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.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows: World record 27.61 Berlin, Germany 26 June 2009Championship record 28.16 Melbourne, Australia 28 March 2007 29 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord 28 July Final* Anastasia Zuyeva Russia 28.13 CR 29 July Heat 12 Zhao Jing China 27.85 CR 29 July Heat 13 Aleksandra Gerasimenya Belarus 27.65 CR 29 July Semifinal 1 Daniela Samulski Germany 27.39 WR 29 July Semifinal 2 Anastasia Zuyeva Russia 27.38 WR 30 July Final Zhao Jing China 27.06 WR * Split from the women's 100 m backstroke

Results

Heats Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes 1 Aleksandra Gerasimenya 27.65 13 2 CR 2 Daniela Samulski 27.70 13 4 2 Anastasia Zuyeva 27.70 14 4 4 Sophie Edington 27.82 14 3 5 Zhao Jing 27.85 12 4 6 Hayley McGregory 27.88 12 5 7 Fabíola Molina 27.94 14 2 SA 8 Aya Terakawa 27.95 13 5 9 Gao Chang 28.02 14 5 10 Gemma Spofforth 28.19 12 3 11 Hinkelien Schreuder 28.23 12 6 12 Emily Seebohm 28.25 13 6 13 Elena Gemo 28.27 12 7 NR 14 Sanja Jovanović 28.28 12 2 15 Shiho Sakai 28.31 13 3 16 Mercedes Peris 28.51 14 6 17 Ingvild Snildal 28.55 12 9 NR 18 Fabienne Nadarajah 28.72 14 8 NR 19 Elizabeth Simmonds 28.78 13 7 20 Maria Gromova 28.80 13 8 21 Etiene Medeiros 28.82 14 7 22 Elizabeth Pelton 28.86 11 6 23 Yekaterina Rudenko 29.01 14 1 24 Klara Vaclavikova 29.05 14 9 25 Alicja Tchorz 29.07 12 8 26 Pernille Jessing Larsen 29.08 11 2 27 Marica Strazmester 29.09 11 5 27 Ranomi Kromowidjojo 29.09 13 1 29 Martina Moravcová 29.12 11 4 29 Laura Letrari 29.12 12 1 31 Fernanda González 29.13 10 3 NR 32 Iryna Amshennikova 29.14 11 8 33 Simona Baumrtova 29.19 14 0 34 Hanna-Maria Seppälä 29.20 10 5 34 Lim Shana Jia Yi 29.20 11 7 =NR 36 Magdalena Kuras 29.26 10 6 36 Katharina Stiberg 29.26 11 1 38 Tao Li 29.28 8 4 39 Sinead Russell 29.45 11 3 40 Anastasiya Prilepa 29.49 9 0 41 Ivana Gabrilo 29.51 11 9 41 Daryna Zevina 29.51 13 9 43 Kiera Aitken 29.55 10 8 NR 44 Carolina Colorado Henao 29.57 10 4 45 Rugilė Mileišytė 29.58 7 0 NR 46 Aisling Cooney 29.69 10 9 47 Riia-Rosa Koskelainen 29.70 11 0 48 Aleksandra Kovaleva 29.73 10 0 49 Tsai Hiu Wai Sherry 29.74 13 0 50 Jeserick Pinto 29.77 9 2 51 Katarina Milly 29.83 9 3 51 Alana Dillette 29.83 9 9 NR 53 Gabrielle Soucisse 29.84 12 0 54 Maja Sovinek 29.90 9 5 55 Ekaterina Avramova 29.91 10 1 56 Juanita Barreto Barreto 29.92 9 6 57 Klaudia Nazieblo 29.93 10 2 58 Sarah Rolko 30.02 9 4 59 Dana Gales 30.22 8 3 60 Lau Yin Yan Claudia 30.26 10 7 61 Dina Hegazy 30.29 8 1 62 Amit Ivry 30.32 9 8 63 Siona Huxley 30.39 7 2 NR 64 Kätlin Sepp 30.42 8 6 65 Gizem Cam 30.48 9 7 66 Anna-Liisa Põld 30.49 2 1 67 Yulduz Kuchkarova 30.52 8 5 68 Anna Volchkov 30.59 7 9 69 Chen Ting 30.63 9 1 70 Maria Virginia Baez Franco 30.88 7 6 71 Mónica Ramírez 30.92 7 3 72 Diana Chang 30.95 8 2 73 Nicole Horn 30.98 5 8 74 Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane 31.08 7 4 75 Elimar Barrios 31.11 8 7 76 Silvie Ketelaars 31.18 8 8 77 Nishani Cicilson 31.30 6 4 NR 78 Kendese Nangle 31.53 8 0 79 Amina Meho 31.56 7 1 80 Chinyere Pigot 31.84 3 4 81 Dalia Torrez 32.04 6 2 82 Nicol Cremona 32.05 7 7 83 Sylvia Brunlehner 32.06 5 4 83 ariha Zaman 32.06 7 5 85 Rachita Shah 32.15 4 2 86 Karla Toscano 32.16 6 7 87 Kirsten Lapham 32.19 6 9 88 Khadidiatou Dieng 32.20 5 5 89 Birita Debes 32.27 6 0 90 Long Chi Wun 32.33 6 6 91 Karen Vilorio 32.34 6 5 92 Jonay Briedenhann 32.36 6 8 93 Anahit Barseghyan 32.47 7 8 94 Cheyenne Rova 32.57 5 6 95 Rebecca Sharpe 32.69 8 9 96 Jade Ashleigh Howard 32.92 4 5 97 Sophia Noel 32.95 5 9 98 Che Lok In 33.03 5 1 99 Angelique Trinquier 33.04 4 4 100 Mareme Faye 33.07 5 2 101 Sara Abdullahu 33.10 2 4 NR 102 Kiran Khan 33.39 6 3 103 Adele Rova 33.41 5 3 104 Jessika Cossa 33.73 4 8 105 Ana Euceda Gutierrez 33.75 5 7 106 Faina Salate 33.80 3 6 107 Ruth Carvalho 33.96 6 1 108 Shannon Austin 34.01 4 0 109 Kathryn Millin 34.22 3 2 110 Stephanie Rasoamanana 34.23 4 3 111 Danielle Bernadine Findlay 34.67 4 7 112 Amnahliyani Mohamad Husain 34.83 3 3 113 Rachael Glenister 34.89 3 8 114 Estellah Fils Rabetsara 35.00 5 0 115 Judith Ilan Meauri 35.02 3 7 116 Debra Daniel Micronesia 35.20 4 1 117 Maria Grace Koh 35.25 4 6 118 Sabine Hazboun 35.79 4 9 119 Sausan Aishath 35.87 2 7 120 Reni Jani 35.99 2 5 121 Osisang Chilton 36.32 1 5 122 Rida Mitha 36.34 3 5 123 Ifiezibe Gagbe 36.57 3 1 124 Amelie Trinquier 36.60 3 0 125 Olivia Infield 36.61 2 2 125 Seng Sam Phors 36.61 2 8 127 Melissa Peacock 36.83 3 9 128 Gouri Kotecha 37.07 1 3 129 Shaila Rana 37.29 2 3 130 Clarissa Brady 37.64 2 6 131 Mariam Foum 38.25 1 4 132 Yanet Gebremedhin 40.80 2 0 – Khurelbaatar Sainzaya DSQ 1 6

