World Cup, Berlin: Day One Prelims Complete

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BERLIN, Germany, November 15. THE first day of preliminary action during the final stop of the 2008 FINA World Cup circuit held in Berlin, Germany came to a conclusion.

Men's 100 freestyle
South Africa's Darian Townsend led the way with a 47.41, while France's Alain Bernard (47.73), Sweden's Stefan Nystrand (47.74) and South Africa's Lyndon Ferns (47.99) were among the top four.

Russia's Evgeny Lagunov (48.05), Andrey Grechin (48.30) and Alexander Sukhorukov (48.50) as well as Croatia's Mario Todorovic (48.54) made up the top eight.

Women's 200 freestyle
France's Coralie Balmy topped qualifying in 1:56.34, while Kara Lynn Joyce of the U.S. (1:57.42) and Sweden's Petra Granlund (1:58.06) touched second and third.

Germany's Silke Lippok (1:58.19), Japan's Haruka Ueda (1:58.36), Sweden's Josefin Lillhage (1:58.46), Germany's Lisa Vitting (1:58.74) and Great Britain's Lucy Worrall (1:59.20) comprised the rest of the top eight.

Men's 50 breaststroke
South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh placed first in 26.79, while Kazakhstan's Vlad Polyakov (27.28), Australia's Christian Sprenger (27.99) and Germany's Erik Steinhagen (28.03) earned the center lanes.

Germany's Hendrik Feldwehr (28.18), Germany's Florian Abele (28.22), Japan's Ryo Tateishi (28.44) and Germany's Marco Koch (28.48) grabbed the rest of the transfer spots.

Women's 100 breaststroke
Australia's Sarah Katsoulis qualified first in 1:05.85, while Tara Kirk of the U.S. (1:06.94), France's Sophie de Ronchi (1:07.59) and Germany's Sonja Schoeber (1:07.63) finished second through fourth.

Australia's Sally Foster (1:07.84), Denmark's Rikke Moller Pedersen (1:08.31), Switzerland's Patrizia Humplik (1:08.40) and Russia's Alena Alekseeva (1:08.59) wrapped up the championship eight.

Women's 100 butterfly
Brazil's Gabriella Silva paced prelims in 58.75, while Germany's Daniela Samulski took second in 58.90. South Africa's Mandy Loots (59.25) and Sweden's Petra Granlund (59.47) placed third and fourth.

Singapore's Li Tao (59.52), Australia's Amy Smith (59.73), Great Britain's Lucy Worrall (59.97) and Switzerland's Martina van Berkel (1:00.25) also made finals.

Men's 100 backstroke
Australia's Ashley Delaney (52.74) and Robert Hurley (52.86) went 1-2, while Russia's Artem Dubovskoy (53.04) took third.

Randall Bal (53.31) and newly-minted world-record holder Peter Marshall (53.55) of the U.S. finished fourth and fifth, while Brazil's Guilherme Guido (53.71), Spain's Aschwin Wildeboer (53.78) and Japan's Ryosuke Irie (53.81) earned top eight honors.

Women's 50 backstroke
Germany's Daniela Samulski claimed the top seed in prelims with a time of 27.62. Brazil's Fabiola Molina (28.23), Croatia's Sanja Jovanovic (28.39) and Singapore's Jia Yi Shana Lim (28.47) finished second through fourth.

Denmark's Elspa Morkore (28.65), Russia's Anastasia Zueva (28.65), Denmark's Pernille Larsen (28.76) and Norway's Katharina Stiberg (28.79) made top eight.

Men's 200 butterfly
France's Christophe Lebon (1:56.40), Russia's Nikolay Skvortsov (1:57.82), Australia's Chris Wright (1:57.88) and Germany's Benjamin Bilski (1:57.93) grabbed top four spots.

Germany's Toni Embacher (2:00.10) and Friedrich Grott (2:00.68) as well as Hong Kong's Kai Wai Wong (2:00.79) and Germany's Simon Becker (2:01.34) also transferred to finals.

Women's 200 IM
Germany's Therese Michalak (2:11.23) and France's Sophie de Ronchi (2:11.70) took the center lanes, while Germany's Sonja Schoeber (2:12.52) and South Africa's Mandy Loots (2:13.38) will bracket them.

Denmark's Louise Jansen (2:13.97) and Katrine Sorensen (2:14.45) as well as Great Britain's Emma Smithurst (2:15.00) and Sophie Allen (2:15.11) made finals.

Men's 400 freestyle
Germany's Paul Biedermann led the way in the middle distance event with a 3:48.37. Tunisia's Ous Mellouli (3:48.43), Denmark's Mads Glaesner (3:49.89) and Australia's Nicholas Ffrost (3:50.50) went 2-3-4.

Great Britain's Ryan Bennett (3:50.66), Denmark's Jon Rud (3:51.07), Germany's Robin Backhaus (3:51.63) and Norway's Gard Kvale (3:52.35) also earned finale spots.

Women's 50 freestyle
Australia's Marieke Guehrer and Sweden's Therese Alshammar tied for the top spot with matching 24.72s. Kara Lynn Joyce of the U.S. (25.02) and Germany's Petra Dallmann (25.05) placed third and fourth.

Australia's Sally Foster (25.09), Sweden's Josefin Lillhage (25.19), Australia's Alice Mills (25.27) and Russia's Anastasia Aksenova (25.31) wound up in the top eight.

Men's 200 breaststroke
Japan's Kazuki Otsuka cruised in prelims with a time of 2:09.59, while Denmark's Chris Christensen (2:11.70), Japan's Ryo Tateishi (2:12.07) and Ukraine's Igor Borysik (2:12.12) touched second through fourth.

Kazakhstan's Vlad Polyakov (2:12.35), Germany's Florian Abele (2:12.49), Australia's Christian Sprenger (2:12.67) and Germany's Troy Arnicke (2:12.75) finished in the championship eight.

Men's 100 IM
South Africa's Darian Townsend led the sprint medley in 54.01, while Germany's Alexander Mueller (54.80) and Markus Deibler (54.91) took second and third.

Tunisia's Ous Mellouli (54.97), Lithuania's Vytautas Janusaitis (55.10), Croatia's Sasa Impric (55.46), Austria's Martin Spitzer (55.62) and Denmark's Kristian Outinen (55.78) comprised the rest of the finale.

Women's 200 backstroke
Japan's Tomoyo Fukuda (2:08.49), New Zealand's Melissa Ingram (2:10.31), Germany's Jenny Mensing (2:10.49) and Christin Zenner (2:10.54) grabbed the top half of the finale seeds.

Denmark's Elspa Morkore (2:11.26), Pernille Larsen (2:11.51), Switzerland's Martina van Berkel (2:13.11) and Hong Kong's Yin Yan Lau (2:13.17) also took finals spots.

Men's 50 butterfly
World-record holder Matt Jaukovic of Australia qualified first in 23.10, while Germany's Leif Marten Krueger (23.34) and Johannes Dietrich (23.45) took second and third.

Russia's Evgeny Korotyshkin (23.54), South Africa's Lyndon Ferns (23.58), Croatia's Mario Todorovic (23.64) and Brazil's Nicholas Santos (23.66) touched fourth through seventh.

Russia's Nikolay Skvortsov and Japan's Kohei Kawamoto set up a swimoff with eighth-place times of 23.75. Kawamoto wound up winning, 23.47 to 23.68.

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