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MICHAEL PHELPS Medals   Game Sport - Event Results Medals     London 2012   Swimming - 100m Butterfly Men   51.21    gold      More       London 2012   Swimming - 200m Individual Medley Men   1:54.27    gold      More       London 2012   Swimming - 200m Butterfly Men   1:53.01    silver      More       London 2012   Swimming - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Men   6:59.70    gold      More       London 2012   Swimming - 4x100m Medley Relay Men   3:29.35    gold      More       London 2012   Swimming - 4x100m Freestyle Relay Men       silver      More       Beijing 2008   Swimming - 4x100m Medley Relay Men   3:29.34    gold      More       Beijing 2008   Swimming - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Men   6:58.56    gold      More       Beijing 2008   Swimming - 4x100m Freestyle Relay Men   3:08.24    gold      More       Beijing 2008   Swimming - 200m Individual Medley Men   1:54.23    gold      More       Beijing 2008   Swimming - 100m Butterfly Men   50.58    gold      More       Beijing 2008   Swimming - 200m Butterfly Men   1:52.03    gold      More       Beijing 2008   Swimming - 400m Individual Medley Men   4:03.84    gold      More       Beijing 2008    Swimming - 200m Freestyle Men   1:42.96    gold      More       Athens 2004   Swimming - 400m Individual Medley Men   4:08.26    gold      More       Athens 2004   Swimming - 100m Butterfly Men   51.25    gold      More       Athens 2004   Swimming - 200m Individual Medley Men   1:57.14    gold      More       Athens 2004   Swimming - 200m Butterfly Men   1:54.04    gold      More       Athens 2004   Swimming - 4x100m Medley Relay Men   3:30.68    gold       More       Athens 2004   Swimming - 200m Freestyle Men   1:45.32    bronze      More       Athens 2004   Swimming - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Men   7:07.33    gold      More       Athens 2004   Swimming - 4x100m Freestyle Relay Men   3:14.62    bronze      More         Michael Phelps Videos                 window.addEvent('load', function() { new TextBoxClearer('ctl00_mainContent_VideoPlayerBlock_PhotoVideoSearchBlockVID_keyword'); var queryStringAssociations = { Men: 'ctl00_mainContent_VideoPlayerBlock_PhotoVideoSearchBlockVID_cbMen', Women: 'ctl00_mainContent_VideoPlayerBlock_PhotoVideoSearchBlockVID_cbWomen', Mixed: 'ctl00_mainContent_VideoPlayerBlock_PhotoVideoSearchBlockVID_cbMixed', Sport: 'ctl00_mainContent_VideoPlayerBlock_PhotoVideoSearchBlockVID_ddlSports', Game: 'ctl00_mainContent_VideoPlayerBlock_PhotoVideoSearchBlockVID_ddlOlympicGames', Country: 'ctl00_mainContent_VideoPlayerBlock_PhotoVideoSearchBlockVID_ddlCountries', Search: 'ctl00_mainContent_VideoPlayerBlock_PhotoVideoSearchBlockVID_keyword' }; new MediaPlayerFilters(queryStringAssociations, 'ctl00_mainContent_VideoPlayerBlock_PhotoVideoSearchBlockVID_RLBGo', 'https://web.archive.org./web/20140418030151/http://www.olympic.org:80/videos/video-search-results', 'ctl00_mainContent_VideoPlayerBlock_PhotoVideoSearchBlockVID_keyword', null, '32410', ''); });          Go   Options   Gender  Men   Women   Mixed    Sports   All sports Alpine Skiing American football Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Baseball-Softball Basketball Basque Pelota Beach Volleyball Biathlon Bobsleigh Boxing Canoe Canoe Slalom Canoe Sprint Cricket Croquet Cross Country Skiing Curling Cycling Cycling BMX Cycling Mountain Bike Cycling Road Cycling Track Diving Equestrian Equestrian / Dressage Equestrian / Eventing Equestrian / Jumping Equestrian / Vaulting Fencing Figure skating Football Freestyle Skiing Golf Gymnastics Artistic Gymnastics Rhythmic Handball Hockey Ice Hockey Jeu de Paume Judo Lacrosse Luge Military Patrol Modern Pentathlon Nordic Combined Polo Rackets Rink-Hockey Roque Rowing Rugby Sailing Shooting Short Track Speed Skating Skeleton Ski Jumping Snowboard Softball Speed skating Speed skiing Squash Swimming Synchronized Swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Trampoline Triathlon Tug of War Volleyball Water Motorsports Water Polo Water Skiing Weightlifting Wrestling Wrestling Freestyle Wrestling Greco-Roman     Olympic Games   All Olympic Games PyeongChang 2018 Rio de Janeiro 2016 Sochi 2014 London 2012 Vancouver 2010 Beijing 2008 Turin 2006 Athens 2004 Salt Lake City 2002 Sydney 2000 Nagano 1998 Atlanta 1996 Lillehammer 1994 Barcelona 1992 Albertville 1992 Seoul 1988 Calgary 1988 Los Angeles 1984 Sarajevo 1984 Moscow 1980 Lake Placid 1980 Montreal 1976 Innsbruck 1976 Munich 1972 Sapporo 1972 Mexico 1968 Grenoble 1968 Tokyo 1964 Innsbruck 1964 Rome 1960 Squaw Valley 1960 Melbourne / Stockholm 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 Helsinki 1952 Oslo 1952 London 1948 St. Moritz 1948 Berlin 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 Los Angeles 1932 Lake Placid 1932 Amsterdam 1928 St. Moritz 1928 Paris 1924 Chamonix 1924 Antwerp 1920 Stockholm 1912 London 1908 St Louis 1904 Paris 1900 Athens 1896     Countries   All countries Afghanistan Netherlands Antilles Anguilla Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Australasia (1908-1912) Argentina Armenia Aruba American Samoa Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Burundi Belgium Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bosnia and Herzegovina Burma - 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After that, his transformation into an unbeatable swimmer appeared inexorable, and he broke record after record as he rose through the age categories.

