--- title: All of Michael Phelps' Medals Weigh More Than His Son Boomer description: Apparently, all of Michael Phelps' Olympic medals over the span of three games weigh more than his baby son with Nicole Johnson, Boomer. canonical: https://time.com/4453967/rio-2016-olympics-michael-phelps-medals-boomer/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-16T15:38:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:31.896Z og:title: Michael Phelps' Olympic Medals Weigh More Than His Son og:description: All those gold medals really add up og:url: https://time.com/4453967/rio-2016-olympics-michael-phelps-medals-boomer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40cd4c411255d2f1/6988a289428a9e7f51cd3eb4/michael-phelps-son-boomer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: SWIMMING-OLY-2016-RIO-PODIUM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Michael Phelps' Olympic Medals Weigh More Than His Son twitter:description: All those gold medals really add up twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40cd4c411255d2f1/6988a289428a9e7f51cd3eb4/michael-phelps-son-boomer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Apparently, All Of Michael Phelps' Medals Weigh More Than His Baby Son, Boomer > Sponsored content. 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Michael Phelps brought down the curtain on his glittering Olympic career when he helped the USA win 4x100m medley relay gold at the Rio Games on Saturday, taking his personal tally to 23\. / AFP / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images) USA's Michael Phelps poses with his gold medal during the podium ceremony of the Men's swimming 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 13, 2016\. Michael Phelps brought down the curtain on his glittering Olympic career when he helped the USA win 4x100m medley relay gold at the Rio Games on Saturday, taking his personal tally to 23\. / AFP / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images) GABRIEL BOUYS—AFP/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 16, 2016 3:38 PM UTC [Michael Phelps](http://time.com/4452285/rio-2016-olympics-michael-phelps-retirement/) is the [world’s most decorated Olympian](http://time.com/4388909/michael-phelps-qualifies-swimming-rio-olympics-record/), clocking in at[ 28 medals, 23 of them gold](http://time.com/4442634/ledecky-gold-world-record-rio-2016-olympics/) from his participation in three Olympic games. So it should come as no surprise that Phelps revealed to [_E! News_ ](http://www.eonline.com/news/787793/michael-phelps-reveals-whether-baby-boomer-weighs-more-than-his-28-olympic-medals)that he’s pretty sure all 28 of his medals together weigh more than his [three-month-old son, Boomer Phelps.](http://time.com/4443261/rio-2016-olympics-michael-phelps-son/) “The medals might weigh more all together,” he said. “Boomer’s probably 16 or 17 pounds.” Phelps has made no secret of his love of his baby son with fiancee Nicole Johnson, both of whom have joined him for his competition in Rio. Boomer, despite being an infant, has even snagged some of his father’s limelight by adorably sleeping through some of his father’s best career highlights during the games. And Boomer Phelps is no average baby; he’s already had [his first swim lesson](http://time.com/4396589/michael-phelps-son-boomer-swimming/) and has an [Instagram account with over 100k followers](http://time.com/4390479/michael-phelps-baby-instagram-olympics/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4453967/rio-2016-olympics-michael-phelps-medals-boomer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4453967/rio-2016-olympics-michael-phelps-medals-boomer/"},"headline":"Apparently, All Of Michael Phelps' Medals Weigh More Than His Baby Son, Boomer","datePublished":"2016-08-16T15:38:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:31.896Z","description":"All those gold medals can really add up","url":"https://time.com/4453967/rio-2016-olympics-michael-phelps-medals-boomer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","entertainment","swimming","Michael Phelps","Summer Olympics","2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics","Rio 2016 Olympics","Sports"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40cd4c411255d2f1/6988a289428a9e7f51cd3eb4/michael-phelps-son-boomer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40cd4c411255d2f1/6988a289428a9e7f51cd3eb4/michael-phelps-son-boomer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"SWIMMING-OLY-2016-RIO-PODIUM","caption":"SWIMMING-OLY-2016-RIO-PODIUM","creditText":"GABRIEL BOUYS—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4453967/rio-2016-olympics-michael-phelps-medals-boomer/","name":"Apparently, All Of Michael Phelps' Medals Weigh More Than His Baby Son, Boomer"}}]}] ```