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

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. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows: World record 56.61 Sydney, Australia 17 September 2000Championship record 57.15 Melbourne, Australia 26 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord 26 July Heat 9 Sarah Sjöström Sweden 56.76 CR 26 July Semifinal 2 Sarah Sjöström Sweden 56.44 WR 27 July Final Sarah Sjöström Sweden 56.06 WR

Results

Heats Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes 1 Sarah Sjöström 56.76 9 6 CR, NR 2 Dana Vollmer 57.15 10 5 3 Jessicah Schipper 57.17 10 4 4 Yafei Zhou 57.34 10 8 5 Christine Magnuson 57.48 9 4 6 Jeanette Ottesen 57.58 10 7 NR 7 Ingvild Snildal 57.67 10 9 NR 8 Aurore Mongel 57.75 11 6 NR 9 Felicity Galvez 57.76 9 3 10 Jiao Liuyang 57.90 11 5 11 Annika Mehlhorn 58.04 9 7 NR 12 Marleen Veldhuis 58.06 11 4 13 Ellen Gandy 58.07 9 5 14 Daynara de Paula 58.26 9 8 15 Yuka Kato 58.31 10 6 16 Gabriella Silva 58.35 10 2 17 Jemma Lowe 58.60 10 3 18 Eszter Dara 58.61 11 7 19 Kimberly Buys 58.62 9 1 NR 20 Audrey Lacroix 58.67 8 5 NR 21 Irina Bespalova 58.74 10 0 22 Ilaria Bianchi 58.81 9 2 23 Triin Aljand 59.00 8 3 NR 23 Yui Miyamoto 59.00 11 8 25 Amit Ivry 59.02 11 9 26 Micha Kathrine Østergaard Jensen 59.06 11 2 27 Sara Isakovič 59.10 11 1 28 Chantal Groot 59.24 11 0 29 Caterina Giacchetti 59.60 8 4 30 Emilia Pikkarainen 59.69 8 6 31 Tao Li 59.73 11 3 32 Kateryna Zubkova 59.77 9 0 33 Orsolya Tompa 59.85 8 8 34 Martina Van Berkel 59.87 8 1 NR 35 Birgit Koschischek 59.93 9 9 36 Gabriella Fagundez 59.95 10 1 37 Kristina Tchernychev 1:00.32 8 0 38 Anna Yevchak 1:00.37 7 6 39 Anna Schoholeva 1:00.42 7 5 40 Iryna Niafedava 1:00.46 8 9 41 Rita Medrano 1:00.47 7 1 NR 42 Carolina Colorado Henao 1:00.50 8 7 43 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace 1:00.56 6 7 NR 44 Laetitia Perez 1:00.67 7 4 45 Sze Hang Yu 1:00.83 6 5 46 Iris Rosenberger 1:00.86 7 7 47 Mirela Olczak 1:00.93 7 3 48 Kelly Shim Robinson 1:01.05 7 0 49 Lenka Jarosova 1:01.19 6 1 50 Fella Bennaceur 1:01.22 6 3 NR 51 Katarina Listopadova 1:01.24 7 2 52 Linda Laihorinne 1:01.27 6 0 53 Maida Turnadzic 1:01.31 8 2 54 Alana Dillette 1:01.51 6 4 55 Elimar Barrios 1:01.95 7 8 56 Sofija Djelic 1:02.09 7 9 57 Marellyn Lammert Liew 1:02.14 6 2 58 Christine Mailliet 1:02.22 5 3 59 Yasemin Rosenberger 1:02.52 6 9 60 Kristina Bernice Lennox 1:02.56 6 6 61 Aiste Dobrovolskaite 1:02.60 5 5 NR 62 Eliana Barrios 1:02.92 5 4 63 Loren Yamile Bahamonde 1:03.05 6 8 64 Farida Osman 1:03.21 5 6 65 Koh Ting Ting 1:03.25 5 7 66 Yumisleisy Morales Mendoza 1:03.33 5 9 67 Grite Apanaviciute 1:03.38 5 2 68 Binta Zahra Diop 1:03.47 5 1 69 Ting Sheng-Yo 1:03.77 5 0 70 Marie Laura Meza 1:04.18 4 3 71 Ileana Murillo 1:04.21 4 6 72 Maria Georgina Gandionco 1:04.34 4 2 72 Ramond Sherazad 1:04.34 5 8 74 Laura Lucia Paz Chavez 1:04.45 4 0 75 Karrakchou Lilia 1:04.95 4 9 76 Chen Ting 1:05.06 4 5 77 Pooja Raghava Alva 1:05.13 4 8 78 Davina Mangion 1:05.41 3 5 79 Simona Muccioli 1:05.55 4 4 80 Karen Milenka Torrez Guzman 1:05.64 3 3 81 Vandita Dhariyal 1:05.80 2 2 82 Daniela Reyes Hinrichsen 1:05.83 3 8 83 Dalia Torrez 1:05.93 3 4 84 Moira Fraser 1:06.05 3 6 85 Ma Cheok Mei 1:06.51 4 7 86 Sharon Paola Fajardo Sierra 1:07.07 4 1 87 Silvie Ketelaars 1:07.42 3 7 88 Monica Bernardo 1:07.52 3 0 89 Shalia Millum Gardarnar 1:08.17 3 9 90 Razan Taha 1:08.28 2 5 91 Amina Meho 1:08.39 3 2 92 Rachita Shah 1:08.89 2 9 93 Talisa Pace 1:09.10 2 4 94 Li Chuen Cheong Estelle Anais 1:09.51 2 6 95 Gessica Stagno 1:09.67 2 1 96 Miniruwani Samarakoon 1:09.99 2 8 97 Tieri Erasito 1:11.63 2 0 98 Ashley Bransford 1:13.51 2 3 99 Adele Rova 1:14.04 1 5 100 Tin Hon Ko Adeline Mei-Li 1:14.08 2 7 101 Gantumur Oyungerel 1:14.99 1 4 102 Aelia Mehdi 1:25.88 1 3

Key: CR = Championship record, NR = National record

Semifinals Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes 1 Sarah Sjöström 56.44 2 4 WR 2 Jessicah Schipper 57.08 2 5 3 Dana Vollmer 57.19 1 4 4 Ingvild Snildal 57.20 2 6 NR 5 Jiao Liuyang 57.25 1 2 6 Aurore Mongel 57.39 1 6 NR 7 Gabriella Silva 57.42 1 8 SA 8 Marleen Veldhuis 57.56 1 7 8 Yafei Zhou 57.56 1 5 10 Christine Magnuson 57.59 2 3 11 Jeanette Ottesen 57.65 1 3 12 Daynara de Paula 57.68 1 1 13 Felicity Galvez 57.71 2 2 14 Annika Mehlhorn 57.90 2 7 NR 15 Yuka Kato 57.95 2 8 16 Ellen Gandy 58.25 2 1

Swim-off Rank Name Nationality Time Lane Notes 1 Marleen Veldhuis 57.38 4 2 Yafei Zhou 57.62 5

Finals Rank Name Nationality Time Lane Notes Sarah Sjöström 56.06 4 WR Jessicah Schipper 56.23 5 OC Jiao Liuyang 56.86 2 AS 4 Aurore Mongel 56.89 7 NR 5 Gabriella Silva 56.94 1 =AM 5 Dana Vollmer 56.94 3 =AM 7 Ingvild Snildal 56.96 6 NR 8 Marleen Veldhuis 57.79 8 Note: The Dutch Record in this event is Inge de Bruijn's former World Record (56.61), which may help to explain why Veldhuis was the only finalist not to set a National Record (NR).

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