Olympics-Swimming-Women's 100m backstroke qualifiers

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Olympic swimming women's 100m backstroke
fastest qualifiers in Beijing on Monday.
1. Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe) 58.77 seconds Q WR
2. Natalie Coughlin (United States) 59.43 Q
3. Reiko Nakamura (Japan) 59.64 Q
4. Anastasia Zueva (Russia) 59.77 Q
5. Gemma Spofforth (Britain) 59.79 Q
6. Margaret Hoelzer (United States) 59.84 Q
7. Hanae Ito (Japan) 1:00.13 Q
8. Laure Manaudou (France) 1:00.19 Q
9. Emily Seebohm (Australia) 1:00.31
10. Elizabeth Simmonds (Britain) 1:00.39
11. Nina Zhivanevskaya (Spain) 1:00.50
12. Julia Wilkinson (Canada) 1:00.60
13. Sophie Edington (Australia) 1:01.05
14. Kseniya Moskvina (Russia) 1:01.06
15. Antje Buschschulte (Germany) 1:01.15
16. Liz Coster (New Zealand) 1:01.45 Q = Qualified
for final

(Compiled by Infostrada Sports, Editing by Padraic Halpin)
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