How Many Olympics Was Michael Phelps In. Beijing 2008 would see the greatest ever medal haul by a single athlete in an olympic games. Legendary swimmer michael phelps is back for yet another olympics, but (so far) has only gotten into the pool for some quality time with snoop dogg.

Here, we take a look at michael phelps’ medal performances in each of the olympics he took part in: In 2016, michael phelps won five gold medals and a silver medal at the rio de janeiro olympics.