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

The heats for the women's 100 m freestyle race at the 2009 World Championships took place on the morning of 30 July, with the final in the evening session of 31 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships
VenueForo Italico
DatesJuly 30, 2009 (heats &
semifinals)
July 31, 2009 (final)
Winning time52.07 WR
Medalists
gold medal    Germany
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    Australia
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Records

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

World record   Britta Steffen (GER) 52.56 Berlin, Germany 27 June 2009
Championship record   Natalie Coughlin (USA) 53.40 Melbourne, Australia 29 March 2007
  Libby Lenton (AUS) 30 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
26 July Heat 4* Francesca Halsall   Great Britain 53.02 CR
26 July Final* Britta Steffen   Germany 52.22 WR
31 July Final Britta Steffen   Germany 52.07 WR

* Split from the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Results

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Heats

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Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Amanda Weir   United States 53.20 16 6 AM
2 Libby Trickett   Australia 53.49 16 4
3 Ranomi Kromowidjojo   Netherlands 53.61 17 6
4 Britta Steffen   Germany 53.62 17 4
5 Dana Vollmer   United States 53.69 15 3
6 Jeanette Ottesen   Denmark 53.79 15 6 NR
7 Malia Metella   France 53.91 17 5
7 Francesca Halsall   Great Britain 53.91 17 3
9 Hanna-Maria Seppälä   Finland 53.94 15 5
9 Evelyn Verrasztó   Hungary 53.94 16 3 NR
11 Daniela Schreiber   Germany 54.08 16 7
12 Li Zhesi   China 54.10 15 7
12 Hayley Palmer   New Zealand 54.10 16 1 NR
14 Victoria Poon   Canada 54.27 15 1
15 Aleksandra Gerasimenya   Belarus 54.52 17 7
16 Marieke Guehrer   Australia 54.60 16 2
17 Anastasia Aksenova   Russia 54.70 15 8 NR
18 Josefin Lillhage   Sweden 54.87 17 2
19 Arlene Semeco   Venezuela 54.92 14 1 SA
19 Dar'ya Stepanyuk   Ukraine 54.92 16 9 NR
21 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace   Bahamas 54.96 14 6 NR
22 Tatiana Lemos   Brazil 55.02 16 8
23 Heather MacLean   Canada 55.44 17 1
24 Gabriella Fagundez   Sweden 55.45 17 8
24 Miroslava Najdanovski   Serbia 55.45 17 0
26 Birgit Koschischek   Austria 55.76 15 9
27 Ragnheidur Ragnarsdottir   Iceland 55.78 14 7
28 Katherine Wyld   Great Britain 55.83 14 3
29 Lee Jae Young   South Korea 55.86 13 6
30 Haruka Ueda   Japan 55.91 16 0
31 Katarina Filova   Slovakia 56.00 13 8
32 Vanessa García   Puerto Rico 56.01 11 3
33 Liliana Ibanez   Mexico 56.04 13 7 NR
33 Sviatlana Khakhlova   Belarus 56.04 17 9
35 Heysi Villareal   Cuba 56.12 10 6
35 Nina Rangelova   Bulgaria 56.12 13 9
37 Yayoi Matsumoto   Japan 56.20 14 4
37 Katarzyna Wilk   Poland 56.20 15 0
39 Anna Stylianou   Cyprus 56.29 13 1
39 Quah Ting Wen   Singapore 56.29 14 2
41 Clare Dawson   Ireland 56.32 12 6 NR
42 Jolien Sysmans   Belgium 56.33 14 8
43 Petra Klosova   Czech Republic 56.34 13 3
44 Natthanan Junkrajang   Thailand 56.42 13 2
45 Henriette Brekke   Norway 56.47 12 4
46 Cecilie Johannessen   Norway 56.50 11 5
47 Katarina Listopadova   Slovakia 56.54 12 2
48 Nicole Horn   Zimbabwe 56.57 12 9
49 Eszter Dara   Hungary 56.65 14 0
50 Nadia Colovini   Argentina 56.66 14 5
51 Nina Van Koeckhoven   Belgium 56.69 13 4
51 Nina Sovinek   Slovenia 56.69 14 9
53 Loren Yamile Bahamonde   Ecuador 56.73 12 8
54 Juanita Barreto Barreto   Colombia 56.75 10 3
55 Nina Drolc   Slovenia 56.76 11 4
56 Elina Partoka   Estonia 56.77 9 8
57 Verena Klocker   Austria 56.79 12 5
58 Emilia Pikkarainen   Finland 56.94 13 0
59 Amanda Lim   Singapore 56.95 13 5
60 Fiona Doyle   Ireland 56.96 12 3
61 Kiera Aitken   Bermuda 56.99 10 5 NR
62 Rugile Mileisyte   Lithuania 57.30 11 1
63 Christine Mailliet   Luxembourg 57.35 11 2
64 Sherry Tsai   Hong Kong 57.53 12 0
65 Pamela Benitez   El Salvador 57.54 11 9
66 Annika Saarnak   Estonia 57.58 11 8
67 Hang Yu Sze   Hong Kong 57.61 10 0
68 Ximena Vilar   Venezuela 57.66 10 9
69 Natasha Moodie   Jamaica 57.71 11 7
70 Nicole Marmol   Ecuador 57.93 11 6
