Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke
Introduction The heats for the '''women's 50 m backstroke''' race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 29 July, with the final in the evening session of 30 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:'''World record'''    '''27.61'''  Berlin, Germany  26 June 2009'''Championship record'''    '''28.16'''  Melbourne, Australia  28 March 2007 29 March 2007The following records were established during the competition:DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord 28 July  Final*  Anastasia Zuyeva   Russia  28.13  '''CR''' 29 July  Heat 12  Zhao Jing   China  27.85  '''CR''' 29 July  Heat 13  Aleksandra Gerasimenya   Belarus  27.65  '''CR''' 29 July  Semifinal 1  Daniela Samulski   Germany  27.39  '''WR''' 29 July  Semifinal 2  Anastasia Zuyeva   Russia  27.38  '''WR''' 30 July  Final  Zhao Jing   China  27.06  '''WR''' Split from the women's 100 m backstroke
Results ===Heats=== Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Heat  Lane  Notes 1  Aleksandra Gerasimenya     27.65  13  2  '''CR''' 2  Daniela Samulski     27.70  13  4  2  Anastasia Zuyeva     27.70  14  4  4  Sophie Edington     27.82  14  3  5  Zhao Jing     27.85  12  4  6  Hayley McGregory     27.88   12  5  7  Fabíola Molina     27.94  14  2  '''SA''' 8  Aya Terakawa     27.95  13  5  9  Gao Chang     28.02  14  5  10  Gemma Spofforth     28.19  12  3  11  Hinkelien Schreuder     28.23  12  6  12  Emily Seebohm     28.25  13  6  13  Elena Gemo     28.27  12  7  '''NR''' 14  Sanja Jovanović     28.28  12  2  15  Shiho Sakai     28.31  13  3  16  Mercedes Peris     28.51  14  6  17  Ingvild Snildal     28.55  12  9 '''NR''' 18  Fabienne Nadarajah     28.72  14  8  '''NR''' 19  Elizabeth Simmonds     28.78  13  7  20  Maria Gromova     28.80  13  8  21  Etiene Medeiros     28.82  14  7  22  Elizabeth Pelton     28.86  11  6  23  Yekaterina Rudenko     29.01  14  1  24  Klara Vaclavikova     29.05  14  9  25  Alicja Tchorz     29.07  12  8  26  Pernille Jessing Larsen     29.08  11  2  27  Marica Strazmester     29.09  11  5  27  Ranomi Kromowidjojo     29.09  13  1  29  Martina Moravcová     29.12  11  4  29  Laura Letrari     29.12  12  1  31  Fernanda González     29.13  10  3 '''NR''' 32  Iryna Amshennikova     29.14  11  8  33  Simona Baumrtova     29.19  14  0  34  Hanna-Maria Seppälä     29.20  10  5  34  Lim Shana Jia Yi     29.20  11  7 '''=NR''' 36  Magdalena Kuras     29.26  10  6  36  Katharina Stiberg     29.26  11  1  38  Tao Li     29.28  8  4  39  Sinead Russell     29.45  11  3  40  Anastasiya Prilepa     29.49  9  0  41  Ivana Gabrilo     29.51  11  9  41  Daryna Zevina     29.51  13  9  43  Kiera Aitken     29.55  10  8 '''NR''' 44  Carolina Colorado Henao     29.57  10  4  45  Rugilė Mileišytė     29.58  7  0  '''NR''' 46  Aisling Cooney     29.69  10  9  47  Riia-Rosa Koskelainen     29.70  11  0  48  Aleksandra Kovaleva     29.73  10  0  49  Tsai Hiu Wai Sherry     29.74  13  0  50  Jeserick Pinto     29.77  9  2  51  Katarina Milly     29.83  9  3  51  Alana Dillette     29.83  9  9 '''NR''' 53  Gabrielle Soucisse     29.84  12  0  54  Maja Sovinek     29.90  9  5  55  Ekaterina Avramova     29.91  10  1  56  Juanita Barreto Barreto     29.92  9  6  57  Klaudia Nazieblo     29.93  10  2  58  Sarah Rolko     30.02  9  4  59  Dana Gales     30.22  8  3  60  Lau Yin Yan Claudia     30.26  10  7  61  Dina Hegazy     30.29  8  1  62  Amit Ivry     30.32  9  8  63  Siona Huxley     30.39  7  2 '''NR''' 64  Kätlin Sepp     30.42  8  6  65  Gizem Cam     30.48  9  7  66  Anna-Liisa Põld     30.49  2  1  67  Yulduz Kuchkarova     30.52  8  5  68  Anna Volchkov     