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Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke

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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

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:

World record  Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) 58.77 Beijing, China 11 August 2008
Championship record  Natalie Coughlin (USA) 59.44 Melbourne, Australia 27 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
27 July Heat 11 Gemma Spofforth United Kingdom Great Britain 58.78 CR
27 July Semifinal 1 Anastasia Zuyeva Russia Russia 58.48 WR
28 July Final Gemma Spofforth United Kingdom Great Britain 58.12 WR

Heats

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Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Gemma Spofforth  Great Britain 58.78 11 4 CR, ER
2 Anastasia Zuyeva  Russia 59.01 12 5 NR
3 Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe 59.51 12 4
4 Emily Seebohm  Australia 59.64 11 5
5 Shiho Sakai  Japan 59.80 10 5
6 Gao Chang  China 59.84 11 7
7 Hayley McGregory  United States 59.91 10 4
8 Elizabeth Simmonds  Great Britain 1:00.04 10 6
9 Aya Terakawa  Japan 1:00.18 11 3
10 Maria Gromova  Russia 1:00.32 11 8
11 Daniela Samulski  Germany 1:00.34 12 2
12 Elizabeth Pelton  United States 1:00.47 12 7
13 Fabíola Molina  Brazil 1:00.53 10 2 SA
14 Pernille Jessing Larsen  Denmark 1:00.67 12 8
15 Zhao Jing  China 1:00.79 12 3
16 Alexianne Castel  France 1:00.80 11 6
17 Belinda Hocking  Australia 1:00.90 10 3
18 Fernanda González  Mexico 1:00.94 9 5 NR
19 Eszter Dara  Hungary 1:01.10 11 2
19 Elena Gemo  Italy 1:01.10 11 1
21 Valentina De Nardi  Italy 1:01.46 10 0
22 Esther Baron  France 1:01.48 12 6
23 Sanja Jovanović  Croatia 1:01.53 10 7
24 Sinead Russell  Canada 1:01.63 12 1
25 Alicja Tchorz  Poland 1:01.75 12 0
26 Simona Baumrtova  Czech Republic 1:01.79 12 9
27 Petra Klosova  Czech Republic 1:01.83 8 4
28 Carolina Colorado Henao  Colombia 1:01.85 10 1
29 Iryna Amshennikova  Ukraine 1:02.00 11 0
30 Gabrielle Soucisse  Canada 1:02.14 10 8
31 Kseniya Grygorenko  Ukraine 1:02.36 9 4
32 Kimberly Buys  Belgium 1:02.46 9 1 NR
33 Aisling Cooney  Ireland 1:02.55 9 8
34 Anastasiya Prilepa  Kazakhstan 1:02.72 7 7
35 Klaudia Nazieblo  Poland 1:02.74 11 9
36 Melanie Nocher  Ireland 1:02.76 8 7
37 Marica Strazmester  Serbia 1:02.90 9 0
38 Sarah Rolko  Luxembourg 1:02.97 8 1
39 Kiera Aitken  Bermuda 1:02.99 9 7
40 Dina Hegazy  Egypt 1:03.03 8 3 NR
41 Aleksandra Kovaleva  Belarus 1:03.17 8 2
42 Yekaterina Rudenko  Kazakhstan 1:03.29 8 5
43 Martina van Berkel  Switzerland 1:03.44 8 6
44 Ekaterina Avramova  Bulgaria 1:03.47 9 2
45 Jeserick Pinto  Venezuela 1:03.48 7 5 NR
46 Lau Yin Yan Claudia  Hong Kong 1:03.51 7 3
47 Katarina Milly  Slovakia 1:03.57 6 3
48 Maja Sovinek  Slovenia 1:03.66 7 6
49 Tsai Hiu Wai Sherry  Hong Kong 1:03.69 10 9
50 Lim Shana Jia Yi  Singapore 1:03.72 8 8
51 Ramirez Monica  Andorra 1:03.79 5 4
52 Elodie Vanhamme  Belgium 1:04.01 9 9
53 Alana Dillette  Bahamas 1:04.09 9 6
54 Dana Gales  Luxembourg 1:04.12 8 0
55 Anna-Liisa Põld  Estonia 1:04.14 6 7
56 Lourdes Villaseñor  Mexico 1:04.22 6 5
57 Erika Stewart  Colombia 1:04.55 7 9
58 Kätlin Sepp  Estonia 1:04.79 7 1
59 Riia-Rosa Koskelainen  Finland 1:04.89 7 8
60 Kang Yeong-Seo  South Korea 1:05.19 8 9
61 Diana Chang  Ecuador 1:05.33 6 9
62 Yulduz Kuchkarova  Uzbekistan 1:05.34 7 0
63 Lynette Ng  Singapore 1:05.65 6 1
63 Chen Ting  Chinese Taipei 1:05.65 7 4
65 Nicole Marmol  Ecuador 1:05.77 6 4
66 Maria Virginia Baez Franco  Paraguay 1:05.81 7 2
67 Elimar Barrios  Venezuela 1:06.14 6 2
68 Amina Meho  Lebanon 1:06.80 6 8 NR
69 Nishani Cicilson  Suriname 1:07.34 4 3
70 Siona Huxley  Saint Lucia 1:07.55 4 1 NR
71 Gizem Çam  Turkey 1:07.62 1 6
72 Karla Toscano  Guatemala 1:07.76 5 3
73 Karen Milenka Torrez Guzman  Bolivia 1:07.90 5 5 NR
74 Kirsten Lapham  Zimbabwe 1:07.95 5 8
75 Silvie Ketelaars  Netherlands Antilles 1:08.09 5 2
76 Rebecca Sharpe  Bermuda 1:08.31 6 0
77 Kendese Nangle  Jamaica 1:08.37 5 7
78 Karen Vilorio  Honduras 1:08.84 4 2
79 Jonay Briedenhann  Namibia 1:08.88 5 6
80 Nicol Cremona  Malta 1:09.10 5 1
81 Rachita Shah  Kenya 1:09.32 3 1
82 Fong Man Wai  Macau 1:09.53 4 5
83 Fariha Zaman  India 1:10.12 5 0
84 Che Lok In  Macau 1:10.20 5 9
85 Laura Lucia Paz Chavez  Honduras 1:10.25 4 8
86 Birita Debes  Faroe Islands 1:10.30 3 5
87 Angelique Trinquier  Monaco 1:10.58 3 6
88 Mariana Zaballa  Bolivia 1:11.10 4 0
89 Sophia Noel  Grenada 1:11.40 4 9
90 Sylvia Brunlehner  Kenya 1:11.60 3 2
91 Jade Ashleigh Howard  Zambia 1:11.86 2 5
92 Dalia Torrez  Nicaragua 1:12.99 4 6
93 Jessika Cossa  Mozambique 1:13.10 2 3
94 Mareme Faye  Senegal 1:13.23 3 7
95 Kiran Khan  Pakistan 1:13.37 4 4
96 Ruth Carvalho  Angola 1:13.52 3 4
97 Cheyenne Rova  Fiji 1:13.53 3 9
98 Rachael Catherine Glenister  American Samoa 1:13.74 3 0
99 Faina Salate  Mozambique 1:14.77 2 7
100 Estellah Fils Rabetsara  Madagascar 1:14.81 3 3
101 Khadidiatou Dieng  Senegal 1:14.91 3 8
102 Amelie Trinquier  Monaco 1:16.10 2 2
103 Maria Grace Koh  Brunei 1:17.73 2 4
104 Judith Ilan Meauri  Papua New Guinea 1:18.09 2 6
105 Amnahliyani Mohamed Husain  Brunei 1:19.60 2 9
106 Reni Jani  Albania 1:19.95 1 4
107 Sausan Aishath  Maldives 1:20.65 1 5
108 Rida Mitha  Pakistan 1:21.22 2 8
109 Gouri Kotecha  Tanzania 1:23.64 1 3
110 Shaila Rana  Nepal 1:23.81 2 0
111 Ifiezibe Gagbe  Nigeria 1:24.96 2 1
112 Daoheuang Inthavong  Laos 1:30.02 1 7
113 Thepaksone Chinfavong  Laos 1:42.58 1 2
Magdalena Kuras  Sweden DNS 1 1
Anahit Barseghyan  Armenia DNS 4 7
Ingvild Snildal  Norway DNS 9 3
Anna Volchkov  Israel DSQ 6 6

