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2014 Gold Coast. 4×100 m freestyle. Michael Fred Phelps II[ 5 ] OLY (born June 30, 1985) [ 6 ] is an American former competitive swimmer. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time [ 7 ] with a total of 28 medals. [ 8 ] Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals (23), [ 9 ] Olympic gold medals in ...
The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 14–16 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. [1]U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps set a new Olympic record of 50.58 to defend his title in the event, edging out Serbia's Milorad Čavić (50.59) by one hundredth of a second (0.01).
The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 11–13 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. [1]U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps blasted a new world record of 1:52.03 to defend his title in the event, and more importantly, claim his fourth Olympic gold, tenth career, and twelfth overall medal.
Phelps first retired after the 2012 London Olympics before returning to the Olympic stage in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. There, he added five golds and one silver medal to his resume. He officially ...
Summary. Michael Phelps fell short of his attempt to fulfill an Olympic four-peat in the sprint butterfly event, due to a brilliant performance of Joseph Schooling, who became Singapore's first ever Olympic gold medalist. The Singapore National Olympic Council awarded Schooling S$1 million (about US$740,000) under the Multi-Million Dollar Award ...
August 7, 2024 at 4:17 PM. Only one individual gold medal for U.S. men's swimming in the 2024 Paris Olympics is not cutting it for Michael Phelps. The most decorated Olympian of all time shared ...
Bob Bowman, led by his Michael Phelps heir, wins the swimming title that Phelps never did. Henry Bushnell. March 30, 2024 at 5:53 PM ... (Photo by Joe Robbins/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) ...
t. e. The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 10–12 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. [1] There were 58 competitors from 50 nations. [2] The winning margin was 1.89 seconds which as of 2023 remains the only time this race has been won by more than 1.8 seconds at the Olympics.