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

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

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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

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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

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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

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Rank Name Nationality Time Lane Notes
  Gemma Spofforth   Great Britain 58.12 5 WR
  Anastasia Zuyeva   Russia 58.18 4 NR
  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
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