Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke

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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.

Records

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

World record Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) 58.77 Beijing, China 11 August 2008
Championship record Natalie Coughlin (USA) 59.44 Melbourne, Australia 27 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
27 July Heat 11 Gemma Spofforth Great Britain 58.78 CR
27 July Semifinal 1 Anastasia Zuyeva Russia 58.48 WR
28 July Final Gemma Spofforth Great Britain 58.12 WR

Heats

Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Gemma Spofforth Great Britain 58.78 11 4 CR, ER
2 Anastasia Zuyeva Russia 59.01 12 5 NR
3 Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe 59.51 12 4
4 Emily Seebohm Australia 59.64 11 5
5 Shiho Sakai Japan 59.80 10 5
6 Gao Chang China 59.84 11 7
7 Hayley McGregory United States 59.91 10 4
8 Elizabeth Simmonds Great Britain 1:00.04 10 6
9 Aya Terakawa Japan 1:00.18 11 3
10 Maria Gromova Russia 1:00.32 11 8
11 Daniela Samulski Germany 1:00.34 12 2
12 Elizabeth Pelton United States 1:00.47 12 7
13 Fabíola Molina Brazil 1:00.53 10 2 SA
14 Pernille Jessing Larsen Denmark 1:00.67 12 8
15 Zhao Jing China 1:00.79 12 3
16 Alexianne Castel France 1:00.80 11 6
17 Belinda Hocking Australia 1:00.90 10 3
18 Fernanda González Mexico 1:00.94 9 5 NR
19 Eszter Dara Hungary 1:01.10 11 2
19 Elena Gemo Italy 1:01.10 11 1
21 Valentina De Nardi Italy 1:01.46 10 0
22 Esther Baron France 1:01.48 12 6
23 Sanja Jovanović Croatia 1:01.53 10 7
24 Sinead Russell Canada 1:01.63 12 1
25 Alicja Tchorz Poland 1:01.75 12 0
26 Simona Baumrtova Czech Republic 1:01.79 12 9
27 Petra Klosova Czech Republic 1:01.83 8 4
28 Carolina Colorado Henao Colombia 1:01.85 10 1
29 Iryna Amshennikova Ukraine 1:02.00 11 0
30 Gabrielle Soucisse Canada 1:02.14 10 8
31 Kseniya Grygorenko Ukraine 1:02.36 9 4
32 Kimberly Buys Belgium 1:02.46 9 1 NR
33 Aisling Cooney Ireland 1:02.55 9 8
34 Anastasiya Prilepa Kazakhstan 1:02.72 7 7
35 Klaudia Nazieblo Poland 1:02.74 11 9
36 Melanie Nocher Ireland 1:02.76 8 7
37 Marica Strazmester Serbia 1:02.90 9 0
38 Sarah Rolko Luxembourg 1:02.97 8 1
39 Kiera Aitken Bermuda 1:02.99 9 7
40 Dina Hegazy Egypt 1:03.03 8 3 NR
41 Aleksandra Kovaleva Belarus 1:03.17 8 2
42 Yekaterina Rudenko Kazakhstan 1:03.29 8 5
43 Martina van Berkel Switzerland 1:03.44 8 6
44 Ekaterina Avramova Bulgaria 1:03.47 9 2
45 Jeserick Pinto Venezuela 1:03.48 7 5 NR
46 Lau Yin Yan Claudia Hong Kong 1:03.51 7 3
47 Katarina Milly Slovakia 1:03.57 6 3
48 Maja Sovinek Slovenia 1:03.66 7 6
49 Tsai Hiu Wai Sherry Hong Kong 1:03.69 10 9
50 Lim Shana Jia Yi Singapore 1:03.72 8 8
51 Ramirez Monica Andorra 1:03.79 5 4
52 Elodie Vanhamme Belgium 1:04.01 9 9
53 Alana Dillette Bahamas 1:04.09 9 6
54 Dana Gales Luxembourg 1:04.12 8 0
55 Anna-Liisa Põld Estonia 1:04.14 6 7
56 Lourdes Villaseñor Mexico 1:04.22 6 5
57 Erika Stewart Colombia 1:04.55 7 9
58 Kätlin Sepp Estonia 1:04.79 7 1
59 Riia-Rosa Koskelainen Finland 1:04.89 7 8
60 Kang Yeong-Seo South Korea 1:05.19 8 9
61 Diana Chang Ecuador 1:05.33 6 9
62 Yulduz Kuchkarova Uzbekistan 1:05.34 7 0
63 Lynette Ng Singapore 1:05.65 6 1
63 Chen Ting Chinese Taipei 1:05.65 7 4
65 Nicole Marmol Ecuador 1:05.77 6 4
66 Maria Virginia Baez Franco Paraguay 1:05.81 7 2
67 Elimar Barrios Venezuela 1:06.14 6 2
68 Amina Meho Lebanon 1:06.80 6 8 NR
69 Nishani Cicilson Suriname 1:07.34 4 3
70 Siona Huxley Saint Lucia 1:07.55 4 1 NR
71 Gizem Çam Turkey 1:07.62 1 6
72 Karla Toscano Guatemala 1:07.76 5 3
73 Karen Milenka Torrez Guzman Bolivia 1:07.90 5 5 NR
74 Kirsten Lapham Zimbabwe 1:07.95 5 8
75 Silvie Ketelaars Netherlands Antilles 1:08.09 5 2
76 Rebecca Sharpe Bermuda 1:08.31 6 0
77 Kendese Nangle Jamaica 1:08.37 5 7
78 Karen Vilorio Honduras 1:08.84 4 2
79 Jonay Briedenhann Namibia 1:08.88 5 6
80 Nicol Cremona Malta 1:09.10 5 1
81 Rachita Shah Kenya 1:09.32 3 1
82 Fong Man Wai Macau 1:09.53 4 5
83 Fariha Zaman India 1:10.12 5 0
84 Che Lok In Macau 1:10.20 5 9
85 Laura Lucia Paz Chavez Honduras 1:10.25 4 8
86 Birita Debes Faroe Islands 1:10.30 3 5
87 Angelique Trinquier Monaco 1:10.58 3 6
88 Mariana Zaballa Bolivia 1:11.10 4 0
89 Sophia Noel Grenada 1:11.40 4 9
90 Sylvia Brunlehner Kenya 1:11.60 3 2
91 Jade Ashleigh Howard Zambia 1:11.86 2 5
92 Dalia Torrez Nicaragua 1:12.99 4 6
93 Jessika Cossa Mozambique 1:13.10 2 3
94 Mareme Faye Senegal 1:13.23 3 7
95 Kiran Khan Pakistan 1:13.37 4 4
96 Ruth Carvalho Angola 1:13.52 3 4
97 Cheyenne Rova Fiji 1:13.53 3 9
98 Rachael Catherine Glenister American Samoa 1:13.74 3 0
99 Faina Salate Mozambique 1:14.77 2 7
100 Estellah Fils Rabetsara Madagascar 1:14.81 3 3
101 Khadidiatou Dieng Senegal 1:14.91 3 8
102 Amelie Trinquier Monaco 1:16.10 2 2
103 Maria Grace Koh Brunei 1:17.73 2 4
104 Judith Ilan Meauri Papua New Guinea 1:18.09 2 6
105 Amnahliyani Mohamed Husain Brunei 1:19.60 2 9
106 Reni Jani Albania 1:19.95 1 4
107 Sausan Aishath Maldives 1:20.65 1 5
108 Rida Mitha Pakistan 1:21.22 2 8
109 Gouri Kotecha Tanzania 1:23.64 1 3
110 Shaila Rana Nepal 1:23.81 2 0
111 Ifiezibe Gagbe Nigeria 1:24.96 2 1
112 Daoheuang Inthavong Laos 1:30.02 1 7
113 Thepaksone Chinfavong Laos 1:42.58 1 2
— Magdalena Kuras Sweden DNS 1 1
— Anahit Barseghyan Armenia DNS 4 7
— Ingvild Snildal Norway DNS 9 3
— Anna Volchkov Israel DSQ 6 6

