Phelps has more Olympic Golds than 174 countries
With a total of 21 Olympic gold medals, US swimmer Michael Phelps now has more Olympic golds than 174 of the participating countries. Some of the countries the swimmer has gone past in this Olympics include Austria (19 gold medals), Argentina (18), Jamaica (17), and Iran (15). Moreover, Phelps's gold medal count is more than double that of India (9).