Vendt led only once in last night's race, after touching at the end of the breaststroke leg an instant before Phelps.

As the breaststroke leg, Hardy recorded a time of 1:07.70, the second-fastest in the field.

He competed for the University of Iowa and first used the stroke in a breaststroke leg of a medley relay.

She had converted from concentrating on the butterfly event to medley swimming, despite difficulties with the breaststroke leg.

His gold came as a member of the 4x100-meter medley relay, swimming the breaststroke leg in 57.15 (the fastest in the field).

Swimming the breaststroke leg, Sztankovics recorded a split of 1:17.43.

She was well ahead of a world-record pace heading into the final lap of the 200 individual medley after a powerful breaststroke leg.

Hoff had just as big a challenge, losing her lead in the race to Beard during the breaststroke leg.

He won a gold medal swimming the breaststroke leg in the final of the men's 4x100-meter medley relay for the winning U.S. team.

His split of 60.6 on the breaststroke leg.