INQUIRER Sports

BEIJING—Olympic Games swimming results in Friday's late session:

Women
50m freestyle (best 16 times qualify for semi-finals)

Heat 1
1. Sameera Al Bitar (BRN) 30.32
2. Gloria Koussihouede (BEN) 37.09
3. Pamela Girimbabazi (RWA) 39.78
4. Djene Barry (GUI) 39.80

Heat 2
1. Zakia Nassar (PLE) 31.97
2. Karishma Karki (NEP) 32.35
3. Zahra Pinto (MAW) 32.53
4. Antoinettl Mouafo (CMR) 33.59
5. Vilayphone Vongphachanh (LAO) 34.79
6. Elisabeth Nikiema (BUR) 34.98
7. Elsie Uwamahoro (BDI) 36.86
8. Mariama Souley Bana (NIG) 40.83

Heat 3
1. Olivia Nakitanda (UGA) 29.38
2. Samantha Paxinos (BOT) 29.91
3. Siko Yobech (PLW) 30.00
4. Julianne Kirchner (MHL) 30.42
5. Debra Daniel (FSM) 30.61
6. Magdalena Moshi (TAN) 31.37
7. Vitiny Hemthon (CAM) 31.41
8. Katerina Izmaylova (TJK) 32.09

Heat 4
1. Ximene Gomes (MOZ) 28.15
2. Senele Dlamini (SWZ) 28.70
3. Virginia Farmer (ASA) 28.82
4. Katerine Moreno (BOL) 29.05
5. Saintsetseg Dashtseren (MGL) 29.63
6. Kiran Khan (PAK) 29.84
7. Aminath Rouya Hussain (MDV) 30.21
8. Ms Doli Akhter (BAN) 30.23

Heat 5
1. Sharon Sierra (HON) 27.19
2. Chinyere Pigot (SUR) 27.66
3. Dalia Torrez (NCA) 27.81
4. Razan Taha (JOR) 27.82
5. Rovena Marku (ALB) 28.15
6. Tojohanitra Andriamanjatoarimanana (MAD) 28.54
7. Diane Etiennette (MRI) 28.83
8. Ana da Silva Romero (ANG) 29.06

Heat 6
1. Rugile Mileisyte (LTU) 26.19
2. Jane Anna-Liza Mopio (PNG) 26.47
3. Yamile Bahamonde (ECU) 26.54
4. Christel Simms (PHI) 26.64
5. Veronica Vdovicenco (MDA) 26.92
6. Ngozi Monu (NGR) 27.39
7. Ellen Hight (ZAM) 27.42
8. Marianela Quesada (CRC) 28.11

Heat 7
1. Carolina Colorado (COL) 26.11
2. Sharntelle McLean (TRI) 26.19
3. Eva Dobar (HUN) 26.33
4. Nina Sovinek (SLO) 26.49
5. Yu Ning Elaine Chan (HKG) 26.54
6. Marina Mulyayeva (KAZ) 26.57
7. Monika Babok (CRO) 26.84
8. Mariya Bugakova (UZB) 29.73

Heat 8
1. Anna Gostomelsky (ISR) 25.23
2. Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace (BAH) 25.40
3. Sandra Kazikova (CZE) 25.54
4. Ragnheidur Ragnarsdottir (ISL) 25.82
5. Natasha Moodie (JAM) 25.95
6. Chii Lin Leung (MAS) 26.75
. Miroslava Najdanovski (SER) DNS
. Bayan Jumah (SYR) DNS

Heat 9
1. Triin Aljand (EST) 25.29
2. Martina Moravcova (SVK) 25.47
3. Anastasia Aksenova (RUS) 25.51
4. Victoria Poon (CAN) 25.58
5. Chang Heejin (KOR) 25.59
6. Oksana Serikova (UKR) 25.65
7. Martha Matsa (GRE) 25.68
8. Vanessa Garcia (PUR) 25.81

Heat 10
1. Cate Campbell (AUS) 24.20 Q
2. Dara Torres (USA) 24.58 Q
3. Francesca Halsall (GBR) 24.93 Q
4. Aleksandra Gerasimenya (BLR) 25.07 Q
5. Anna-Karin Kammerling (SWE) 25.34
5. Flavia Renata Cazziolato (BRA) 25.34
7. Petra Dallmann (GER) 25.43
8. Cristina Chiuso (ITA) 25.74

Heat 11
1. Marleen Veldhuis (NED) 24.38 Q
2. Jeanette Ottesen (DEN) 24.83 Q
3. Therese Alshammar (SWE) 24.94 Q
4. Arlene Arismendi (VEN) 24.98 Q
5. Hinkelien Schreuder (NED) 25.00 Q
5. Li Zhesi (CHN) 25.00 Q
7. Celine Couderc (FRA) 25.22
8. Lize Retief (RSA) 25.44

Heat 12
1. Libby Trickett (AUS) 24.67 Q
2. Britta Steffen (GER) 24.90 Q
3. Zhu Yingwen (CHN) 24.91 Q
4. Malia Metella (FRA) 24.95 Q
5. Kara Lynn Joyce (USA) 25.01 Q
6. Hanna-Maria Seppala (FIN) 25.06 Q
7. Agata Ewa Korc (POL) 25.14
8. Svetlana Khokhlova (BLR) 25.27