Information: - William Gilbert Stovall , V ( born June 3 , 1986 ) is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 2008 Olympic Games . Stovall placed second in his signature event , the 200 - meter butterfly , at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha , Nebraska , with a career - best time of 1:53.86 , which earned him a place on the U.S. Olympic team . At that time , Stovall was the second - fastest swimmer ever in that event , behind only Michael Phelps . Stovall swam competitively for the University of Georgia from 2004 to 2008 . In his final season at Georgia , he broke Melvin Stewart 's 17 - year - old NCAA record in the 200 - yard butterfly at the NCAA Men 's Swimming Championships , winning the title . He now works as a swim coach for the Memphis Tigers - Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer and the most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals (23), Olympic gold medals in individual events (13), and Olympic medals in individual events (16). In winning eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, Phelps broke fellow American swimmer Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven first-place finishes at any single Olympic Games. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Phelps won four gold and two silver medals, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he won five gold medals and one silver. This made him the most successful athlete of the Games for the fourth Olympics in a row. - Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former competitive swimmer, nine-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in seven events. He won seven gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, an achievement surpassed only by Michael Phelps, who won eight golds at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Spitz set new world records in all seven events in which he competed in 1972. Spitz holds more medals than any other Jew in the history of the Olympics. - The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and commonly known as Rio 2016, was a major international multi-sport event held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 August to 21 August 2016. - The 2012 Summer Olympics, formally the Games of the XXX Olympiad and commonly known as London 2012, was a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games, as governed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It took place in London and to a lesser extent across the United Kingdom from 25 July to 12 August 2012. The first event, the group stage in women's football began on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, followed by the opening ceremonies on 27 July. 10,768 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated. Given the information above, choose from the list below the object entity that exhibits the relation 'participant of' with the subject 'gil stovall'. Choices: - 1972 summer olympics - 2008 summer olympics - 2012 summer olympics - 2016 summer olympics - olympic games - sport
2008 summer olympics