More Fast Swimming in Barcelona - Day 2 Results
Jun 15, 2003 - Jorge Torres
There were no world records on day two, but some very fast performances in the women's 400 IM from Yana Klochkova (UKR) in 4:38.26 and Eva Risztov (HUN) in second in 4:41.77, the two fastest performances for 2003.
Martna Moravcova completed a three event sweep during the two days with the 50 fly-200 free yesterday and the 100 fly today in 58.31, also the fastest of the year.
Hanna-Maria Seppala (FIN) won the 100 free today in 54.50, the fastest of the year so far, She won the 50 free yesterday.
In men's events Alexander Popov (RUS) won the 100 free today in 49.35 over Lars Frolander (SWE) with 49,66. Popov won the 50 free yesterday in 22.22. He was enigmatic as to his medal chances at the Worlds next month also in Barcelona. "I won't predict anything about medals next month," Popov said. "I made some mistakes here, I am working on them."
In the 100 breaststroke James Gibson (GBR) was the winner in 1:01.64 (with an even faster 1:01.11 in the orelims) over Chris Cook (GBR) in 1:01.74 And Oleg Lisogor (UKR) with 1:01.84. Yesterday's world record setter in the 200 breast, Dimitri Komornikov (RUS) was fourth in 1:02.26.
Laszlo Cheh (HUN) won the 400 IM today with a fast 4:15.39, third fastest in 2003 so far.
This was the third leg of the 2003 Mare Nostrum series, with earlier stops in Rome, Monte Carlo. Next and final stage will bi in Canet (FRA) 17-18 June.
RATING SUMMARY OF TOP PERFORMANCES 1) 1012 2:09.52 200 breast M Komornikov Dimitri,81,RUS 2) 990 54.50 100 free W Seppala Hanna-M.,84,FIN 3) 987 27.71 50 breast M Gibson James,79,GBR 987 4:38.26 400 im W Klochkova Yana,82,UKR 5) 984 4:15.39 400 im M Cseh Laszlo,85,HUN 984 28.72 50 back W Zhivanevskaya Nina,77,ESP 7) 982 58.31 100 fly W Moravcova Martina,76,SVK 8) 980 28.80 50 back W Hlavackova Ilona,77,CZE 9) 979 52.78 100 fly M Serdinov Andriy,82,UKR 10) 976 31.38 50 breast WL Baker Zoe,76,GBR 976 22.22 50 free M Popov Alexander,71,RUS DAY 2 RESULTS MEN 100 METRES FREESTYLE 1 49.35 Popov Alexander,71,RUS 2 49.66 Frolander Lars,74,SWE 3 50.43 Zastrow Mitja,77,GER 400 METRES FREESTYLE 1 3:49.60 Prilukov Yuri,84,RUS 2 3:52.80 Coman Dragos,80,ROM 3 3:55.39 Nunez Javier,83,ESP 100 METRES BACKSTROKE 1 55.97 Vyatchanin Arkadi,84,RUS 2 56.32 Florea Razvan,80,ROM 3 56.55 Alechine Evgeni,79,RUS 100 METRES BREASTSTROKE 1 1:01.64 Gibson James,79,GBR 2 1:01.74 Cook Chris,79,GBR 3 1:01.84 Lisogor Oleg,79,UKR 100 METRES BUTTERFLY 1 52.78 Serdinov Andriy,82,UKR 2 53.17 Marchenko Igor,75,RUS 3 53.23 Korotyshkin Evgeni,83,RUS 400 METRES IND.MEDLEY 1 4:15.39 Cseh Laszlo,85,HUN 2 4:21.27 Parkin Terence,79,RSA 3 4:21.37 Badita Cezar,79,ROM WOMEN 100 METRES FREESTYLE 1 54.50 Seppala Hanna-M.,84,FIN 2 55.70 Veldhuis Marleen,79,NED 3 55.92 Marshall Melanie,82,GBR 400 METRES FREESTYLE 1 4:11.49 Risztov Eva,85,HUN 2 4:11.53 Paduraru Simona,81,ROM 3 4:12.06 Giteau Kasey,82,AUS 800 METRES FREESTYLE 1 8:42.36 Pechanova Jana,81,CZE 2 8:44.03 Paduraru Simona,81,ROM 3 8:44.57 Strasser Chantal,78,SUI 100 METRES BACKSTROKE 1 1:01.30 Zhivanevskaya Nina,77,ESP 2 1:02.28 Ornstedt Louise,85,DEN 3 1:02.68 Komarova Stanislava,86,RUS 100 METRES BREASTSTROKE 1 1:08.80 Jukic Mirna,86,AUT 2 1:09.64 Igelstrom Emma,80,SWE 3 1:11.09 Bogomazova Elena,82,RUS 100 METRES BUTTERFLY 1 58.31 Moravcova Martina,76,SVK 2 59.62 Sjoberg Johanna,78,SWE 3 59.90 Groot Chantal,82,NED 400 METRES IND.MEDLEY 1 4:38.26 Klochkova Yana,82,UKR 2 4:41.77 Risztov Eva,85,HUN 3 4:46.08 Caslaru Beatrice,75,ROM