Michael Phelps won eight gold medals in swimming

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Olympic record sporting achievement swimming record

Michael Phelps won eight gold medals in swimming is the record-breaking achievement by American swimmer Michael Phelps, who secured eight first-place finishes in a single Olympic Games.

Aliases (1)

Michael Phelps won eight gold medals in swimming at the 2008 Beijing Olympics ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic record → sporting achievement → swimming record →
breaksRecordOf	Mark Spitz's seven gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics →
hasAchievementOfAthlete	Michael Phelps →
hasCategory	Olympic records in swimming → Olympic swimming achievements → records at the 2008 Summer Olympics →
hasCompetition	2008 Summer Olympics →
hasCountryRepresented	United States of America →
hasDiscipline	men's swimming →
hasEventType	Olympic Games →
hasGenderCategory	men's events →
hasGoverningBody	International Olympic Committee →
hasHostCity	Beijing →
hasHostCountry	China →
hasHostNationContinent	Asia →
hasMedalCount	8 →
hasMedalType	gold medal →
hasNationalTeam	United States →
hasNotableRace	men's 100 metre butterfly → men's 200 metre butterfly → men's 200 metre freestyle → men's 200 metre individual medley → men's 400 metre individual medley → men's 4×100 metre freestyle relay → men's 4×100 metre medley relay → men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay →
hasNumberOfEventsWon	8 →
hasNumberOfGoldMedals	8 →
hasNumberOfWorldRecordsSetOrTied	7 →
hasOlympicCommittee	United States Olympic Committee →
hasOlympicCycle	2004–2008 Olympic cycle →
hasOlympicGamesEdition	Games of the XXIX Olympiad →
hasOlympicSport	aquatics →
hasOutcome	eight first-place finishes →
hasPerformer	Michael Phelps →
hasPoolLength	50 metre pool →
hasPreviousRecordHolder	Mark Spitz →
hasSignificance	most gold medals won by an athlete at a single Olympic Games →
hasSport	swimming →
hasSurface	pool →
hasTimePeriod	August 2008 →
hasVenueCity	Beijing →
hasYear	2008 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2008 Summer Olympics →	notablePerformance
Mark Spitz won seven gold medals in swimming ("Michael Phelps won eight gold medals in swimming at the 2008 Beijing Olympics") →	recordBrokenBy