Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke
Introduction 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 Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:'''World record'''    '''58.77'''  Beijing, China  11 August 2008'''Championship record'''    '''59.44'''  Melbourne, Australia  27 March 2007The following records were established during the competition:DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord 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  Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Heat  Lane  Notes 1  Gemma Spofforth     58.78  11  4  '''CR''', '''ER''' 2  Anastasia Zuyeva     59.01  12  5  '''NR''' 3  Kirsty Coventry     59.51  12  4   4  Emily Seebohm     59.64  11  5   5  Shiho Sakai     59.80  10  5   6  Gao Chang     59.84  11  7   7  Hayley McGregory     59.91  10  4   8  Elizabeth Simmonds     1:00.04  10  6   9  Aya Terakawa     1:00.18  11  3   10  Maria Gromova     1:00.32  11  8   11  Daniela Samulski     1:00.34  12  2   12  Elizabeth Pelton     1:00.47  12  7   13  Fabíola Molina     1:00.53  10  2  '''SA''' 14  Pernille Jessing Larsen     1:00.67  12  8   15  Zhao Jing     1:00.79  12  3   16  Alexianne Castel     1:00.80  11 6   17  Belinda Hocking     1:00.90  10  3   18  Fernanda González     1:00.94  9  5  '''NR''' 19  Eszter Dara     1:01.10  11  2   19  Elena Gemo     1:01.10  11  1   21  Valentina De Nardi     1:01.46  10  0   22  Esther Baron     1:01.48  12  6   23  Sanja Jovanović     1:01.53  10  7   24  Sinead Russell     1:01.63  12  1   25  Alicja Tchorz     1:01.75  12  0   26  Simona Baumrtova     1:01.79  12  9   27  Petra Klosova     1:01.83  8  4   28  Carolina Colorado Henao     1:01.85  10  1   29  Iryna Amshennikova     1:02.00  11  0   30  Gabrielle Soucisse     1:02.14  10  8   31  Kseniya Grygorenko     1:02.36  9  4   32  Kimberly Buys     1:02.46  9  1  '''NR''' 33  Aisling Cooney     1:02.55  9  8   34  Anastasiya Prilepa     1:02.72  7  7   35  Klaudia Nazieblo     1:02.74  11  9   36  Melanie Nocher     1:02.76  8  7   37  Marica Strazmester     1:02.90  9  0   38  Sarah Rolko     1:02.97  8  1   39  Kiera Aitken     1:02.99  9  7  40  Dina Hegazy     1:03.03  8  3  '''NR''' 41  Aleksandra Kovaleva     1:03.17  8  2   42  Yekaterina Rudenko     1:03.29  8  5   43  Martina van Berkel     1:03.44  8  6   44  Ekaterina Avramova     1:03.47  9  2   45  Jeserick Pinto     1:03.48  7  5  '''NR''' 46  Lau Yin Yan Claudia     1:03.51  7  3   47  Katarina Milly     1:03.57  6  3   48  Maja Sovinek     1:03.66  7  6   49  Tsai Hiu Wai Sherry     1:03.69  10  9  50  Lim Shana Jia Yi     1:03.72  8  8   51  Ramirez Monica     1:03.79  5  4   52  Elodie Vanhamme     1:04.01  9  9   53  Alana Dillette     1:04.09  9  6   54  Dana Gales     1:04.12  8  0   55  Anna-Liisa Põld     1:04.14  6  7   56  Lourdes Villaseñor     1:04.22  6  5   57  Erika Stewart     1:04.55  7  9   58  Kätlin Sepp     1:04.79  7  1   59  Riia-Rosa Koskelainen     1:04.89  7  8  60  Kang Yeong-Seo     1:05.19  8  9   61  Diana Chang     1:05.33  6  9   62  Yulduz Kuchkarova     1:05.34  7  0   63  Lynette Ng     1:05.65  6  1   63  Chen Ting     1:05.65  7  4   65  Nicole Marmol     1:05.77  6  4   66  Maria Virginia