Semifinals

Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Anastasia Zuyeva Russia 58.48 1 4 WR
2 Gemma Spofforth Great Britain 58.74 2 4 NR
3 Emily Seebohm Australia 59.15 1 5 OC
4 Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe 59.21 2 5
5 Shiho Sakai Japan 59.25 2 3 AS
6 Zhao Jing China 59.39 2 8 NR
7 Elizabeth Simmonds Great Britain 59.55 1 6
7 Hayley McGregory United States 59.55 2 6
9 Daniela Samulski Germany 59.77 2 7 NR
10 Gao Chang China 1:00.21 1 3
11 Aya Terakawa Japan 1:00.31 2 2
12 Maria Gromova Russia 1:00.49 1 2
13 Elizabeth Pelton United States 1:00.51 1 7
14 Fabíola Molina Brazil 1:00.55 2 1
15 Alexianne Castel France 1:00.63 1 8
16 Pernille Jessing Larsen Denmark 1:00.67 1 1

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Lane Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gemma Spofforth Great Britain 58.12 5 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anastasia Zuyeva Russia 58.18 4 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Emily Seebohm Australia 58.88 3 OC
4 Shiho Sakai Japan 59.14 2 AS
5 Zhao Jing China 59.28 7 NR
6 Hayley McGregory United States 59.42 8
7 Elizabeth Simmonds Great Britain 59.71 1
8 Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe 59.74 6