30.59  7  9  69  Chen Ting     30.63  9  1  70  Maria Virginia Baez Franco     30.88  7  6  71  Mónica Ramírez     30.92  7  3  72  Diana Chang     30.95  8  2  73  Nicole Horn     30.98  5  8  74  Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane     31.08  7  4  75  Elimar Barrios     31.11  8  7  76  Silvie Ketelaars     31.18  8  8  77  Nishani Cicilson     31.30  6  4  '''NR''' 78  Kendese Nangle     31.53  8  0  79  Amina Meho     31.56  7  1  80  Chinyere Pigot     31.84  3  4  81  Dalia Torrez     32.04  6  2  82  Nicol Cremona     32.05  7  7  83  Sylvia Brunlehner     32.06  5  4  83  ariha Zaman     32.06  7  5  85  Rachita Shah     32.15  4  2  86  Karla Toscano     32.16  6  7  87  Kirsten Lapham     32.19  6  9  88  Khadidiatou Dieng     32.20  5  5  89  Birita Debes     32.27  6  0  90  Long Chi Wun     32.33  6  6  91  Karen Vilorio     32.34  6  5  92  Jonay Briedenhann     32.36  6  8  93  Anahit Barseghyan     32.47  7  8  94  Cheyenne Rova     32.57  5  6  95  Rebecca Sharpe     32.69  8  9  96  Jade Ashleigh Howard     32.92  4  5  97  Sophia Noel     32.95  5  9  98  Che Lok In     33.03  5  1  99  Angelique Trinquier     33.04  4  4  100  Mareme Faye     33.07  5  2  101  Sara Abdullahu     33.10  2  4  '''NR''' 102  Kiran Khan     33.39  6  3  103  Adele Rova     33.41  5  3  104  Jessika Cossa     33.73  4  8  105  Ana Euceda Gutierrez     33.75  5  7  106  Faina Salate     33.80  3  6  107  Ruth Carvalho     33.96  6  1  108  Shannon Austin     34.01  4  0  109  Kathryn Millin     34.22  3  2  110  Stephanie Rasoamanana     34.23  4  3  111  Danielle Bernadine Findlay     34.67  4  7  112  Amnahliyani Mohamad Husain     34.83  3  3  113  Rachael Glenister     34.89  3  8  114  Estellah Fils Rabetsara     35.00  5  0  115  Judith Ilan Meauri     35.02  3  7  116  Debra Daniel   Micronesia   35.20  4  1  117  Maria Grace Koh     35.25  4  6  118  Sabine Hazboun    35.79  4  9  119  Sausan Aishath     35.87  2  7  120  Reni Jani     35.99  2  5  121  Osisang Chilton     36.32  1  5  122  Rida Mitha     36.34  3  5  123  Ifiezibe Gagbe     36.57  3  1  124  Amelie Trinquier     36.60  3  0  125  Olivia Infield     36.61  2  2  125  Seng Sam Phors     36.61  2  8  127  Melissa Peacock     36.83  3  9  128  Gouri Kotecha     37.07  1  3  129  Shaila Rana     37.29  2  3  130  Clarissa Brady     37.64  2  6  131  Mariam Foum     38.25  1  4  132  Yanet Gebremedhin     40.80  2  0   –  Khurelbaatar Sainzaya     DSQ  1  6 ===Semifinals=== Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Heat  Lane  Notes 1  Anastasia Zuyeva    27.38  2  5  '''WR''' 2  Daniela Samulski    27.39  1  4  '''NR''' 3  Sophie Edington    27.51  1  5  '''OC''' 4  Aleksandra Gerasimenya    27.57  2  4  5  Zhao Jing    27.59  2  3  '''AS''' 6  Gao Chang    27.66  2  2  7  Emily Seebohm    27.70  1  7  7  Fabíola Molina    27.70  2  6  '''AM''' 9  Aya Terakawa    27.73  1  6  '''NR''' 10  Hinkelien Schreuder    27.77  2  7  '''NR''' 11  Hayley McGregory    27.83  1  3  12  Shiho Sakai    27.88  2  8  13  Gemma Spofforth    27.92  1  2  '''NR''' 14  Sanja Jovanović    28.19  1  1  15  Mercedes Peris    28.28  1  8  16  Elena Gemo    28.32  2  1 ===Final=== Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Lane  Notes    Zhao Jing     27.06  2  '''WR'''    Daniela Samulski     27.23  5  '''ER'''    Gao Chang     27.28   7  4  Anastasia Zuyeva     27.31   4 '''NR''' 5  Aleksandra Gerasimenya    27.62   6  6  Sophie Edington    27.73  3  7  Emily Seebohm     27.83  1  8  Fabíola Molina     27.88   8
See also *Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke
References
External links * Heats Results* Semifinals Results* Final Results