Baez Franco     1:05.81  7  2   67  Elimar Barrios     1:06.14  6  2   68  Amina Meho     1:06.80  6  8  '''NR''' 69  Nishani Cicilson     1:07.34  4  3  70  Siona Huxley     1:07.55  4  1  '''NR''' 71  Gizem Çam     1:07.62  1  6   72  Karla Toscano     1:07.76  5  3   73  Karen Milenka Torrez Guzman     1:07.90  5  5  '''NR''' 74  Kirsten Lapham     1:07.95  5  8   75  Silvie Ketelaars     1:08.09  5  2   76  Rebecca Sharpe     1:08.31  6  0   77  Kendese Nangle     1:08.37  5  7   78  Karen Vilorio     1:08.84  4  2   79  Jonay Briedenhann     1:08.88  5  6  80  Nicol Cremona     1:09.10  5  1   81  Rachita Shah     1:09.32  3  1   82  Fong Man Wai     1:09.53  4  5   83  Fariha Zaman     1:10.12  5  0   84  Che Lok In     1:10.20  5  9   85  Laura Lucia Paz Chavez     1:10.25  4  8   86  Birita Debes     1:10.30  3  5   87  Angelique Trinquier     1:10.58  3  6   88  Mariana Zaballa     1:11.10  4  0   89  Sophia Noel     1:11.40  4  9  90  Sylvia Brunlehner     1:11.60  3  2   91  Jade Ashleigh Howard     1:11.86  2  5   92  Dalia Torrez     1:12.99  4  6   93  Jessika Cossa     1:13.10  2  3   94  Mareme Faye     1:13.23  3  7   95  Kiran Khan     1:13.37  4  4   96  Ruth Carvalho     1:13.52  3  4   97  Cheyenne Rova     1:13.53  3  9   98  Rachael Catherine Glenister     1:13.74  3  0   99  Faina Salate     1:14.77  2  7  100  Estellah Fils Rabetsara     1:14.81  3  3   101  Khadidiatou Dieng     1:14.91  3  8   102  Amelie Trinquier     1:16.10  2  2   103  Maria Grace Koh     1:17.73  2  4   104  Judith Ilan Meauri     1:18.09  2  6   105  Amnahliyani Mohamed Husain     1:19.60  2  9   106  Reni Jani     1:19.95  1  4   107  Sausan Aishath     1:20.65  1  5   108  Rida Mitha     1:21.22  2  8   109  Gouri Kotecha     1:23.64  1  3  110  Shaila Rana     1:23.81  2  0   111  Ifiezibe Gagbe     1:24.96  2  1   112  Daoheuang Inthavong     1:30.02  1  7   113  Thepaksone Chinfavong     1:42.58  1  2   —   Magdalena Kuras     DNS  1  1   —   Anahit Barseghyan     DNS  4  7   —   Ingvild Snildal     DNS  9  3   —   Anna Volchkov     DSQ  6  6
Semifinals  Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Heat  Lane  Notes 1  Anastasia Zuyeva     58.48  1  4  '''WR''' 2  Gemma Spofforth     58.74  2  4  '''NR''' 3  Emily Seebohm     59.15  1  5  '''OC''' 4  Kirsty Coventry     59.21  2  5   5  Shiho Sakai     59.25  2  3  '''AS''' 6  Zhao Jing     59.39  2  8  '''NR''' 7  Elizabeth Simmonds     59.55  1  6   7  Hayley McGregory     59.55  2  6  9  Daniela Samulski     59.77  2  7  '''NR''' 10 Gao Chang     1:00.21  1  3   11  Aya Terakawa     1:00.31  2  2  12  Maria Gromova     1:00.49  1  2   13  Elizabeth Pelton     1:00.51  1  7   14  Fabíola Molina     1:00.55  2  1   15  Alexianne Castel     1:00.63  1  8   16  Pernille Jessing Larsen     1:00.67  1  1
Final  Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Lane  Notes   Gemma Spofforth     58.12  5  '''WR'''   Anastasia Zuyeva     58.18  4  '''NR'''   Emily Seebohm     58.88  3  '''OC''' 4  Shiho Sakai     59.14  2  '''AS''' 5  Zhao Jing     59.28  7  '''NR''' 6  Hayley McGregory     59.42  8   7  Elizabeth Simmonds     59.71  1   8  Kirsty Coventry     59.74  6
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