Best Athletes of 2008 Olympics
The Top Ten
1 Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer and the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals (23), Olympic gold medals in individual events (13), and Olympic medals in individual events (16). When he won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, Phelps broke fellow American swimmer Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven first-place finishes at any single Olympic Games. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Phelps had already tied the record of eight medals of any color at a single Games by winning six gold and two bronze medals. At the 2012 Summer ...read more.
Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer and the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals (23), Olympic gold medals in individual events (13), and Olympic medals in individual events (16). When he won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, Phelps broke fellow American swimmer Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven first-place finishes at any single Olympic Games. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Phelps had already tied the record of eight medals of any color at a single Games by winning six gold and two bronze medals. At the 2012 Summer ...read more. He won 8 Gold medals. This has never been done before. Michael Phelps will be remembered as the greatest olympian ever.
MICHEAL PHELPS IS OVISLY THE BEST SWIMMER EVER! HE IS COOL YET FAST! HES A BEAST!
2 Usain Bolt
Usain St Leo Bolt is a Jamaican retired sprinter, widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time. He is a world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay.
An eight-time Olympic gold medallist, Bolt is the only sprinter to win Olympic 100 m and 200 m titles at three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012 and 2016). He also won two 4 × 100 relay gold medals. He gained worldwide fame for his double sprint victory in world record times at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which made him the first person to hold both records since fully automatic time became mandatory. ...read more.
Usain St Leo Bolt is a Jamaican retired sprinter, widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time. He is a world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay.An eight-time Olympic gold medallist, Bolt is the only sprinter to win Olympic 100 m and 200 m titles at three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012 and 2016). He also won two 4 × 100 relay gold medals. He gained worldwide fame for his double sprint victory in world record times at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which made him the first person to hold both records since fully automatic time became mandatory. ...read more.
He is better than Michael phelps and is going to win gold in London, actually he already has.
Worlds Fastest man
Broke the unbreakable record
3 Kenny Egan
Cheated out of a gold by china
4 Natasha Liukin
5 Tirunesh Dibaba
5 and 10 thousand meter champion
6 Mathias Steiner
she is fabulous and deserves her place.
7 LaShawn Merrit
8 Brian Clay
9 Kenenisa Bekele
5 and 10 thousand meter champ
10 Dayron Robles
The Contenders
11 Chris Hoy
The most succesful athlete in the velodrome, winner of three gold medals, the first Briton to do that in 100 years! To top that off he got knighted for his fantastic achievements!
12 Constantina Diţă Tomescu
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