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In his first event, the 400-meter individual medley, Phelps won his first Olympic gold medal in the world record time of 4:08.26. [ 76 ] [ 77 ] The following day, Phelps, along with Ian Crocker , Neil Walker , and Jason Lezak, finished in third place in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay with a time of 3:14.62.
It includes titles won in 1896 and 1900, before gold medals were awarded for first place. All record-holders have competed at Summer Games rather than Winter Games. Michael Phelps, holder of the record for the most Olympic gold medals, with one of his medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 9–10 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. [1]U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps blasted a new world record to defend his title in the event, and more importantly, claim his first Olympic gold, seventh career, and ninth overall.
All told, Phelps' 23 gold medals account for an astounding 82.1% of his all-time Olympic medal count. Perhaps more impressively, Phelps won at least four gold medals in four straight Olympics ...
Michael Phelps in 2017. This is the top 15 male Olympic swimming gold medals. Name Gold ... Gold Silver Bronze Total 1. Michael Phelps: 13: 2: 1: 16 2. Mark Spitz: 4 ...
Michael Phelps revealed in September 2016 that he doesn’t “ever travel” with his medals, which include 23 gold, three silver and two bronze, totaling 28 trophies.
Michael Phelps United States: 51.25 OR: Ian Crocker United States: 51.29 Andriy Serdinov Ukraine: 51.36 2008 Beijing details: Michael Phelps United States: 50.58 OR: Milorad Čavić Serbia: 50.59 Andrew Lauterstein Australia: 51.12 2012 London details: Michael Phelps United States: 51.21 Chad le Clos South Africa Yevgeny Korotyshkin Russia: 51. ...
Michael Phelps United States (USA) 2008 Beijing: 12 August 2008 [6] 400 m freestyle: 3:40.14 Sun Yang China (CHN) 2012 London: 28 July 2012 [7] 800 m freestyle: 7:38.19 Daniel Wiffen Ireland (IRL) 2024 Paris: 30 July 2024 [8] 1500 m freestyle: ♦14:30.67 Robert Finke United States (USA) 2024 Paris: 4 August 2024 [9] 100 m backstroke: 51.85 ...