Olympics-Swimming-Women's 100m freestyle semi-final results

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