Natalie Coughlin of the United States won 6 medals (1 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze) at the 2008 Games in Beijing:
Gold -
1) 100 meter backstroke
Silver -
1) 4x100 meter freestyle relay
2) 4x100 meter medley relay
Bronze -
1) 100 meter freestyle
2) 4x200 meter freestyle relay
3) 200 meter individual medley
No he did not. He came 4th in the 1976 and 1980 Olympics and failed to qualify for the final in the 1984 Olympics
USA
Natalie Coughlin has 3 gold medals.
489 before the 2012 Olympics
6 gold medals.
Rephrase the question, babycakes.
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swimming
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Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals in swimming.
Michael Phelps
Swimming is Australia's best Olympic sport. Out of the 143 Gold medals that Australia has won in Olympics, as of 2014, swimming makes up 58 of them.