http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080816/D92J44O80.html
His arms soaring across the water one last time, Phelps got his hand on the wall a hundredth of a second ahead of Serbia's Milorad Cavic. Phelps' time was 50.58 seconds, the only time in these Olympics that Phelps won an event without breaking the world record.
Phelps time was 50.58 seconds
Cavic's was 50.59.
"I had no idea," Phelps said. "I was starting to hurt a little bit with probably the last 10 meters. That was my last individual race, so I was just trying to finish as strong as I could."
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Bravo!!.. extremely narrow win.. but amazing none the less. The guy has to be DOG tired. Love to see him win the next one Sunday.