71 Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane   Papua New Guinea 57.97 9 6 NR
72 Coral del Mar Lopez Rosario   Puerto Rico 57.98 9 4
73 Kimberley Eeson   Zimbabwe 58.06 8 5
74 Sharntelle McLean   Trinidad and Tobago 58.31 10 1
75 Teisha Lightbourne   Bahamas 58.47 8 2
76 Erika Stewart   Colombia 58.48 10 7
77 Fella Bennaceur   Algeria 58.49 11 0
78 Kristina Tchernychev   Israel 58.53 1 1
79 Chinyere Pigot   Suriname 58.57 9 7 NR
80 Leung Chii Lin   Malaysia 58.64 10 8
81 Grite Apanaviciute   Lithuania 58.70 12 1
82 Marie Laura Meza   Costa Rica 58.88 8 4
83 Maida Turnadzic   Bosnia and Herzegovina 58.91 12 7
84 Marianela Quesada   Costa Rica 59.25 7 4
85 Ashley Bransford   Aruba 59.27 9 1
86 Karen Milenka Torrez Guzman   Bolivia 59.42 8 3
87 Farida Osman   Egypt 59.45 10 2
88 Amina Meho   Lebanon 59.60 9 3
89 Clelia Tini   San Marino 59.62 8 1
90 Shaila Millum Garðarnar   Faroe Islands 59.63 8 8 NR
91 Miriam Hatamleh   Jordan 59.84 7 6
92 Nishani Cicilson   Suriname 59.94 6 8
93 Sara Abdullahu   Albania 1:00.14 7 1 NR
94 Raffaella Rodoni Palma   Chile 1:00.31 9 0
95 Baean Jouma   Syria 1:00.47 7 5
95 Chittaranjan Shubha   India 1:00.47 7 7
97 Daniela Miyahara Coello   Peru 1:00.63 7 3
97 Sharon Paola Fajardo Sierra   Honduras 1:00.63 8 6
99 Noelyn Faussane   French Polynesia 1:00.70 6 4
100 Talasha Prabhu   India 1:00.73 7 9
101 Jonay Briedenhann   Namibia 1:00.75 6 2
102 Christine Briedenhann   Namibia 1:00.78 6 3
103 Natalya Filina   Azerbaijan 1:00.84 7 8
104 Melinda Sue Micallef   Malta 1:00.99 7 2
104 Razan Taha   Jordan 1:00.99 8 9
106 Talisa Pace   Malta 1:01.01 8 0
107 Nilshaira Isenia   Netherlands Antilles 1:01.12 7 0
108 Ting Sheng-Yo   Chinese Taipei 1:01.29 9 2
109 Shannon Austin   Seychelles 1:01.38 5 9
110 Silvie Ketelaars   Netherlands Antilles 1:01.47 8 7
111 Andrea Cedron   Peru 1:01.49 6 6
112 Sylvia Brunlehner   Kenya 1:01.56 4 5
113 Dalia Torrez   Nicaragua 1:01.68 6 7
114 Monica Bernardo   Mozambique 1:01.71 5 0
115 Ramond Sherazad   Morocco 1:02.02 9 9
116 Tan Chi Yan   Macau 1:02.09 6 5
117 Judith Ilan Meauri   Papua New Guinea 1:02.34 5 7
118 Sophia Noel   Grenada 1:02.41 4 2
119 Karla Toscano   Guatemala 1:02.68 5 6
120 Anahit Barseghyan   Armenia 1:02.69 4 6
121 Long Chi Wun   Macau 1:02.76 6 9
122 Kathryn Millin   Eswatini 1:02.78 4 7
123 Amanda Jia Xin Liew   Brunei 1:03.00 5 1
124 Birita Debes   Faroe Islands 1:03.10 3 7
125 Pina Ercolano   Kenya 1:03.26 5 8
126 Angelique Trinquier   Monaco 1:03.32 5 3
127 Li Chuen Cheong Estelle   Mauritius 1:03.45 3 4
128 Ifiezibe Gagbe   Nigeria 1:03.48 3 6
129 Rovena Marku   Albania 1:03.87 5 5
130 Tin Hon Ko Adeline Mei-Li   Mauritius 1:03.91 6 1
131 Ayesha Noel   Grenada 1:03.96 5 2
132 Estellah Fils Rabetsara   Madagascar 1:04.06 5 4
133 Ouleye Diallo   Senegal 1:04.07 6 0
134 Mariana Zaballa   Bolivia 1:04.37 4 8
135 Cheyenne Rova   Fiji 1:04.67 4 1
136 Amelie Trinquier   Monaco 1:04.87 3 3
137 Gessica Stagno   Mozambique 1:04.94 4 9
138 Sameera Al Bitar   Bahrain 1:05.05 2 4
139 Mareme Faye   Senegal 1:05.06 4 3
140 Tieri Erasito   Fiji 1:05.26 3 2
141 Yara Dowani   Palestine 1:06.02 3 1
142 Julia Alves   Marshall Islands 1:06.13 2 6
143 Mirella Alam   Lebanon 1:06.53 4 0
144 Maria Grace Koh   Brunei 1:06.93 4 4
145 Rachael Catherine Glenister   American Samoa 1:07.00 3 5
146 Enkhjargal Khulan   Mongolia 1:07.07 3 8
147 Noelle Anyika Smith   Guyana 1:07.11 3 9
148 Julianne Kirchner   Marshall Islands 1:07.84 2 2
149 Maria Gibbons   Palau 1:08.21 2 5
150 Olivia Infield   Uganda 1:08.31 1 5
151 Sabine Hazboun   Palestine 1:08.57 3 0
152 Mahnoor Maqsood   Pakistan 1:08.92 2 3
153 Katerina Izmailova   Tajikistan 1:09.80 2 9
154 Osisang Chilton   Palau 1:10.45 2 7
155 Rida Mitha   Pakistan 1:12.62 2 1
156 Gouri Kotecha   Tanzania 1:13.14 1 7
157 Shreya Dhital   Nepal 1:15.58 1 4
158 Shaila Rana   Nepal 1:15.84 2 0
159 Ismail Aminath Inas   Maldives 1:18.25 1 2
160 Jennet Saryyeva   Turkmenistan 1:18.63 1 6
161 Irankunda Lena Courageuse   Burundi 1:18.73 1 3
Maroua Mathlouthi   Tunisia DNS 9 5
Dina Hegazy   Egypt DNS 10 4
Pang Jiaying   China DNS 15 2
Marleen Veldhuis   Netherlands DNS 15 4
Federica Pellegrini   Italy DNS 16 5

