When do phelps and lochte compete

Barring some wildly improbable qualification letdown, Phelps and Lochte will swim against each other twice in London. Those events are:. Lochte Medal Breakdown: 4 World Championship medals 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze 2 Olympic medals 1 silver, 1 bronze. Olympic Trials. Phelps has already made up some of the ground he lost to Lochte over the last three years, beating his rival in the meter individual medley at the U. With another month of focused training under his belt, Phelps should be able to make up the lingering gap between the two in the IM an event in which he still owns the world record.

Phelps also has the scheduling advantage. Phelps now has a chance to win a fourth consecutive gold in the IM, while Lochte has the opportunity to finally beat Phelps. But while this competition between friends is tipped toward Phelps, Lochte has his own victories. Lochte beat him, and set the standing world record of Both have already made Olympic history. Phelps, who as of this writing has 21 gold medals, is the most decorated athlete in the modern Olympics.

If Phelps wins tonight, he becomes the undisputed greatest Olympian of all time. Lochte, meanwhile, is now the second-most decorated Olympian in modern history. Both secured their latest gold medals on Aug. They swam as teammates in that race, and then yesterday faced off again as competitors in the semifinal of the m IM. Phelps just edged out Lochte for the win.

By providing your email, you agree to the Quartz Privacy Policy. They have known each other for a long time. But one guy wins every time they meet, and one guy wins when the other is not around. Phelps all but retired the title of greatest swimmer of all time what will be their last confrontation, which came in the final of the meter individual medley Thursday night at the Rio Olympics, Phelps blowing away the competition with a freestyle leg that almost defied belief.

Phelps was ahead by. Before Phelps and Lochte raced, perhaps to keep us intrigued, the gentlemen on NBC called this the greatest rivalry in the history of swimming. Phelps has beaten Lochte 10 times. Only the people who think a rivalry looks like Yanks 27 World Series championships vs. Sox eight would think Phelps-Lochte in the IM is a great rivalry.

They are two of the great swimmers. Lochte is