Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 100 metres butterfly, both set in Sydney, remained Olympic records. Michael Phelps of the United States also broke the record for the most gold medals ever won by an Olympian with a total of 14; 8 of which were won during the 2008 Summer Olympics - this was also a world record. <nowiki>*</nowiki> World record split from the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Note: At the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay final, anchor Jason Lezak swam the fastest 100 m split (46.06); however, this is not considered an official FINA record, as he did not swim
Bulgaria at the 2008 Summer Olympics Bulgaria at the 2008 Summer Olympics Bulgaria was represented by 72 athletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The country has allocated one spot in the men's individual event. Daniel Pavlov qualified at the 2007 World Championships. Bulgaria had qualified two boxers for the Olympics: Boris Georgiev, light welterweight, European gold medalist in 2006 and Olympic bronze medalist from Athens 2004 and Kubrat Pulev, super heavyweight, bronze world medalist in 2005 and bronze European medalist in 2006 Bulgaria's men's team qualified as bronze medalists from the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup. The team won