Phelps won eight golds at the 2008 Beijing Olympics:
1, the first gold, men's 400 meters individual medley. Phelps in the August 9 preliminaries that is 4 minutes 07 seconds 82 broke the world record, in the final on the 10th, Phelps again let people marvel, he was 4 minutes 03 seconds 84 results successfully dreamed of Beijing Olympic Games, the first gold, and once again broke the world record in the project.
2, the second gold, men's 4x100 freestyle relay. Men's 4 x 100 meters freestyle relay, the United States has been suppressed by France, swim first Phelps results are not ideal, good in the last 15 meters of the veteran Lezak overtook Bernard, saved Phelps eight gold dream. After the game, Phelps clenched his fists and kept roaring.
3, the third gold, men's 200 freestyle. August 12, Phelps walked on the men's 200 freestyle final race. At the Athens Olympics, Phelps lost to Thorpe and Hogan Bender in this very event. The shame of Athens did not affect the Phelps play in Beijing, he entered the water to take the lead, swimming to 150 meters has established the winning position. In the end, he won in 1:42.96 and broke the world record.
4, the fourth gold, men's 200 meters butterfly. Phelps won with a time of 1:52.03 and broke the world record. This crown increased Phelps' gold medal count at the Olympics to 10, and he finally surpassed his predecessors to become the athlete with the most gold medals in Olympic history.
5, fifth gold, 4X200 freestyle. Phelps led the U.S. team to another gold medal in the 4X200 freestyle relay. This time, Phelps, who served as the leadoff man, didn't take any more chances, ending his race with a multi-length lead and setting up the U.S. win. In the end, the U.S. won the event with a time of 6:58.56 and broke the world record in the event. Phelps also set his own freshly set Olympic record of 10 golds, raising it to 11.
6. Sixth gold, men's 200-meter medley. He won the men's 200-meter medley by a wide margin, with a time of 1:54.23, following the "rule" of breaking the world record in all five championships, and there was no exception this time.
7, seventh gold, men's 100 meters butterfly. In the first 50 meters, Phelps was still in seventh place, and with the last-minute sprint, he touched the wall 0.01 seconds earlier than the Czech Republic's Cavic.
8. Eighth gold, men's 4x100-meter medley. The U.S. backstroke king of the first leg, Pershore, lived up to his name and swam the first leg in 53.16 seconds. The second breaststroke race was a sudden change, the U.S. team Hansen in poor condition, Japan's king of the breaststroke Yasusuke Kitajima strength, he helped Japan overtake the U.S., jumped up to the first place, the lead reached 0.49 seconds, the U.S. fell to third place.
However, Phelps' appearance instantly nullified fears, as he not only filled the 0.49-second gap, but instead led his rivals by 0.25 seconds to touch the wall first. The fourth stick veteran Rezac further consolidated the lead, and finally the U.S. team won the gold medal with a score of 3:29.34 beyond the world record. The Water Cube also witnessed the magic of Phelps' eight gold medals.
In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Phelps*** won eight gold medals, becoming the player who won the most gold medals in a single Olympics.On July 27, 2011, Phelps won the 200-meter butterfly title at the Shanghai World Championships.In the 2012 London Olympics, he won four gold medals. By this time, he had won 22 Olympic medals, including 18 gold medals, making him the athlete with the most medals and gold medals in Olympic history? .On August 4, 2012, Phelps announced his retirement after the London Olympics swimming events .On April 15, 2014, Phelps announced his official comeback.
On December 2, 2016, Michael Phelps officially announced his retirement.
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