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2008 Beijing Olympics - Day 4
August 12, 2008
Phelps put on an imperious display to capture his third medal of the Beijing Games, leading from the start to win in a new world record time of 1.42.96, knocking 0.90 seconds off his old record, a huge margin.
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His exploits have helped draw huge audiences for the Olympics back home, where broadcaster NBC said they had more viewers for any summer Games held outside the United States since 1976.
Each of Phelps's victories in the Chinese capital has come in world record time.
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