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Olympics-Swimming-Women's 100m breaststroke qualifiers

Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:52pm EDT
 
 Aug 11 (Reuters) - Olympic swimming women's 100m
breaststroke fastest qualifiers in Beijing on Monday.
  1. Leisel Jones (Australia)         1 minute 5.80 seconds Q
  2. Rebecca Soni (United States)     1:07.07 Q
  3. Mirna Jukic (Austria)            1:07.27 Q
  4. Tarnee White (Australia)         1:07.48 Q
  5. Yuliya Efimova (Russia)          1:07.50 Q
  6. Sun Ye (China)                   1:07.72 Q
  7. Megan Jendrick (United States)   1:08.07 Q
  8. Asami Kitagawa (Japan)           1:08.23 Q
  9. Joline Hostman (Sweden)          1:08.26
 10. Annamay Pierse (Canada)          1:08.27
 11. Kate Haywood (Britain)           1:08.36
 12. Chen Huijia (China)              1:08.60
 13. Elise Matthysen (Belgium)        1:09.00
 13. Jillian Tyler (Canada)           1:09.00
 15. Kirsty Balfour (Britain)         1:09.23
 16. Suzaan Van Biljon (South Africa) 1:09.56
 Q = Qualified for final
 (Compiled by Infostrada Sports, Editing by Padraic Halpin)
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