Top Olympic medal winners

POSTED: 10:59 PM Jul 24 2012 UPDATED: 9:15 AM Jul 26 2012

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As Michael Phelps begins his quest to become the athlete with the most Olympic medals ever, take a look at where he ranks among the most winningest Olympic athletes of all time.

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Some athletes have won multiple medals at either the Summer Olympic Games or the Winter Olympic Games. Take a look at the most winningest Olympic athletes of all time.

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Dara Torres

Jenny Thompson

Sawao Kato

Bjørn Dæhlie

Birgit Fischer

Paavo Nurmi

Takashi Ono

Edoardo Mangiarotti

Boris Shakhlin

Nikolay Andrianov

Michael Phelps, 200m freestyle

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