On Tuesday night, when Michael Phelps won the 200 meter
butterfly and his 12th individual Olympic title, he tied
Leonidas' record, according to SB Nation .
“ Sometimes you have to wait 2168 years for a record to be
broken. Stat by @bambam1729 — Hilary Evans (@OlympicStatman) August 10,
2016
Phelps may have tied Leonidas' record on Tuesday, but even
then he had more gold medals. That's because during the ancient
Olympics, winners received crowns of olive leaves, not medals, according to SB
Nation .
Phelps has a number of other records: the most medals of any
athlete in Olympic history, the most gold medals in any one Olympic
Games (he had eight in Beijing), as well as world records in a number of
events including the 100m and 200m butterfly, the 400m individual medley, and
the 4x100m and 4x200m freestyle relays.
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