Correction for the speed of Michael Phelps
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How fast is 8 kilometers per hour?
It's about one-and-one-tenth times as fast as Michael Phelps
The speed of Michael Phelps is about 6.9930 kilometers per hour.
(at the Beijing Olympics, 2008;
200 m freestyle) (a.k.a. Michael Fred Phelps) (swimmer; 1985-)
Setting a world record, Michael Phelps swam the
200 m freestyle in
1:42.96 for an average speed of
6.993 kph. Phelps would go on to win nine gold medals individually in the 2008 Olympics - more than all but eight of the competing nations.
MLA Style (8th Ed.)
"Correction for the speed of Michael Phelps" The Measure of Things, 2025, www.themeasureofthings.com/correction.php?comp=speed&unit=kmh&amt=8&i=130. Accessed 24 Apr 2025.
APA Style (7th Ed.)
The Measure of Things. (2025). Correction for the speed of Michael Phelps. Retrieved April 24, 2025 from www.themeasureofthings.com/correction.php?comp=speed&unit=kmh&amt=8&i=130
Chicago Style (17th Ed.)
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