Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The heats for the women's 200 m breaststroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 30 July and the final took place in the evening session of 31 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   Rebecca Soni (USA) 2:20.22 Beijing, China 15 August 2008
Championship record   Leisel Jones (AUS) 2:21.72 Montreal, Canada 29 July 2005

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
30 July Heat 6 Annamay Pierse   Canada 2:21.68 CR
30 July Semifinal 1 Rebecca Soni   United States 2:20.93 CR
30 July Semifinal 2 Annamay Pierse   Canada 2:20.12 WR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Annamay Pierse   Canada 2:21.68 6 4 CR
2 Rebecca Soni   United States 2:22.09 7 4
3 Mirna Jukić   Austria 2:22.10 7 5 ER
4 Nađa Higl   Serbia 2:23.19 4 7
5 Nanaka Tamura   Japan 2:23.22 7 3
6 Rie Kaneto   Japan 2:23.50 5 4
6 Martha McCabe   Canada 2:23.50 5 5
8 Keri Hehn   United States 2:23.60 7 6
9 Ilaria Scarcella   Italy 2:24.20 5 3
10 Rikke Møller-Pedersen   Denmark 2:24.46 5 9 NR
11 Jeong Darae   South Korea 2:25.00 6 7
12 Joline Höstman   Sweden 2:25.15 7 2 NR
13 Caroline Ruhnau   Germany 2:25.57 7 1
14 Sally Foster   Australia 2:26.07 7 7
15 Yuliya Yefimova   Russia 2:26.18 6 3
16 Sophie de Ronchi   France 2:26.45 6 2
17 Marina Garcia   Spain 2:26.69 5 2
18 Chiara Boggiatto   Italy 2:26.74 7 8
19 Chen Huijia   China 2:26.82 3 4
20 Sun Ye   China 2:27.08 5 6
21 Sarah Katsoulis   Australia 2:27.32 5 7
22 Sara Nordenstam   Norway 2:27.55 6 5
23 Jessica Pengelly   South Africa 2:27.64 4 4
24 Inna Kapishina   Belarus 2:27.89 7 0
25 Urte Kazakeviciute   Lithuania 2:28.13 2 3 NR
26 Petra Chocova   Czech Republic 2:28.37 4 9
27 Angeliki Exarchou   Greece 2:28.62 6 0
28 Elise Matthysen   Belgium 2:29.05 5 8
29 Raminta Dvariskyte   Lithuania 2:29.40 3 6
30 Diana Gomes   Portugal 2:29.80 4 1
31 Anastasia Korotkov   Israel 2:30.17 3 1 NR
32 Patrizia Humplik   Switzerland 2:30.27 6 8
33 Agnieszka Ostrowska   Poland 2:30.59 4 3
34 Lia Dekker   Netherlands 2:31.08 6 9
35 Sarra Lajnef   Tunisia 2:31.12 4 2
36 Back Su Yeon   South Korea 2:31.20 6 1
37 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir   Iceland 2:31.39 3 2 NR
38 Yekaterina Sadovnik   Kazakhstan 2:31.52 3 8
39 Stacey Tadd   Great Britain 2:32.01 4 0
40 Siow Yi Ting   Malaysia 2:32.09 7 9
41 Fanny Lecluyse   Belgium 2:32.93 3 5
42 Katheryn Meaklim   South Africa 2:33.10 4 5
43 Yuliya Banach   Israel 2:33.95 4 8
44 Tatiane Sakemi   Brazil 2:34.11 4 6
45 Valentina Artemyeva   Russia 2:34.34 6 1
46 Tanja Šmid   Slovenia 2:37.43 3 7
47 Daniela Victoria   Venezuela 2:37.65 3 0
48 Maxine Heard   Zimbabwe 2:37.77 2 1 NR
49 Daniela Lindemeier   Namibia 2:39.71 2 2 NR
50 Nibal Yamout   Lebanon 2:43.44 2 5
51 Roanne Ho   Singapore 2:43.72 2 0
52 Maria Coy   Guatemala 2:44.09 2 6
53 Cheryl Lim   Singapore 2:44.33 3 9
54 Selma Atic   Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:45.00 2 7
55 Chen I-Chuan   Chinese Taipei 2:45.30 2 4
56 Maria Zenoni   Dominican Republic 2:45.57 2 9 NR
57 Lei On Kei   Macau 2:51.88 2 8
58 Karen Vilorio   Honduras 2:54.35 1 5
59 Murugaperumal Venpa   India 3:00.51 1 3
60 Danielle Bernadine Findlay   Zambia 3:02.16 1 6
61 Aqsa Tariq   Pakistan 3:16.33 1 7
62 Aelia Mehdi   Pakistan 3:31.32 1 1
Tea Pikuli   Albania DNS 1 2
Dilara Buse Gunaydin   Turkey DNS 3 3
Hannah Miley   Great Britain DNS 5 1
Stephanie Rasoamanana   Madagascar DSQ 1 4
Carolina Mussi   Brazil DSQ 5 0

Semifinals

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Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Annamay Pierse   Canada 2:20.12 2 4 WR
2 Rebecca Soni   United States 2:20.93 1 4
3 Mirna Jukić   Austria 2:22.13 2 5
4 Joline Höstman   Sweden 2:22.24 1 7 NR
5 Nađa Higl   Serbia 2:22.28 1 5
6 Martha McCabe   Canada 2:22.75 2 6
7 Nanaka Tamura   Japan 2:22.83 2 3
8 Rie Kaneto   Japan 2:22.92 1 3
9 Keri Hehn   United States 2:23.20 1 6
10 Ilaria Scarcella   Italy 2:23.32 2 2 NR
11 Rikke Moller-Pedersen   Denmark 2:23.34 1 2 NR
12 Jeong Darae   South Korea 2:25.00 2 7
13 Caroline Ruhnau   Germany 2:25.36 2 1
14 Yuliya Yefimova   Russia 2:26.39 2 8
15 Sally Foster   Australia 2:27.03 1 1
16 Sophie de Ronchi   France 2:28.75 1 8

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Lane Notes
  Nađa Higl   Serbia 2:21.62 2 ER
  Annamay Pierse   Canada 2:21.84 4
  Mirna Jukić   Austria 2:21.97 3 NR
4 Rebecca Soni   USA 2:22.15 5
5 Rie Kaneto   Japan 2:23.03 8
6 Nanaka Tamura   Japan 2:23.12 1
7 Martha McCabe   Canada 2:23.36 7
8 Joline Höstman   Sweden 2:23.62 6

References

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