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Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps holds the record for the most golds won at a single Olympics with the eight he won at the 2008 Olympic Games, surpassing fellow American swimmer Mark Spitz's previous record of seven set at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.

Michael Phelps of the United States gestures after his team winning the men's 4x100m medley relay final at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in the National Aquatics Center, also known as the Water Cube in Beijing, China, Aug. 17, 2008. Phelps won his eighth gold medal at the Beijing Olympics swimming events on Sunday, breaking Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals won at a single Games in 1972. (Xinhua/Qi Heng)

In an article published in the wake of the event, the New York Times said that, as he prepared to go for his eighth gold, had Michael Phelps been a country, "the Person's Republic of Michael would have ranked fourth in gold medals after China, the United States, and Germany and been ahead of all but 14 countries in the medal count." Only Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina holds more total career Olympic medals with 18 (nine gold), compared to Phelps's 16 (14 gold).

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