Great Olympians

Biographies - PHE

Russell George Phegan

Theo Phelan

Brian Eric Phelps

Mason Elliott Phelps

Olympic Competitor nr 2191

• 1904-09-17-10:00? - Golf - men, team - first (1200)
• 1904-09-19-10:00? - Golf - men, individual, qualifying - sixth (Q)
• 1904-09-20-10:00? - Golf - men, individual, round one - won (Q)
• 1904-09-21-10:00? - Golf - men, individual, round two - won (Q)
• 1904-09-22-10:00? - Golf - men, individual, round three - lost (538.1)

Michael Phelps

B. 1985-06-30, Baltimore, MD, USA
Swimming (23 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)

	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	HP
200 m Free-style		bronze	gold			8960
100 m Butterfly		gold	gold	gold	silver	46400
200 m Butterfly	fifth	gold	gold	silver	gold	48400
200 m Individual Medley		gold	gold	gold	gold	51200
400 m Individual Medley		gold	gold	fourth		21600
4x100 m Free-style Relay		bronze	gold	silver	gold	7260
4x200 m Free-style Relay		gold	gold	gold	gold	12800
4x100 m Medley Relay		(gold)	gold	gold	gold	9728
						203348

After six golds in Athina, Phelps tried to break all records by going for 8 golds in Beijing.
In the second of those eight races, the 4x100 freestyle, he tried to break the world record at the 100 freestyle (which he would not swim individually) by swimming first. He missed the world record by one hundredth, but was preceded by Eamon Sullivan of Australia, who did break the world record. Later in the race, the Americans started the last leg a meter behind (now previous) world-record holder Alain Bernard of France, but Jason Lezak swam the fastest 100m ever to help Phelps to his second gold and second world record.
On wednesday, he celebrated his "tenth" and "eleventh" gold medals, and the whole world celebrated the new record holder, but I prefer not to count his gold in the Athens medley relay (he only swam in the qualifications), so in my opinion he merely equalled Ray Ewry's ten golds (his 1906 medals are not usually counted). He did break the record on thursday.
On saturday, his seventh gold came without a world record, and he had less than a hundredth of a second of a lead over silver.
He could be credited with an extra world record, in the first leg of the 4 x 200 m free-style relay. His time of 1:43.31 was faster than his pre-Beijing world record, but he had meanwhile bettered that record in the individual 200m.
He then shattered all records with four more gold medals in London.
Medals number 23 to 28 came in Rio de Janeiro. He completed the three golds at the 200 m Butterfly, an event he had missed out on in 2012. The same evening, he won his fourth gold at the 4 x 200 m, the first event in which he achieved that particular milestone. One day later he achieved the quadruple in an individual event (the 200 m Individual Medley) as well, and he topped it of by a fourth gold (one of them obtained by only swimming the heats) in the 4x100 m medley.

Pete Phelps

Peter Phelps

Richard Lawson Phelps, Jr.

Robert Edward Phelps

Olympic Competitor nr 6036

• 1912-07-08-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round one - lost - abandoned (0.015)

Robert Lawson Phelps, Sr.

Preeda Phengdisth

Sarinee Phenglaor

Written 2004-08-18 - last modified 2024-06-30

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