While the opening ceremony and women's gymnastics nearly tied for silver, Michael Phelps's record-breaking performance [1] won him yet another gold. With 54 percent of your votes [2], he easily dove into the Best of 2008 [3] on both our poll and Pop's poll [4].

He's still soaking in the gold light while promoting his book [5], posing for magazine covers [6], and appearing on talk shows like the Colbert Report [7]. Look for him in London in 2012 where he plans to swim again, but not break any records. Because, really, whose record would he break — his?

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