That was Ian Thorpe who won 5 medals (3 gold, 2 silver) at the 2000 Games. Thorpe's gold medals came in the 400 meter freestyle, 4x100 meter freestyle relay, and the 4x200 meter freestyle relay. His silver medals came in the 200 meter freestyle and the 4x100 meter medley relay.
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Stephanie Rice won 3 gold medals, in the women's 400m individual medley (world record), women's 200m individual medley and as part of the women's 4x200m freestyle relay team (also a world record). Numerically, Libby Trickett and Leisel Jones also won the same amount, but one of each of theirs was silver. Jessicah Schipper won a gold and two bronze. Eamon Sullivan won two silver and a bronze.