Terms
- Backstroke
- Flip turn
- Lap
- Stroke
You measure how much you swim in meters or yards.
The top swimmer for USA Olympic Swimming is Michael Phelps.He has broken 5 world records, including his own, and has won 28 olympic medals; 23 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze. The next four are Ryan Lochte with 12 medals; 6 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze and finally Gary Hall with 10 medals; 5 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze. Mark Spitz with 11 medals; 9 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze,and Matt Biondi with 11 medals; 8 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze,.
Michael Phelps won eight medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics and six of those were gold. This brought him up to a tie for the record for medals at a single Olympics. In 2008, Phelps won eight gold medals at the Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Phelps won another four gold and two silver. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Phelps won five gold medals and one silver. In total he has won 28 Olympic medals, a record. 23 of these are gold medals.
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