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
Semifinals edit
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Heat | Lane | Notes |
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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 |