Michael Phelps-
Won his record eighth gold medal of the Beijing Games on Sunday to become the grandest of Olympic champions.
The Olympic achievement of Michael Phelps, became the first competitor to win eight gold medals at a single Games, breaking Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven
(Spitz won seven gold medals at Munich in 1972, in 100m and 200m freestyle, 100m and 200m butterfly, 4x100m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle and 4x100m medley)
(Phelps won eight gold medals in (1) 400m individual medley, (2) 4x100m free relay, (3) 200m freestyle,(4) 200m butterfly, (5) 4x200m free relay, (6) 200m individual medley, (7) 100m butterfly, (8) 4x100m medley relay - all in a world record time)
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