Created Wed 23rd Jul 2008 9:34am PST by 
marksbren
marksbren 
How many world records will Michael Phelps break during the 2008 Olympics?
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Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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Settled as 7 or 8 on Sat 16th Aug 2008 7:26pm PST
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Suspend date: Fri 22nd Aug 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Sat 16th Aug 2008 7:26pm PST
Initial likelihoods: 1 or 2: 40%, 3 or 4: 20%, 5 or 6: 7%, 7 or 8: 3%, None: 30%
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Created Wed 23rd Jul 2008 9:34am PST by marksbren
marksbren
Suspended Sat 16th Aug 2008 7:05pm PST by 
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: Flagged by super user: Manually suspended at 11:05 PM EDT -- before the beginning of the Men's 4x100 Medley Relay.
newswrangler: Flagged by super user: Manually suspended at 11:05 PM EDT -- before the beginning of the Men's 4x100 Medley Relay.
Settlement requested Sat 16th Aug 2008 7:15pm PST by jake
: Settle as 7 or 8.
http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWM451100/index.html
jake: Settle as 7 or 8.
http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWM451100/index.html
Settlement requested Sat 16th Aug 2008 7:24pm PST by achew22
: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/sports/olympics/17phelpsweb.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Phelps has won his 7th world record
From the article
"The United States won the 4x100-meter medley relay in 3:29.34, a world record, for Phelps’ eighth gold medal of the Beijing Games."
achew22: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/sports/olympics/17phelpsweb.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Phelps has won his 7th world record
From the article
"The United States won the 4x100-meter medley relay in 3:29.34, a world record, for Phelps’ eighth gold medal of the Beijing Games."
Settled as '7 or 8' Sat 16th Aug 2008 7:26pm PST by 
mrperfkt![[Admin]](http://www.hubdub.com/images/icon_admin.gif "This user is an admin")
: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/sports/olympics/17phelpsweb.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
mrperfkt: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/sports/olympics/17phelpsweb.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Clarified Sun 17th Aug 2008 8:45am PST by mrperfkt: In respnose to flag - I count at least 7 or 8 here:
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/REC/index.shtml
mrperfkt: In respnose to flag - I count at least 7 or 8 here:
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/REC/index.shtml
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Note, it wouldn't count twice if he broke the 100fly in the prelims and then broke his own record again in the finals. We will count only one WR per event.
From the article:
"High-profile athletes like Michael Phelps have been extensively tested, each time with both blood and urine tests. He had a test Aug. 2, when the United States swim team was in Singapore. The team arrived at the Olympic Village in Beijing on Aug. 4, and Phelps was tested again.
“We had been here an hour in the village when they went here and got him,” said Dr. Scott A. Rodeo, a team physician for USA Swimming who is an orthopedist at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Since then, Phelps has been tested seven times, Rodeo said, including twice on Aug. 11."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/sports/olympics/16doping.html?ref=sports
From the article,
"BEIJING — With the help of his teammates on Sunday, Michael Phelps surpassed Mark Spitz, 36 years after Spitz’s record haul of seven gold medals at the Munich Games. The United States won the 4x100-meter medley relay in 3:29.34, a world record, for Phelps’ eighth gold medal of the Beijing Games."
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