SC Worlds. Lochte WR, Meilutyte, Pedersen ER
2012-12-16
Fabio Terrone
Lochte set second world mark at SC Worlds in Istanbul. European record in the women's breaststroke with Meilutyte and Pedersen

ISTANBUL - Leading results at the World short-course Championships.

On Saturday, American Ryan Lochte set another world record for the men's 100 metres individual medley, winning the semi-finals in 50.71.

World record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):
50.71 Ryan Lohte USA Istanbul 15.12.12
50.76 Peter Mankoc SLO Istanbul 12.12.09
50.95 Sergey Fesikov RUS Berlin 14.11.09
51.15 Lochte Ryan USA Manchester 13.04.08

Earlier, Ruta Meilutyte of Lituania set her third European mark winning gold in the women's 100m breaststroke in a time of 1:03.52.

European record evolution:
1:03.52 Ruta Meilutyte LTU Istanbul 15.12.12
1:04.11 Rikke Møller Pedersen DEN Istanbul 14.12.12
1:04.12 Rikke Møller Pedersen DEN Chartres 25.11.12
1:04.21 Rikke Møller Pedersen DEN Saint Petersburg 19.12.09

On Sunday, the final day of the five-day event, Rikke Moeller Pedersen of Denmark has won the 200 metres breaststroke European title lowering her European record to 2:16.08.

European record evolution:
2:16.08 Rikke Møller Pedersen DEN Istanbul 15.12.12
2:16.66 Rikke Møller Pedersen DEN Istanbul 11.12.09
2:18.30 Rikke Møller Pedersen DEN Berlin 15.11.09
2:18.52 Rikke Møller Pedersen DEN Odense 24.10.09
2:19.08 Yuliya Efimova RUS Debrecen 14.12.07 2:19.64 Emma Igelstrom SWE Stockholm 14.03.03

Saturday's finals

WOMEN

100 BREASTSTROKE
1. Ruta Meilutyte LTU 1:03.52 ER, CR
2. Alia Atkinson JAM 1:03.80
3. Rikke Moeller Pedersen DEN 1:04.05

200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
1. Shiwen Ye CHN 2:04.64 CR
2. Katinka Hosszu HUN 2:04.72
3. Hannah Miley GBR 2:07.12

4x100 FREESTYLE
1. United States USA 3:31.01 (Romano 52.86, Hardy 53.32, Neal 52.44, Schmitt 52.39)
2. Australia AUS 3:32.90 (Bainbridge 53.04, Guehrer 52.32, Throssell 54.19, Foster 53.35)
3. Denmark DEN 3:33.51 (Nielsen 53.07, Blume 53.61, Rasmussen 54.59, Ottesen 52.24)


MEN

50 BACKSTROKE
1. Robert Hurley AUS 23.04
2. Matthew Grevers USA 23.17
3. Stanislav Donets RUS 23.19

50 BUTTERFLY
1. Nicholas Santos BRA 22.22 CR
2. Chad Le Clos RSA 22.26
3. Thomas Shields USA 22.46

Sunday's finals

WOMEN

50 BACKSTROKE
1. Jing Zhao CHN 25.95 CR
2. Olivia Smoliga USA 26.13
3. Aleksandra Urbanczyk POL 26.50

200 BREASTSTROKE
1. Rikke Moeller Pedersen DEN 2:16.08 ER, CR
2. Laura Sogar USA 2:16.93
3. Kanako Watanabe JPN 2:19.39

100 BUTTERFLY
1. Ilaria Bianchi ITA 56.13
2. Zige Liu CHN 56.58
3. Jemma Lowe GBR 56.66

50 FREESTYLE
1. Aliaksandra Herasimenia BLR 23.64
2. Francesca Halsall GBR 23.87
3. Jeanette Ottesen Gray DEN 24.00

200 FREESTYLE
1. Allison Schmitt USA 1:53.59
2. Katinka Hosszu HUN 1:54.31
3. Melanie Costa Schmid ESP 1:54.45

MEN

100 FREESTYLE
1. Vladimir Morozov RUS 45.65
2. Tommaso D’Orsogna AUS 46.80
3. Evgeny Lagunov RUS 46.81

200 BACKSTROKE
1. Radoslaw Kawecki POL 1:48.48
2. Ryan Lochte USA 1:48.50
3. Ryan Murphy USA 1:48.86

100 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
1. Ryan Lochte USA 51.21
2. Kenneth To AUS 51.38
3. George Bovell III 51.66

50 BREASTSTROKE
1. Aleksander Hetland NOR 26.30
2. Damir Dugonjic SLO 26.32
3. Florent Manaudou FRA 26.33

200 BUTTERFLY
1. Kazuya Kaneda JPN 1:51.01 CR
2. Laszlo Cseh HUN 1:51.66
3. Nikolay Skvortsov 1:52.33

1500 FREESTYLE
1. Mads Glaesner DEN 14:30.01
2. Gregorio Paltrinieri ITA 14:31.13
3. Pal Joensen FAR 14:36.93

4x100 MEDLEY
1. United States USA 3:21.03 (Grevers 50.00, Cordes 57.15, Shields 48.66, Lochte 45.22)
2. Russia RUS 3:22.86 (Donets 50.10, Sinkevich 57.54, Skvortsov 50.27, Morozov 44.95)
3. Australia AUS 3:24.77 (Hurley 50.44, To 57.44, Irvine 50.75, D'Orsogna 46.14)