Thompson ended up with 8 GOLD medals (all in relays):
1992 400 meter free relay, 400 meter medley relay
1996 400, 800 meter free relays and 400 meter medley relay (prelims)
2000 400, 800 meter free relays and 400 meter medley relay
Throw in a silver in the 100 meter free in 1992, a bronze in the 100 meter free in 2000 and two silvers in the 400 meter free and 400 meter medley relays in 2004 and that makes 12 (I believe...) but I'd need Skip to back me up...
Heather:
You are correct that Jenny has a total of 12 Medals from the 4 Olympics and with that is the total leader of all time for swimming. A lot of people get confused because somehow they think she swam the prelims of the 800 Free Relay in 2004 and had swam that event in the previous two Olympics (1996, 2000) and that is why they come up with 13 total medals. She passed both Mark Spitz and Matt Biondi and they had totaled 11 medals in there Olympic careers. Something tells me that Michael is going to be the all time leader after 2008.
Thompson ended up with 8 GOLD medals (all in relays):
1992 400 meter free relay, 400 meter medley relay
1996 400, 800 meter free relays and 400 meter medley relay (prelims)
2000 400, 800 meter free relays and 400 meter medley relay
Throw in a silver in the 100 meter free in 1992, a bronze in the 100 meter free in 2000 and two silvers in the 400 meter free and 400 meter medley relays in 2004 and that makes 12 (I believe...) but I'd need Skip to back me up...
Heather:
You are correct that Jenny has a total of 12 Medals from the 4 Olympics and with that is the total leader of all time for swimming. A lot of people get confused because somehow they think she swam the prelims of the 800 Free Relay in 2004 and had swam that event in the previous two Olympics (1996, 2000) and that is why they come up with 13 total medals. She passed both Mark Spitz and Matt Biondi and they had totaled 11 medals in there Olympic careers. Something tells me that Michael is going to be the all time leader after 2008.
