Correction for the speed of Michael Phelps
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How fast is 1,000 yards per second?
It's about 450 times as fast as Michael Phelps
The speed of Michael Phelps is about 2.12430 yards per second.
(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 2.12430 yards per second. Phelps would go on to win nine gold medals individually in the 2008 Olympics - more than all but eight of the competing nations.