The women's 200 m butterfly at the 2009 World Championships took place on 29 July (heats and semifinals) and on the evening of 30 July (finals) at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows: World record 2:04.18 Beijing, China 14 August 2008Championship record 2:05.61 Montreal, Canada 28 July 2005

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord 29 July Heat 4 Mary DeScenza 2:04.14 WR 30 July Final Jessicah Schipper Australia 2:03.41 WR

Results

Heats Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes 1 Mary DeScenza 2:04.14 4 3 WR 2 Jessicah Schipper 2:05.50 4 4 3 Katinka Hosszú 2:06.21 6 6 NR 4 Samantha Hamill 2:06.32 4 6 5 Annika Mehlhorn 2:06.45 5 1 NR 6 Aurore Mongel 2:06.66 5 5 7 Audrey Lacroix 2:06.67 5 2 NR 8 Jiao Liuyang 2:07.01 5 4 9 Yui Miyamoto 2:07.13 5 6 10 Ellen Gandy 2:07.33 6 4 11 Kathleen Hersey 2:07.34 6 3 12 Liu Zige 2:07.55 5 3 13 Caterina Giacchetti 2:07.84 6 5 14 Micha Kathrine Østergaard Jensen 2:08.54 6 2 15 Magali Rousseau 2:08.57 6 7 16 Zsuzsanna Jakabos 2:08.63 1 8 17 Mirela Olczak 2:08.72 6 0 18 Tanya Hunks 2:09.42 4 8 19 Francesca Segat 2:09.54 4 7 20 Joanna Maranhão 2:09.55 4 1 SA 21 Yana Martynova 2:09.80 4 0 22 Petra Granlund 2:09.87 5 7 23 Rita Medrano 2:10.29 5 9 NR 24 Jessica Dickons 2:10.32 4 2 25 Martina van Berkel 2:11.41 5 0 26 Mireia Belmonte García 2:11.55 4 5 27 Martina Granström 2:11.65 6 8 28 Katheryn Meaklim 2:11.75 6 1 29 Yang Chin-Kuei 2:12.90 3 4 30 Gráinne Murphy 2:13.66 3 3 31 Emilia Pikkarainen 2:13.77 4 9 32 Tetyana Khala 2:13.98 6 9 33 Yumisleisy Morales Mendoza 2:14.00 3 7 NR 34 Paula Zukowska 2:14.09 3 5 35 Barbora Závadová 2:14.83 3 8 36 Lynette Lim 2:15.82 2 2 37 Nina Dittrich 2:15.95 5 8 38 Erica Cirila Totten 2:16.13 3 9 39 Yasemin Rosenberger 2:16.24 3 2 40 Kristina Bernice Lennox 2:17.56 3 1 41 Maida Turnadzic 2:18.09 3 6 42 Eliana Barrios 2:18.14 3 0 43 Simona Muccioli 2:19.84 2 4 44 Ting Sheng-Yo 2:21.05 1 4 45 Koh Ting Ting 2:21.31 2 5 46 Maria Coy 2:21.37 2 3 47 Laura lucia Paz Chavez 2:21.47 2 9 48 Aiste Dobrovolskaite 2:22.48 2 0 49 Karrakchou Lilia 2:23.32 2 8 50 Davina Mangion 2:24.39 1 6 51 Vandita Dhariyal 2:25.07 1 2 52 Pooja Raghava Alva 2:25.08 1 3 53 Ana Euceda Gutierrez 2:25.51 1 5 54 Ramond Sherazad 2:26.69 2 1 55 Daniela Reyes Hinrichsen 2:27.49 2 7 56 Miniruwani Samarakoon 2:39.21 1 7 57 Tieri Erasito 2:45.20 1 1

Semifinals Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes 1 Katinka Hosszú 2:04.27 2 5 ER 2 Mary DeScenza 2:04.33 2 4 3 Jessicah Schipper 2:04.87 1 4 OC 4 Jiao Liuyang 2:04.96 1 6 5 Aurore Mongel 2:05.09 1 3 NR 6 Liu Zige 2:05.29 1 7 7 Samantha Hamill 2:05.99 1 5 8 Audrey Lacroix 2:06.85 2 6 9 Kathleen Hersey 2:06.89 2 7 10 Annika Mehlhorn 2:07.43 2 3 11 Micha Kathrine Østergaard Jensen 2:07.44 1 1 NR 12 Caterina Giacchetti 2:07.59 2 1 13 Yui Miyamoto 2:08.13 2 2 14 Zsuzsanna Jakabos 2:08.34 1 8 15 Ellen Gandy 2:08.55 1 2 16 Magali Rousseau 2:08.94 2 8

Finals Rank Name Nationality Time Lane Notes Jessicah Schipper 2:03.41 3 WR Liu Zige 2:03.90 7 AS Katinka Hosszú 2:04.28 4 4 Mary Descenza 2:04.41 5 5 Jiao Liuyang 2:04.50 6 6 Aurore Mongel 2:05.48 2 7 Audrey Lacroix 2:05.95 8 NR 8 Samantha Hamill 2:06.11 1

See also Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

References

Worlds 2009 results: Women's 200m Butterfly Prelims, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2009 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-29. Worlds 2009 results: Women's 200m Butterfly Semifinals, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2009 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-29. Finals Results