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UPDATED: August-17-2008 Web Exclusive
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: 193 cm 

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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