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Posted: Saturday February 27, 1999 09:32 PM

Agnes Kovacs outdistanced Sarah Poewe of South Africa, who touched in 1:08.57. Al Bello/Allsport

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) -- Hungary's Agnes Kovacs raced one of the few good times Saturday at the Arena Festival World Cup short course swimming meet, taking the women's breaststroke in 1 minute, 07.47.

Germany's Mark Warnecke captured the men's 50 meter breaststroke in 27.59 seconds, well off his world record mark of 26.70, as German swimmers took first in eight of 17 events during the first day of the meet held in a 25-meter pool.

Freerik Deburghgraeve, the 100-meter breaststroke Olympic and world champion, was eliminated in a preliminary heat in the 50 meters in the same discipline in a time of 28.67 seconds.

German head coach Manfred Thiesmann complained that 12 World Cups were too many for the swimmers, who had often produced world records at the meet in past years. The event is the 11th of the season.

"There are far too many competitions. Which swimmer is strong enough to stand up to it? Where are the records supposed to come from?" said Thiesmann.

Germany's Franziska van Almsick won the women's 200 freestyle in 1:58.31, well off the pace of her world record at 1:56.78, while compatriot Sandra Voelker easily took the women's 50 meter backstroke in 28.06. beating another German and European champion, Antje Buschschulte in 28.34.

Arena Festival Results Men 100 freestyle -1. Sergei Achichmin, Russia, 49.12 seconds. 2. Stefan Herbst, Germany, 49.24. 3. Mitja Zastrow, Germany, 49.25. 4. Christian Troeger, Germany, 49.31. 5. Thierry Wouters, Belgium, 49.34. 6. Alexander Luederitz, Germany, 49.48. 400 freestyle - 1. Joerg Hoffmann, Germany, 3 minutes 43.68 seconds. 2. Chad Carvin, United States, 3:45.96. 3. Pieter van den Hoogenband, Netherlands, 3:47.97. 4. Thomas Lohfink, Germany, 3:49.44. 5. Luiz Lima, Brazil, 3:50.88. 6. Marco Lindner, Germany, 3:52.96. 50 breaststroke - 1. Mark Warnecke, Germany, 27.59. 2. Jens Kruppa, Germany, and Dimitri Krayevski, Ukraine, 27.88. 4. Bjoern Nowakowski, Germany, and Kevin Kling, United States, 28.26. 6.Patrick Fowler, United States, 28.53. 200 breaststroke - 1. Dimitri Komornikov, Russia, 2:09.47. 2. Pavel Anochin, Russia, 2:11.08. 3. Nathan Hewitt, Australia, 2:11.37. 4. Tom Wilkens, United States, 2:11.47. 5. Stephan Perrot, France, 2:12.63. 6. Hugues Dubosco, France, 2:13.68. 50 butterfly - 1. Mark Foster, Britain, 23.82. 2. Milos Milosevic, Croatia, 23.87. Thomas Rupprath, Germany, 23.96. 4. Fernando Scherer, Brazil, 24.30. 5. Stefan Herbst, Germany, 24.55. 6. Joris Kejzer, Netherlands, 24.74. 200 butterfly - 1. Denis Silantjev, Ukraine, 1:55.59. 2. Anatoli Poljakov, 1:58.33. 3. Alexander Gorguraki, Russia, 1:59.89. 4. Yann de Fabrique, France, 2:00.43. 5. Kurt Boehm, Germany, 2:00.51. 6. Philippe Meyer, Switzerland, 2:01.05. 100 backstroke - 1. Thomas Rupprath, Germany, 53.43 Sekunden. 2. Sergei Ostaptchuk, Russia, 54.32. 3. Guillermo Mediano, Spain, 54.60. 4. Tomislav Karlo, Croatia, 55.20. 5. Jens Thiele, Germany, 55.26. 6. Neil Willey, Britain, 55.31. 100 medley - 1. Christian Keller, Germany, 55.47. 2. Xufeng Xie, China, 56.08. 3. Andre Grasso, Argentina, 57.11. 4. Brenton Cabello, Spain, 57.24. 5. Kresimir Cac, Croatia, 57.66. 6. Takahiro Mori, Japan, 57.94. 400 medley - 1. Christian Keller, Germany, 4:11.37 Minuten. 2. Tom Wilkens, United States, 4:13.15. 3. Xufeng Xie, China, 4:15.43. 4. Takahiro Mori, Japan, 4:16.70. 5. Istvan Bathazi, Hungary, 4:19.15. 6. Robert Seibt, Germany, 4:19.29. Women 50 freestyle - 1. Sue Rolph, Britain, 25.06. 2. Katrin Meissner, Germany, 25.23. 3. Marianne Hinners, Germany, 25.73. 4. Simone Osygus, Germany, 25.76. 5. Blanca Ceron, Spain, 25.81. 6. Lacey Boutwell, United States, 25.95. 200 freestyle - 1. Franziska van Almsick, Germany, 1:58.31. 2. Desiree Beckers, Germany, 1:58.42. 3. Kerstin Kielgass, Germany, 1:59.02. 4. Nicola Jackson, Britain, 1:59.13. 5. Silvia Szalai, Germany, 1:59.54. 6. Sophia Skou, Denmark, 1:59.94. 800 freestyle - 1. Kirsten Vlieghuis, Netherlands, 8:33.63. 2. Jana Henke , Germany, 8:35.14. 3. Flavia Rigamonti, Switzerland, 8:35.31. 4. Rebecca Cooke, Britain, 8:36.89. 5. Nathalie Brown, Britain, 8:38.53. 6. Sarah Collings, Britain, 8:38.76. 100 breaststroke - 1. Ages Kovacs, Hungary, 1:07.47. 2. Sarah Poewe, South Africa, 1:08.57. 3. Xue Han, China, 1:08.61. 4. Amanda Beard, United States, 1:08.93. 5. Olga Molchanova, Russia, 1:09.43. 6. Madelon Baans, Netherlands, 1:10.10. 100 butterfly - 1. Junko Onishi, Japan, 59.78. 2. Sophia Skou, Denmark, 1:00.27. 3. Katrin Jaeke, Russia, 1:00.29. 4. Mandy Loots, South Africa, 1:00.33. 5. Marietta Uhle, Germany, 1:00.98. 6. Otylia Jedrzejczak, Poland, 1:01.52. 50 backstroke - 1. Sandra Voelker, Germany, 28.06 Sekunden. 2. Antje Buschschulte, Germany, 28.34. 3. Yoshiko Saito, Japan, 29.19. 4. Federica Barsanti, Italy, and Verena Witte, Germany, 29.72. 6. Anne Wiesner, Germany, 29.84. 200 backstroke - 1. Antje Buschschulte, Germany, 2:09.04. 2. Julia Fomenko, Russia, 2:09.37. 3. Yoshiko Saito, Japan, 2:09.74. 4. Cathleen Rund, Germany, 2:10.18. 5. Annamaria Kiss, Hungary, 2:11.37. 6. Ivette Maria, Spain, 2:13.04. 200 medley - 1. Jana Klotchkova, Ukraine, 2:12.31. 2. Yasuko Tajima, Japan, 2:13.53. 3. Annika Mehlhorn, Germany, 2:15.07. 4. Janine Pietsch, Germany, 2:15.26. 5. Amanda Beard, United States, 2:16.56. 6. Susanne Nothbohm, Germany, 2:19.90.

 

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