Does 8/100 of a second Matter?

Olympics started off to a gala opening on Thursday. Opening Ceremony was simply too good. Yesterday I saw 4x100 Olympics Men’s free style swimming competition, one of the best swimming race I have ever seen. Previous world record for 4x100 is 3:12:46, Team Canada finished the race in 3:12:26(which is world record by itself) and came 6th, which was the quality of the race. There was a tough competition between Team US and Team France, aided by their off field rivalry. French were ahead till the last moment, before the US Relay team captain Jason Lezak scripted a comeback from behind victory, Team US finished the race on 3:28:24, Team France finished it on 3:28:32 a margin of 8/100 of a second. 8/100 of a second did really matter to Team France.