Through the 2008 Games, the most gold medals won by a man is 14 by swimmer Michael Phelps of the United States (6 gold at the 2004 Games and 8 gold at the 2008 Games).
He was to the first man to win 7 gold medals in a single Olympics.
1, in men's four man bobsleigh at the 1932 Winter Games in Lake Placid.
23 gold medals Michael Phelps' 28 medals spanning five Games is unrivaled, and no other Olympic athlete comes close to his 23 gold medals. The swimmer made his mark on the Games starting over 20 years ago at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, when, at 15 years old, he became the youngest man on U.S. Olympic swim team in 68 years.
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Al Oerter
Michael Phelps is this man. He won 8 gold medals in the Beijing Olympics.
Through the 2008 Games, the most gold medals won by a man is 14 by swimmer Michael Phelps of the United States (6 gold at the 2004 Games and 8 gold at the 2008 Games).
how man bronze medals were won in the Beijing Olympics 2008
2 man: no medals 4 man: gold 2 woman: bronze
He was to the first man to win 7 gold medals in a single Olympics.
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Prior to the 2008 Games, the woman with the most medals was USSR gymnast Larissa Latynina who won 18 medals (9 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze) at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Summer Games. The man with the most medals was USSR gymnast Nikolai Andrianov who won 15 medals (7 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze) at the 1972, 1976, and 1980 Summer Games. After the 2008 Games, Latynina still holds the Olympic record for medals won but swimmer Michael Phelps of the United States has now won the most medals of any man in Olympic history (16 medals, 14 gold, 2 bronze).
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1, in men's four man bobsleigh at the 1932 Winter Games in Lake Placid.
23 gold medals Michael Phelps' 28 medals spanning five Games is unrivaled, and no other Olympic athlete comes close to his 23 gold medals. The swimmer made his mark on the Games starting over 20 years ago at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, when, at 15 years old, he became the youngest man on U.S. Olympic swim team in 68 years.