Has Michael Phelps won gold in every race he has been in this year?

Question

Has Michael Phelps won gold in every race he has been in this year?

Answer 1

Yes, he has won 11 gold medals in his lifetime and also in this year.

Answer 2

In the Olympics:

In all of the finals, yes. However, he has not won all of his preliminaries, which, of course, doesn't matter because, for those, he only needs to get a fast enough time to qualify for the finals (medal races). So far he has won 5 golds in Beijing.

I'm not sure about any other competitions.

Answer 3

If I understand your question correctly then: no, but he's undefeated in the following races for 2008:

200 free

400 free

200 back

100 fly

200 fly

200 IM

400 IM



(He's won all of the gold medals available to him in the races he's participated in the Olympics this year but I don't believe that's what you're asking.)

He swam in the Missouri Grand Prix meet (in February) in the 100 Breaststroke (6th) and 100 Backstroke (2nd by .14 seconds to Aarol Piersol) and did not win either gold.

He won the 200 free, 400 IM, 100 fly, and the 200 fly at this meet though.