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British swim quintet reach semis

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Rock qualifies with solid performance

Olympic 400m freestyle bronze medallist Jo Jackson capped a great day for Britain in the pool by qualifying for Tuesday's 200m freestyle semi-final.

She is joined by Caitlin McClatchey who qualified behind Federica Pelligrini, the Italian setting a new world record of one minute 55.45 seconds.

Hannah Miley and Keri-Anne Payne are in the the 200m medley semi-finals.

America's Michael Phelps set a new Olympic record in the 200m butterfly and GB's Michael Rock also qualified.

Phelps trailed for three-quarters of the race before picking up the pace down the final length to touch in a time of 1:53.70 - the second fastest of the year.

"I don't want to say I cruised it, but I swam it the way I wanted to," said Phelps.

"It doesn't matter until the finals. As long as you have a lane, you're in it."

Video - All smiles for Miley in medley

Britain's Rock recorded a new personal best of 1:55.55 to finish ninth overall and earn himself a place in the last 16.

Pellegrini went some way to making up for missing a medal in the 400m freestyle by eclipsing the world's best in the 200m freestyle.

The 400m freestyle was won by Britain's Rebecca Adlington, with Jackson finishing third behind America's Katie Hoff.

Jackson said: "I found that tough after this morning, but it gets me into the semi-finals. I need to recover now and get into shape for the next phase.

"It's been such an emotional day after the medal and I now need to focus again. This morning was amazing but I feel there's more to come."

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Adlington and Jackson's efforts appear to have spurred on the rest of the GB team.

McClatchey, who set a personal best 1:56.97 to reach the semi finals, said: "What the girls did this morning was so inspiring, and this result has filled me with confidence."

Miley recorded a time of 2:11.72 in the 200m individual medley to beat a field including world record holder Stephanie Rice, of Australia, and Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry.

Her time was just 0.17 seconds behind quickest qualifier, Alicia Coutts of Australia, while Payne qualified 14th fastest.

Payne said: "This team is building momentum all the time and it's great to be a part of that.

"You can feel it flowing throughout the team and it's giving us all confidence."

Tuesday's swimming begins at 0300 BST.


