Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke

The heats for the women's 50 m breaststroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning of 1 August, with the final in the evening session of 2 August 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   Amanda Reason (CAN) 30.23 Montreal, Canada 8 July 2009
Championship record   Jade Edmistone (AUS) 30.45 Montreal, Canada 31 July 2005

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
1 August Heat 10 Kasey Carlson   United States 30.34 CR
1 August Heat 12 Yuliya Yefimova   Russia 30.24 CR
2 August Final Yuliya Yefimova   Russia 30.09 WR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Yuliya Yefimova   Russia 30.24 12 4 CR, ER
2 Kasey Carlson   USA 30.34 10 6 NR
3 Sarah Katsoulis   Australia 30.48 10 5
4 Moniek Nijhuis   Netherlands 30.57 12 3 NR
5 Amanda Reason   Canada 30.73 10 4
6 Kerstin Vogel   Germany 30.77 10 7 NR
7 Rebecca Soni   USA 30.82 11 6
8 Tarnee White   Australia 30.96 12 5
9 Annamay Pierse   Canada 31.02 11 5
10 Sophie de Ronchi   France 31.06 12 6
11 Valentina Artemyeva   Russia 31.10 11 4
12 Georgia Holderness   Great Britain 31.11 7 5
12 Katharina Stiberg   Norway 31.11 9 4 NR
14 Roberta Panara   Italy 31.13 12 2
15 Katja Lehtonen   Finland 31.14 9 6
16 Lowri Tynan   Great Britain 31.15 8 5
17 Rikke Moller-Pedersen   Denmark 31.23 11 0 NR
18 Concepcion Badillo   Spain 31.27 11 7
19 Inna Kapishina   Belarus 31.29 9 7
20 Achieng Ajulu-Bushell   Kenya 31.30 10 0 NR
21 Jane Trepp   Estonia 31.32 9 2 NR
21 Mirna Jukić   Austria 31.32 10 8 NR
21 Caroline Ruhnau   Germany 31.32 12 1
24 Ana Carla Carvalho   Brazil 31.38 12 7
25 Angeliki Exarchou   Greece 31.52 9 5 NR
26 Kim Daleun   Korea 31.55 10 2
27 Tatiane Sakemi   Brazil 31.61 11 3
28 Hitomi Nose   Japan 31.68 10 1
29 Ewa Scieszko   Poland 31.69 8 4
29 Petra Chocova   Czech Republic 31.69 10 9
31 Rebecca Ejdervik   Sweden 31.77 11 8
32 Wang Randi   China 31.79 11 2
33 Kim Hyejin   Korea 31.82 9 1
34 Yekaterina Sadovnik   Kazakhstan 31.85 7 6
35 Anastasia Christoforou   Cyprus 31.87 9 3
36 Joline Höstman   Sweden 31.88 12 9
37 Yuliya Banach   Israel 31.98 9 8 NR
37 Martina Carraro   Italy 31.98 11 1
39 Ana Marisa Brito   Portugal 32.00 11 9
40 Elise Matthysen   Belgium 32.12 8 6 NR
41 Joana Carvalho   Portugal 32.24 12 0
42 Urte Kazakeviciute   Lithuania 32.37 7 7 NR
43 Doaa Reda Masarwa   Israel 32.46 8 8
44 Raminta Dvariskyte   Lithuania 32.53 7 2
45 Tanja Šmid   Slovenia 32.55 8 0
46 Sarra Lajnef   Tunisia 32.68 7 4 NR
47 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir   Iceland 32.71 8 3
48 Alicia Lightbourne   Bahamas 32.84 6 7 NR
49 Anna Khlistunova   Ukraine 32.87 7 1
50 Roanne Ho   Singapore 32.93 9 9
51 Daniela Victoria   Venezuela 32.95 8 1
52 Martina Dankova   Czech Republic 32.97 7 0
53 Lei On Kei   Macau 33.34 6 5
54 Agnieszka Ostrowska   Poland 33.36 7 8
55 Veronica Vdovicenco   Moldova 33.46 8 7
56 Jonay Briedenhann   Namibia 33.50 6 8 NR
57 Kimba Collymore   Trinidad and Tobago 33.61 6 4
58 Maxine Heard   Zimbabwe 33.70 5 5 NR
59 Carolina Colorado Henao   Colombia 33.93 7 9
59 Dilara Buse Gunaydin   Turkey 33.93 8 9
61 Danielle Beaubrun   Saint Lucia 33.95 6 2
62 Daniela Lindemeier   Namibia 34.12 5 4
63 Cherelle Thompson   Trinidad and Tobago 34.87 6 6
64 Maria Zenoni   Dominican Republic 34.93 5 1 NR
65 Labake Anthonia Oriretan   Nigeria 34.95 5 8
66 Monica Bernardo   Mozambique 35.07 4 5
67 Racheal Tonjor   Nigeria 35.15 5 0
68 Cheryl Lim   Singapore 35.20 6 9
69 Selma Atic   Bosnia and Herzegovina 35.72 6 1
70 Nibal Yamout   Lebanon 35.74 6 3
71 Melinda Sue Micallef   Malta 35.77 5 3
72 Nilshaira Isenia   Netherlands Antilles 35.87 6 0
73 Amanda Jia Xin Liew   Brunei 35.90 4 7 NR
74 Karla Toscano   Guatemala 36.35 5 2
75 Karen Vilorio   Honduras 36.55 5 7
76 Doli Akhter   Bangladesh 36.62 4 3
77 Ana Euceda Gutierrez   Honduras 36.74 4 2
78 Gantumur Oyungerel   Mongolia 37.00 3 7
79 Stephanie Rasoamanana   Madagascar 37.17 5 6
80 Clarissa Brady   Marshall Islands 37.29 4 6
81 Jessika Cossa   Mozambique 37.81 3 5
82 Mirella Alam   Lebanon 37.88 5 9
83 Tea Pikuli   Albania 37.94 4 0
84 Debora Keci   Albania 38.24 4 4
85 Jamila Lunkuse   Uganda 38.90 3 2
86 Mariam Foum   Tanzania 39.07 2 0
87 Adele Rova   Fiji 39.09 3 3
88 Rayleen David   Federated States of Micronesia 39.42 2 5
89 Jade Ashleigh Howard   Zambia 39.51 3 4
90 Noelle Anyika Smith   Guyana 40.39 3 0
91 Sabine Hazboun   Palestine 40.61 4 9
92 Danielle Bernadine Findlay   Zambia 40.65 3 6
93 Murugaperumal Venpa   India 40.67 4 1
94 Julia Alves   Marshall Islands 41.08 2 3
95 Debra Daniel   Federated States of Micronesia 41.43 2 4
96 Amnahliyani Mohamad Husain   Bahrain 41.65 3 8
97 Aelia Mehdi   Pakistan 41.81 3 9
98 Maria Gibbons   Palau 41.85 2 6
99 Aqsa Tariq   Pakistan 42.55 3 1
100 Angele Gbenou Mahutin   Benin 43.26 1 6
101 Angelika Sita Ouedraogo   Burkina Faso 44.71 1 5
102 Aicha Oumar Coulibaly   Mali 46.12 2 1
103 Svetlana Dogadkina   Tajikistan 46.51 7 3
104 Ismail Aminath Inas   Maldives 46.91 2 2
105 Awa Keita   Mali 47.48 1 4
106 Catherine Decker   Tanzania 48.23 2 8
107 Antja Flowers   Palau 48.25 2 7
Elsa Partio Fatima Traore   Burkina Faso DQ 1 3
Ouleye Diallo   Senegal DNS 4 8
Sara Nordenstam   Norway DNS 8 2
Maria Georgia Michalaka   Greece DNS 9 0
Chen Huijia   China DNS 10 3
Nanaka Tamura   Japan DNS 12 8

