Olympics-Swimming-Men's 200m backstroke semi-final results

Aug 14 (Reuters) - Olympic swimming men's 200m backstroke
semi-final results in Beijing on Thursday.

Semi-final 1
1. Aaron Peirsol (United States) 1 minute 55.26 seconds
2. Razvan Ionut Florea (Romania) 1:56.45 Q
3. Hayden Stoeckel (Australia) 1:56.73 Q
4. Arkady Vyatchanin (Russia) 1:56.85
5. Damiano Lestingi (Italy) 1:58.25
6. Gordan Kozulj (Croatia) 1:59.22
7. Tobias Oriwol (Canada) 1:59.50
8. Stanislav Donets (Russia) 1:59.87

Semi-final 2
1. Ryan Lochte (United States) 1:55.40 Q
2. Markus Rogan (Austria) 1:56.34 Q
3. Ryosuke Irie (Japan) 1:56.35 Q
4. Gregor Tait (Britain) 1:56.72 Q
5. Helge Meeuw (Germany) 1:56.85
6. Ashley Delaney (Australia) 1:57.73
7. Keith Beavers (Canada) 1:58.50
8. George du Rand (South Africa) 1:58.61
Q = Qualified for final

(Compiled by Infostrada Sports; editing by Neil Maidment)
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