Record gold medalist Michael Phelps (Photo credit: Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images)
(BEIJING, August 18) -- Michael Phelps owned the pool at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with an astonishing eight gold medal performance. As if that weren't enough, all but his 100m Butterfly victory were accompanied by a world record.
Along the way, he broke a host of other records, including surpassing Mark Spitz's Munich 1972 Olympic Games effort of seven gold medals at a single summer Olympic Games. Many had said that was impossible.
Phelps began his assault on the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with a bang, winning the Men's 400m Individual Medley on day two in a world record time of 4:03.84, slicing 1.41 seconds off the old mark. Hungary's Laszlo Cseh collected the silver medal and American Ryan Lochte won the bronze medal.
Phelps' achievements in 2008 Summer Games include:
Gold - 400m individual medley (World record: 4:03.84)
Gold - 4x100m free relay (World record: 3:08.24)
Gold - 200m freestyle
Gold - 200m butterfly (World record: 1:52.03)
Gold - 4x200m free relay (World record: 6:58.56)
Gold - 200m individual medley (World record: 1:54.23)
Gold - 100m butterfly
Gold - 4x100m medley relay (World record: 3:29.34)
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