Karnataka swimmers dominated the opening day’s proceedings in the 11th South Zone Masters Swimming Championships at the Basavanagudi swimming pool here on Saturday.

In the men’s section, the host swimmers finished on top in 20 events while Tamil Nadu stood a distant second with four winners. Andhra Pradesh bagged two events.

In the women’s section too, Karnataka were far ahead of their rivals, claiming five events while TN clinched two.

Results (winners only):

Men: 400M freestyle: Group B: GR Ravi Sandesh (Kar) 6:16.30; C: Dileep R (Kar) 6:54.98; D: K Vasudevan (Kar) 6:24.13; F: RS Prasad (Kar) 7:26.82; G: Navathe G (AP) 8:21.80; I: Akbar Jalal (AP) 14:48.10.

100M backstroke: Group ‘A’: Binoy Kuttappan (Kar) 1:25.74; C: Dileep R (Kar) 1:54.11; F: RS Prasad (Kar) 2:02.16; H: KS Aithal (Kar) 2:06.60.

50M butterfly: Group C: R Venkatesh (Kar) 0:35.84; D: Cherian Thomas (Kar) 0:31.81; E: Mohan Rao L (Kar) 0:46.45; F: MH Khan (Kar) 0:40.49; G: KK Mukundan (TN) 0:42.90.

50M freestyle: Group A: Lakshman HK (Kar) 0:32.50; B: Shajimon (Kar) 0:27.28; C: Navneetha Krishna (TN) 0:31.73; D: Cherian Thomas (Kar) 0:28.73; F: MH Khan (Kar) 0:37.99; G: KK Mukundan (TN) 0:36.47.

50M: breaststroke: Group D: K Vasudevan (TN) 0:38.70; F: RS Prasad (Kar) 0:50.20; C: K Kuber Naik (Kar) 0:42.76; G: Mohan Kutty (Kar) 0:39.94; H: GR Rajanna (Kar) 1:00.98.

Women: 400M freestyle: Group A: P Latha Kumari (TN) 8:14.25; C: Nandita Kapoor (Kar) 8:06.53.

100M backstroke: Group C: Veena Narasimhan (Kar) 1:46.59; G: Latha Vijayaraghavan (Kar) 3:26.13. 50M breaststroke: Group G: Seetha Rao (Kar) 0:53.21.

50M freestyle: Group ‘A’: P Latha Kumari (TN) 0:38.95; C: Anusuya Alva (Kar) 0:35.06.