The Captain of Team Canada's equestrian team, Ian Miller competed for medals from 1972 to 2012. He never won a gold, only silver in the team jumping event.
Since table tennis was added to the Olympics in '88, China has secured 53 out of the 100 medals that have been up for grabs. The country with the second most gold medals is South Korea — and they have three.
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt broke the record in 2008, by more than a tenth of a second, it seemed like an impossible standard. The closest was Tyson Gay at 9.69 seconds, but that's a world of difference for runners.
Inarguably the greatest athlete in Olympic history, Phelps has more gold medals than anyone by a very large stretch. A lot of people are in a distant second place with nine gold medals, including Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis.
Ever since the modern day Olympics were formed in 1896, no country has won more medals in a single Olympic games since the US did it in St. Louis.