The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic GamesAugust 8-24 2008
(BEIJING, August 17) -- With another world-record setting time of 3:29.34, Michael Phelps won his historic eighth gold medal in the Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay with teammates Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen and Jason Lezak. With 14 in total, Phelps now stands alone in sports history with the most Olympic gold medals.
The defending Olympic champion US team updated their world record time by 1.34 seconds. Australia won the silver in 3:30.04 and Japan took bronze at 3:31.18.
