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Olympics-Swimming-Women's 200m butterfly qualifiers

Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:45pm EDT
 
 Aug 13 (Reuters) - Olympic swimming women's 200m butterfly
fastest qualifiers in Beijing on Wednesday.
  1. Liu Zige (China)                2 minutes 6.25 seconds Q
  2. Jess Schipper (Australia)       2:06.34 Q
  3. Jiao Liu Yang (China)           2:06.42 Q
  4. Otylia Jedrzejczak (Poland)     2:06.78 Q
  5. Yuko Nakanishi (Japan)          2:06.96 Q
  5. Kathleen Hersey (United States) 2:06.96 Q
  7. Aurore Mongel (France)          2:07.21 Q
  8. Elaine Breeden (United States)  2:07.73 Q
  9. Jemma Lowe (Britain)            2:07.87
 10. Natsumi Hoshi (Japan)           2:07.93
 11. Micha Ostergaard (Denmark)      2:09.29
 12. Samantha Hamill (Australia)     2:09.58
 13. Audrey Lacroix (Canada)         2:09.74
 14. Petra Granlund (Sweden)         2:09.79
 15. Ellen Gandy (Britain)           2:10.60
 16. Kathryn Meaklim (South Africa)  2:11.74
 Q = Qualified for final
 (Compiled by Infostrada Sports, Editing by Padraic Halpin)
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