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 | | Phelps had the chance to break that record in the 2004 Athens Olympics by competing in eight swimming events: the 200m freestyle, the 100m butterfly, the 200m butterfly, the 100m backstroke, the 200m backstroke, the 200m individual medley, the 400m individual medley, the 4x100m freestyle relay and the 4x100m medley relay. |
| | Unfortunately, his 4x100m freestyle relay team only won a bronze medal due to a disappointing effort by teammate Ian Crocker, and he personally placed for bronze in the 200m freestyle. |
| | The American medley team went on to win the event in world record time, and since he had raced in a preliminary heat of the medley relay, Phelps was also awarded a gold medal along with the team members that competed in the final. |
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