World Swimming Championships

World Swimming Championships
Wednesday
At Melbourne, Australia
Men
50 Breaststroke
Final
1, Oleg Lisogor, Ukraine, 27.66 seconds. 2, Brendan Hansen, United States, 27.69. 3, Cameron Van Der Burgh, South Africa, 27.88. 4, Alessandro Terrin, Italy, 28.09. 5, Kosuke Kitajima, Japan, 28.10. 6, Mickey Malul, Israel, 28.19. 7, Brenton Rickard, Australia, 28.24. 8, Valeriy Dymo, Ukraine, 28.27.
200 Butterfly
Final
1. Michael Phelps, U.S., 1:52.09 (world record, previous 1:53.71 by Phelps Feb. 17, 2007). 2, Wu Peng, China, 1:55.13. 3, Nikolay Skvortsov, Russia, 1:55.22. 4, Moss Burmester, N. Zealand, 1:55.35. 5, Ryuichi Shibata, Japan, 1:55.81. 6, Pawel Korzeniowski, Poland, 1:55.87. 7, Ioannis Drymonakos, Gr.
100 Freestyle
Semifinal 1
1, Filippo Magnini, Africa, 48.87 (Q). 3, Alain Bernard, France, 48.89. 4, Stefan Nystrand, Sweden, 48.92. 5, Simon Burnett, England, 49.22. 6, Dominik Meichtry, Switzerland, 49.27. 7, Christian Galenda, Italy, 49.31. 8, Mitja Zastrow, Netherlands,.41.
Semifinal 2
1. Jason Lezak, United States, 48.51 (Q). 2, Pieter van den Hoogenband, Netherlands, 48.72 (Q). 3, Brent Hayden, Canada, 48.79 (Q). 4, Eamon Sullivan, Australia, 48.86 (Q). 5, Cesar Cielo, Brazil, 48.87, Rolaeman, Southca, 48.87 (Q). 7, Albert Subirats, Venezuela, 49.17. 8, Japan, 2:00.57. 6, Mihail Alexandrov, Bulgaria, 2:01.83. 7, Martin Liivamagi, Estonia, 2:02.39. 8, Andrei Krylov, Russia, 2:02.92.
Semifinal 2
1, Michael Phelps, United States, 1:57.49 (Q). 2, Thiago Pereira, Brazil, 1:58.65 (Q). 3, Tamas Kerekjarto, Hungary, 1:59.51 (Q). 4, Vytautas Janusaitis, Lithuania, 2:00.05 (Q). 5, Leith Brodie, Australia, 2:00.77. 6, Ken Takakuwa, Japan, 2:00.81. 7, Adam Lucas, Australia, 2:02.33. 8, Ioannis Kokkodis, Greece, 2:02.69.
Women
200 Freestyle
Final
1. Laure Manaudou, France, 1:55.52 (world record, previous 1:56.47 by Federica Pellegrini, Italy, March 27, 2007). 2, Annika Lurz, Germany, 1:55.68. 3, Federica Pellegrini, Italy, 1:56.97. 4, Katie Hoff, United States, 1:57.09. 5, Josefin Lillhage, Sweden, 1:57.90. 6, Dana Vollmer, United States, 1:58.30. 7, Caitlin McClatchey, Britain, 1:59.28.
50 Backstroke
Semifinal 1
1. Aliaksandra Herasimenia, Belarus, 28.38 (Q). 2, Reiko Nakamura, Japan, 28.58 (Q). 3, Zhao Jin, China, 28.74 (Q). 4, Irina Amshennikova, Ukraine, 28.91. 5, Margaret Hoelzer, United States, 28.94. 6, Fabiola Molina, Brazil, 29.02. 7, Hannah McLean, New Zealand, 29.22. 8, Elena Gemo, Italy, 29.94.
Semifinal 2
1. Leila Vaziri, United States, 28.16 (world record, previous Janine Pietsch, Germany, May 25, 2005)(Q). 2, Mai Nakamura, Japan, 28.59 (Q). 3, Janine Pietsch, Germany, 28.72 (Q). 4, Tayliah Zimmer, Australia, 28.78 (Q). 5, Gao Chang, China, 28.81 (Q). 6, Anastasia Zueva, Russia, 28.85.
200 Butterfly
Semifinal 1
1, Otylia Jedrzejczak, Poland, 2:08.57 (Q). 2, Sara Isakovic, Slovenia, 2:09.15 (Q). 3, Yuko Nakanishi, Japan, 2:09.21 (Q). 4, Yurie Yano, Japan, 2:10.03. 5, Iana Martynova, Russia, 2:10.45. 6, Jessica Dickons, Britain, 2:11.32..
Semifinal 2
1, Jess Schipper, Australia, 2:07.72 (Q). 2, Kim Vandenberg, United States, 2:08.06 (Q). 3, Jiao Liuyang, China, 2:08.20 (Q). 4, Audrey Lacroix, Canada, 2:08.42 (Q). 5, Aurore Mongel, France, 2:09.21 (Q). 6, Felicity Galvez, Australia, 2:09.49. 7, Choi Hye-ra, South Korea, 2:10.52. 8, Kown You-ri, South Korea, 2:12.42.
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