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

Last updated

The heats for the women's 200 m backstroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 31 July, with the final in the evening session of 1 August at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Contents

Records

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

World recordFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Kirsty Coventry  (ZIM)2:05.24 Beijing, China 16 August 2008
Championship recordFlag of the United States.svg  Margaret Hoelzer  (USA)2:07.16 Melbourne, Australia 31 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
31 JulyHeat 6 Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 2:06.72 CR
31 JulySemifinal 2 Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 2:05.86 CR
1 AugustFinal Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 2:04.81 WR

Results

Heats

RankNameNationalityTimeHeatLaneNotes
1 Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:06.7264 CR
2 Gemma Spofforth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:07.6975
3 Elizabeth Beisel Flag of the United States.svg  USA 2:07.9874
4 Belinda Hocking Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:08.0763
5 Anastasia Zuyeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:08.1155
6 Alexianne Castel Flag of France.svg  France 2:08.9654
7 Elizabeth Pelton Flag of the United States.svg  USA 2:09.1276
8 Alicja Tchórz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:09.7477 NR
9 Lauren Lavigna Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:10.0378 NR
10 Tomoyo Fukuda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:10.1556
11 Pernille Jessing Larsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:10.2752 NR
12 Elizabeth Simmonds Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:10.3153
13 Daryna Zevina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:10.4160
14 Aya Terakawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:10.9066
15 Simona Baumrtova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:11.0857
16 Sophie Edington Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:11.5367
17 Zsuzsanna Jakabos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:11.7569
18 Bai Anqi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:12.2662
19 Kseniya Grygorenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:12.4059
20 Fernanda González Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:12.6858 NR
21 Barbara Jardin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:13.0271
22 Melanie Nocher Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:13.0443
23 Klaudia Nazieblo Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:13.4251
24 Valentina Lucconi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:14.2168
25 Dina Hegazy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2:14.7661
26 Cloe Credeville Flag of France.svg  France 2:15.3672
27 Lourdes Villasenor Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:15.5242
28 Anna Volchkov Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:15.6134
29 Zhao Jing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:15.6765
30 Lau Yin Yan Claudia Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2:15.6849
31 Lenka Jarosova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:15.7944
32 Jessica Pengelly Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:16.0650
33 Kang Yeong Seo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:16.5945
34 Martina van Berkel Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 2:17.0579
35 Kiera Aitken Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 2:17.4940
36 Ekaterina Avramova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:17.6141
37 Anna-Liisa Põld Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:17.8247
38 Nicole Marmol Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 2:18.0336
39 Nina Rangelova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:18.4710
40 Anastasiya Prilepa Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:18.5138
41 Yekaterina Rudenko Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:19.0433
41 Dana Gales Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2:19.0430
43 Chen Ting Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:19.0848
44 Elimar Barrios Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:19.4025
45 Erika Stewart Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:19.4839
46 Kätlin Sepp Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:19.6531
47 Sarah Rolko Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2:19.7146
48 Ramirez Monica Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 2:20.3927
49 Diana Chang Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 2:20.4122
50 Juanita Barreto Barreto Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:20.7032
51 Aleksandra Kovaleva Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2:21.6735
52 Maria Virginia Baez Franco Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 2:22.4523
53 Lim Shana Jia Yi Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:22.6537
54 Kirsten Lapham Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:23.6026
55 Rebecca Sharpe Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 2:28.9024
56 Karen Vilorio Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 2:29.2815
57 Mariana Zaballa Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 2:29.8029
58 Fong Man Wai Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 2:32.0628
59 Sophia Noel Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 2:33.6616
60 Ayesha Noel Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 2:35.4913
61 Nicol Cremona Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 2:35.6921
62 Che Lok In Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 2:36.6620
63 Birita Debes Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 2:36.8912
64 Danielle Bernadine Findlay Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2:42.7311
65 Ruth Carvalho Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 2:44.9117
66 Mahnoor Maqsood Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 3:01.1418
Sanja Jovanović Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia DNS70
Alessia Filippi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNS73
Rachael Catherine Glenister Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa DSQ14

