Dana Vollmer set an Olympic record with her 56.25 finish in the Women's 100m Butterfly on Saturday morning.
She will, of course, advance to the Semifinals, which are set to take place tomorrow before the competition's Finals.
Vollmer will be joined in the 100m Butterfly Semis by Ying Lu of China, Alicia Coutts of Australia, Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden, Jeanette Ottemen Gray of Denmark, Liuyang Jao of China, Claire Donahue of the USA, Francesca Halsall of Great Britain, Ellen Gandy also from GB, Inge Dekker from the Netherlands, Li Tao of Singapore, Italian Ilaria Bianchi, Aliaksandra Herasimenia of Belarus, Martina Granstron of Sweden, Japanese Yuka Kato and finally from Switzerland, Kristel Vourna.
In the Men's 400m Freestyle, Americans Peter Vanderkaay and Conor Dwyer both made it on to the Finals. This is what their qualifying list looked like.
| 1 | Sun Yang | 3:45.07 | |||
| 2 | VANDERKAAY Peter | 3:45.80 | |||
| 3 | DWYER Conor | 3:46.24 | |||
| 4 | KIS Gergo | 3:46.77 | |||
| 5 | HAO Yun | 3:46.88 | |||
| 6 | NAPOLEON Ryan | 3:47.01 | |||
| 7 | CARRY David | 3:47.25 | |||
| 8 | COCHRANE Ryan | 3:47.26 |
The Women's 400m Individual medley was highlighted by Great Britain's Hannah Miley, who swam in the third heat of the event. She finished in 4:34.98. The crowd went crazy when she finished the race. American Elizabeth Beisel finished with the best time after posting a 4:31.68.
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1 |
BEISEL Elizabeth |
4:31.68 |
Q |
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2 |
YE Shiwen |
4:31.73 |
Q |
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3 |
HOSSZU Katinka |
4:33.77 |
Q |
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4 |
LI Xuanxu |
4:34.28 |
Q |
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5 |
BELMONTE GARCIA Mireia |
4:34.70 |
Q |
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6 |
MILEY Hannah |
4:34.98 |
Q |
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7 |
RICE Stephanie |
4:35.76 |
Q |
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8 |
LEVERENZ Caitlin |
4:36.09 |
Q |
The Men's 100m Breaststroke qualifiers finished out:
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Rank |
Athlete |
Time |
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1 |
SPRENGER Christian |
59.62 |
Q |
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2 |
KITAJIMA Kosuke |
59.63 |
Q |
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3 |
TITENIS Giedrius |
59.68 |
Q |
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4 |
GYURTA Daniel |
59.76 |
Q |
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5 |
SNYDERS Glenn |
59.78 |
Q |
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6 |
van der BURGH Cameron |
59.79 |
Q |
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7 |
DICKENS Scott |
59.85 |
Q |
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8 |
TATEISHI Ryo |
59.86 |
Q |
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9 |
JAMIESON Michael |
59.89 |
Q |
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10 |
HANSEN Brendan |
59.93 |
Q |
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11 |
SHANTEAU Eric |
59.96 |
Q |
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12 |
SCOZZOLI Fabio |
59.99 |
Q |
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13 |
BENSON Craig |
1:00.04 |
Q |
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14 |
RICKARD Brenton |
1:00.07 |
Q |
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15 |
SILVA Felipe |
1:00.38 |
Q |
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16 |
LIMA Felipe |
1:00.57 |
Q |
In the Women's 4x100m Relay, USA's Swimming team finished in 3:36.53 in Heat 1 but it was Team Australia who came in first place overall with a 3:36.54 race.
USA and Australia will be joined by the Netherlands, China, Japan, Denmark, Sweeden and Great Britain.
Both Sweden and Great Britain finished tied for 7th place with a 3:38.21 finish.
More swimming action will come after 2 p.m. Stay tuned to sportsworldreport.com as we will release live streams of those Finals and Semis.