Semifinals

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Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Libby Trickett   Australia 52.84 1 4
2 Britta Steffen   Germany 52.87 1 5
3 Amanda Weir   United States 53.02 2 4 AM
4 Francesca Halsall   Great Britain 53.05 1 6
5 Ranomi Kromowidjojo   Netherlands 53.31 2 5
6 Jeanette Ottesen   Denmark 53.41 1 3 NR
7 Dana Vollmer   United States 53.55 2 3
8 Evelyn Verrasztó   Hungary 53.74 1 2 NR
9 Daniela Schreiber   Germany 53.76 2 7
10 Hanna-Maria Seppälä   Finland 53.82 2 2
11 Hayley Palmer   New Zealand 53.91 2 1 NR
12 Malia Metella   France 53.95 2 6
13 Li Zhesi   China 53.97 1 7
14 Marieke Guehrer   Australia 54.21 1 8
15 Victoria Poon   Canada 54.29 1 1
16 Aleksandra Gerasimenya   Belarus 54.51 2 8

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Lane Notes
  Britta Steffen   Germany 52.07 5 WR
  Francesca Halsall   Great Britain 52.87 6 NR
  Libby Trickett   Australia 52.93 4
4 Amanda Weir   United States 53.12 3
5 Dana Vollmer   United States 53.30 1
6 Ranomi Kromowidjojo   Netherlands 53.37 2
7 Jeanette Ottesen   Denmark 53.70 7
8 Evelyn Verrasztó   Hungary 53.92 8
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