With a strong butterfly leg in the 4×100 medley relay, Michael Phelps gave his teammate Jason Lezak the lead going into the final leg. The win gave Phelps a record 8 gold medals in one Olympics and seven World Records. Phelps also set an Olympic record in the 100m Fly.
Dara Torres, the 41-year old American swimming in her 5th Olympic Games, came 2nd in the 50m free by the slimmest of margins, 0.01 seconds.
After the medal presentation she was back on the deck for the final of the 4×100 medley relay. Swimming the anchor leg she made inroads on the Aussie, world record 100m holder Lisbeth Trickett but could not catch her.
Add her three silver medals from Beijing to the nine medals (4 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze) Torres won in 4 previous Olympics for a total of 12 Olympic medals. That's only 4 behind Phelp's medal haul of 16 from two Games – Athens and Beijing. As a 15-year old Phelps also had a 5th place finish in the 200m butterfly in Sydney.