was made on the day by the Great Britain swimming team as they won their best ever Olympics medal tally. They finished the competition with a total of eight medals in the sport, including four golds, three silvers, and one bronze. The team’s second-place finish in the men’s 4x100m medley relay event broke the previous record of seven medals in the sport at one Olympics.
The men’s 50m freestyle event was won by competition favorite Caleb Dressel. He was the one everyone had their money on since the beginning of the Olympics. Not only did the American swimmer win the gold medal, but he also set a new Olympics record in the process. The fastest time previously was held by Brazilian swimmer Cesar Cielo. It was 21.30 seconds. Dressel finished his 50m swim with a time of 21.07 seconds. French swimmer Florent Manaudou won the silver medal while Brazil’s Bruno Fratus bagged the bronze.
In the women’s 50m freestyle final, Australian swimmer Emma McKeon won the gold medal and like Dressel, set a new Olympics record. The previous record was held by herself with a time of 24.00 seconds. This time around, she finished the race in 23.81 seconds. Sarah Sjoestroem of Sweden managed to bag the silver medal in the event while Danish swimmer Pernille Blume won the bronze.
It was another US gold medal in the men’s 1500m freestyle final as 21-year-old Robert Finke won the gold medal, clocking a time of 14:39.65 minutes. It was an incredible performance from the American who was nearly an entire second ahead of his closest challenger. Mykhailo Romanchuk of Ukraine managed to finish in second place and win the silver medal for himself and his country, while Germany’s Florian Wellbrock bagged the bronze medal. The US had a pretty impressive day in swimming on the day, and it was not the last of the honors that came their way.
In the women’s 4x100m medley relay final, the formidable Australian swimming team showed their class with an impressive victory to win the gold medal. They also managed to set a new Olympics record with a time of 3:51.60 minutes. The previous record was held by the US with a time of 3:52.05 minutes. It was the US team that came in second place to win the silver medal, while their neighbors Canada managed to bag the bronze in what was a tightly contested battle among the top three teams.
The final swimming event of the day was the men’s 4x100m medley relay final, and it was one that saw history being made more than once. The United States finished in the first place and won the medal, which meant that their tally on the day in swimming ended at an incredible four in five races. The US team also set a world record as they clocked a time of 3:26.78 minutes. They only held the previous record which was a time of 3:27.28 minutes.
Great Britain was the team that came second and created history as the country had their best-ever medals tally in the sport. With the silver medal, Great Britain’s swimming medal tally rose to eight, which is now a new national record. Italy finished in third place to win the bronze, after giving a tough battle to the British team for the second spot.
