Sette Colli 2012 day 1: Van Der Burgh sets meet record

At the Seven Hills Trophy meet in Rome today, South Africa’s Cameron Van Der Burgh set a new meet record in the men’s 100 breaststroke, clocking 1.00.39 well under the Olympic qualifying standard of 1:00.79. Italy’s Federica Pellegrini won a tight tussle against Denmark’s Lotte Friis in the women’s 400 freestyle, 4:06.03 to 4:06.15, and the women’s 50 freestyle had 5 swimmers under the Olympic qualifying standard of 25.27. See all results here.

Top 3 finishers today plus Nordic finalists

Women’s 400 free – Olympic Qualifying Time 4:09.35 (Olympic Invitation Time 4:18.07)

1. Federica Pellegrini (ITA) 4:06.03
2. Lotte Friis (DEN) 4.06.15
3. Martina de Memme (ITA) 4:09.55
8. Pernille Blume (DEN) 4:22.71

Men’s 400 free – OQT 3:48.92 (OST 3:54.13)

1. Gabriele Detti (ITA) 3:49.27
2. Andrea Mitchell D’Arrigo (ITA) 3:51.72
3. Oussama Mellouli (TUN) 3:51.73
4. Mads Glæsner (DEN) 3:51.88
13. Anders Lie (DEN) 3:55.95

Women’s 100 breast – OQT 1:08.49 (OST 1:10.89)

1. Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN) 1:07.88
2. Satomi Suzuki (JPN) 1:08.15
3. Jennie Johansson (SWE) 1:08.17
5. Rebecca Ejdervik (SWE) 1:08.94
10. Jenna Laukkanen (FIN) 1:09.85

Men’s 100 breast – OQT 1:00.79 (OST 1:02.92)

1. Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) 1:00.39 – stevnumet
2. Fabio Scozzoli (ITA) 1:00.43
3. Giacomo Perez Dortona (FRA) 1:00.88
10. Eetu Karvonen (FIN) 1:02.46
12. Johannes Skagius (SWE) 1:02.63
15. Chris Christensen (DEN) 1:03.11

Women’s 100 butterfly – OQT 58.70 (OST 1:00.75)

1. Inge Dekker (NED) 58.25
2. Sarah Sjoström (SWE) 58.57
3. Martina Granström (SWE) 58.81
5. Emilia Pikkarainen (FIN) 59.02 – Finnish National Record
6. Jeanette Ottesen (DEN) 59.10
15. Katrine Holm Sørensen (DEN) 1:01.18
16. Louise Hansson (SWE) 1:01.62

Men’s 100 butterfly – OQT 52.36 (OST 54.19)

1. Chad Le Clos (RSA) 52.51
2. Jason Dunford (KEN) 52.65
3. Konrad Czerniak (POL) 52.72

Women’s 50 free – OQT 25.27 (OST 26.15)

1. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) 24.21
2. Therese Alshammar (SWE) 24.52
3. Marleen Veldhuis (NED) 24.58
4. Inge Dekker (NED) 24.97
5. Sarah Sjoström (SWE) 25.25
8. Pernille Blume (DEN) 25.66
12. Hanna Maria Seppala (FIN) 25.60
14. Henriette Brekke (NOR) 25.81

Men’s 50 free – OQT 22.11 (OST 22.88)

1. Cesar Cielo (BRA) 22.17
2. Florent Manaudou (FRA) 22.18
3. Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (FIN) 22.30
16. Jakob Andkjær (DEN) 22.77