Sun Yang became the first Chinese male swimmer to earn gold as he won the 400m freestyle with an Olympic record.

Sun overhauled South Korean rival Park Tae-hwan, who had been reinstated into the final after being disqualified for a false start in his morning heat.

Defending champion Park had led for most of the race before Sun overtook him just after the final turn and went on to win.

Peter Vanderkaay was third, with Great Britain's David Carry, 30, in seventh.

Carry is the oldest member of Team GB's swimming squad and said: "What a feeling. I can't believe it.

"A year ago I set myself the target of reaching the Olympic final. There have been some rocky patches. To have this awesome support behind me was fantastic."

Sun was on world record pace in the final 50 metres and, although he narrowly missed out on that mark, he did break Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe's Olympic record.

中国游泳运动员孙扬在男子400米自由泳项目中以3分40秒14的最终成绩打破奥运会纪录，并获得中国男子游泳奥运史上首枚金牌。

韩国选手朴泰桓以3分42秒06得到银牌！美国的范德凯伊范德凯伊获得了铜牌。这场比赛扣人心旋。比赛刚开始，韩国选手朴泰桓在前350米都保持领先。但孙扬紧随其后，不断加速，逐渐缩短和朴泰恒的距离。到最后一个转身时，孙扬率先转身，速度超过朴泰恒。孙扬“后发制人”，速度不断加快，向世界纪录冲击，BBC转播这场比赛的现场解说人不禁惊呼。孙扬最终以3分40秒14的成绩打破奥运会纪录，一举夺下这枚金牌。孙杨的最终成绩比德国运动员比德曼创造的3分40秒07的世界纪录仅差了0.07秒！他成功为中国代表团拿下伦敦奥运会上中国队的第三枚金牌。

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