 The Baltimore Bullet’s first Olympic appearance came in 2000 in Sydney when he was chosen for the US swim team at the age of just 15 – the youngest American swimmer selected for a Games in almost 70 years.

 He failed to win a medal in Australia but it was clear that Sydney was just a learning experience and this was to prove no setback. A  year later Phelps became the youngest male swimmer to break  a world record with a win in the 400m freestyle at the 2001 World Aquatics Championship – a taste of future glory.

 The next two years saw Phelps amass a haul of gold and silver medals at international swim meets and break numerous world records in the 200m and 400m individual medley races. His tally at the 2003 World Aquatic Championship of four golds and two silvers, along with five world records, set the scene for a thrilling performance at the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece.

 Phelps did not disappoint. In his first event, the 400-meter individual medley, hewon with a world record time of 4:08.26 to take his first Olympic gold medal. 

 Though he lost out to Ian Thorpe in the 200m freestyle, the so-called “Race of the Century”, the following days saw the young American scoop gold in the 200m butterfly, the 4x200 freestyle relay, the 100m butterfly and the 4x100m medley. Six gold and two bronze medals meant Phelps had achieved the second-best performance at an Olympics Games – he was second only to the legendary swimmer of 1972, Mark Spitz. 

 Phelps’ home town duly named a street in his honour – The Michael Phelps Way.

 Come Beijing in 2008, following four years in which he won 17 World Championship gold medals, Phelps broke Spitz’s long-standing record. He won his eighth Olympic gold medal in the 4x100m medley relay – setting a new world record for good measure – with a little inspiration from Australian rival Ian Thorpe, who earlier declared such an achievement impossible. Phelps took note and stuck Thorpe’s statement on his locker.

 By the time London 2012 came round Phelps was, like Usain Bolt, a global star – a brand in his own right – and had even set up a foundation in his own name to promote healthy living and fitness for children. Having earlier announced his retirement, the world waited with bated breath to see if The Flying Fish could become the most decorated Olympian of all time.

 Despite some shocks at the Aquatics Centre – coming fourth in the 4x100m individual medley behind rising star Ryan Lochte and finishing second to Chad Le Clos of South Africa in the 200m butterfly – Phelps duly obliged.

 A gold medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay, added to his 200m butterfly silver earlier that day, meant he had now surpassed Soviet-era gymnast Larisa Latynina’s record of 18 Olympic medals.

 He went on to win his fifth 200m individual medley gold – a competition record – and secure another first in what he said was his last-ever individual race, the 200m butterfly. Phelps rounded off his career in style as part of the winning USA team in the 4x100m medley relay, in front of an ecstatic crowd.

 It’s not clear what the Michael Phelps way will be from this point on, but with 22 Games medals to his name, including an astonishing 18 golds, his record as the most decorated Olympian of all time seems likely to last for at least the rest of his retirement.

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