Michael Phelps (6 gold, 2 bronze)
MICHAEL PHELPS
Michael H. Phelps
Mark Spitz
Mark Spitz
He received 1 million dollar bonus from speedo for winning his 7th gold medal and tying spitz, havent heard if he got more for breaking the record.
Mark Spitz is one of the best ever mens swimmer. He won eleven Olympic gold medals. He did this through old fashioned physical training and natural abilities unlike contemporary swimmers like Micheal Phelps.THIS IS THE RIGHT ANSWER:Dood, Mark Spitz did win 11 gold medals, all together! Michael Phelps holds the record of 8 gold medals, Spitz did hold the record of 7, but Michael Phelps beat it, so Phelps is the best Swimmer ever.PS. Michael Phelps holds more WR's than you can count, its not all about the golds either its also about WR's and times. Phelps demolished Spitz 100 fly(Spitz-54.27) (Phelps-49.82)Your Welcome by: SwimChamp
Michael Phelps sisters were both competitive swimmers who introduced him to swimming at age 7 as an outlet for ADHD.Additionally, according to the Wikipedia article on Phelps... "Phelps idolized Australian Ian Thorpe as a teenager, modeling his public image after Thorpe, and later watched videos to try to emulate the Aussie's famous six-beat underwater dolphin kick off the turns"Most likely it was Mark Spitz.
There is not a good answer to this question. Unless, you give a specific event that you want to know about. Because Michael did beat Spitz's record in '08. But they, for the most part are equal competitors!
Mark Spitz
Johnny Weissmuller Mark Spitz Kristin Otto Matt Biondi Michael Phelps Dara Torres
They are both gold medalist olympic swimmers and they both endorsed a large range of products