Swimming World Championships - Day 2

There were four finals on Day 2 of the Swimming World Championships. British swimmers had failed to qualify for any of them, but there were encouraging performances by Liam Tancock and Kirsty Balfour who set new British Records on their way to making finals.

The Men's 100m Breaststroke Final was won by Brendan Hansen (USA) with Kosuke Kitajima (Japan) and Brenton Rickard (Australia) claiming the other medals.

The Women's 100m Butterfly Final was won Lisbeth Lenton (Australia) with Jessicah Schipper and Natalie Coughlin (USA) claiming the other medals.

The first of the Men's 100m Backstroke Semi-Final was won by Britain's Liam Tancock. The heat featured the three fastest backstroke swimmers of all time but he didn’t lose focus and lead from the outset to touch ahead of the field. Matthew Clay was also in this heat but finished in 55.32 to miss out on a final place in 13th place overal. The second heat was won by American Ryan Lochte in a new Championship Record.

Two Britains qualified from the Women's 100m Breaststroke Semi-Final. Kirsty Balfour set a new British Record, to qualify behind World Record holder Leisel Jones of Australia in the first heat. In the second heat, Kate Haywood qualified in eighth spot overal.

The Men's 50m Butterfly Final was won by Roland Schoeman (South Africa) with Ian Crocker (USA) and Jakob Schiott Andkjaer (Denmark) claiming the other medals.

Laure Manaudou (France) won the first Women's 100m Backstroke Semi-Final to qualify behind heat two winner Emily Seebohm (Australia)

Dave Carry narrowly missing out on a place in the final of the Men's 200m Freestyle Semi-Final with a twelfth place finish. American Michael Phelps won that heat but the fasted time was recorded by Pieter Van den Hoogenband in the seond heat.

The Women's 200m Individual Medley Final was won by Kathryn Hoff (USA) with Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe) and Stephanie Rice (Australia)claiming the other medals.