Mon 11 August 2008 18:30 Evening Session
All qualifying swims, no medals awarded for the evening sessions.
- Women's 200m Freestyle - Heats
1. 1:55.45 WR Federica Pellegrini, ITA
2. 1:55.86 Sara Isakovic, SLO
3. 1:56.97 Caitlin McClatchey, GBR
4. 1:57.20 Katie Hoff, USA
5. 1:57.25 Agnes Mutina, HUN
6. 1:57.37 Jiaying Pang, CHN
7. 1:57.38 Allison Schmitt, USA
8. 1:57.64 Haruka Ueda, JPN - Men's 200m Butterfly - Heats
1. 1:53.70 OR Michael Phelps, USA
2. 1:54.48 Laszlo Cseh, HUN
3. 1:54.65 Kaio Almeida, BRA
4. 1:55.06 Takeshi Matsuda, JPN
5. 1:55.21 Pawel Korzeniowski, POL
6. 1:55.33Nikolay Skvortsov, RUS
7. 1:55.39 Peng Wu, CHN
8. 1:55.42 Gil Stovall, USA - Women's 200m Individual Medley - Heats
1. 2:11.55 Alicia Coutts, AUS
2. 2:11.58 Katie Hoff, USA
3. 2:11.63 Natalie Coughlin, USA
4. 2:11.72 Hannah Miley, GBR
5. 2:11.99 Julie Hjorth-Hansen, DEN
6. 2:12.07 Stephanie Rice, AUS
7. 2:12.16 Camille Muffat, FRA
8. 2:12.18 Kirsty Coventry, ZIM
WR = World Record
Olympic Results and Event Schedule
Olympic Swimming Headquarters
Full Results From the Olympic Swimming Pool
USA Swimming Report: Phelps Breaks Olympic Record in 200m Fly Prelims
Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) set an Olympic record in the prelims of the 200m butterfly Monday, turning in a time of 1:53.70. Phelps is seeded first headed into Tuesday morning's 200m fly semifinal. In addition to Phelps, every American swimming in prelims Monday night advanced to Tuesday morning's semifinals.Gil Stovall (Memphis, Tenn.) also advanced in the men's 200m fly semifinal, qualifying eighth in 1:55.42. Phelps and Stovall are the top two performers in the 200m fly in history.
In the women's 200m free, Italy's Federica Pellegrini set the world record in Monday's semifinal, turning in a time of 1:55.45. American record-holder Katie Hoff (Towson, Md.) and Allison Schmitt (Canton, Mich.) are seeded fourth and seventh, respectively, with times of 1:57.20 and 1:57.38.
In Hoff's second event of the night, the 200m IM, she qualified as the second seed for Tuesday's semifinal with a time of 2:11.58. Natalie Coughlin (Vallejo, Calif.) advanced as the third seed in the event, turning in a time of 2:11.53. The top seed is Alicia Coutts of Australia in 2:11.55.
Olympic swimming competition continues Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. local time with finals in the men's 200m free and 100m back, and the women's 100m back and 100m breast. Semifinals will be contested in the women's 200m free and 200m IM, and the men's 200m fly.
