Phelps Medals

Phelps Medals

Beijing Gold

MICHAEL PHELPS GOLD MEDAL - 4th of 8Michael Phelps of the U.S holds his gold medal after winning the men's 200 meters butterfly swimming final at the National Aquatics Center during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 13, 2008. Phelps swam his way into sporting immortality on Aug. 17, 2008, by winning his eighth gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. The 23-year-old, who had already won more gold medals than any other athlete at the Olympics, broke Mark Spitz's record of seven golds at a single Games, set at Munich in 1972.

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