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- Matt Biondi has been the best U.S. male
- swimmer since Mark Spitz. Like Mark,
- MattΓÇÖs best strokes were the freestyle
- and butterfly. Matt won his first Olympic
- medal, a gold, in the 4 x 100-meter relay
- at the 1984 Olympics. At the 1988
- Olympics, Matt won seven medals: five
- gold (in the 50-meter and 100-meter
- freestyles, in the 400-meter and 800-
- meter freestyle relays, and in the 400-
- meter medley relay), a silver (in the
- 100-meter butterfly), and a bronze (in
- the 200-meter freestyle). At the 1992
- Olympics, Matt won three medals
- -- bringing his Olympic total to 11 -- to
- tie Mark Spitz!