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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 ...
Michael Phelps in 2017. This is the top 15 male Olympic swimming gold medals. Name Gold Silver Bronze Total 1. Michael Phelps: 23: 3: 2: 28 2. Mark Spitz: 9: 1: 1: 11 3.
A stellar performance in the pool also made an Olympic history for Michael Phelps, who captured eight gold medals to break Mark Spitz's 1972 record, a total of seven, at a single Games. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Despite the male swimmers failing to attain a single gold in swimming, Australia managed to repeat a second-place effort on its third consecutive ...
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 ...
Of the 35 pool-based events, swimmers from the United States hold fifteen records, Australia five, France four, China, Canada and South Africa two each, and one each to Ireland, Great Britain, Russian Olympic Committee, Hungary, and Sweden. Nineteen of the current Olympic records were set at the 2024 Summer Olympics, seven in 2020, five in 2016 ...
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 ...
Michael Phelps, seen here in February 2008, was the heavy favorite to win the gold medal. Going into the event, Phelps' compatriot Ian Crocker was seen as the swimmer with the best chance of beating Phelps. Crocker beat Phelps' 100 metre butterfly world record in 2003, and had since lowered it twice: once at the 2004 United States Olympic ...
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.