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

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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

Records

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

World record Stephanie Rice (AUS) 2:08.45 Beijing, China 13 August 2008
Championship record Katie Hoff (USA) 2:10.13 Melbourne, Australia 26 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
26 July Heat 7 Ariana Kukors United States 2:08.53 CR
26 July Semifinal 2 Ariana Kukors United States 2:07.03 WR
27 July Final Ariana Kukors United States 2:06.15 WR

Results

Heats

Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Ariana Kukors United States 2:08.53 7 3 CR, AM
2 Katinka Hosszú Hungary 2:09.12 8 3 ER
3 Stephanie Rice Australia 2:09.64 8 4
4 Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe 2:09.90 7 4
5 Hannah Miley United Kingdom 2:10.24 7 5
6 Julie Hjorth-Hansen Denmark 2:10.53 6 3 NR
7 Julia Smit United States 2:10.94 6 4
8 Emily Seebohm Australia 2:11.31 7 2
9 Camille Muffat France 2:11.35 8 5
10 Evelyn Verrasztó Hungary 2:11.61 6 5
11 Liu Jing China 2:11.91 6 6
12 Joanna Maranhão Brazil 2:12.18 6 8 SA
13 Francesca Segat Italy 2:12.52 7 6
14 Tomoyo Fukuda Japan 2:12.66 8 1
15 Daria Belyakina Russia 2:12.80 7 0 NR
16 Li Jiaxing China 2:13.47 8 2
17 Stina Gardell Sweden 2:13.52 7 9 NR
18 Yana Martynova Russia 2:13.61 6 1
19 Gráinne Murphy Ireland 2:13.64 5 6 NR
20 Erica Morningstar Canada 2:13.70 7 1
20 Erica Buratto Italy 2:13.70 8 8
22 Julia Wilkinson Canada 2:13.75 7 7
22 Mireira Belmonte Spain 2:13.75 8 7
24 Keri-anne Payne United Kingdom 2:14.17 6 2
25 Anja Klinar Slovenia 2:14.40 6 7
26 Katheryn Meaklim South Africa 2:14.53 8 0 NR
27 Louise Mai Jansen Denmark 2:14.61 6 0
28 Hanna-Maria Seppälä Finland 2:14.62 6 9
29 Asami Kitagawa Japan 2:15.53 8 6
30 Marina Ribi Switzerland 2:15.65 5 7 NR
31 Jessica Pengelly South Africa 2:15.66 7 8
32 Fanny Lecluyse Belgium 2:15.88 4 4 NR
33 Karolina Szczepaniak Poland 2:16.52 5 4
34 Simona Baumrtova Czech Republic 2:16.89 5 5
35 Sara Nordenstam Norway 2:16.96 8 9
36 Siow Yi Ting Malaysia 2:17.02 5 2
37 Anna Kowalczyk Poland 2:17.06 5 3
38 Anna Khlistunova Ukraine 2:17.23 4 2
39 Kim Daleun South Korea 2:17.65 5 8
40 Anastasia Korotkov Israel 2:17.79 4 8
41 Sarra Lajnef Tunisia 2:17.86 5 1
42 Kim Hyejin South Korea 2:17.89 4 3
43 Natthanan Junkrajang Thailand 2:19.38 4 6
44 Anna-Liisa Põld Estonia 2:19.46 4 7 NR
45 Maroua Mathlouhti Tunisia 2:19.55 4 5
46 Barbora Závadová Czech Republic 2:19.87 5 0
47 Erika Stewart Colombia 2:20.24 5 9
48 Ranohon Amanova Uzbekistan 2:20.71 4 0
49 Jonay Briedenhann Namibia 2:23.54 3 1 NR
50 Aiste Drobovolskaite Lithuania 2:24.35 3 2 NR
51 Coral del Mar Lopez Rosario Puerto Rico 2:24.45 3 5
52 Karla Toscano Guatemala 2:25.37 3 4
53 Maxine Heard Zimbabwe 2:25.45 2 7
54 Maria Coy Guatemala 2:25.77 3 3
55 Maida Turnadzic Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:26.33 4 1
56 Samantha Arevalo Ecuador 2:26.45 3 8
57 Koh Hui Yu Singapore 2:26.56 2 5
58 Nibal Yamout Lebanon 2:27.94 2 4
59 Chinyere Pigot Suriname 2:28.94 3 0
60 Simona Muccioli San Marino 2:29.02 3 7
61 Koh Ting Ting Singapore 2:29.45 4 9
62 Selma Atic Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:29.55 3 9
63 Christine Briedenhann Namibia 2:31.58 2 8
64 Sara Abdullahu Albania 2:31.67 2 6
65 Laura Lucia Paz Chavez Honduras 2:31.94 2 3
66 Shannon Austin Seychelles 2:33.47 1 4
67 Vo Thi Thanh Vy Vietnam 2:36.35 3 6
68 Diana Al Zamel Syria 2:37.65 2 1
69 Danielle Bernadine Findlay Zambia 2:43.74 1 5
70 Chuen Cheong Estelle Anais Li Mauritius 2:45.32 2 0
71 Sakina Ghulam Pakistan 2:46.82 2 9
72 Cheyenne Rova Fiji 2:48.26 1 3
73 Sausan Aishath Maldives 3:07.54 1 6
– Rita Medrano Mexico DNS 1 2
– Rovena Marku Albania DNS 2 2

Semifinals

Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Ariana Kukors United States 2:07.03 2 4 WR
2 Stephanie Rice Australia 2:08.68 2 5
3 Hannah Miley United Kingdom 2:09.46 2 3 NR
4 Julie Hjorth-Hansen Denmark 2:09.87 1 3 NR
5 Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe 2:09.91 1 5
5 Evelyn Verrasztó Hungary 2:09.91 1 2
7 Katinka Hosszú Hungary 2:10.01 1 4
8 Camille Muffat France 2:10.08 2 2
9 Julia Smit United States 2:10.29 2 6
10 Liu Jing China 2:11.05 2 7
11 Daria Belyakina Russia 2:11.73 2 8 NR
12 Joanna Maranhão Brazil 2:12.12 1 7 SA
13 Francesca Segat Italy 2:12.34 2 1
14 Li Jiaxing China 2:12.75 1 8
15 Emily Seebohm Australia 2:12.88 1 6
16 Tomoyo Fukuda Japan 2:13.36 1 1

Finals

Rank Name Nationality Time Lane Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ariana Kukors United States 2:06.15 4 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stephanie Rice Australia 2:07.03 5 OC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Katinka Hosszú Hungary 2:07.46 1 ER
4 Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe 2:08.94 2
5 Julie Hjorth-Hansen Denmark 2:09.73 6 NR
6 Hannah Miley United Kingdom 2:09.91 3
7 Evelyn Verrasztó Hungary 2:09.98 7
8 Camille Muffat France 2:10.85 8