Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke

The heats for the women's 50 m backstroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 29 July, with the final in the evening session of 30 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Records edit

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

World record   Daniela Samulski (GER) 27.61 Berlin, Germany 26 June 2009
Championship record   Leila Vaziri (USA) 28.16 Melbourne, Australia 28 March 2007
29 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
28 July Final* Anastasia Zuyeva   Russia 28.13 CR
29 July Heat 12 Zhao Jing   China 27.85 CR
29 July Heat 13 Aleksandra Gerasimenya   Belarus 27.65 CR
29 July Semifinal 1 Daniela Samulski   Germany 27.39 WR
29 July Semifinal 2 Anastasia Zuyeva   Russia 27.38 WR
30 July Final Zhao Jing   China 27.06 WR

* Split from the women's 100 m backstroke

Results edit

Heats edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Aleksandra Gerasimenya   Belarus 27.65 13 2 CR
2 Daniela Samulski   Germany 27.70 13 4
2 Anastasia Zuyeva   Russia 27.70 14 4
4 Sophie Edington   Australia 27.82 14 3
5 Zhao Jing   China 27.85 12 4
6 Hayley McGregory   USA 27.88 12 5
7 Fabíola Molina   Brazil 27.94 14 2 SA
8 Aya Terakawa   Japan 27.95 13 5
9 Gao Chang   China 28.02 14 5
10 Gemma Spofforth   Great Britain 28.19 12 3
11 Hinkelien Schreuder   Netherlands 28.23 12 6
12 Emily Seebohm   Australia 28.25 13 6
13 Elena Gemo   Italy 28.27 12 7 NR
14 Sanja Jovanović   Croatia 28.28 12 2
15 Shiho Sakai   Japan 28.31 13 3
16 Mercedes Peris   Spain 28.51 14 6
17 Ingvild Snildal   Norway 28.55 12 9 NR
18 Fabienne Nadarajah   Austria 28.72 14 8 NR
19 Elizabeth Simmonds   Great Britain 28.78 13 7
20 Maria Gromova   Russia 28.80 13 8
21 Etiene Medeiros   Brazil 28.82 14 7
22 Elizabeth Pelton   USA 28.86 11 6
23 Yekaterina Rudenko   Kazakhstan 29.01 14 1
24 Klara Vaclavikova   Czech Republic 29.05 14 9
25 Alicja Tchorz   Poland 29.07 12 8
26 Pernille Jessing Larsen   Denmark 29.08 11 2
27 Marica Strazmester   Serbia 29.09 11 5
27 Ranomi Kromowidjojo   Netherlands 29.09 13 1
29 Martina Moravcová   Slovakia 29.12 11 4
29 Laura Letrari   Italy 29.12 12 1
31 Fernanda González   Mexico 29.13 10 3 NR
32 Iryna Amshennikova   Ukraine 29.14 11 8
33 Simona Baumrtova   Czech Republic 29.19 14 0
34 Hanna-Maria Seppälä   Finland 29.20 10 5
34 Lim Shana Jia Yi   Singapore 29.20 11 7 =NR
36 Magdalena Kuras   Sweden 29.26 10 6
36 Katharina Stiberg   Norway 29.26 11 1
38 Tao Li   Singapore 29.28 8 4
39 Sinead Russell   Canada 29.45 11 3
40 Anastasiya Prilepa   Kazakhstan 29.49 9 0
41 Ivana Gabrilo   Switzerland 29.51 11 9
41 Daryna Zevina   Ukraine 29.51 13 9
43 Kiera Aitken   Bermuda 29.55 10 8 NR
44 Carolina Colorado Henao   Colombia 29.57 10 4
45 Rugilė Mileišytė   Lithuania 29.58 7 0 NR
46 Aisling Cooney   Ireland 29.69 10 9
47 Riia-Rosa Koskelainen   Finland 29.70 11 0
48 Aleksandra Kovaleva   Belarus 29.73 10 0
49 Tsai Hiu Wai Sherry   Hong Kong 29.74 13 0
50 Jeserick Pinto   Venezuela 29.77 9 2
51 Katarina Milly   Slovakia 29.83 9 3
51 Alana Dillette   Bahamas 29.83 9 9 NR
53 Gabrielle Soucisse   Canada 29.84 12 0
54 Maja Sovinek   Slovenia 29.90 9 5
55 Ekaterina Avramova   Bulgaria 29.91 10 1
56 Juanita Barreto Barreto   Colombia 29.92 9 6
57 Klaudia Nazieblo   Poland 29.93 10 2
58 Sarah Rolko   Luxembourg 30.02 9 4
59 Dana Gales   Luxembourg 30.22 8 3
60 Lau Yin Yan Claudia   Hong Kong 30.26 10 7
61 Dina Hegazy   Egypt 30.29 8 1
62 Amit Ivry   Israel 30.32 9 8
63 Siona Huxley   Saint Lucia 30.39 7 2 NR
64 Kätlin Sepp   Estonia 30.42 8 6
65 Gizem Cam   Turkey 30.48 9 7
66 Anna-Liisa Põld   Estonia 30.49 2 1
67 Yulduz Kuchkarova   Uzbekistan 30.52 8 5
68 Anna Volchkov   Israel 30.59 7 9
69 Chen Ting   Chinese Taipei 30.63 9 1
70 Maria Virginia Baez Franco   Paraguay 30.88 7 6
71 Mónica Ramírez   Andorra 30.92 7 3
72 Diana Chang   Ecuador 30.95 8 2
73 Nicole Horn   Zimbabwe 30.98 5 8
74 Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane   Papua New Guinea 31.08 7 4
75 Elimar Barrios   Venezuela 31.11 8 7
76 Silvie Ketelaars   Netherlands Antilles 31.18 8 8
77 Nishani Cicilson   Suriname 31.30 6 4 NR
78 Kendese Nangle   Jamaica 31.53 8 0
79 Amina Meho   Lebanon 31.56 7 1
80 Chinyere Pigot   Suriname 31.84 3 4
81 Dalia Torrez   Nicaragua 32.04 6 2
82 Nicol Cremona   Malta 32.05 7 7
83 Sylvia Brunlehner   Kenya 32.06 5 4
83 ariha Zaman   India 32.06 7 5
85 Rachita Shah   Kenya 32.15 4 2
86 Karla Toscano   Guatemala 32.16 6 7
87 Kirsten Lapham   Zimbabwe 32.19 6 9
88 Khadidiatou Dieng   Senegal 32.20 5 5
89 Birita Debes   Faroe Islands 32.27 6 0
90 Long Chi Wun   Macau 32.33 6 6
91 Karen Vilorio   Honduras 32.34 6 5
92 Jonay Briedenhann   Namibia 32.36 6 8
93 Anahit Barseghyan   Armenia 32.47 7 8
94 Cheyenne Rova   Fiji 32.57 5 6
95 Rebecca Sharpe   Bermuda 32.69 8 9
96 Jade Ashleigh Howard   Zambia 32.92 4 5
97 Sophia Noel   Grenada 32.95 5 9
98 Che Lok In   Macau 33.03 5 1
99 Angelique Trinquier   Monaco 33.04 4 4
100 Mareme Faye   Senegal 33.07 5 2
101 Sara Abdullahu   Albania 33.10 2 4 NR
102 Kiran Khan   Pakistan 33.39 6 3
103 Adele Rova   Fiji 33.41 5 3
104 Jessika Cossa   Mozambique 33.73 4 8
105 Ana Euceda Gutierrez   Honduras 33.75 5 7
106 Faina Salate   Mozambique 33.80 3 6
107 Ruth Carvalho   Angola 33.96 6 1
108 Shannon Austin   Seychelles 34.01 4 0
109 Kathryn Millin   Eswatini 34.22 3 2
110 Stephanie Rasoamanana   Madagascar 34.23 4 3
111 Danielle Bernadine Findlay   Zambia 34.67 4 7
112 Amnahliyani Mohamad Husain   Brunei 34.83 3 3
113 Rachael Glenister   American Samoa 34.89 3 8
114 Estellah Fils Rabetsara   Madagascar 35.00 5 0
115 Judith Ilan Meauri   Papua New Guinea 35.02 3 7
116 Debra Daniel   Micronesia 35.20 4 1
117 Maria Grace Koh   Brunei 35.25 4 6
118 Sabine Hazboun   Palestine 35.79 4 9
119 Sausan Aishath   Maldives 35.87 2 7
120 Reni Jani   Albania 35.99 2 5
121 Osisang Chilton   Palau 36.32 1 5
122 Rida Mitha   Pakistan 36.34 3 5
123 Ifiezibe Gagbe   Nigeria 36.57 3 1
124 Amelie Trinquier   Monaco 36.60 3 0
125 Olivia Infield   Uganda 36.61 2 2
125 Seng Sam Phors   Cambodia 36.61 2 8
127 Melissa Peacock   Marshall Islands 36.83 3 9
128 Gouri Kotecha   Tanzania 37.07 1 3
129 Shaila Rana   Nepal 37.29 2 3
130 Clarissa Brady   Marshall Islands 37.64 2 6
131 Mariam Foum   Tanzania 38.25 1 4
132 Yanet Gebremedhin   Ethiopia 40.80 2 0
Khurelbaatar Sainzaya   Mongolia DSQ 1 6