Semifinals

RankNameNationalityTimeHeatLaneNotes
1 Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:05.8624 CR
2 Anastasia Zuyeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:07.0023 NR
3 Elizabeth Simmonds Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:07.2117 NR
4 Elizabeth Beisel Flag of the United States.svg  USA 2:07.4825
5 Gemma Spofforth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:07.6414
6 Aya Terakawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:08.4911
7 Alexianne Castel Flag of France.svg  France 2:08.7713
8 Elizabeth Pelton Flag of the United States.svg  USA 2:09.5726
9 Belinda Hocking Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:09.7715
10 Tomoyo Fukuda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:10.0912
11 Pernille Jessing Larsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:10.3527
12 Lauren Lavigna Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:10.5422
13 Sophie Edington Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:10.5718
14 Daryna Zevina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:10.5821
15 Simona Baumrtova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:10.7928 NR
16 Alicja Tchórz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:11.0616

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeLaneNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:04.814 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Anastasia Zuyeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:04.945 ER
Bronze medal icon.svg Elizabeth Beisel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:06.396
4 Gemma Spofforth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:06.662 NR
5 Elizabeth Simmonds Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:07.983
6 Elizabeth Pelton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:08.048
7 Alexianne Castel Flag of France.svg  France 2:08.131
8 Aya Terakawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:08.897

Related Research Articles

The 2006 European Swimming Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 26 July – 6 August 2006. Disciplines include swimming, diving, synchronised swimming (synchro) and open water swimming. European Water Polo Championships for 2006 were also organized by LEN, but held separately.

The Swimming portion of the 13th FINA World Aquatics Championships was held at the Foro Italico sports complex in Rome, Italy from Sunday 26 July – Sunday 2 August 2009. It featured 40 long course (50m) events.

The first heats of the Women's 200m Individual Medley took place on the morning of Sunday, July 26. The semifinal took place in the evening session of the same day and the final took place on the evening of the 27 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. The order of swimming in the medley was: Butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle

The first heats of the Women's 100 m Butterfly took place on the morning of Sunday, 26 July. The semi-final took place in the evening session of 26 July and the final took place on the evening of 27 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. In the final, 7 of the 8 swimmers finished within the same second, and 5 within the same 0.1 of a second.

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.

The heats for the men's 200 metre freestyle race at the 2009 World Championships took place on the morning of 27 July and the final took place in the evening session of 28 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

The heats for the men's 50 metre backstroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 1 August, with the final in the evening session of 2 August at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

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.

The heats for the Women's 100 m Backstroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 27 July and the final took place in the evening session of 28 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

The heats for the men's 200 m backstroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 30 July, with the final in the evening session of 31 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

The heats for the men's 50 metre breaststroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 28 July. The final took place in the evening session of 29 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

The heats for the women's 50 m breaststroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning of 1 August, with the final in the evening session of 2 August at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

The heats for the men's 100 metre breaststroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 26 July and the final took place in the evening session of 27 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

The heats for the men's 200 metre breaststroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 30 July, with the final in the evening session of 31 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

The heats for the women's 200 m breaststroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 30 July and the final took place in the evening session of 31 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships took place between 31 July – 1 August at the Foro Italico. Both the heats and semifinals were held on 31 July with the heats being held in the morning session and the semifinals being held in the evening session. The final was held on 1 August.

The heats for the men's 200 metre butterfly race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning of 28 July, with the final in the evening session of 29 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

The heats for the Men's 200 metre Individual Medley race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 29 July and the final took place in the evening session of 30 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. The order of swimming in the medley was butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle.

The heats and finals for the women's 400 m individual medley race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 2 August at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. The order of swimming in the medley is: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle.

The heats for the women's 50 m butterfly race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 31 July, with the final in the evening session of 1 August at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.