Tokyo Olympics: US swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins 5th gold medal
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By Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
TOKYO — U.S. swimmer Caeleb Dressel celebrated some more golden moments and joined an elite group in the process.
Photos: US swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins 5th gold medal at Tokyo Olympics The United States' men's 4x100-meter medley relay team, Caeleb Dressel, Zach Apple, Ryan Murphy and Michael Andrew, poses after winning the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Photos: US swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins 5th gold medal at Tokyo Olympics The United States' men's 4x100-meter medley relay team, Caeleb Dressel, Zach Apple, Ryan Murphy and Michael Andrew, celebrate winning the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Photos: US swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins 5th gold medal at Tokyo Olympics Caeleb Dressel, of United States, poses after winning the gold medal in the men's 50-meter freestyle final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Photos: US swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins 5th gold medal at Tokyo Olympics Caeleb Dressel, of the United States, celebrates winning the gold medal the men's 50-meter freestyle final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Photos: US swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins 5th gold medal at Tokyo Olympics Caeleb Dressel, of United States, celebrates after winning the gold medal in a men's 50-meter freestyle final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Photos: US swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins 5th gold medal at Tokyo Olympics Caeleb Dressel, of United States, poses after winning the gold medal in the men's 100-meter butterfly final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Photos: US swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins 5th gold medal at Tokyo Olympics Caeleb Dressel, of the United States, starts the men's 100-meter butterfly final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Photos: US swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins 5th gold medal at Tokyo Olympics Caeleb Dressel, of the United States, swims in the men's 100-meter butterfly final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Photos: US swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins 5th gold medal at Tokyo Olympics Caeleb Dressel, of the United States, poses with the gold medal after winning the men's 100-meter freestyle final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Photos: US swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins 5th gold medal at Tokyo Olympics Caeleb Dressel, of the United States, celebrates after winning the men's 100-meter freestyle final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Photos: US swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins 5th gold medal at Tokyo Olympics United States men's 4x100m freestyle relay team of Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni, Bowen Becker and Zach Apple, celebrate with their medals after winning the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Photos: US swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins 5th gold medal at Tokyo Olympics United States men's 4x100m freestyle relay team Bowen Becker, Blake Pieroni, and Caeleb Dressel celebrate after winning the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Dressel, 24, collected his fifth gold medal of the Tokyo Games on Sunday as part of the men’s 4x100 medley relay, The Associated Press reported. The United States has never lost the event at the Olympics.
Dressel joins Americans Mark Spitz, Michael Phelps and Matt Biondi, along with East Germany’s Kristin Otto, as the only swimmers to win five gold medal in a single Olympics. Phelps achieved the feat three different times, the AP reported.
Earlier, Dressler won the men’s 50-meter freestyle in an Olympic record 21.07 seconds, ESPN reported. It was Dressel’s third gold medal in individual events.
France’s Florent Manadou took the silver medal in 21.55, and Bruno Fratus of Brazil won the bronze in 21.57, the sports network reported.
The previous Olympic record was 21.30 seconds, set in 2008 by Cesar Cielo of Brazil, USA Today reported. Cielo also holds the world record of 20.91, according to the newspaper.
Dressel won the 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly events earlier this week and also took gold in the men’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay.