Greatness! Michael Phelps Claims 20th & 21st Gold Medals At The Rio Olympic Games

Michael Phelps won his 20th and 21st Olympic gold medals 70 minutes apart. That's 3 more than Argentina as nation since 1900 and 6 more than Jamaica. See the following chart below, the comparison if Michael Phelps was a country:

Olympic gold medals - if Michael Phelps was a country

Position	Country	Number of Olympics	Gold medals
50	Estonia	11	9
49	Belarus	5	12
48	Mexico	22	13
47	North Korea	9	14
46	Czech Republic	5	14
45	Iran	15	15
44	Kazakhstan	5	16
43	Jamaica	16	17
42	Austria	26	18
41	Argentina	23	18
40	MICHAEL PHELPS	5	21
39	Ethiopia	12	21
38	South Africa	18	23
37	Brazil	21	23
36	Kenya	13	25
35	Yugoslavia	16	26
34	United Team of Germany	3	28
33	Greece	27	30
32	Ukraine	5	33
31	Spain	22	37
30	Belgium	25	37
29	Turkey	21	38
28	New Zealand	22	42
27	Denmark	26	43
26	Unified Team	1	45
25	Switzerland	27	47
24	Czechoslovakia	16	49
23	Bulgaria	19	51
22	Norway	24	56
21	West Germany	5	56
20	Canada	25	59
19	Poland	20	64
18	Cuba	19	72
17	Netherlands	25	77
16	South Korea	16	81
15	Romania	20	88
14	Finland	24	101
13	Japan	21	130
12	Russia	5	132
11	Australia	25	139
10	Sweden	26	143
9	East Germany	5	153
8	Hungary	25	167
7	Germany	15	174
6	Italy	26	198
5	China	9	201
4	France	27	202
3	Great Britain	27	236
2	Soviet Union	9	395
1	United States	26	977