Milan Aleksic of Serbia celebrates scoring the winning Penalty in the Mens Gold Medal Water Polo Match between Serbia and Spain during the 13th FINA World Championships at the Stadio della Pallanuoto on August 1, 2009 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)Getty Images
Results Saturday from the FINA swimming world championships at Foro Italico (all distances in metres):
MEN
Swimming
50 Freestyle Final
1. Cesar Cielo Filho, Brazil, 21.08 seconds; 2. Frederick Bousquet, France, 21.21; 3. Amaury Leveaux, France, 21.25; 4. Duje Draganja, Croatia, 21.38; 5. Cullen Jones, U.S., 21.47; 6. Nathan Adrian, U.S., 21.49; 7. George Bovell III, Trinidad and Tobago, 21.51; 8. Stefan Nystrand, Sweden, 21.53.
50 Backstroke Preliminaries (Semifinal qualifiers)
1. Guilherme Guido, Brazil, 24.49; 2. Aschwin Wlldeboer, Spain, 24.50; 3. Camille Lacourt, France, 24.52; 4. Liam Tancock, Britain, 24.55; 5. Junya Koga, Japan, 24.57; 6. Helge Meeuw, Germany, 24.60; 7. Gerhard Zandberg, South Africa, 24.68; 8. Flori Lang, Switzerland, 24.75; 9. Juan Miguel Rando, Spain, 24.77; 10. Guy Markus Barnea, Israel, 24.79.
11. Aristeidis Grigoriadis, Greece, 24.80; 12. Ryosuke Irie, Japan, 24.87; 13. Thomas Rupprath, Germany, 24.92; 14 (tie). Daniel Orzechowski, Brazil, and Ashley Delaney, Australia, 24.97; 16. Mirco Di Tora, Italy, 25.01.
Semi-finals (final qualifiers)
1. Liam Tancock, Britain, 24.08; 2. Junya Koga, Japan, 24.29; 3. Camille Lacourt, France, 24.46; 4. Aschwin Wildeboer, Spain, 24.48; 5. Helge Meeuw, Germany, 24.59; 6. Gerhard Zandberg, South Africa, 24.68; 7. Mirco Di Tora, Italy, 24.77; 7. Aristeidis Grigoriadis, Greece, 24.77.
100 Butterfly Final
1. Michael Phelps, U.S., 49.82; 2. Milorad Cavic, Serbia, 49.95; 3. Rafael Munoz, Spain, 50.41; 4. Albert Subirats, Venezuela, 50.79; 5. Andrew Lauterstein, Australia, 50.85; 6. Jason Dunford, Kenya, 51.07; 7. Tyler McGill, U.S., 51.42; 8. Gabriel Mangabeira, Brazil, 551.74.
1,500 Freestyle Preliminaries (final qualifiers)
1. Sun Yang, China, 14:54.54; 2. Oussama Mellouli, Tunisia, 14:54.56; 3. Ryan Cochrane, Victoria, 14:56.56; 4. Marco Rivera, Spain, 14:57.47; 5. Zhang Lin, China, 14:58.46; 6. Federico Colbertaldo, Italy, 14:58.98; 7. David Davies, Britain, 15:00.52; 8. Samuel Pizzetti, Italy, 15:00.70.
Water Polo Gold Medal
Serbia 14, Spain 13
Bronze Medal
Croatia 8, U.S. 6
Fifth Place
Hungary 9, Germany 6
Seventh Place
Romania 9, Canada 6
WOMEN
Swimming
50 Freestyle Preliminaries (semifinal qualifiers)
1. Cate Campbell, Australia, 24.24 seconds; 2. Therese Alshammar, Sweden, 24.30; 3. Amanda Weir, U.S., 24.36; 4. Magdalena Veldhuis, Netherlands, 24.41; 5. Britta Steffen, Germany, 24.42; 6. Fran Halsall, Britain, 24.47; 7. Dara Torres, U.S., 24.67; 8. Jeanette Ottesen, Denmark, 24.72; 9. Lisbeth Trickett, Australia, 24.74; 10. Hinkelien Schreuder, 24.78.
11. Aleksandra Gerasimenya, Belarus, 24.85; 12. Malia Metella, France, 25.01; 13. Arlene Semeco, Venezuela, 25.11; 14. Victoria Poon, Montreal, 25.15; 15. Hanna-Maria Seppala, Finland, 25.17; 16. Svetlana Khokhlova, Belarus, 25.19.
Semifinals (final qualifiers)
1. Cate Campbell, Australia, 24.08; 2. Magdalena Veldhuis, Netherlands, 24.20; 3. Britta Steffen, Germany, 24.28; 4. Amanda Weir, U.S., 24.31; 5. Therese Alshammar, Sweden, 24.32; 6. Lisbeth Trickett, Australia, 24.34; 7. Fran Halsall, Britain, 24.42; 8. Dara Torres, U.S., 24.43.
