50 m Freestyle, Women

Competition 2009 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Roma ITA
Held 1 – 2 August 2009
Status Medal
Competitors 172
Countries 108
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Britta Steffen GER 24.42
(5 h18)
24.28
(3 h2)
23.73
(1 F)
🥈 Therèse Alshammar SWE 24.30
(2 h18)
24.32
(5 h1)
23.88
(2 F)
🥉 Cate Campbell AUS 24.24
(1 h17)
24.08
(1 h2)
23.99
(=3 F)
🥉 Marleen Veldhuis NED 24.41
(4 h18)
24.20
(2 h1)
23.99
(=3 F)
5 Fran Halsall GBR 24.47
(6 h17)
24.42
(7 h1)
24.11
(5 F)
6 Libby Lenton-Trickett AUS 24.74
(9 h16)
24.34
(6 h2)
24.19
(6 F)
7 Amanda Weir USA 24.36
(3 h18)
24.31
(4 h2)
24.23
(7 F)
8 Dara Torres USA 24.67
(7 h17)
24.43
(8 h2)
24.48
(8 F)
9 Malia Metella FRA 25.01
(12 h16)
24.58
(9 h1)
10 Jeanette Ottesen Gray DEN 24.72
(8 h16)
24.62
(10 h1)
=11 Aliaksandra Herasimenia BLR 24.85
(11 h17)
24.69
(=11 h1)
=11 Sviatlana Khokhlava BLR 25.19
(16 h16)
24.69
(=11 h1)
13 Victoria Poon CAN 25.15
(14 h18)
24.75
(13 h1)
14 Arlene Semeco VEN 25.11
(13 h17)
24.76
(14 h2)
15 Hinkelien Schreuder NED 24.78
(10 h16)
24.85
(15 h1)
16 Hanna-Maria Seppälä FIN 25.17
(15 h17)
25.09
(16 h2)
17 Miroslava Najdanovski SRB 25.21
(17 h15)
18 Josefin Lillhage SWE 25.23
(18 h17)
19 Dar'ia Stepaniuk UKR 25.32
(19 h18)
20 Triin Aljand EST 25.33
(20 h18)
21 Xu Yanwei CHN 25.41
(21 h16)
22 Anastasiya Aksenova RUS 25.46
(22 h17)
23 Misaki Yamaguchi JPN 25.47
(23 h18)
24 Oksana Serikova UKR 25.48
(24 h17)
25 Flávia Delaroli BRA 25.54
(25 h16)
=26 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace BAH 25.55
(=26 h16)
=26 Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir ISL 25.55
(=26 h15)
28 Martina Moravcová SVK 25.63
(28 h15)
29 Tatiana Lemos BRA 25.64
(29 h15)
=30 Liliana Ibáñez MEX 25.70
(=30 h15)
=30 Amanda Lim SGP 25.70
(=30 h15)
32 Katarzyna Wilk POL 25.71
(32 h18)
33 Gigliola Tecchio ITA 25.74
(33 h15)
=34 Jolien Sysmans BEL 25.78
(=34 h17)
=34 Vanessa García PUR 25.78
(=34 h15)
=36 Emma Wilkins GBR 25.81
(=36 h16)
=36 Henriette Brekke NOR 25.81
(=36 h14)
38 Sharntelle McLean TTO 25.92
(38 h14)
39 Cristina Chiuso ITA 25.93
(39 h16)
40 Heather MacLean CAN 25.94
(40 h13)
41 Natasha Moodie JAM 25.95
(41 h15)
=42 Lee Jae-Young KOR 25.97
(=42 h14)
=42 Fabienne Nadarajah AUT 25.97
(=42 h14)
44 Quah Ting Wen SGP 26.05
(44 h15)
45 Petra Klosová CZE 26.06
(45 h13)
46 Cecilie Waage Johannessen NOR 26.09
(46 h12)
=47 Clare Dawson IRL 26.20
