Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly
Introduction 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 2008'''Championship record'''    '''2:05.61'''  Montreal, Canada  28 July 2005The 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