Will Mark Spitz's record be broken at this year's Olympics?
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It is 2008 and the Olympics is just around the corner. This year it is being hosted in China and so much controversies have since occurred and I just hope that it will not be affected by boycotts. Reason?
I am actually hoping that the world record of 7 gold medals achieved by the one time great USA swimmer Mark Spitz in the uneventful '72 Munich Olympics, be broken. It has already been 36 years and as the records for the events are ever improving with each meet - it is this record which has stood till today. Will we be looking at another heroic achievement for this Games in Beijing, this year? What do you think? Who do you think will have the potential to break this record? Michael Phelps?
Mark Spitz, the greatest swimmer in history and holder of the most extraordinary achievement of the modern Olympic GamesFor the record:
His remarkable seven gold medals at the 1972 Games.
That summer in Munich, Spitz set four individual World records:
100-Meter (51.22),
200-Meter Freestyle (1:52.78),
100-Meter (54.27), and
200-Meter Butterfly (2:00.70).
He also participated in three relay event World records:
4 x 100 Freestyle (3:26.42),
4 x 200 Freestyle (7:35.78), and
4 x 100 Medley (3:48.16).
He swam the third leg of the 200 Freestyle and 100 Medley, and the last leg of the 100 Freestyle.