Michael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.
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Fifteen-year-old Tara Lipinski became the youngest Olympic figure skating gold medalist.
American swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
The first modern international Olympic Games began in Athens, Greece.
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the world's first perfect 10 for gymnastics at the 1976 Olympics.
The Winter Olympics opened in Lake Placid, New York.
