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Posted: Monday January 18, 1999 01:43 PM

Thompson finished .44 seconds ahead of Johanna Sjoberg of Sweden Adam Pretty/Allsport

HOBART, Australia (AP) -- American star Jenny Thompson won the 50-meter butterfly, and Sweden's Lars Frolander twice beat world champion Michael Klim of Australia tonight in a World Cup short-course meet.

Thompson, winner of five gold medals last week in Sydney, finished in 58.00 seconds to hold off Sweden's Johanna Sjoberg. In the 100 freestyle, Thompson finished second to Germany's Katrin Meissner.

Frolander won the 100 freestyle in 48.32 seconds, with Klim a distant fourth in 49.62. Frolander also won the 50 butterfly, with Klim finishing third. American Brad Bridgewater won the 100 backstroke in 53.79.

    50 butterfly-1, Lars Frolander, Sweden, 23.93 seconds. 2, Daniel 
Carlsson, Sweden, 24.38. 3, Michael Klim, Australia, 24.55. 
    50 breaststroke-1. Patrik Isaksson, Sweden, 27.93. 2, Domenico 
Fioravanti, Italy, 28.20. 3, Paul Kent, New Zealand, 28.47. 
    100 freestyle-1, Lars Frolander, Sweden, 48.32. 2, Alexander 
Luderitz, Germany, 49.30. 3, Richard Upton, Australia, 49.34. 
    100 backstroke-1, Brad Bridgewater, United States, 53.79. 2, 
Adrian Radley, Australia, 54.44. 3, Atsushi Nishikori, Japan, 
54.80. 
    100 individual medley-1, Christian Keller, Germany, 55.66. 2, 
Robert Van Der Zant, Australia, 55.82. 3, Xiao Zhang, China, 56.01. 
    200 butterfly-1, William Kirby, Australia, 1:57.42. 2, Greg 
Shaw, Australia, 1:59.00. 3, Burl Reid, Australia, 1:59.59. 
    200 breaststroke-1, Ryan Mitchell, Australia, 2:11.71. 2, Phil 
Rogers, Australia, 2:12.42. 3, Simon Leighfield, Australia, 
2:13.47. 
    400 freestyle-1, Ian Thorpe, Australia, 3:42.19, 2, Grant 
Hackett, Australia, 3:43.40. 3, Emiliano Brembilla, Italy, 3:45.38. 
 
 Women 
     50 freestyle-1, Katrin Meissner, Germany, 25.08. 2, Jenny 
Thompson, United States, 25.22. 3, Simone Osygus, Germany, 25.72. 
    50 backstroke-1, Glaan Rooney, Australia, 28.73 seconds. 2, 
Antje Buschschulte, Germany, 28.84. 3, Dyana Calub, Australia, 
28.90. 
    100 butterfly-1, Jenny Thompson, United States, 58.00. 2, 
Johanna Sjoberg, Sweden, 58.44. 3, Susan O'Neill, Australia, 59.58. 
    100 breaststroke-1, Penny Heyns, South Africa, 1:07.59. 2, 
Samantha Riley, Australia, 1:07.83. 3, Helen Denman, Australia, 
1:09.42. 
    200 freestyle-1, Susan O'Neill, Australia, 1:58.87. 2, Josefin 
Lillhage, Sweden, 1:59.09. 3, Louise Johnke, Sweden, 1:59.74. 
    200 backstroke-1, Antje Buschschulte, Germany, 2:08.23 2, Miki 
Nakao, Japan, 2:10.49. 3, Joanne Malar, Canada, 2:11.56. 
    200 individual medley-1, Joanne Malar, Canada, 2:12.04. 2, 
Marianne Limpert, Canada, 2:12.04. 3, Lori Munz, Australia, 
2:13.68. 
    800 freestyle-1, Rachel Harris, Australia, 8:34.75. 2, 
Margaretha Pedder, Britain, 8:37.44. 3, Tamee Ebert, Canada, 
8:37.96.

 

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