Semifinals edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Anastasia Zuyeva   Russia 27.38 2 5 WR
2 Daniela Samulski   Germany 27.39 1 4 NR
3 Sophie Edington   Australia 27.51 1 5 OC
4 Aleksandra Gerasimenya   Belarus 27.57 2 4
5 Zhao Jing   China 27.59 2 3 AS
6 Gao Chang   China 27.66 2 2
7 Emily Seebohm   Australia 27.70 1 7
7 Fabíola Molina   Brazil 27.70 2 6 AM
9 Aya Terakawa   Japan 27.73 1 6 NR
10 Hinkelien Schreuder   Netherlands 27.77 2 7 NR
11 Hayley McGregory   United States 27.83 1 3
12 Shiho Sakai   Japan 27.88 2 8
13 Gemma Spofforth   Great Britain 27.92 1 2 NR
14 Sanja Jovanović   Croatia 28.19 1 1
15 Mercedes Peris   Spain 28.28 1 8
16 Elena Gemo   Italy 28.32 2 1

Final edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Lane Notes
  Zhao Jing   China 27.06 2 WR
  Daniela Samulski   Germany 27.23 5 ER
  Gao Chang   China 27.28 7
4 Anastasia Zuyeva   Russia 27.31 4 NR
5 Aleksandra Gerasimenya   Belarus 27.62 6
6 Sophie Edington   Australia 27.73 3
7 Emily Seebohm   Australia 27.83 1
8 Fabíola Molina   Brazil 27.88 8

See also edit

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