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Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze TOTAL
1 also show each event results forUSA 12 9 10 31
Men's 100m Backstroke 1 1 0
Men's 100m Butterfly 1 0 0
Men's 100m Freestyle 0 0 1
Men's 200m Backstroke 1 1 0
Men's 200m Butterfly 1 0 0
Men's 200m Freestyle 1 0 1
Men's 200m Individual Medley 1 0 1
Men's 400m Freestyle 0 0 1
Men's 400m Individual Medley 1 0 1
Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 1 0 0
Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay 1 0 0
Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay 1 0 0
Women's 100m Backstroke 1 0 1
Women's 100m Breaststroke 0 1 0
Women's 100m Butterfly 0 1 0
Women's 100m Freestyle 0 0 1
Women's 200m Backstroke 0 1 0
Women's 200m Breaststroke 1 0 0
Women's 200m Individual Medley 0 0 1
Women's 400m Freestyle 0 1 0
Women's 400m Individual Medley 0 0 1
Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Rel 0 1 0
Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay 0 1 0
Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Rel 0 0 1
Women's 50m Freestyle 0 1 0
2 also show each event results forAustralia 6 6 8 20
Men's 100m Backstroke 0 0 1
Men's 100m Freestyle 0 1 0
Men's 1500m Freestyle 0 1 0
Men's 200m Breaststroke 0 1 0
Men's 200m Freestyle 0 0 1
Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 0 0 1
Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay 0 1 0
Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay 0 0 1
Women's 100m Breaststroke 1 0 0
Women's 100m Butterfly 1 0 1
Women's 100m Freestyle 0 1 0
Women's 200m Breaststroke 0 1 0
Women's 200m Butterfly 0 0 1
Women's 200m Individual Medley 1 0 0
Women's 400m Individual Medley 1 0 0
Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Rel 0 0 1
Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay 1 0 0
Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Rel 1 0 0
Women's 50m Freestyle 0 0 1
3 also show each event results forGreat Britain 2 2 2 6
Men's Marathon 10km 0 1 0
Women's 400m Freestyle 1 0 1
Women's 800m Freestyle 1 0 0
Women's Marathon 10km 0 1 1
4 also show each event results forJapan 2 0 3 5
Men's 100m Breaststroke 1 0 0
Men's 200m Breaststroke 1 0 0
Men's 200m Butterfly 0 0 1
Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay 0 0 1
Women's 200m Breaststroke 0 0 1
5 also show each event results forGermany 2 0 1 3
Men's Marathon 10km 0 0 1
Women's 100m Freestyle 1 0 0
Women's 50m Freestyle 1 0 0
6 also show each event results forNetherlands 2 0 0 2
Men's Marathon 10km 1 0 0
Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Rel 1 0 0
7 also show each event results forChina 1 3 2 6
Men's 400m Freestyle 0 1 0
Women's 200m Butterfly 1 1 0
Women's 200m Freestyle 0 0 1
Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay 0 0 1
Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Rel 0 1 0
8 also show each event results forZimbabwe 1 3 0 4
Women's 100m Backstroke 0 1 0
Women's 200m Backstroke 1 0 0
Women's 200m Individual Medley 0 1 0
Women's 400m Individual Medley 0 1 0
9 also show each event results forFrance 1 2 3 6
Men's 100m Breaststroke 0 0 1
Men's 100m Freestyle 1 0 0
Men's 200m Breaststroke 0 0 1
Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 0 1 0
Men's 50m Freestyle 0 1 1
10 also show each event results forRussia 1 1 2 4
Men's 100m Backstroke 0 0 1
Men's 200m Backstroke 0 0 1
Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay 0 1 0
Women's Marathon 10km 1 0 0
11 also show each event results forItaly 1 1 0 2
Women's 200m Freestyle 1 0 0
Women's 800m Freestyle 0 1 0
12 also show each event results forSouth Korea 1 1 0 2
Men's 200m Freestyle 0 1 0
Men's 400m Freestyle 1 0 0
13 also show each event results forBrazil 1 0 1 2
Men's 100m Freestyle 0 0 1
Men's 50m Freestyle 1 0 0
14 also show each event results forTunisia 1 0 0 1
Men's 1500m Freestyle 1 0 0
15 also show each event results forHungary 0 3 0 3
Men's 200m Butterfly 0 1 0
Men's 200m Individual Medley 0 1 0
Men's 400m Individual Medley 0 1 0
16 also show each event results forNorway 0 1 1 2
Men's 100m Breaststroke 0 1 0
Women's 200m Breaststroke 0 0 1
17 also show each event results forSerbia 0 1 0 1
Men's 100m Butterfly 0 1 0
18 also show each event results forSlovenia 0 1 0 1
Women's 200m Freestyle 0 1 0
19 also show each event results forAustria 0 0 1 1
Women's 100m Breaststroke 0 0 1
20 also show each event results forCanada 0 0 1 1
Men's 1500m Freestyle 0 0 1
21 also show each event results forDenmark 0 0 1 1
Women's 800m Freestyle 0 0 1

see also
Adlington tipped to add to gold
11 Aug 08 |  Swimming
Adlington snatches swimming gold
11 Aug 08 |  Swimming
Phelps wins second gold in relay
11 Aug 08 |  Swimming
Kitajima takes breaststroke gold
11 Aug 08 |  Swimming
Trickett wins 100m butterfly gold
11 Aug 08 |  Swimming
Rice sees off Hoff for shock gold
10 Aug 08 |  Swimming
Adlington sets sights on GB medal
10 Aug 08 |  Swimming
Adlington in record-breaking form
13 Jul 08 |  Swimming
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14 Feb 08 |  Olympics
Guide to synchro
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