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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATHENS, Greece, August 15. NATALIE Coughlin of the United States burst out in the second semifinal of the women\u2019s 100 backstroke to set a new Olympic record at 1:00.17 (split: 29.21) and establish herself, as was expected coming into these Games, as a solid favorite for gold in tomorrow night\u2019s final. <\/p>\n
The old Olympic mark was held by Sydney gold medalist Diana Mocanu (ROM) at 1:00.21. Coughlin is the world record holder at 59.58 and the only woman ever under one minute, which she has done three times, most recently in winning the U.S. Trials. <\/p>\n
Laure Manaudou was second in Coughlin\u2019s heat at 1:00.88, which held for second seed tomorrow in front of Germany\u2019s world champion Antje Buschschulte at 1:00.94. Manaudou\u2019s swim was particularly impressive in that she is the lead seed in the 400 freestyle final later in the session.<\/p>\n
2004 Olympic Games<\/p>\n
Athens, Greece
\nOlympic Aquatic Centre<\/p>\n
August 14-21, 2004<\/p>\n
50 meter pool<\/p>\n
RESULTS
\nDAY TWO Semifinals and FINALS: August 15, 2004 <\/p>\n
Women 100m Backstroke Semifinals <\/b><\/p>\n
Record Split Name NOC Location Date
\nWR 59.58 28.86
\n COUGHLIN Natalie USA Fort Lauderdale (USA) 13 AUG 2002
\nOR 1:00.21 29.80
\n MOCANU Diana Iuliana ROM Sydney (AUS) 18 SEP 2000 <\/p>\n
Event No: 7 <\/p>\n
Rank Heat Lane Name NOC R.T. 50m Time Time
\nBehind
\n1 2 5 COUGHLIN Natalie USA 0.62 29.21 1:00.17
\n30.96 OR
\n2 2 4 MANAUDOU Laure FRA 0.70 29.65 1:00.88
\n31.23 0.71
\n3 1 3 BUSCHSCHULTE Antje GER 0.64 29.61 1:00.94
\n31.33 0.77
\n4 2 1 OERNSTEDT Louise DEN 0.72 29.83 1:01.12
\n31.29 0.95
\n5 2 7 COPE Haley USA 0.67 29.75 1:01.13
\n31.38 0.96
\n6 2 6 ZHIVANEVSKAYA Nina ESP 0.69 29.78 1:01.19
\n31.41 1.02
\n7 1 5 COVENTRY Kirsty ZIM 0.70 30.07 1:01.21
\n31.14 1.04 AF
\n8 1 4 NAKAMURA Reiko JPN 0.63 29.55 1:01.24
\n31.69 1.07 <\/p>\n
9 1 2 ROONEY Giaan AUS 0.67 29.98 1:01.41
\n31.43 1.24 OC
\n10 1 6 KOMAROVA Stanislava RUS 0.79 30.19 1:01.63
\n31.44 1.46
\n11 2 3 INADA Noriko JPN 0.66 29.96 1:01.74
\n31.78 1.57
\n12 2 2 HLAVACKOVA Ilona CZE 0.62 29.84 1:01.81
\n31.97 1.64
\n13 1 7 SEXTON Katy GBR 0.73 30.50 1:01.96
\n31.46 1.79
\n14 1 8 ZHAN Shu CHN 0.68 30.39 1:02.10
\n31.71 1.93
\n15 2 8 GAO Chang CHN 0.79 30.20 1:02.17
\n31.97 2.00
\n16 1 1 PRICE Sarah GBR 0.69 29.96 1:02.48
\n32.52 2.31 <\/p>\n
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