Men's 200m and 400m individual medley, 65,438+000m butterfly, 4× 200m freestyle relay and 4× 65,438+000m medley relay won gold medals at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, which missed the 200m freestyle relay and 4× 65,438+000m freestyle relay held by Shpits at the last Olympic Games.

In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, in the men's 400-meter individual medley final, he broke his own world record of 4: 03.84 and won the gold medal in this event. On August 1 1, Beijing time, in the men's 4x 100 freestyle relay, he set a new world record in 3 minutes 08.24 seconds and won the second gold medal. Phelps won the 200-meter freestyle champion again, won the third gold medal and set a new world record again; In the men's 200m butterfly final, Phelps won his fourth gold medal in this Olympic Games. In the men's 4× 200m freestyle relay, the United States broke the world record in 6 minutes 58.56 seconds and won the championship. Phelps won his first gold medal in this Olympic Games. In the men's 200m individual medley final, Phelps broke the world record with a score of 1:54.23 and won his sixth gold medal in this Olympic Games. In the men's 100 meter butterfly final, Phelps won the championship with a score of 50.58 and won his seventh gold medal in this Olympic Games. In the men's 4× 100 meter medley final, Phelps and his teammates set a new world record with a time of 3 minutes 29.34 seconds, and won Phelps' eighth gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games. They realized their dream of eight golds, broke Shpits' record of seven golds in one session, and created the myth of two golds 14.