Sporting Digest: Swimming

EPSON WORLD CUP SHORT COURSE (Hong Kong): Men: 50m backstroke: 1 M Harris (GB) 25.08sec; 2 V Selkov (Rus) 25.12; 3 A Popov (Rus) 25.17. 50m breaststroke: 1 R Dekker (Neth) 27.58sec; 2 Chen Jianhong (Ch) 27.63; 3 V Ivanov (Rus) 29.97. 50m butterfly: 1 M Foster (GB) 24.49; 2 D Pankratov (Rus) 24.52; 3 L A Laera (It) 24.60. 50m freestyle: 1 R Majuolis (Lith) 21.80; 2 Popov 21.84; 3 Hu Bin (Ch) 21.96; 4 Foster 22.11. 100m breaststroke: 1 Dekker 1:00.40; 2 Ivanov 1:00.85; 3 A Korneev (Rus) 1:01.44; 6 N Gillingham (GB) 1:03.10. 100m butterfly: 1 D Pankratov (Rus) 53.01; 2 Laera 53.63; 3 Jiang Chenji (Ch) 54.14; 5 Foster 56.53. 100m freestyle: Popov 47.83sec (world record). 2 R Majuolis (Lith) 48.57; 3 V Pyshenko (Rus) 48.65. 200m backstroke: 1 Selkov 1:53.54; 2 T Weber (Ger) 1:56.72; 3 A Ruckwood (GB) 1:57.62; 4 M Harris (GB) 1:57.77. 200m breaststroke: 1 Gillingham 2:12.35; 2 Korneev 2:14.19; 3 Dekker 2:15.25. 200m butterfly: 1 Pankratov 1:56.17; 2 Xue Wei (Ch) 2:01.07; 3 Zhang Bin (Ch) 2:01.89. 200m freestyle: 1 Pyshenko 1:45.65; 2 A Holmertz (Swe) 1:46.08; 3 E Sadovy (Rus) 1:46.88. 400m freestyle: 1 E Sadovy (Rus) 3:46.56; 2 P Palmer (GB) 3:46.77; 3 D Kowalski (Aus) 3:47.48. 800m freestyle: 1 Kowalski 7:43.33; 2 E Sadovy (Rus) 7:50.43; 3 Bang Seung-Hoon (S Kor) 7:50.78; 4 Palmer 7:51.01. 100m individual medley: 1 C Keller (Ger) 55.28; 2 Qiu Jieming (Ch) 56.98; 3 Xiong Guoming (Ch) 57.54. 200m individual medley: 1 C Keller (Ger) 1:58.80; 2 L Sacchi (It) 2:01.09; 3 Xiong 2:02.65. 400m individual medley: 1 Keller 4:12.46; 2 L Sacchi (It) 4:13.89; 3 Xiong 4:22.05.

Women: 50m backstroke: 1 Xue Lei (Ch) 28.45; 2 N Jivanevskaya (Rus) 28.61; 3 A Kennedy (Aus) 28.80. 50m breaststroke: 1 Lou Xia (Ch) 31.68; 2 Dai Guohong (Ch) 31.90; 3 Lu Di (Ch) 32.31. 50m butterfly: 1 Kennedy 26.98; 2 Le Jingye (Ch) 27.37; 3 Liu Limin (Ch) 27.45. 50m freestyle: 1 Le 24.91; 2 L Olufsson (Swe) 25.52; 3 S Osygus (Ger) 26.14. 100m backstroke: 1 Jivanevskaya 1:00.31; 2 Kennedy 1:01.56; 3 Xue 1:02.02. 100m breaststroke: 1 Dai Guohong (Ch) 1:07.61; 2 Lu Di (Ch) 1:08.79; 3 H Jaltnor (Swe) 1:10.39. 100m butterfly: 1 Liu 59.09; 2 A Kennedy (Aus) 59.88; 3 M Jacobsen (Den) 1:00.25. 100m freestyle: 1 Le Jingyi (Ch) 54.22; 2 L Johncke (Swe) 56.54; 3 S Osygus (Ger) 56.58. 200m backstroke: 1 E Overton (Aus) 2:08.85; 2 L Vigarani (It) 2:08.96; 3 M Jacobsen (Den) 2:10.37. 200m breaststroke: 1 Dai 2:24.43; 2 Lu 2:28.81; 3 S Pulfrich (Ger) 2:37.41. 200m butterfly: 1 Jacobsen 2:08.58; 2 Liu 2:08.63; 3 Kennedy 2:14.55. 200m freestyle: 1 Le Jingyi (Ch) 1:58.79; 2 L Johncke (Swe) 2:00.50; 3 M Nilsson (Swe) 2:00.06. 400m freestyle: 1 D Hase (Ger) 4:07.78; 2 Jeong Won-Kyung (S Kor) 4:11.31; 3 S Gartrell (Aus) 4:11.35. 800m freestyle: 1 D Hase (Ger) 8:25.01; 2 S Gartrell (Aus) 8:25.06; 3 Luo Ping (Ch) 8:30.60. 100m individual medley: 1 Overton 1:02.62; 2 Lin Li (Ch) 1:03.05; 3 Kennedy 1:03.12. 200m individual medley: 1 Overton 2:11.19; 2 Dai Guohong (Ch) 2:11.59; 3 P Haussman (Ger) 2:15.03. 400m individual medley: 1 Overton 4:37.64; 2 D Shmeleva (Rus) 4:39.82; 3 Dai 4:40.92.