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#4 Mark Spitz Swimming 9 golds (1968-72)
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Mark Spitz is an American former swimmer and Olympic champion. He won 9 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal during the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and the 1972 Munich Olympics. His 7 golds at the 1972 Munich Olympics remained a world record for over 35 years, until Michael Phelps broke it by winning 8 at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Spitz’s only world record that remains unbroken is his setting of 7 different world records in 7 different events; the same events in which he won those 7 gold medals. Swimming World Magazine named Mark Spitz the “World Swimmer of the Year” in 1969, 1971 and 1972.
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