Aug 01, 2012 07:30 AM EDT
Olympics Swimming Results 2012:Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Missy Franklin and Co. Move on to Semifinals

The U.S. Swimming team continued their strong performance in London as every single American that took that block in Wedneday's morning heats advanced to the evening semifinal competitions.

Jessica Hardy and Missy Franklin finished in 8th and 10th place, respectively, in the Women's 100m Freestyle. Yi Tang of China took first place after completing the race in 53.28.

Clary Tyler and Ryan Lochte finished in first and second place in the Men's 200m Backstroke. Clary beat out Lochte in a stroke that Lochte has perfected. Clary swam a 1:56.24, while Lochte finished .12 seconds behind.

Rebecca Soni took the first place finish in the Women's 200m Backstroke. Rikke Pedersen of Denmark finished in second place, meanwhile Satomi Suzuki took third with a 2:23.22. 

First place in the 200m IM belonged to Laszlo Cseh of Hungary. He swam a 1:57.20 beating out Ryan Lochte, Kosuke Hagino and Michael Phelps for the first place spot in the heats.

The Australian women took first place in the 4x200m Free Relay, while the U.S. squad came in second place. Canada finished in third place.

Here are the full lists of results in all the heats that took place Wednesday morning in London. 

Women's 100m Freestyle

Rank

Athlete

Time

1

TANG Yi

53.28

2

SCHLANGER Melanie

53.50

3

OTTESEN GRAY Jeanette

53.51

4

HERASIMENIA Aliaksandra

53.63

5

KROMOWIDJOJO Ranomi

53.66

6

VANDERPOOL-WALLACE Arianna

53.73

7

HALSALL Francesca

54.02

8

HARDY Jessica

54.09

9

WILKINSON Julia

54.16

=10

SJOSTROM Sarah

54.26

=10

FRANKLIN Missy

54.26

12

UEDA Haruka

54.35

13

SMITH Amy

54.37

14

STEFFEN Britta

54.42

=15

HEEMSKERK Femke

54.43

=15

SCHREIBER Daniela

54.43

Men's 200m Backstroke

Rank

Athlete

Time

1

CLARY Tyler

1:56.24

2

LOCHTE Ryan

1:56.36

3

ZHANG Fenglin

1:56.71

4

IRIE Ryosuke

1:56.81

5

BALOG Gabor

1:56.98

6

GLANIA Jan-Philip

1:57.01

7

DRIEBERGEN Nick

1:57.29

8

TOUMARKIN Yakov

1:57.33

9

BERNEK Peter

1:57.52

10

LARKIN Mitch

1:57.53

11

ORIWOL Tobias

1:58.06

12

LEBHERZ Yannick

1:58.07

13

WATANABE Kazuki

1:58.17

14

KAWECKI Radoslaw

1:58.18

15

PINZON GARCIA Omar

1:58.20

16

DEUS Leonardo

1:58.22

Women's 200m Backstroke

Rank

Athlete

Time

1

SONI Rebecca

2:21.40

2

PEDERSEN Rikke

2:22.69

3

SUZUKI Satomi

2:23.22

4

LAWRENCE Micah

2:24.50

5

CHAUN Anastasia

2:25.39

6

 HOSTMAN Joline

2:25.44

=7

JI Liping

2:25.76

=7

BACK Suyeon

2:25.76

9

van BILJON Suzaan

2:25.94

10

FOSTER Sally

2:26.04

11

EL BEKRI Sara

2:26.05

12

WATANABE Kanako

2:26.38

13

McCABE Martha

2:26.39

=14

EFIMOVA Iuliia

2:26.83

=14

JEONG Darae

2:26.83

16

WALLACE Tessa

2:26.94

Men's 200m Individual Medley

Rank

Athlete

Time

1

CSEH Laszlo

1:57.20

2

LOCHTE Ryan

1:58.03

3

HAGINO Kosuke

1:58.22

4

PHELPS Michael

1:58.24

5

PEREIRA Thiago

1:58.31

6

GODDARD James

1:58.56

7

DEIBLER Markus

1:58.61

8

ROGAN Markus

1:58.66

9

TAKAKUWA Ken

1:58.82

10

RODRIGUES Henrique

1:59.37

11

le CLOS Chad

1:59.45

12

NEVO Gal

1:59.56

13

TRANTER Daniel

1:59.70

14

JANUSAITIS Vytautas

1:59.84

Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Rank

Team

Time

1

Australia

7:49.44

2

United States

7:50.75

3

Canada

7:50.84

4

Italy

7:52.75

5

France

7:52.88

6

China

7:53.66

7

Great Britain

7:54.31

8

Japan

7:54.56

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