Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly

The women's 200 m butterfly at the 2009 World Championships took place on 29 July (heats and semifinals) and on the evening of 30 July (finals) at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:

World record   Liu Zige (CHN) 2:04.18 Beijing, China 14 August 2008
Championship record   Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) 2:05.61 Montreal, Canada 28 July 2005

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
29 July Heat 4 Mary DeScenza   United States 2:04.14 WR
30 July Final Jessicah Schipper   Australia 2:03.41 WR

Results edit

Heats edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Mary DeScenza   United States 2:04.14 4 3 WR
2 Jessicah Schipper   Australia 2:05.50 4 4
3 Katinka Hosszú   Hungary 2:06.21 6 6 NR
4 Samantha Hamill   Australia 2:06.32 4 6
5 Annika Mehlhorn   Germany 2:06.45 5 1 NR
6 Aurore Mongel   France 2:06.66 5 5
7 Audrey Lacroix   Canada 2:06.67 5 2 NR
8 Jiao Liuyang   China 2:07.01 5 4
9 Yui Miyamoto   Japan 2:07.13 5 6
10 Ellen Gandy   Great Britain 2:07.33 6 4
11 Kathleen Hersey   United States 2:07.34 6 3
12 Liu Zige   China 2:07.55 5 3
13 Caterina Giacchetti   Italy 2:07.84 6 5
14 Micha Kathrine Østergaard Jensen   Denmark 2:08.54 6 2
15 Magali Rousseau   France 2:08.57 6 7
16 Zsuzsanna Jakabos   Hungary 2:08.63 1 8
17 Mirela Olczak   Poland 2:08.72 6 0
18 Tanya Hunks   Canada 2:09.42 4 8
19 Francesca Segat   Italy 2:09.54 4 7
20 Joanna Maranhão   Brazil 2:09.55 4 1 SA
21 Yana Martynova   Russia 2:09.80 4 0
22 Petra Granlund   Sweden 2:09.87 5 7
23 Rita Medrano   Mexico 2:10.29 5 9 NR
24 Jessica Dickons   Great Britain 2:10.32 4 2
25 Martina van Berkel    Switzerland 2:11.41 5 0
26 Mireia Belmonte García   Spain 2:11.55 4 5
27 Martina Granström   Sweden 2:11.65 6 8
28 Katheryn Meaklim   South Africa 2:11.75 6 1
29 Yang Chin-Kuei   Chinese Taipei 2:12.90 3 4
30 Gráinne Murphy   Ireland 2:13.66 3 3
31 Emilia Pikkarainen   Finland 2:13.77 4 9
32 Tetyana Khala   Ukraine 2:13.98 6 9
33 Yumisleisy Morales Mendoza   Cuba 2:14.00 3 7 NR
34 Paula Zukowska   Poland 2:14.09 3 5
35 Barbora Závadová   Czech Republic 2:14.83 3 8
36 Lynette Lim   Singapore 2:15.82 2 2
37 Nina Dittrich   Austria 2:15.95 5 8
38 Erica Cirila Totten   Philippines 2:16.13 3 9
39 Yasemin Rosenberger   Turkey 2:16.24 3 2
40 Kristina Bernice Lennox   Puerto Rico 2:17.56 3 1
41 Maida Turnadzic   Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:18.09 3 6
42 Eliana Barrios   Venezuela 2:18.14 3 0
43 Simona Muccioli   San Marino 2:19.84 2 4
44 Ting Sheng-Yo   Chinese Taipei 2:21.05 1 4
45 Koh Ting Ting   Singapore 2:21.31 2 5
46 Maria Coy   Guatemala 2:21.37 2 3
47 Laura lucia Paz Chavez   Honduras 2:21.47 2 9
48 Aiste Dobrovolskaite   Lithuania 2:22.48 2 0
49 Karrakchou Lilia   Morocco 2:23.32 2 8
50 Davina Mangion   Malta 2:24.39 1 6
51 Vandita Dhariyal   India 2:25.07 1 2
52 Pooja Raghava Alva   India 2:25.08 1 3
53 Ana Euceda Gutierrez   Honduras 2:25.51 1 5
54 Ramond Sherazad   Morocco 2:26.69 2 1
55 Daniela Reyes Hinrichsen   Chile 2:27.49 2 7
56 Miniruwani Samarakoon   Sri Lanka 2:39.21 1 7
57 Tieri Erasito   Fiji 2:45.20 1 1

Semifinals edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Katinka Hosszú   Hungary 2:04.27 2 5 ER
2 Mary DeScenza   United States 2:04.33 2 4
3 Jessicah Schipper   Australia 2:04.87 1 4 OC
4 Jiao Liuyang   China 2:04.96 1 6
5 Aurore Mongel   France 2:05.09 1 3 NR
6 Liu Zige   China 2:05.29 1 7
7 Samantha Hamill   Australia 2:05.99 1 5
8 Audrey Lacroix   Canada 2:06.85 2 6
9 Kathleen Hersey   United States 2:06.89 2 7
10 Annika Mehlhorn   Germany 2:07.43 2 3
11 Micha Kathrine Østergaard Jensen   Denmark 2:07.44 1 1 NR
12 Caterina Giacchetti   Italy 2:07.59 2 1
13 Yui Miyamoto   Japan 2:08.13 2 2
14 Zsuzsanna Jakabos   Hungary 2:08.34 1 8
15 Ellen Gandy   Great Britain 2:08.55 1 2
16 Magali Rousseau   France 2:08.94 2 8

Finals edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Lane Notes
  Jessicah Schipper   Australia 2:03.41 3 WR
  Liu Zige   China 2:03.90 7 AS
  Katinka Hosszú   Hungary 2:04.28 4
4 Mary Descenza   United States 2:04.41 5
5 Jiao Liuyang   China 2:04.50 6
6 Aurore Mongel   France 2:05.48 2
7 Audrey Lacroix   Canada 2:05.95 8 NR
8 Samantha Hamill   Australia 2:06.11 1

See also edit

References edit