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| Aug.16 |
 Beijing |
 Phelps wins historic eighth gold 23-year-old Michael Phelps won his 8th Olympic gold medal of the Beijing Games to beat Spitz's 1972 record of 7, with victory in the 4x100m medley
| He teamed up with Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen and Jason Lezak to claim the historic gold in a new world record time. Phelps swam 17 times over 9 days and set world records in 7 finals, had already won the 400m medley, 200m freestyle, 200m butterfly, 4x100m free relay, 4x200m free relay, 200m medley and the 100m butterfly
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| Aug.15 |
Beijing |
 Photo finish lifts Phelps to record 7th gold| Michael Phelps swam into Olympic history with a magnificent finish and wins his seventh gold medal of the Beijing Games | |
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Beijing |
Phelps makes it six from six Already touted as the greatest ever Olympian, Michael Phelps dominated the 200-meter individual medley to pick up his 6th gold at the Games
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| Aug.13 |
Beijing |
Japan's Kitajima makes it a double gold Kosuke Kitajima swept the breaststroke events in his 2nd straight Olympics, winning the 200-meter
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Beijing |
Phelps sets new Olympic gold standard Michael Phelps swam into history as possibly the greatest Olympic athlete ever,with his 10th and 11th career gold medals
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| Aug.12 |
Beijing |
Phelps becomes greatest Olympian| US swimmer Michael Phelps is winning his 10th gold medal with victory in the 200m butterfly. He claimed his fourth gold medal of the Beijing Olympics | |
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| Aug.11 |
Beijing |
Phelps wins 3rd gold in 200 free| In winning the 200-meter freestyle, Phelps ran his career Olympic total to 9 golds and avenged his only individual loss in Athens 4 years ago | |
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Beijing |
Fingertip finish keeps Phelps' hopes alive Michael Phelps pulled off one of the great comebacks in history, lunging to the wall in a 400m freestyle relay erasing 2 world records
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| Mar.28 |
 Sydney |
Sullivan improves 50m world swim record Eamon Sullivan has broken his own record, setting a 2nd mark in 24 hours at the Australian swim championships and Olympic trials
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| Apr.7 |
 Amazon |
 Slovenian completes Amazon swim Martin Strel, 52, has battled piranhas, crocodiles and exhaustion to become the first person to swim the entire length of the river
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| Apr.1 |
Melbourne |
Michael Phelps collect 7th gold medal Phelps broke his own world record in the men's 400 meters individual medley final
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| Mar.31 |
Melbourne |
Phelps equals Thorpe's gold record The 21-year-old won 6th gold medal at the world championships to win the 100 meters butterfly final in 50.77 seconds
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| Mar.30 |
Melbourne |
Phelps takes fifth gold At the world championships the United States set a world record of 7.03.24 seconds in the men's 4x200 meters freestyle relay final
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| Mar.29 |
Melbourne |
Phelps smashes third world record Michael demolished his 3rd world record in 3 days to collect his 4th gold medal of the world championships
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| Mar.27 |
Melbourne |
Phelps gold as world records crash American broke Ian Thorpe's 200 meters freestyle world record during a dramatic night at the world championships
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| Jan.3 |
 Antigua & Barbuda |
 Boy sails into record books  British 14-year-old Michael Perham to become the youngest person to sail the Atlantic single-handed
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| Nov.20 |
Sydney |
Swimmer Ian Thorpe retires at 24
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| Dec.27 |
Sydney |
Wild Oats snaps yacht race record
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| Feb.19 |
Germany |
Walchhofer is dominant once again
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| Feb.7 |
England |
Solo yachtswoman sails to victory Ellen MacArthur has sailed into the record books, after finishing her round-the-world journey
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| Aug.21 |
 Greece |
Phelps got record-tying 8th medal| Phelps medals tied Soviet gymnast Dityatin's record at the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games | |
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| Aug.20 |
Greece |
Phelps wins gold medal number 5
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| Aug.19 |
Greece |
Phelps banks his 4th gold medal
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| Aug.18 |
Greece |
 Van den Hoogenband wins 100 meters Dutchman won big battle in the pool in Athens to retain his Olympic title
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| Aug.17 |
Greece |
Phelps strikes gold, misses record
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| Aug.16 |
Greece |
Thorpe torpedoes his world rivals
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| Aug.14 |
Greece |
Phelps strikes gold
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| Apr.26 |
Sydney |
Thorpe set for 400-meter defense
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| Mar.1 |
 New Zealand |
Swiss win America's Cup Switzerland became the first European country to win the 152-year-old Cup
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| Oct.1 |
New Zealand |
First day of Louis Vuitton Cup
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| Aug.4 |
England |
Thorpe bagged his 6th gold medal Petria Thomas her fourth and fifth
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| Aug.2 |
England |
Thorpe wins 5th gold at Commonwealth
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| Jul.30 |
England |
Thorpe breaks world 400-meter record
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| Jan.12 |
Austria |
Gerg races to back-to-back wins
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| Dec.3 |
China |
World swim record broken 2 Chinese swimmers touched the wall at the same time to break the short-course record for the women's 50 meters breaststroke
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| Sep.15 |
Sydney |
17-year-old Ian Thorpe wins 4 medals Thorpe is breaking his own world record in the 400m freestyle
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