Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Foro Italico | |||||||||
Dates | July 30, 2009 (heats & semifinals) July 31, 2009 (final) | |||||||||
Winning time | 52.07 WR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2009 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Synchronised | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Open water swimming | ||
5 km | men | women |
10 km | men | women |
25 km | men | women |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Duet | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Team | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Combination | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
The heats for the women's 100 m freestyle race at the 2009 World Championships took place on the morning of 30 July, with the final in the evening session of 31 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:
World record | Britta Steffen (GER) | 52.56 | Berlin, Germany | 27 June 2009 |
Championship record | Natalie Coughlin (USA) | 53.40 | Melbourne, Australia | 29 March 2007 |
Libby Lenton (AUS) | 30 March 2007 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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26 July | Heat 4* | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 53.02 | CR |
26 July | Final* | Britta Steffen | Germany | 52.22 | WR |
31 July | Final | Britta Steffen | Germany | 52.07 | WR |
* Split from the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Heat | Lane | Notes |
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1 | Libby Trickett | Australia | 52.84 | 1 | 4 | |
2 | Britta Steffen | Germany | 52.87 | 1 | 5 | |
3 | Amanda Weir | United States | 53.02 | 2 | 4 | AM |
4 | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 53.05 | 1 | 6 | |
5 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 53.31 | 2 | 5 | |
6 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 53.41 | 1 | 3 | NR |
7 | Dana Vollmer | United States | 53.55 | 2 | 3 | |
8 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 53.74 | 1 | 2 | NR |
9 | Daniela Schreiber | Germany | 53.76 | 2 | 7 | |
10 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | Finland | 53.82 | 2 | 2 | |
11 | Hayley Palmer | New Zealand | 53.91 | 2 | 1 | NR |
12 | Malia Metella | France | 53.95 | 2 | 6 | |
13 | Li Zhesi | China | 53.97 | 1 | 7 | |
14 | Marieke Guehrer | Australia | 54.21 | 1 | 8 | |
15 | Victoria Poon | Canada | 54.29 | 1 | 1 | |
16 | Aleksandra Gerasimenya | Belarus | 54.51 | 2 | 8 |
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane | Notes |
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Britta Steffen | Germany | 52.07 | 5 | WR | |
Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 52.87 | 6 | NR | |
Libby Trickett | Australia | 52.93 | 4 | ||
4 | Amanda Weir | United States | 53.12 | 3 | |
5 | Dana Vollmer | United States | 53.30 | 1 | |
6 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 53.37 | 2 | |
7 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 53.70 | 7 | |
8 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 53.92 | 8 |
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