50 Breaststroke Preliminaries (semifinal qualifiers)
1. Yuliya Efimova, Russia, 30.24; 2. Kasey Carlson, U.S., 30.34; 3. Sarah Katsoulis, Australia, 30.48; 4. Moniek Nijhuis, Netherlands, 30.57; 5. Amanda Reason, Toronto, 30.73; 6. Kerstin Vogel, Germany, 30.77; 7. Rebecca Soni, U.S., 30.82; 8. Tarnee White, Australia, 30.96; 9. Annamay Pierse, Vancouver, 31.02; 10. Sophie De Ronchi, France, 31.06.
11. Valentina Artemyeva, Russia, 31.10; 12 (tie). Georgia Holderness, Britain, and Katharina Stiberg, Norway, 31.11; 14. Roberta Panara, Italy, 31.13; 15. Katja Lehtonen, Finland, 31.14; 16. Lowri Tynan, Britain, 31.15.
Semifinals (final qualifiers)
1. Sarah Katsoulis, Australia, 30.33; 2. Moniek Nijhuis, Netherlands, 30.38; 3. Yuliya Efimova, Russia, 30.40; 4. Amanda Reason, Toronto, 30.42; 5. Kasey Carlson, U.S., 30.46; 6. Rebecca Soni, U.S., 30.56; 7. Tarnee White, Australia, 30.80; 8. Valentina Artemyeva, Russia, 30.92; 8. Annamay Pierse, Vancouver, 30.92.
50 Butterfly Final
1. Marieke Guehrer, Australia, 25.48; 2. Zhou Yafei, China, 25.57; 3. Ingvid Snildal, Norway, 25.58; 4. Therese Alshammar, Sweden, 25.59; 5. Magdalena Veldhuis, Netherlands, 25.63; 6. Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden, 25.66; 7. Diane Bui Duyet, France, 25.92; 8. Daynara De Paula, Brazil, 26.12.
200 Backstroke Final
1. Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe, 2:04.81; 2. Anastasia Zueva, Russia, 2:04.94; 3. Elizabeth Beisel, U.S., 2:06.39; 4. Gemma Spofforth, Britain, 2:06.66; 5. Elizabeth Simmonds, Britain, 2:07.98; 6. Elizabeth Pelton, U.S., 2:08.04; 7. Alexianne Castel, France, 2:08.13; 8. Aya Terakawa, Japan, 2:08.89.
800 Freestyle Final
1. Lotte Friis, Denmark, 8:15.92; 2. Joanne Jackson, Britain, 8:16.66; 3. Alessia Filippi, Italy, 8:17.21; 4. Rebecca Adlington, Britain, 8:17.90; 5. Camelia Alina Potec, Romania, 8:20.44; 6. Erika Villaecija, Spain, 8:25.97; 7. Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne, France, 8:26.35; 8. Wendy Trott, South Africa, 8:29.61; 9. Kristel Kobrich Schimpl, Chile, 8:30.10.
4x100 Medley Relay Final
1. China (Zhao Jing, Chen Huijia, Jiao Liuyang, Li Zhesi), 3:52.19; 2. Australia (Emily Seebohm, Sarah Katsoulis, Jessicah Schipper, Lisbeth Trickett), 3:52.58; 3. Germany (Daniela Samulski, Sarah Poewe, Annika Mehlhorn, Britta Steffen), 3:55.79; 4. Britain, 3:57.03; 5. Netherlands, 3:57.31; 6. Canada (Julia Wilkinson,Toronto; Annamay Pierse, Vancouver; Audrey Lacroix, Montreal; Genevieve Saumur, Montreal), 3:57.87; 7. Japan, 3:57.93; 8. Brazil, 3:58.83.
Preliminaries (final qualifiers)
1. China (Zhao Jing, Chen Huijia, Jiao Liuyang, Li Zhesi), 3:56.14; 2. Japan (Shiho Sakai, Nanaka Tamura, Yuka Kato, Haruka Ueda), 3:57.44; 3. Germany (Daniela Samulski, Sarah Poewe, Annika Mehlhorn, Daniela Schreiber), 3:57.75; 4. Netherlands (Frederik Heemskerk, Lia Dekker, Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo), 3:58.05; 5. Britain (Gemma Spofforth, Lowri Tynan, Ellen Gandy, Fran Halsall), 3:58.18.
6. Canada (Julia Wilkinson, Toronto; Annamay Pierse, Vancouver; Audrey Lacroix, Montreal; Genevieve Saumur, Montreal), 3:58.23; 7. Australia (Emily Seebohm, Sally Foster, Stephanie Rice, Shayne Reese), 3:58.36; 8. Brazil (Fabiola Molina, Carolina Mussi, Gabriella Silva, Tatiana Lemos-Barbosa), 3:58.49.