Jul 30, 2012 06:18 AM EDT
Olympics 2012 Swimming Heats Results: Italy Sweeps in Qualifiers with First Place Finishes, Michael Phelps Advances to Semifinals in Men's 200m Butterfly

Italia made fans feel their presence in Monday morning's Olympic Swimming Heats. They had three members of their national swim team finish in first place.

Dinko Jukic finished first in the 200m Butterfly heats. Federica Pellegrini finished first in the Women's 200m Freestyle and Shiwen Ye closed out the show finishing in first place in the Women's 200m Individual Medley.

In other news, Michael Phelps, Missy Franklin and Allison Schmitt will all be advancing to the semifinals in their respective events after qualifying in Monday's heats.

Phelps came in 5th place in the Men's 200m Butterfly event. Meanwhile, Franklin and Schmitt finished second and third in the Women's 200m Freestyle.

They will all be competing for Finals later on in the day. 

Without further ado, here are the rankings from the heats that took place Monday morning in London. 

Men's 200m Butterfly 

Rank

Athlete

Time

1

 JUKIC Dinko

1:54.79

2

 CLARY Tyler

1:54.96

3

 STJEPANOVIC Velimir

1:54.99

4

 le CLOS Chad

1:55.23

5

 PHELPS Michael

1:55.53

6

 CHEN Yin

1:55.60

7

 KANEDA Kazuya

1:55.70

8

 MATSUDA Takeshi

1:55.81

9

 CSEH Laszlo

1:55.86

10

 WU Peng

1:55.88

11

 KORZENIOWSKI Pawel

1:56.09

12

 D'ARCY Nick

1:56.25

13

 BICZO Bence

1:56.51

14

 WRIGHT Chris

1:56.69

15

 SKVORTSOV Nikolay

1:56.76

16

 DRYMONAKOS Ioannis

1:56.97

Women's 200m Freestyle

Rank

Athlete

Time

1

 PELLEGRINI Federica

1:57.16

2

 SCHMITT Allison

1:57.33

3

 FRANKLIN Missy

1:57.62

=4

 POPOVA Veronika

1:57.79

=4

 COSTA SCHMID Melania

1:57.79

6

 JARDIN Barbara

1:57.92

=7

 McCLATCHEY Caitlin

1:58.03

=7

 SJOSTROM Sarah

1:58.03

9

 CHEVERTON Samantha

1:58.11

10

 BARRATT Bronte

1:58.12

11

 PALMER Kylie

1:58.16

12

 MUFFAT Camille

1:58.49

13

 LIPPOK Silke

1:58.59

14

 WANG Shijia

1:58.73

15

 ITO Hanae

1:58.93

16

 ISAKOVIC Sara

1:58.96

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Rank

Athlete

Time

1

 YE Shiwen

2:08.90

2

 COVENTRY Kirsty

2:10.51

3

 LEVERENZ Caitlin

2:10.63

4

 HOSSZU Katinka

2:10.68

5

 COUTTS Alicia

2:10.74

6

 BELMONTE GARCIA Mireia

2:11.73

7

 KUKORS Ariana

2:11.94

8

 VERRASZTO Evelyn

2:12.17

9

 RICE Stephanie

2:12.23

10

 MILEY Hannah

2:12.27

11

 MICHALAK Theresa

2:12.75

12

 IVRY Amit

2:13.29

13

 LI Jiaxing

2:13.43

14

 KATO Izumi

2:13.85

15

 GOMEZ CORTES Beatriz

2:13.93

16

 MELO Joanna

2:14.26

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