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Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke
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The heats for the women's 200 m backstroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 31 July, with the final in the evening session of 1 August at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:
| Championship record | Margaret Hoelzer | 2:07.16 | Melbourne, Australia | 31 March 2007 |
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The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July | Heat 6 | Kirsty Coventry | ZIM Zimbabwe | 2:06.72 | CR |
| 31 July | Semifinal 2 | Kirsty Coventry | ZIM Zimbabwe | 2:05.86 | CR |
| 1 August | Final | Kirsty Coventry | ZIM Zimbabwe | 2:04.81 | WR |
Results
Heats
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Heat | Lane | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirsty Coventry | 2:06.72 | 6 | 4 | CR | |
| 2 | Gemma Spofforth | 2:07.69 | 7 | 5 | ||
| 3 | Elizabeth Beisel | USA | 2:07.98 | 7 | 4 | |
| 4 | Belinda Hocking | 2:08.07 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 5 | Anastasia Zuyeva | 2:08.11 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 6 | Alexianne Castel | 2:08.96 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 7 | Elizabeth Pelton | USA | 2:09.12 | 7 | 6 | |
| 8 | Alicja Tchórz | 2:09.74 | 7 | 7 | NR | |
| 9 | Lauren Lavigna | 2:10.03 | 7 | 8 | NR | |
| 10 | Tomoyo Fukuda | 2:10.15 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 11 | Pernille Jessing Larsen | 2:10.27 | 5 | 2 | NR | |
| 12 | Elizabeth Simmonds | 2:10.31 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 13 | Daryna Zevina | 2:10.41 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Aya Terakawa | 2:10.90 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 15 | Simona Baumrtova | 2:11.08 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 16 | Sophie Edington | 2:11.53 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 17 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | 2:11.75 | 6 | 9 | ||
| 18 | Bai Anqi | 2:12.26 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 19 | Kseniya Grygorenko | 2:12.40 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 20 | Fernanda González | 2:12.68 | 5 | 8 | NR | |
| 21 | Barbara Jardin | 2:13.02 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 22 | Melanie Nocher | 2:13.04 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 23 | Klaudia Nazieblo | 2:13.42 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 24 | Valentina Lucconi | 2:14.21 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 25 | Dina Hegazy | 2:14.76 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 26 | Cloe Credeville | 2:15.36 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 27 | Lourdes Villasenor | 2:15.52 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 28 | Anna Volchkov | 2:15.61 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 29 | Zhao Jing | 2:15.67 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 30 | Lau Yin Yan Claudia | 2:15.68 | 4 | 9 | ||
| 31 | Lenka Jarosova | 2:15.79 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 32 | Jessica Pengelly | 2:16.06 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 33 | Kang Yeong Seo | 2:16.59 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 34 | Martina van Berkel | 2:17.05 | 7 | 9 | ||
| 35 | Kiera Aitken | 2:17.49 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 36 | Ekaterina Avramova | 2:17.61 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 37 | Anna-Liisa Põld | 2:17.82 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 38 | Nicole Marmol | 2:18.03 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 39 | Nina Rangelova | 2:18.47 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 40 | Anastasiya Prilepa | 2:18.51 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 41 | Yekaterina Rudenko | 2:19.04 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 41 | Dana Gales | 2:19.04 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 43 | Chen Ting | 2:19.08 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 44 | Elimar Barrios | 2:19.40 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 45 | Erika Stewart | 2:19.48 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 46 | Kätlin Sepp | 2:19.65 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 47 | Sarah Rolko | 2:19.71 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 48 | Ramirez Monica | 2:20.39 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 49 | Diana Chang | 2:20.41 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 50 | Juanita Barreto Barreto | 2:20.70 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 51 | Aleksandra Kovaleva | 2:21.67 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 52 | Maria Virginia Baez Franco | 2:22.45 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 53 | Lim Shana Jia Yi | 2:22.65 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 54 | Kirsten Lapham | 2:23.60 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 55 | Rebecca Sharpe | 2:28.90 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 56 | Karen Vilorio | 2:29.28 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 57 | Mariana Zaballa | 2:29.80 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 58 | Fong Man Wai | 2:32.06 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 59 | Sophia Noel | 2:33.66 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 60 | Ayesha Noel | 2:35.49 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 61 | Nicol Cremona | 2:35.69 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 62 | Che Lok In | 2:36.66 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 63 | Birita Debes | 2:36.89 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 64 | Danielle Bernadine Findlay | 2:42.73 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 65 | Ruth Carvalho | 2:44.91 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 66 | Mahnoor Maqsood | 3:01.14 | 1 | 8 | ||
| – | Sanja Jovanović | DNS | 7 | 0 | ||
| – | Alessia Filippi | DNS | 7 | 3 | ||
| – | Rachael Catherine Glenister | DSQ | 1 | 4 |
Semifinals
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Heat | Lane | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirsty Coventry | 2:05.86 | 2 | 4 | CR | |
| 2 | Anastasia Zuyeva | 2:07.00 | 2 | 3 | NR | |
| 3 | Elizabeth Simmonds | 2:07.21 | 1 | 7 | NR | |
| 4 | Elizabeth Beisel | USA | 2:07.48 | 2 | 5 | |
| 5 | Gemma Spofforth | 2:07.64 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | Aya Terakawa | 2:08.49 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Alexianne Castel | 2:08.77 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8 | Elizabeth Pelton | USA | 2:09.57 | 2 | 6 | |
| 9 | Belinda Hocking | 2:09.77 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 10 | Tomoyo Fukuda | 2:10.09 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11 | Pernille Jessing Larsen | 2:10.35 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 12 | Lauren Lavigna | 2:10.54 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13 | Sophie Edington | 2:10.57 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 14 | Daryna Zevina | 2:10.58 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 15 | Simona Baumrtova | 2:10.79 | 2 | 8 | NR | |
| 16 | Alicja Tchórz | 2:11.06 | 1 | 6 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirsty Coventry | 2:04.81 | 4 | WR | ||
| Anastasia Zuyeva | 2:04.94 | 5 | ER | ||
| Elizabeth Beisel | 2:06.39 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Gemma Spofforth | 2:06.66 | 2 | NR | |
| 5 | Elizabeth Simmonds | 2:07.98 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Elizabeth Pelton | 2:08.04 | 8 | ||
| 7 | Alexianne Castel | 2:08.13 | 1 | ||
| 8 | Aya Terakawa | 2:08.89 | 7 |
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