One Games, One Body: Single-Olympics Hauls That Broke the Sport

Phelps' 8 golds in Beijing 2008 still stands untouched — and in 2026 Klaebo did something no Winter Olympian ever had: six-for-six.

The top 3

  1. Beijing 2008: Phelps Wins 8 Golds in 9 Days: Michael Phelps broke Mark Spitz's 36-year single-Games record with 8 golds in Beijing, en route to all-time career records of 23 golds and 28 medals.
  2. Klaebo's Clean Sweep: Six-for-Six at Milano Cortina 2026: Johannes Hosflot Klaebo won all six cross-country events — the first 6-gold Winter Games ever, smashing Eric Heiden's record of 5 from 1980 — and now sits second all-time in golds (11) behind only Phelps.
  3. Munich 1972: Spitz Goes 7-for-7 — All in World-Record Time: Mark Spitz won 7 golds at a single Games, every one a world record — the benchmark that stood 36 years until Phelps took it down.

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