All team members receive a medal earned by their team.
http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-swim/spec-rel/081108aab.html This article seems to indicate that up to 8 swimmers, including those who are in the finals and semi-finals, will receive medals for the efforts of the final relay team.
Medals will be awarded in 98 competitions. There are multiple medals in many events, such as relays and team competitions.
8 olympic records, 5 indiviual, 3 relays.
There are 97 events, with three or more medals for each. Team competitions, relays and pairs have to be taken into account.
8,Including 3 Relays
YES they do. same goes for swimming relays as well
She has 8 gold swimming medas. All golds were in relays.
4 x 100 relays
American high jumper Ray Ewry holds this title with eight golds through his career that spanned 1900 to 1908. Phelps has four individual golds from 2004; he must win all five of his individual races in 2008 to break it.
On a 400m track - 200m, 400m, 800m, 4x100m, 4x400m (and other non-Olympic distance relays)
No. As of the 2008 Games, France has won three gold medals in swimming. 1) 1900 - Charles de Vendeville, men's underwater swimming. 2) 1952 - Jean Boiteux, men's 400 meter freestyle. 3) 2004 - Laure Manaudou, women's 400 meter freestyle.
Micheal phelps won 8 gold medals in the olympics;3 from relays and 5 from individual And he also broke 3 indivudual records