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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