Day 5 Results

Finals
Men's 200 Breast
Scott Spann (2:09.76) comes up short of the podium with a 6th place finish.
Kitajima(JPN) wins gold with a new Olympic Record.
1. Kitajima(JPN) 2:07.64    2. Rickard(AUS) 2:08.88    3. Duboscq(FRA) 2:08.94
Women's 200 Fly
Americans Breeden (2:07.57) and Hersey (2:08.23) finish 7th and 8th.
China finishes 1-2 both swimmers faster than previous WR.
1. Liu(CHN) 2:04.18    2. Jiao(CHN) 2:04.72    3. Schipper(AUS) 2:06.26
Men's 100 Free
Jason Lezak gets Bronze and his 1st individual Olympic Medal.
1. Bernard(FRA) 47.21    2. Sullivan(AUS) 47.32    3. Lezak(USA)/Filho(BRA) 47.67
Women's 4x200 Free Relay
Hoff anchors the relay with a 1:54.73 and secures Bronze for Team USA.
Australia breaks the World Record.
1. AUS 7:44.31    2. CHN 7:45.93    3. USA 7:46.33

Semi Finals
Women's 100 Free
Natalie Coughlin is the top qualifier for Finals tomorrow. Nymeyer 12th.
World Record holder Libby Trickett finishes 9th but gets in to final due to a DQ.
1. Coughlin 53.70    2. Veldhuis(NED) 53.81    3. Yingwen(CHN)/Seppala(FIN) 53.84
Men's 200 Back
Peirsol and Lochte both cruise to heat wins and are seeded 1-2 for Finals.
1. Peirsol 1:55.26    2. Lochte 1:55.40    3. Rogan(AUT) 1:56.34
Women's 200 Breast
Rebecca Soni just misses AR and is seeded 1st for tomorrow's finals.
1. Soni 2:22.64    2. Jones(AUS) 2:23.04    3. Jukic(AUT) 2:23.76
Men's 200 IM
No surprise here. Lochte and Phelps cruise to a 1-2 Semi Final finish.
1. Lochte 1:57.69    2. Phelps 1:57.70    3. Pereira(BRA) 1:58.06

Prelims
Women's 100 Free
Coughlin (53.82) 4th, Nymeyer (54.62) 13th
1. Seppala(FIN) 53.62    2. Steffen(GER) 53.67    3. Veldhuis(NED) 53.76
Men's 200 Back
Lochte and Peirsol 1-2 in prelims.
1. Lochte 1:56.29    2. Peirsol 1:56.35    3. Rogan(AUT) 1:56.64
Women's 200 Breast
Rebecca Soni breaks Olympic Record in Prelims, seeded 1st for Semi's! Beard finishes 17th and does not make Semi Finals.
1. Soni 2:22.17    2. Jones(AUS) 2:23.81    3. Jukic(AUT) 2:24.39
Men's 200 IM
Lochte wins his second prelim of the day. Phelps seeded 6th for Semi's.
1. Lochte 1:58.15    2. Cseh(HUN) 1:58.29    3. Pereira(BRA) 1:58.41
Women's 4x200 Free Relay
1. FRA 7:50.37    2. USA 7:52.43    3.ITA 7:53.38

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