Semifinals Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes 1 Anastasia Zuyeva 27.38 2 5 WR 2 Daniela Samulski 27.39 1 4 NR 3 Sophie Edington 27.51 1 5 OC 4 Aleksandra Gerasimenya 27.57 2 4 5 Zhao Jing 27.59 2 3 AS 6 Gao Chang 27.66 2 2 7 Emily Seebohm 27.70 1 7 7 Fabíola Molina 27.70 2 6 AM 9 Aya Terakawa 27.73 1 6 NR 10 Hinkelien Schreuder 27.77 2 7 NR 11 Hayley McGregory 27.83 1 3 12 Shiho Sakai 27.88 2 8 13 Gemma Spofforth 27.92 1 2 NR 14 Sanja Jovanović 28.19 1 1 15 Mercedes Peris 28.28 1 8 16 Elena Gemo 28.32 2 1

Final Rank Name Nationality Time Lane Notes Zhao Jing 27.06 2 WR Daniela Samulski 27.23 5 ER Gao Chang 27.28 7 4 Anastasia Zuyeva 27.31 4 NR 5 Aleksandra Gerasimenya 27.62 6 6 Sophie Edington 27.73 3 7 Emily Seebohm 27.83 1 8 Fabíola Molina 27.88 8

See also Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke

References

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