Michael Phelps - Major achievements, Currently held records

Swimmer, born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. At age 15 he competed in the Olympic Games at Sydney (2000) and came 5th in the 200 m butterfly. The next year he made his mark at the World Championships, where he won the same event in record time. He established himself further at the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona, where he won three gold medals and set new record times in the 200 m butterfly (1:53.93), 200 m individual medley (1:56.04), and the 400 m individual medley (4:09.09); he also won silver in the 100 m butterfly. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, he won gold medals in the butterfly event (100 m and 200 m), and the individual medley (200 m and 400 m), setting a new record for the 400 m event (4:08.26). At the 2005 World Championships in Montreal his gold medals in the 200 m freestyle and 200 m individual medley brought his individual world titles to six, joining Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett as the only swimmers to have achieved this distinction. At the 2006 Pan Pacific World Championships in British Columbia, Phelps bettered his own world records in the 200 m butterfly (1:53.80) and 200 m individual medley (1:55.84), and was member of the record-breaking 4 x 100 m freestyle relay team (3:12.46).

Major achievements

International

Year	Meet	Venue	Distance	Event	Result
2001	World Championships (LC)	Fukuoka, Japan	200 m	Butterfly	1st
2002	Pan Pacific Championships	Yokohama, Japan	200 m	Butterfly	2nd
	Pan Pacific Championships	Yokohama, Japan	200 m	Individual Medley	1st
	Pan Pacific Championships	Yokohama, Japan	400 m	Individual Medley	1st
	Pan Pacific Championships	Yokohama, Japan	4 x 200 m	Freestyle Relay	2nd
	Pan Pacific Championships	Yokohama, Japan	4 x 100 m	Medley Relay	1st
2003	World Championships (LC)	Barcelona, Spain	100 m	Butterfly	2nd
	World Championships (LC)	Barcelona, Spain	200 m	Butterfly	1st
	World Championships (LC)	Barcelona, Spain	200 m	Individual Medley	1st
	World Championships (LC)	Barcelona, Spain	400 m	Individual Medley	1st
	World Championships (LC)	Barcelona, Spain	4 x 200 m	Freestyle Relay	2nd
	World Championships (LC)	Barcelona, Spain	4 x 100 m	Medley Relay	1st
2004	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	200 m	Freestyle	3rd
	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	100 m	Butterfly	1st
	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	200 m	Butterfly	1st
	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	200 m	Individual Medley	1st
	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	400 m	Individual Medley	1st
	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	4 x 100 m	Medley Relay	1st
	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	4 x 100 m	Freestyle Relay	3rd
	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	4 x 200 m	Freestyle Relay	1st
	World Championships (SC)	Indianapolis, USA	200 m	Freestyle	1st
2005	World Championships (LC)	Montréal, Canada	200 m	Freestyle	1st
	World Championships (LC)	Montréal, Canada	100 m	Butterfly	2nd
	World Championships (LC)	Montréal, Canada	200 m	Individual Medley	1st
	World Championships (LC)	Montréal, Canada	4 x 100 m	Medley Relay	1st
	World Championships (LC)	Montréal, Canada	4 x 100 m	Freestyle Relay	1st
	World Championships (LC)	Montréal, Canada	4 x 200 m	Freestyle Relay	1st
2006	Pan Pacific Championships	Victoria, Canada	200 m	Backstroke	2nd
	Pan Pacific Championships	Victoria, Canada	200 m	Butterfly	1st
	Pan Pacific Championships	Victoria, Canada	200 m	Individual Medley	1st
	Pan Pacific Championships	Victoria, Canada	400 m	Individual Medley	1st
	Pan Pacific Championships	Victoria, Canada	4 x 100 m	Freestyle Relay	1st
	Pan Pacific Championships	Victoria, Canada	4 x 200 m	Freestyle Relay	1st

LC: long course - 50 m pool;

Currently held records

Record	Distance	Event	Time	Location	Date
WR	200 M	Butterfly	1:53.80	Victoria, Canada	2006 August 17
	200 M	Individual Medley	1:55.84	Victoria, Canada	2006 August 20
	400 M	Individual Medley	4:08.26	Athens, Greece	2004 August 14
	4x100 M	Freestyle Relay	3:12.46	Victoria, Canada	2006 August 19
AR	200 M	Freestyle	1:45.20	Montréal, Canada	2005 July 26
	4x200 M	Freestyle Relay	7:05.28	Victoria, Canada	2006 August 18
	200 m	Freestyle (short course)	1:42.78	East Meadow, New York	2006 February 4
	200 m	Butterfly (short course)	1:52.27	Melbourne, AUS	2003 November 28
	200 m	Individual Medley (short course)	1:54.85	Melbourne, AUS	2003 November 29
	200 y	Freestyle	1:32.08	Austin, Texas	2005 March 3
	200 y	Butterfly	1:39.70	Austin, Texas	2006 March 4
	400 y	Individual Medley	3:36.26	Austin, Texas	2006 March 3