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Michael Phelps enters Olympic record books with
19 Olympic Medals
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Michael Phelps wins his first Olympic medal in
his first race in Athens - gold in the 400m IM.
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Behind South Africa and the Netherlands, Phelps
earns bronze as a part of the U.S. 4x100m
freestyle relay in Athens.
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Phelps' third medal in Athens is bronze, in the
200m freestyle - behind Australia's Ian Thorpe
and Germany's Pieter van den Hoogenband.
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In the men's 200m butterfly in Athens, Phelps
secures his second individual Olympic gold medal.
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Joined by Ryan Lochte and Peter Vanderkaay,
Phelps celebrates medal number five - gold in the
4x200m freestyle relay in Athens.
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In Athens, Phelps' sixth Olympic medal was gold
in the 200m individual medley.
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Phelps out-touches teammate Ian Crocker to secure
his seventh medal in Athens - gold in the men's
100m butterfly.
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Competing in prelims of the 4x100m medley relay,
Phelps celebrates from the stands as the U.S.
wins gold to round out his eighth medal in Athens.
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Phelps kicks off his meet in Beijing with gold
medal number one in the 400m IM.
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Jason Lezak's heroic finish in the 4x100m
freestyle relay in Beijing helped Phelps to his
second gold of the Games.
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Moving up from his finish in Athens, Phelps
captures his third Beijing gold in winning the
men's 200m freestyle.
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Even with some water in his goggles, Phelps
cruises to his fourth win of the Beijing Games,
and 12th total Olympic medal.
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For Phelps, win number five in Beijing came
during the 4x200m freestyle.
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Phelps finishes ahead of teammate Ryan Lochte in
the 200m individual medley to win his sixth medal
of the Beijing Games.
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In a nail-biting photo finish, Phelps beats out
Milorad Cavic in the 100m butterfly for his
seventh Beijing gold.
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The 4x100m medley relay made it eight golds for
Phelps in Beijing, and put his running tally at
16 (14 gold and 2 bronze) total.
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Michael Phelps and 4x100 free relay win silver
in London
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Michael Phelps ties Soviet gymnast Larisa
Latynina with a record 18 Olympic medals, after
a silver in the 200m butterfly in London.
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Phelps becomes the most decorated Olympic athlete
of all-time, as he anchors the U.S. 4x200m
freestyle relay to gold in London.
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by nbcolympics.com