Michael Phelps out swam Milorad Cavic of Serbia with a new Olympic record time of 50.58 to win the Men’s 100m Butterfly final. The win brings Phelps’ seventh gold medal at the Beijing Games and ties the world record for most gold medals at a single Olympics set by Mark Spitz (USA) at the Munich 1972 Games.

This is the only event in which Phelps participates that he does not hold the world record time.

Catch the historical moment on Michael Phelps become the greatest swimmer on Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final, 10:58 a.m.(UTC/GMT +8) on August 17, National Aquatics Center.

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