Phelps Makes History Again

Congratulations to Michael Phelps who won his 19th Olympic Medal today making him the most decorated athlete in Olympic history. If you've been keeping track, he's got 15 golds, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes. Let's take a look back at all 19 of his medals:

2004 Athens

1) Gold - 400m Individual Medley - 4:08.26 - World Record

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2) Bronze - 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 3:14.62

3) Bronze - 200m Freestyle - 1:45.32

4) Gold - 200m Butterfly - 1:54.05 - Olympic Record

5) Gold - 4x200m Freestyle Relay - 7:07.33

6) Gold - 200m Individual Medley - 1:57.14 - Olympic Record

7) Gold - 100m Butterfly - 51.25  - Olympic Record

8) Gold - 4x100 Medley Relay - 3:30.68 - World Record


2008 Beijing

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9) Gold - 400m Individual Medley - 4:03.84 - World Record

10) Gold - 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 3:08.24 - World Record

11) Gold - 200m Freestyle - 1:42.96 - World Record

12) Gold - 200m Butterfly - 1:52.03 - World Record

13) Gold - 4x200m Freestyle Relay - 6:58.56 - World Record

14) Gold - 200m Individual Medley - 1:54.23 - World Record

15) Gold - 100m Butterfly - 50.58  - Olympic Record

16) Gold - 4x100m Medley Relay - 3:29.34 - World Record

2012 London

17) Silver - 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 3:10.38

18) Silver - 200m Butterfly - 1:53.01

19) Gold - 4x200m Freestyle Relay - 6:59.70

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Phelps still has three more events in London where he can add to his record: the 200 meter IM, the 100 meter fly and the 4x100 Medley Relay. Who held that record for most medals in Olympics before Phelps broke it today? That'd be Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina. Latynina won 6 medals in Melbourne in 1956, 6 more in Rome in 1960 and then 6 one more time in Tokyo in 1964 at the age of 29.

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