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Posted By: davidcycleback

No doubt Phelps is a fine athlete, but a team of 13 basketball players wins one Gold Medal while a swimmer can win 9. So comparing cross sport individual medal counts is often comparing apples with oranges. Even a straight medal comparison between swimming and track doesn't work, as there will never ever ever be a runner who wins the 100 meters and 1500, much less the 100 meters and 10k. We could someday see a 100m winner also win the 400 meters, but that's as far as it will stretch.