Frosted Flakes cereal box featuring Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps

Object Details

Description (Brief): Frosted Flakes cereal box with a color photo of 2008 Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps on the front of the box. Photo of Michael Phelps swimming is located on the back of the box.; The 2008 Summer Olympics, also known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad were held in Beijing, China with 204 countries, 6,305 men and 4,637 women athletes participating. The swimming competition included 65 World and Olympic records being set which most attribute to the use of the Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit developed in part my NASA. Michael Phelps won eight gold medals at these games, the most of any athlete in a single Olympic Games and broke many records. The LZR Racer was subsequently banned from competition as they gave the competitor a technical edge that was deemed unfair by FINA, the International Federation used by the International Olympic Committee for overseeing international water sport competitions. BMX racing was added to the cycling events and American Nastia Liukin won gold in the all-around gymnastic competition. Two disabled athletes competed in the Olympics instead of the Paralympics because neither used a prosthesis to give them an advantage in competition. The United States won the medal count with 112 but China won the gold medal count with 12 more than the Americans.
Location: Currently not on view

Object Name: box; cereal box; cereal box, swimming; cereal box, summer olympics

Physical Description: cardboard (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 11 in x 7 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 19.05 cm x 6.35 cm

National Museum of American History

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