He’s Back! Michael Phelps Wins His 19th Olympic Gold Medal

His 23rd medal overall.

1. US
Caeleb Dressel/Michael Phelps/Ryan Held/Nathan Adrian: 3 min 9.92s
2. France
Mehdy Metella/Fabien Gilot/Florent Manaudou/Jeremy Stravius: 3 min 10.53s
3. Australia
James Roberts/Kyle Chalmers/James Magnussen/Cameron McEvoy: 3 min 11.37s

Michael Phelps won the 19th gold medal of his Olympic swimming career on Monday after helping the US men’s team to victory in the 4x100 metres freestyle relay.

The 31-year-old, making his first competitive appearance in the pool at his fifth Games after sitting out of the heats, now has an unprecedented 23 Olympic medals with two silvers and two bronzes filling out his tally.

London 2012 champions France took the silver medal and Australia the bronze.