in 1967 he made history by winning more gold medals than anyone in history. he won a total of 11 medals and yet when they write of the winners in the swimming class they omit the man that set the bar. why?
phelps is a winner, no doubt about that. lets see what he does overall. in the mean time lets not forget those that set the bar and gave the newbe's something to shoot for.
2007-04-02 02:02:42 · 1 answers · asked by chamaza87 2 in Sports ➔ Olympics
Mark Spitz has won a total of 11 gold medals in his olympic history. But he has not won the most olympic medals in his Olympic career. He did set the record for the most Gold medals at a single Olympic Games. Phelps is best known for his achievements in swimming, which include a record of eight medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, six of which were gold, tying the Olympic record for medals at single Olympics, held by Alexander Dityatin since 1980.
Larisa Latynina 9 G 5 S 4 B 18 medals
Nikolay Andrianov 7 G 5 S 3 B 15 medals
Paavo Nurmi 9 G 3 S 0 B 12 medals
Mark Spitz 9 G 1 S 1 B 11 medals
Carl Lewis 9 G 1 S 0 B 10 medals
Bjørn Dæhlie 8 G 4 S 0 B 12 medals
Birgit Fischer 8 G 4 S 0 B 12 medals
Sawao Kato 8 G 3 S 1 B 12 medals
Jenny Thompson 8 G 3 S 1 B 12 medals
Matt Biondi 8 G 2 S 1 B 11 medals
2007-04-02 10:01:40 · answer #1 · answered by uoptiger_79 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