Semifinals

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Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Anastasia Zuyeva  Russia 58.48 1 4 WR
2 Gemma Spofforth  Great Britain 58.74 2 4 NR
3 Emily Seebohm  Australia 59.15 1 5 OC
4 Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe 59.21 2 5
5 Shiho Sakai  Japan 59.25 2 3 AS
6 Zhao Jing  China 59.39 2 8 NR
7 Elizabeth Simmonds  Great Britain 59.55 1 6
7 Hayley McGregory  United States 59.55 2 6
9 Daniela Samulski  Germany 59.77 2 7 NR
10 Gao Chang  China 1:00.21 1 3
11 Aya Terakawa  Japan 1:00.31 2 2
12 Maria Gromova  Russia 1:00.49 1 2
13 Elizabeth Pelton  United States 1:00.51 1 7
14 Fabíola Molina  Brazil 1:00.55 2 1
15 Alexianne Castel  France 1:00.63 1 8
16 Pernille Jessing Larsen  Denmark 1:00.67 1 1

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Lane Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gemma Spofforth  Great Britain 58.12 5 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anastasia Zuyeva  Russia 58.18 4 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Emily Seebohm  Australia 58.88 3 OC
4 Shiho Sakai  Japan 59.14 2 AS
5 Zhao Jing  China 59.28 7 NR
6 Hayley McGregory  United States 59.42 8
7 Elizabeth Simmonds  Great Britain 59.71 1
8 Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe 59.74 6
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