Michael Phlep won 7th Gold by .01 seconds equals Spitz's record

America's Golden Boy Michael Phelps equaled the 36 year old record of Mark Spitz's seven Golds in a single Olympics, as he won his 7th Gold medal of the Beijing 2008 Olympic, by a margin of just .01 of second in the 100m butterfly on Saturday, 16th August at the Water Cube.

Michael Phelps edged out Serbian Milorad cavic and the Serbian federation filed a written protest to FINA, swimming's world governing body, but replays showed clearly showed thad Phelps had won the race and Serbian officials agreed not to pursue it further.


Michael Phelps won in an Olympic record time of 50.58, the slimmest time margin of 0.01 seconds. Cavic touched first on the 50m mark at 0.09sec under the world record. He looked to be behind Cavic in the final meters but got to the wall first in 50.58 to Cavic's 50.59. Australia's Andrew Lauterstein won the bronze medal in 51.12.

Phelps equaled 36-year-old record of Mark Spitz from the 1972 Munich Olympics. Phelps will try to beat Spitz's record in the 4x100m medley relay Sunday in the final day of swimming in Beijing.