(=47 h12)
=47 Yamilé Bahamonde ECU 26.20
(=47 h13)
49 Nina Drolc SLO 26.22
(49 h14)
50 Riia-Rosa Koskelainen FIN 26.24
(50 h13)
51 Annelies De Mare BEL 26.27
(51 h13)
=52 Nina Sovinek SLO 26.30
(=52 h14)
=52 Nadia Colovini ARG 26.30
(=52 h14)
54 Yayoi Matsumoto JPN 26.36
(54 h14)
=55 Natthanan Chankrajang THA 26.38
(=55 h13)
=55 Fiona Doyle IRL 26.38
(=55 h13)
57 Nicole Horn ZIM 26.39
(57 h12)
58 Gritė Apanavičiûtė LTU 26.43
(58 h13)
59 Katarína Listopadová SVK 26.46
(59 h13)
60 Rugilė Mileišytė LTU 26.48
(60 h14)
61 Ximena Vilar VEN 26.52
(61 h11)
62 Sherry Tsai HKG 26.56
(62 h13)
63 Aneta Pechancová CZE 26.58
(63 h12)
64 Fella Bennaceur ALG 26.64
(64 h11)
65 Erika Stewart COL 26.72
(65 h7)
66 Farida Osman EGY 26.77
(66 h11)
67 Kiera Aitken BER 26.83
(67 h11)
68 Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane PNG 26.84
(68 h12)
69 Chinyere Pigot SUR 26.88
(69 h11)
70 Teisha Lightbourne BAH 26.97
(70 h11)
71 Rosanna Sze HKG 26.98
(71 h12)
72 Kim Eeson ZIM 27.07
(72 h11)
=73 Leung Chii Lin MAS 27.13
(=73 h12)
=73 Pamela Benítez ESA 27.13
(=73 h11)
75 Christine Mailliet LUX 27.18
(75 h10)
=76 Ashley Bransford ARU 27.20
(=76 h10)
=76 Coral López PUR 27.20
(=76 h12)
78 Nishani Cicilson SUR 27.22
(78 h9)
79 Juanita Barreto COL 27.31
(79 h12)
80 Marie Meza CRC 27.33
(80 h9)
81 Dalia Tórrez NCA 27.36
(81 h9)
82 Amina Meho LBN 27.37
(82 h14)
83 Diana Chang ECU 27.40
(83 h10)
=84 Marianela Quesada CRC 27.43
(=84 h9)
=84 Yulduz Kuchkarova UZB 27.43
(=84 h10)
86 Silvie Ketelaars AHO 27.45
(86 h10)
87 Clelia Tini SMR 27.49
(87 h11)
88 Shaila Garðarnar FAR 27.50
(88 h10)
=89 Sharon Fajardo HON 27.75
(=89 h10)
=89 Monica Bernardo MOZ 27.75
(=89 h7)
91 Razan Taha JOR 27.81
(91 h9)
92 Birita Debes FAR 27.93
(92 h4)
93 Nataliya Filina AZE 27.94
(93 h11)
94 Sylvia Brunlehner KEN 27.95
(94 h8)
95 Ma Cheok Mei MAC 27.97
(95 h10)
96 Ting Sheng-Yo TPE 27.99
(96 h9)
=97 Bayan Jumah SYR 28.04
(=97 h8)
=97 Chittaranjan Shubha IND 28.04
(=97 h9)
=97 Talisa Pace MLT 28.04
(=97 h10)
100 Miriam Hatamleh JOR 28.10
(100 h9)
101 Karen Torrez BOL 28.11
(101 h9)
102 Ouleye Diallo SEN 28.15
(102 h8)
103 Amanda Liew BRU 28.23
(103 h6)
104 Melinda Micallef MLT 28.28
(104 h8)
105 Tan Chi Yan MAC 28.30
(105 h8)
106 Nilshaira Isenia AHO 28.32
(106 h8)
=107 Khadidiatou Dieng SEN 28.39
(=107 h6)
=107 Chen Ting TPE 28.39
(=107 h8)
109 Judith Meauri PNG 28.49
(109 h6)
110 Talasha Prabhu IND 28.53
(110 h8)
