- 4x100 Individual Medley
- 4x100 Freestyle Relay
- 200 Freestyle
- 200 Butterfly
- 4x200 Freestyle Relay
- 200 Individual Medley
- 100 Butterfly
- 4x100 Medley Relay
Personally, I find Phelps' record of 14 career gold medals more impressive. The two top performances in Olympic history belong to Phelps with 8 and Spitz with 7. To beat 14 in two Olympics would require something like an 8 and 7 performance. Or, in other words, two of the best four performances ever. To do it in three Olympics would be something like 5-5-5. There haven't been that many people who have won 5 in a games, and to do it three times seems impossible. I'm not sure his career record will ever be broken, except by him if he returns in 2012 and can pick up a couple more.
Oh, and hats off to Natalie Coughlin who's had nearly as incredible performance as Michael Phelps. She won 6 golds in Beijing and 5 in Athens, acquiring the second most medals (to Phelps) in both games.
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