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Michael Phelps, who won the highest number of gold medals in Olympic Games in 2008 and 2012, broke the record of
A
Grant Hackett
B
Crocker
C
Rebecca Adlington
D
Mark Spitz
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In Athens he won six gold medals and two bronzes, falling just short of Mark Spitz’s world record (seven golds at Munich 1972). Beijing 2008 would see the greatest ever medal haul by a single athlete in an Olympic Games. Phelps won eight golds – every event he entered – and broke World Records in seven of them.

Detailed explanation-2: -At the 2008 Games in Beijing, he became the first athlete to win eight gold medals at a single Olympics. Phelps was raised in a family of swimmers and joined the prestigious North Baltimore Aquatic Club at age seven.

Detailed explanation-3: -ESPN.com: Spitz lived up to enormous expectations. Mark Spitz, considered the swiftest swimmer of all time, made his big splash during the 1972 Olympics, becoming the first athlete to win seven gold medals in an Olympiad. His performances were even more remarkable considering world records were set in all seven events.

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