Semifinals

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Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Sarah Katsoulis   Australia 30.33 2 5
2 Moniek Nijhuis   Netherlands 30.38 1 5 NR
3 Yuliya Yefimova   Russia 30.40 2 4
4 Amanda Reason   Canada 30.42 2 3
5 Kasey Carlson   United States 30.46 1 4
6 Rebecca Soni   United States 30.56 2 6
7 Tarnee White   Australia 30.80 1 6
8 Valentina Artemyeva   Russia 30.92 2 7
8 Annamay Pierse   Canada 30.92 2 2
10 Lowri Tynan   Great Britain 31.03 1 8
11 Kerstin Vogel   Germany 31.04 1 3
12 Katharina Stiberg   Norway 31.09 2 1 NR
13 Sophie de Ronchi   France 31.12 1 2
14 Roberta Panara   Italy 31.16 1 1
15 Georgia Holderness   Great Britain 31.25 1 7
16 Katja Lehtonen   Finland 31.37 2 8

Swim-off

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Rank Name Nationality Time Lane Notes
1 Annamay Pierse   Canada 30.98 5
2 Valentina Artemyeva   Russia 30.99 4

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Lane Notes
  Yuliya Yefimova   Russia 30.09 3 WR
  Rebecca Soni   United States 30.11 7 AM
  Sarah Katsoulis   Australia 30.16 4 OC
4 Moniek Nijhuis   Netherlands 30.46 5
5 Annamay Pierse   Canada 30.53 8
6 Kasey Carlson   United States 30.65 2
7 Amanda Reason   Canada 30.67 6
8 Tarnee White   Australia 30.91 1
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