The number 189 Viewers, in millions, who had watched the Olympics through the first eight days. That’s 4 million more than the 2008 Games in Beijing through the same time period. The Beijing Olympics hold the record for the most- watched event in U.S. television history with 215 million viewers. Total Medal count Top five through Saturday Full list, Page 13 26 13 15 54 U.S. 25 16 12 53 China 14 7 8 29 Britain 3 15 10 28 Russia 2 10 12 24 Japan Total LONDON OLYMPICS Haul mark : 22 Michael Phelps closes book on legendary Olympic career with gold medal in 400 medley relay ATHENS 2004 OLYMPIC AQUATICS CENTER (ATHENS) MEET AUG. 14 THROUGH AUG. 21 BEIJING 2008 NATIONAL AQUATICS CENTER (BEIJING) SWIMMING MEET AUG. 9 THROUGH AUG. 17 LONDON 2012 AQUATICS CENTRE (LONDON) MEET JULY 28 THROUGH SATURDAY AUG. 14 AUG. 14 400 IM 400 IM Gold Gold 4:08.26 (WR) 4:08.26 (WR) T G S B 1 1 0 0 AUG. 10 AUG. 10 400 IM 400 IM Gold Gold 4:03.84 (WR) 4:03.84 (WR) T G S B 9 7 0 2 AUG. 13 AUG. 13 800 free relay 800 free relay Gold Gold 6:58.56 (WR) 6:58.56 (WR) T G S B 13 11 0 2 JULY 29 JULY 29 400 free relay 400 free relay Silver Silver 3:10.38 3:10.38 T G S B 17 14 1 2 TUESDAY TUESDAY 200 butterfly 200 butterfly Silver Silver 1:53.01 1:53.01 T G S B 18 14 2 2 TUESDAY TUESDAY 800 free relay 800 free relay Gold Gold 6:59.70 6:59.70 T G S B 19 15 2 2 THURSDAY THURSDAY 200 IM 200 IM Gold Gold 1:54.27 1:54.27 T G S B 20 16 2 2 FRIDAY FRIDAY 100 butterfly 100 butterfly Gold Gold 51.21 51.21 T G S B 21 17 2 2 SATURDAY SATURDAY 400 med. relay 400 med. relay Gold Gold 3:29.35 3:29.35 T G S B 22 18 2 2 AUG. 19 AUG. 19 200 IM 200 IM Gold Gold 1:57.14 (OR) 1:57.14 (OR) T G S B 6 4 0 2 AUG. 15 AUG. 15 400 free relay 400 free relay Bronze Bronze 3:14.62 3:14.62 T G S B 2 1 0 1 AUG. 11 AUG. 11 400 free relay 400 free relay Gold Gold 3:08.24 (WR) 3:08.24 (WR) T G S B 10 8 0 2 AUG. 15 AUG. 15 200 IM 200 IM Gold Gold 1:54.23 1:54.23 T G S B 14 12 0 2 AUG. 20 AUG. 20 100 butterfly 100 butterfly Gold Gold 51.25 (OR) 51.25 (OR) T G S B 7 5 0 2 AUG. 16 AUG. 16 200 freestyle 200 freestyle Bronze Bronze 1:45.32 (AR) 1:45.32 (AR) T G S B 3 1 0 2 AUG. 12 AUG. 12 200 freestyle 200 freestyle Gold Gold 1:42.96 (WR) 1:42.96 (WR) T G S B 11 9 0 2 AUG. 16 AUG. 16 100 butterfly 100 butterfly Gold Gold 50.58 (OR) 50.58 (OR) T G S B 15 13 0 2 AUG. 13 AUG. 13 200 butterfly 200 butterfly Gold Gold 1:52.03 (WR) 1:52.03 (WR) T G S B 12 10 0 2 AUG. 17 AUG. 17 400 med. relay 400 med. relay Gold Gold 3:29.34 (WR) 3:29.34 (WR) T G S B 16 14 0 2 AUG. 21 AUG. 21 400 med. relay 400 med. relay Gold Gold 3:30.68 (WR) 3:30.68 (WR) T G S B 8 6 0 2 AUG. 17 AUG. 17 200 butterfly 200 butterfly Gold Gold 1:54.04 (OR) 1:54.04 (OR) T G S B 4 2 0 2 AUG. 17 AUG. 17 800 free relay 800 free relay Gold Gold 7:07.33 (AR) 7:07.33 (AR) T G S B 5 3 0 2 LONDON — It is not the American way for an ath- lete to bid farewell from the top of the mountain. There is always one more season, one more challenge, one more contract. Willie Mays stumbled infamously around center field. Brett Favre made a mockery of the word “re- tirement.” Shaquille O’Neal morphed into the Big Bit Player. Michael Phelps did it his way, this way: Gold. Gold. Gold. Gold. Gone. “I did everything I wanted to,” he said. “If you can say that about your career, there is no need to move forward.” The final session of the Olympic swimming com- petition turned into a Sat- urday night farewell party for the 27-year-old Phelps. The public-address an- nouncer primed the crowd thusly: “Are you ready to see the last race of a certain Michael Phelps?” No matter that the race was a 400-meter relay, with 31 other swimmers com- peting. The U.S. won, with Phelps chasing down the Japanese team during the butterfly leg to put the Americans (Matt Grevers backstroke, Brendan Han- sen breaststroke and Na- than Adrian freestyle) ahead for good. (Butterfly- er Tyler McGill of Cham- paign shared in the gold for swimming prelims.) After the race, swim- mers from other nations lined up to shake Phelps’ hand. B Sunday, August 5, 2012 | Section 3 LONDON — The color of medal and the totality of domination in Saturday’s Olympic women’s singles final were not nearly as hard to comprehend as the wonder of Sere- na Williams’ career. She has now set the bar so high that ensuing reachers may understand- ably not even try. When added up, it is By Bill Shaikin Tribune Olympic Bureau Please turn to Page 14 TRIBUNE, MCT, GETTY, AP, REUTERS PHOTOS WOMEN’S TENNIS By Bill Dwyre Tribune Olympic Bureau Please turn to Page 16 well beyond her 6-0, 6-1 victory over Maria Sharapova in the gold-medal match on Centre Court at Wimble- don. And that was mind-boggling. Williams has now achieved the Golden Slam of tennis — at last one career victory in each of the sport’s major events (Australian, French, U.S. Open and Wimbledon) plus an Olympic singles gold medal. Golden slams the door No woman player merits comparison to Serena