Michael Phelps

BEIJING 2008
Michael Phelps stood tall - twice - on the top of the Olympic medal podium Wednesday 13th August 2008.

The American swimmer won his fourth and fifth gold medals of the Beijing Games, setting two world records along the way. That brought his career total to a record 11 golds with three more events to go for him to become the first to win eight gold medals at a single games.

Phelps is alone at the top of the career golds list, now two ahead of Mark Spitz, Carl Lewis, Paavo Nurmi and Larysa Latynina.