Michael phelps record times
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Where the Name Michael Phelps Still Appears in the Record Books
Though Michael Phelps no longer holds an individual World Record, he still holds Olympic, American, National Age Group, and meet records. Archive photo via Mike Lewis/Ola Vista Photography
With Frenchman Leon Marchand‘s recent dismantling of Michael Phelps‘ 400 IM World Record, swimming has finally entered the era where the name Phelps is no longer associated with individual World Records.
In his storied career, Phelps broke 29 individual World Records, all between 2001 and 2009, and all in long course meters. At the height of his career, he held five individual World Records: the 200 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, 200 IM, and 400 IM.
World Records
- 400 Freestyle Relay: 3:08.24 (2008, Beijing)
- 800 Freestyle Relay: 6:58.55 (2009, Rome)
Olympic Records
- 200 Freestyle: 1:42.96 (2008, Beijing)
- 200 IM: 1:54.23 (2008, Beijing)
- 400 IM: 4:03.84 (2008, Beijing)
- 400 Freestyle Relay: 3
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Michael Phelps By the Numbers
Michael Phelps is the greatest swimmer of all time, and the most decorated Olympian in history. Here is Michael Phelps by the numbers.
There is no doubt that Michael Phelps was a gifted athlete in many ways.
He benefited from having a coach who recognized his talent early on, and Phelps was also instilled with an exceptionally strong work ethic from a young age, having watched his older sister Whitney Phelps excel on the national swimming stage.
On a physiological basis, there is no question that Phelps was built for the water. With an above average wing-span, double-jointed at the ankles and knees, the prototypical swimmer’s body, and a lactate clearing capacity that surpassed a great percentage of the population, one can say that he was born for the sport of competitive swimming.
Add a tough and demanding coach in Bob Bowman, a positive support system and you have the recipe for the greatest swimmer on the planet.
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List of Olympic records in swimming
The International Olympic Committee recognises the fastest performances in pool-based swimming events at the Olympic Games. Men's swimming has been part of the official program of the Summer Olympics since the Games' modern inception in 1896; it was not until 1912 that women's events were held. The swimming events at the 1896 Olympic Games were held in a bay in the Aegean Sea with swimmers being required to swim to the shore—Hungarian swimmer Alfréd Hajós won two gold medals that year, saying "My will to live completely overcame my desire to win."[1][2] The 1900 Summer Olympic Games in Paris had the swimming events take place in the River Seine, and the events at the 1908 Summer Olympics were held in a 100-metre pool surrounded by an athletics track in the White City Stadium in London.[3]
Races are held in four swimming categories: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly, over varying distances and in