"Brings back so many memories"- Michael Phelps becomes nostalgic as he reacts to Athens Olympics race dominated by Ian Thorpe

Michael Phelps recently looked back with nostalgia on the 2004 Athens Olympics, especially the 200m men's freestyle event, where Ian Thorpe impressed. While Phelps collected eight medals at the 2004 edition, Thorpe bagged four, including two gold, one silver, and one bronze medal.

The American and the Australian swimmer locked horns in the 200m men's freestyle event, with the latter emerging victorious after clocking a stunning time of 1:44.71 to register an Olympic record. He was followed by Peter Van Dan Hoogenband and the legendary swimmer Phelps, who clocked timings of 1:45.23 and 1:45.32, respectively.

Phelps' listed time also marked a new American record of the event. 10 years after the race, the American reminisced about the moment, calling it a fun race.

"Fun race with fellas," he wrote. "Brings back so many memories."

Screenshot of Phelps' Instagram story.

Watch the glimpse of the 200m men's freestyle event at the 2004 Athens Olympics here:

At the same Olympics, Thorpe also dominated the 400m freestyle event by clocking 3:43.20 and defeated fellow teammate Garnt Hackett, who recorded 3:46.36. He secured a silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle event and posted a time of 48.56 seconds to secure a bronze medal in the men's 100m freestyle event.

Michael Phelps collected the highest number of Olympic medals at the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Games throughout all his appearances at the Quadrennial event

Michael Phelps during the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. (Image Source: Getty)

Michael Phelps collected the highest number of medals from all his Olympic appearances at the Athens and Beijing Olympics.

At Athens 2004, apart from his bronze medal in the men's 200m, he collected six gold medals in the 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly, 200m medley, 400m medley, 4x200m freestyle, 4x100m medley, and another bronze medal in 4x100m freestyle event.

His 400m medley medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics marked the first Olympic gold medal of his career while also marking a new world world record in the discipline. Phelps' recorded times of 51.25 seconds, 1:54.04, and 1:57.14 marked the Olympic record in the 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly, and 200m medley events, respectively.

He repeated the same feat of collecting eight medals at a single edition of the Games in Beijing, where apart from the 100m butterfly event, all other events were certified as world records. At the London and Rio Games, Phelps collected six and five medals, respectively.