American Michael Phelps won the men's 100m butterfly gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games on Saturday.[Xinhua/Ding Xu]

American superfish Michael Phelps removed a major obstacle on his way to an unprecedented feat of eight golds at a single Olympics by winning the men's 100 meter butterfly on Saturday.

American Michael Phelps won the men's 100m butterfly gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games on Saturday.[Xinhua/Ding Xu]

Phelps touched the wall with an Olympic record of 50.58 seconds, overtaking Serbian Milorad Cavic, the runner-up, by 0.01 seconds. Australian Andrew Lauterstein got the bronze in 51.12.