American swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
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Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the world's first perfect 10 for gymnastics at the 1976 Olympics.
Thieves stole up to 68 Olympic artifacts from a museum in Greece.
Charlotte Cooper won a gold medal, making her the first individual female Olympic champion.
Platform diver Tom Daley won his first Olympic gold medal in men's synchronized diving, 13 years after his first Olympic games.
The US won gold in the first-ever women's soccer at the Olympics.
