One of the most impressive feats in Olympic history belongs to swimmer Michael Phelps. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Michael was faced with a daunting challenge: the chance to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games. It had never been done before. The only person to come close was Mark Spitz, also a swimmer, at the 1972 Munich games. Spitz won an insane seven gold medals and became one of the most famous athletes ever. Phelps was able to overcome adversity and was victorious in every event that he entered. There were close calls however, such as the 4X100 freestyle relay and where Phelps was almost out-touched in his last individual race of the games: the 100 butterfly. He won the event by one one-hundreth of a second and came away the most successful Olympic champion in history.
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