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

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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.

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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 (2022-).svg  Honduras 2:29.2815
57 Mariana Zaballa Flag of Bolivia.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 (23px).png  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 (23px).png  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