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Olympics-Swimming-Women's 100m freestyle fastest qualifiers

Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:37pm EDT
 
 Aug 14 (Reuters) - Olympic swimming women's 100m freestyle
semi-final fastest qualifiers in Beijing on Thursday.
 1.  Natalie Coughlin (United States)  53.70 seconds Q
 2.  Marleen Veldhuis (Netherlands)    53.81 Q
 3.  Zhu Yingwen (China)               53.84 Q
 3.  Hanna-Maria Seppaelae (Finland)   53.84 Q
 5.  Francesca Halsall (Britain)       53.94 Q
 6.  Britta Steffen (Germany)          53.96 Q
 7.  Jeanette Ottesen (Denmark)        54.05 Q
 8.  Libby Trickett (Australia)        54.10 Q
 9.  Malia Metella (France)            54.20
 10. Cate Campbell (Australia)         54.54
 11. Josefin Lillhage (Sweden)         54.59
 12. Lacey Nymeyer (United States)     54.74
 13. Petra Dallmann (Germany)          55.05
 14. Aliaksandra Herasimenia (Belarus) 55.31
 15. Erica Morningstar (Canada)        55.36
 .   Pang Jiaying (China)              DSQ
 (Compiled by Infostrada Sports, Editing by Nigel Hunt)
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