The 9teen Medals Of the Greatest Olympian Ever
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2004 Athens: 100m Butterfly
via: Reuters
Fellow teammate Ian Crocker was the world record holder in this event. Phelps held him off by 0.04 seconds to win gold in a very tightly contested race.
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2004 Athens: 4x100m Medley Relay
via: Reuters
Phelps won gold as part of the preliminary relay team but didn’t swim the final. Phelps offered Ian Crocker the honor of swimming the butterfly leg of the relay final as Crocker won his only gold of the Games.
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2008 Beijing: 400 Individual Medley
via: Zimbio
After breaking his own Olympic record in the preliminaries, Phelps followed up with a bang by breaking his own world record in the finals. Leaving the rest of the field far behind, Phelps swam a blazing 4:03.84 to capture his first gold medal in Beijing.