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Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:20pm EDT
 
 Aug 16 (Reuters) - Olympic swimming women's 50m freestyle
fastest qualifiers in Beijing on Saturday.
  1. Dara Torres (United States)       24.27 Q seconds
  2. Cate Campbell (Australia)         24.42 Q
  3. Britta Steffen (Germany)          24.43 Q
  4. Marleen Veldhuis (Netherlands)    24.46 Q
  5. Lisbeth Trickett (Australia)      24.47 Q
  6. Hinkelien Schreuder (Netherlands) 24.52 Q
  7. Kara Lynn Joyce (United States)   24.63 Q
  8. Aleksandra Gerasimenya (Belarus)  24.72 Q
  9. Zhu Yingwen (China)               24.76
 10. Francesca Halsall (Britain)       24.80
 11. Jeanette Ottesen (Denmark)        24.86
 12. Malia Metella (France)            24.89
 13. Li Zhesi (China)                  24.90
 14. Therese Alshammar (Sweden)        24.96
 15. Arlene Iradie Semeco Arismendi (Venezuela) 25.05
 16. Hanna-Maria Seppaela (Finland)    25.19
Q = Qualified for final
(Compiled by Infostrada Sports, editing by Lars Janssen)
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