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 2008Championship record 2:07.16 Melbourne, Australia 31 March 2007

The 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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