POSTED: Sunday, July 29, 2012 - 7:46pm
UPDATED: Sunday, July 29, 2012 - 11:43pm
LONDON (CNN) — France won the 4x100-meter freestyle swimming relay race, beating the United States, which finished second. American swimmer Michael Phelps earned his 17th Olympic medal, one short of Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina for the all-time record of total medals.