Sara Nordenstam ('06, right), competing for her home nation of Norway, brought home the bronze in the women's 200M breaststroke Aug. 14. The former Mustang's time of 2:23.02 set a new European record and made her the first Norwegian woman to medal in an Olympic swimming event.

Lars Frolander ('98) swam for Sweden in the men's 4x100M freestyle relay final Aug. 11, in which the USA's Jason Lezak out-touched individual world-record holder Alain Bernard of France for the team gold medal and a new event world record. The Swedish team finished fifth and was one of five teams that swam faster than the previous world record time.

Nastia Liukin, who attended SMU in 2007, helped make Olympic history with her gold-medal performance in the women's gymnastics all-around competition Aug. 14. Teammate Shawn Johnson took silver, marking the first one-two finish for U.S. women in the all-around division.