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Olympics-Swimming-Women's 200m breaststroke final result

Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:20pm EDT
 
 Aug 15 (Reuters) - Olympic swimming women's 200m
breaststroke final result in Beijing on Friday.
 1. Rebecca Soni (United States) 2 minutes 20.22 seconds WR
 2. Leisel Jones (Australia)     2:22.05
 3. Sara Nordenstam (Norway)     2:23.02
 4. Mirna Jukic (Austria)        2:23.24
 5. Yuliya Efimova (Russia)      2:23.76
 6. Annamay Pierse (Canada)      2:23.77
 7. Rie Kanetou (Japan)          2:25.14
 8. Megumi Taneda (Japan)        2:25.23
 WR = world record
 (Compiled by Infostrada Sports, Editing by Padraic Halpin)
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