Olympics-Swimming-Women's 50m freestyle semi-final results

Aug 16 (Reuters) - Olympic swimming women's 50m freestyle
semi-final results in Beijing on Saturday.

Semi-final one
1. Britta Steffen (Germany) 24.43 seconds
2. Marleen Veldhuis (Netherlands) 24.46
3. Lisbeth Trickett (Australia) 24.47
4. Hinkelien Schreuder (Netherlands) 24.52
5. Kara Lynn Joyce (United States) 24.63
6. Aleksandra Gerasimenya (Belarus) 24.72
7. Francesca Halsall (Britain) 24.80
8. Malia Metella (France) 24.89

Semi-final two
1. Dara Torres (United States) 24.27
2. Cate Campbell (Australia) 24.42
3. Zhu Yingwen (China) 24.76
4. Jeanette Ottesen (Denmark) 24.86
5. Li Zhesi (China) 24.90
6. Therese Alshammar (Sweden) 24.96
7. Arlene Iradie Semeco Arismendi (Venezuela) 25.05
8. Hanna-Maria Seppaela (Finland) 25.19

(Compiled by Infostrada Sports, editing by Lars Janssen)
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