Olympics: Singapore's Quah Ting Wen first in 100m freestyle swimming heat two

Thursday, 14 August 2008

SINGAPORE - Singapore's Quah Ting Wen clocked 56.14 seconds to come in first in the 100m freestyle heat two in the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday. But she failed to qualify for the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, another Singapore swimmer, Nicolette Teo, clocked 2:34.60 to come in last in the 200m breaststroke heat 2.

Results:
Women's 100m freestyle (16 best times qualify for semi-finals):

Heat 1
1. Madeleine Scerri (MLT) 57.97
2. Elena Popovska (MKD) 59.93
3. Olga Hachatryan (TKM) 1:14.77

Heat 2
1. Quah Ting Wen (SIN) 56.14
2. Natthanan Junkrajang (THA) 56.56
3. Orsolya Tompa (HUN) 56.57
4. Christel Simms (PHI) 56.67
5. Pin-Chieh Nieh (TPE) 57.28
6. Irina Shlemova (UZB) 58.77

Heat 3
1. Hannah Wilson (HKG) 55.32
2. Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace (BAH) 55.61
3. Birgit Koschischek (AUT) 55.62
4. Chang Heejin (KOR) 55.96
5. Ragnheidur Ragnarsdottir (ISL) 56.35
6. Anna Stylianou (CYP) 56.38
7. Eleni Kosti (GRE) 56.44
8. Nina Sovinek (SLO) 57.30

Heat 4
1. Jeanette Ottesen (DEN) 54.04 Q
2. Anna Gostomelsky (ISR) 55.18
3. Anastasia Aksenova (RUS) 55.29
4. Darya Stepanyuk (UKR) 55.51
5. Arlene Arismendi (VEN) 55.70
6. Triin Aljand (EST) 56.10
7. Miroslava Najdanovski (SER) 56.50
8. Maria Simonetto (ITA) 56.72

Heat 5
1. Francesca Halsall (GBR) 53.93 Q
2. Aleksandra Gerasimenya (BLR) 54.52 Q
3. Cate Campbell (AUS) 54.55 Q
4. Lacey Nymeyer (USA) 54.62 Q
5. Alena Popchanka (FRA) 54.86
6. Martina Moravcova (SVK) 55.20
7. Inge Dekker (NED) 55.23
8. Jana Klusackova (CZE) 55.92

Heat 6
1. Hanna-Maria Seppala (FIN) 53.60 Q
2. Britta Steffen (GER) 53.67 Q
3. Marleen Veldhuis (NED) 53.76 Q
4. Pang Jiaying (CHN) 54.01 Q
5. Josefin Lillhage (SWE) 54.07 Q
6. Petra Dallmann (GER) 54.70
7. Agata Ewa Korc (POL) 55.14
8. Lize Retief (RSA) 55.17

Heat 7
1. Natalie Coughlin (USA) 53.82 Q
2. Lisbeth Trickett (AUS) 53.99 Q
3. Zhu Yingwen (CHN) 54.01 Q
4. Malia Metella (FRA) 54.12 Q
5. Erica Morningstar (CAN) 54.66 Q
6. Julia Wilkinson (CAN) 54.70
7. Tatiana Barbosa (BRA) 55.01
Caitlin McClatchey (GBR) Did not start

Women's 200m breaststroke (16 best times qualify for the semi-finals)

Heat 1
1. Raminta Dvariskyte (LTU) 2:33.32
2. Noora Laukkanen (FIN) 2:38.97
3. Tatiane Sakemi (BRA) 2:39.13

Heat 2
1. Yi Ting Siow (MAS) 2:27.80
2. Alia Atkinson (JAM) 2:29.53
3. Marina Kuc (MNE) 2:31.24
4. Dilara Gunaydin (TUR) 2:31.86
5. Smiljana Marinovic (CRO) 2:32.80
6. Nicolette Teo (SIN) 2:34.60

Heat 3
1. Inna Kapishina (BLR) 2:27.34
2. Adriana Marmolejo (MEX) 2:28.10
3. Katalin Bor (HUN) 2:29.95
4. Sara Elbekri (MAR) 2:30.04
5. Diana Gomes (POR) 2:30.18
6. Nadja Higl (SER) 2:32.78
7. Agustina de Giovanni (ARG) 2:34.94
8. Angeliki Exarchou (GRE) 2:36.83

Heat 4
1. Rie Kaneto (JPN) 2:24.62 Q
2. Annamay Pierse (CAN) 2:25.01 Q
3. Yuliya Efimova (RUS) 2:25.07 Q
4. Elise Matthysen (BEL) 2:27.04 Q
5. Jeong Darae (KOR) 2:27.28 Q
6. Amanda Beard (USA) 2:27.70
7. Olga Detenyuk (RUS) 2:27.87
8. Mireia Belmonte (ESP) 2:29.46

Heat 5
1. Rebecca Soni (USA) 2:22.17 Q
2. Megumi Taneda (JPN) 2:24.75 Q
3. Suzaan van Biljon (RSA) 2:25.51 Q
4. Sally Foster (AUS) 2:25.54 Q
5. Anne Poleska (GER) 2:26.74 Q
6. Kirsty Balfour (GBR) 2:27.87
7. Sophie de Ronchi (FRA) 2:30.93
. Sarah Poewe (GER) Did not start

Heat 6
1. Leisel Jones (AUS) 2:23.81 Q
2. Mirna Jukic (AUT) 2:24.39 Q
3. Sara Nordenstam (NOR) 2:24.47 Q
4. Jung Seulki (KOR) 2:25.95 Q
5. Joline Hostman (SWE) 2:26.00 Q
6. Qi Hui (CHN) 2:26.16 Q
7. Yuliya Pidlisna (UKR) 2:28.84
8. Luo Nan (CHN) 2:29.67