Lochte Misses Out On Medal; American Grevers Wins Backstroke [Results]

Yannick Agnel of France has won the 200m men's freestyle, beating a field that included American Ryan Lochte and German world record holder Paul Biedermann. And U.S. swimmers swept the top two spots in the men's 100m backstroke, with Matthew Grevers winning gold.

Yannick Agnel of France has won the 200m men's freestyle, beating a field that included American Ryan Lochte and German world record holder Paul Biedermann. Sun Yang of China and and Tae-Hwan Park of South Korea finished with identical times of 1:44.93 — which means that both of them will receive silver medals.

We'll be updating this post with more results from today's action.

Update at 3:08 p.m. EDT: Matthew Grevers and Nick Thoman of the United States finished first and second, respectively, to win gold and silver in the men's 100m backstroke. Grevers set a new Olympic record of 52.16 in the event.

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