Olympics 2012 Swimming Results: Michael Phelps, Missy Franklin Strike More Gold

Olympics 2012 Swimming Results

American swimmers Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin succeeded in chasing their third gold medals at the 2012 London Olympics on Friday, August 3.

Phelps produced another majestic performance in the 100m Butterfly to touch in 51.21, winning his third London Olympics gold, the 17th Olympic gold medal of his career, and his 21st Olympic medal overall.

South African Chad le Clos, who had relegated Phelps to second in the 200m Butterfly earlier this week, tied in second place with Russian Evgeny Korotyshkin.

Most decorated Olympian Phelps is expected to finish his Olympic career Saturday with the men's 4x100m medley relay.

Missy Franklin also claimed gold in the women's 200m Backstroke in a new world record time, lowering world mark set in 2009 by 0.75 to 2:04.06. Anastasia Zueva of Russia finished second, with USA's Elizabeth Beisel third.

With the victory, the 17-year-old phenom became the first American woman in 40-years to win gold in the 200m backstroke.

With three golds and a bronze under her belt from the London Games already, Franklin is regarded as one of, if not the best female backstroker in the world right now.

Meanwhile, another member of the US swim did an impressive performance on Friday. Fifteen-year-old Katie Ledecky produced the second fastest 800m Freestyle in history to take gold for the USA.

Ledecky led from start to finish as the expected duel between world record holder Rebecca Adlington of Great Britain and Denmark's Lotte Friis failed to materialize. Spaniard Mireia Belmonte Garcia took the silver while Adlington settled for bronze.

Later on, Frenchman Florent Manaudou ended Team USA's winning streak by powering to victory in the men's 50m Freestyle. Cullen Jones of USA and Cesar Cielo of Brazil took the silver and bronze, respectively.

Olympics 2012 Swimming Finals Results (August 2)

Olympics 2012 Swimming Results

Americans dominated the 2012 London Olympics swimming finals held at the Aquatics Centre in Olympic Park on Thursday, August, 2 2012, winning gold in three of the four events.

In the women's 200m Breaststroke, Rebecca Soni claimed gold after smashing her own world record in the final. The 25-year-old took control of the race after the opening length and touched in a time of 2:19.59, slicing more than four tenths of a second off her previous time. Japan's Satomi Suzuki claimed silver, with Russian Iuliia Efimova taking bronze.

In the second final of the evening, Tyler Clary snatched victory in a new Olympic record of 1:53.41in the 200m Backstroke, beating defending Olympic champion and team-mate Ryan Lochte who settled for bronze. Japan's Ryosuke Irie claimed the silver medal.

Meanwhile, Michael Phelps claimed his 16th Olympic gold medal and 20th in total with a thrilling victory in the men's 200m Individual Medley. He finished at 1:54.27, just 0.04 outside his own Olympic record. Ryan Lochte took silver in 1:54.90, with Hungary's Laszlo Cseh taking bronze.

Later on, the Netherlands' Ranomi Kromowidjojo ended Team USA's winning streak by powering to victory in the 100m Freestyle Aliaksandra Herasimenia of Belarus and Yi Tang of China took the silver and bronze, respectively.

Olympics 2012 Swimming Finals Results (July 30)

Here are the results of the four 2012 London Olympics swimming finals held at the Aquatics Centre in Olympic Park on Monday, July 30, 2012:

Men's 100m Backstroke  Gold: Matthew Grevers (USA), 52.16 (OR)         Silver: Nick Thoman (USA), 52.92 Bronze: Irie Ryosuke (JPN), 52.97	Women's 100m Backstroke  Gold: Missy Franklin (USA), 58.33 (AM) Silver: Emily Seebohm (AUS), 58.68 Bronze: Aya Terakawa (JPN), 58.83 (AS)
Men's 200m Freestyle Gold: Yannick Agnel (FRA), 1:43.14 Silver: Taehwan Park (KOR), 1:44.93 Silver: Yang Sun (CHN), 1:44.93	Women's 100m Breastroke Gold: Ruta Meilutyte (LTU), 1:05.47 Silver: Rebecca Soni (USA), 1:05.55 Bronze: Satoni Suzuki (JPN), 1:06.46

Legend: OR - Olympic Record, AM - Americas Record, AS - Asian Record