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Phelps' Road to Eight Golds
Michael Phelps of the United States became the first ever athlete to achieve eight gold medals at one Olympic Games
Edited by CHEN RAN

No.8

Event: Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

Date: August 17

Result: The U.S. team finished in 3 minutes, 29.34 seconds, shaving 1.34 seconds off their previous world record set at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

No.7

Event: Men's 100m Butterfly

Date: August 16

Result: The Olympic record of 50.58 seconds.

No.6

Event: Men's 200m Individual Medley

Date: August 15

Result: A new world record of 1 minute, 54.23 seconds to better his own world record of 1 minute, 54.80 seconds set up on July 4, 2008.

No.5

Event: Men's 4X200m Freestyle Relay

Dates: August 13

Result: A new world record of 6 minutes, 58.56 seconds.

No. 4

Event: Men's 200m Butterfly

Date: August 13

Result: A new world record of 1 minute, 52.03 seconds, 0.06 second faster than his previous record.

No. 3

Event: Men's 200m Freestyle

Date: August 12

Result: A new world record of 1 minute, 42.96 seconds.

No. 2

Event: Men's 4X100m Freestyle Relay

Date: August 11

Result: A new world record of 3 minutes, 8.24 seconds.

No. 1

Event: Men's 400m Individual Medley

Date: August 10

Result: A new world record of 4 minutes, 3.84 seconds to break his own world mark of 4 minutes, 5.25 seconds for the first world record at the Beijing Olympic Games.

Profile of Michael Phelps

Birthday: Jun. 30, 1985

Place of Birth: Baltimore, MD (United States)

Height: 1.93 m 

Weight: 91 kg

Attendence at the Olympic Games: Syndey 2000, Athens 2004, and Beijing 2008

Olympic medals: Gold 14; Bronze 2

 


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