Enormous amounts of web space has been spent on romanticizing Phelps' incredible accomplishments. So I'm just going to list his golds and his current world records. He finished with 22 overall medals - 11 Individual Golds, 7 Relay Golds, 1 Individual Silver, 1 Relay Silver, 1 Individual Bronze and 1 Relay Bronze.
2004 Golds
Individual Golds
400m Individual Medley 4:08.41 (WR)
200m Butterfly 1:54.04
200m Individual Medley 1:57.14
100m Butterfly 51.25
Relay Golds
4 x 200m Freestyle
4 x 100m Medley
2008 Golds
Individual Golds
400m Individual Medley 4:03.84 (WR)
200m Freestyle 1:42.96 (WR)
200m Butterfly 1:52.03 (WR)
200m Individual Medley 1:54.23 (WR)
100m Butterfly 50.58
Relay Golds
4 x 100m Freestyle
4 x 200m Freestyle
4 x 100m Medley
2012 Golds
Individual Golds
200m Individual Medley 1:54.27
100m Butterfly 51.21
Relay Golds
4 x 200m Freestyle
4 x 100m Medley
Other Olympic Medals
Bronze 2004 - 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay
Bronze 2004 - 200m Freestyle
Silver 2012 - 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay
Silver 2012 - 200m Butterfly
Here's hoping he comes back for one more splash in Rio 2016 - this time just in the 100m and 200m Butterfly and the 200m Individual Medley. At the very least, avenge the 200m Butterfly loss!
World Records
He's set 29 individual world records in 5 events in his career (and helped set another 10 relay world records). Currently, 3 of those individual marks (in bold below) still stand.
400m Individual Medley - He set it 8 times and is the current holder at 4:03.84 (8/10/08).
200m Butterfly - He set it 8 times and is the current holder at 1:51.51 (7/29/09).
100m Butterfly - He set it 3 times and is the current holder at 49.82 (8/1/09).
200m Individual Medley - He set it 8 times.
200m Freestyle - He set it 2 times.
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