The 2012 Olympic Swimming event already had athletes shattering records. For the United States, 24-year-old Dana Vollmer finished the 100m Butterfly in a World Record 56.25. She finished in first place and will move on to the semifinals.
For the Men's, Japanese swimmer, Kosuke Hagino finished in first place in the 400m Individual Medley with a 4:10.01 for the Asian World Record. Both Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps competed in this race.
Phelps scared many as he came in 8th place overall, which was barely good enough to help him advance to the Finals taking place Saturday afternoon.
He made a comeback on the last leg of the 400m IM and swam past Yannick Lebherz of Germany. Phelps finished in 4:13.33. Lochte better Phelps as he finished in third place overall in the Men's 400m IM as he finished with a 4:12.34.
Here are the results and lists of players competing in the Finals on Saturday after 2 p.m.
400m Individual Medley
Kosuke Hagino
Chad le Chlos
Ryan Lochte
Thiago Pereira
Thomas Holmes-Fraser
Luca Marin
Yuya Horihata
Michael Phelps.
Men's 400m Freestyle
| Sun Yang | |||||
| VANDERKAAY Peter | |||||
| DWYER Conor | |||||
| KIS Gergo | |||||
| HAO Yun | |||||
| NAPOLEON Ryan | |||||
| CARRY David | |||||
| COCHRANE Ryan |
Women's 400m IM
| BEISEL Elizabeth | |||||
| YE Shiwen | |||||
| HOSSZU Katinka | |||||
| LI Xuanxu | |||||
| BELMONTE GARCIA Mireia | |||||
| MILEY Hannah | |||||
| RICE Stephanie | |||||
| LEVERENZ Caitlin |
4x100m Relay
Australia
USA
Netherlands
China
Japan
Denmark
Sweeden
Great Britain.
The following swimmers will compete in the quarterfinals of their designated event
100m Breaststroke
100m Butterfly
Dana Vollmer
Ying Lu
Alicia Coutts
Sarah Sjostrom
Jeanette Ottemen
Liuyang Jao
Claire Donahue
Francesca Halsall
Ellen Gandy
Inge Dekker
Li Tao
Ilaria Bianchi,
Aliaksandra Herasimenia
Martina Granstron of Sweden,
Japanese Yuka Kato
Kristel Vourna.
