Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke
Introduction 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:'''World record'''    '''2:05.24'''  Beijing, China  16 August 2008'''Championship record'''    '''2:07.16'''  Melbourne, Australia  31 March 2007The following records were established during the competition:DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord 31 July  Heat 6  Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe  2:06.72  '''CR''' 31 July  Semifinal 2  Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe  2:05.86  '''CR''' 1 August  Final  Kirsty Coventry   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     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     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     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     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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