111 Kathryn Millin SWZ 28.55
(111 h7)
112 Noelyn Faussane FPN 28.57
(112 h7)
113 Siona Huxley LCA 28.59
(113 h7)
114 Cheyenne Rova FIJ 28.60
(114 h6)
115 Adele Rova FIJ 28.66
(115 h5)
=116 Sophia Noel GRN 28.68
(=116 h8)
=116 Shannon Austin SEY 28.68
(=116 h9)
118 Christine Briedenhann NAM 28.71
(118 h7)
119 Graciela Peinado BOL 28.98
(119 h6)
120 Pina Ercolano KEN 29.02
(120 h6)
121 Ifezegbe Gagbe NGR 29.03
(121 h5)
122 Anahit Barseghyan ARM 29.12
(122 h6)
123 Rovena Marku ALB 29.13
(123 h8)
124 Amelie Trinquier MON 29.31
(124 h4)
125 Angélique Trinquier MON 29.41
(125 h6)
126 Gessica Stagno MOZ 29.45
(126 h3)
127 Yara Dowani PLE 29.68
(127 h5)
128 Sameera Al-Bitar BRN 29.75
(128 h4)
129 Estelle Li MRI 29.77
(129 h5)
130 Adeline Tin Hon Ko MRI 29.89
(130 h7)
131 Olivia Infield UGA 29.95
(131 h2)
132 Madhawee Weerathunga SRI 29.97
(132 h4)
133 Aina Fils Rabetsara MAD 29.99
(133 h7)
134 Noelle Smith GUY 30.00
(134 h3)
135 Ayesha Noel GRN 30.01
(135 h6)
136 Kiran Khan PAK 30.06
(136 h4)
=137 Maria Grace Koh BRU 30.17
(=137 h5)
=137 Mirella Alam LBN 30.17
(=137 h7)
139 Doli Akhtar BAN 30.19
(139 h4)
140 Rachael Glenister ASA 30.20
(140 h5)
141 Danielle Findlay ZAM 30.40
(141 h4)
142 Maria Gibbons PLW 30.41
(142 h4)
143 Sabine Hazboun PLE 30.62
(143 h5)
144 Miniruwani Samarakoon SRI 30.68
(144 h4)
145 Hem Thon Vitiny CAM 30.95
(145 h3)
146 Jamila Lunkuse UGA 30.98
(146 h2)
147 Reni Jani ALB 31.09
(147 h5)
148 Debra Daniel FSM 31.12
(148 h2)
149 Gantumöriin Oyungerel MGL 31.15
(149 h7)
150 Julianne Kirchner MHL 31.22
(150 h4)
151 Katerina Izmaylova TJK 31.31
(151 h5)
152 Enkhjargal Khulan MGL 31.46
(152 h3)
153 Khurelbaatar Sainzaya MGL 31.47
(153 h6)
154 Mariam Foum TAN 31.65
(154 h3)
155 Melissa Peacock MHL 32.12
(155 h3)
156 Rida Mitha PAK 32.28
(156 h3)
157 Rayleen David FSM 32.96
(157 h2)
158 Jennet Saryýewa TKM 33.02
(158 h2)
159 Shreya Dhital NEP 33.37
(159 h2)
160 Antja Flowers PLW 33.74
(160 h2)
161 Shaila Rana NEP 33.83
(161 h2)
162 Elisabeth Nikiema BUR 34.07
(162 h1)
163 Lena Irankunda BDI 34.30
(163 h2)
164 Angele Mahutin BEN 35.04
(164 h1)
165 Elsie Uwamahoro BDI 36.56
(165 h2)
166 Awa Keita MLI 37.07
(166 h1)
167 Aicha Coulibaly MLI 37.47
(167 h1)
168 Svetlana Dogadkina TJK 39.04
(168 h3)
169 Ishita Tanna TAN 43.53
(169 h1)
AC Cherelle Thompson TTO 26.90
(DQ h12)
AC Stephanie Rasoamanana MAD
(DQ h5)
AC Yanet Gebremedhin ETH
(DQ h1)
DNS Mukanya ClarisseDNS COD
(DNS h1)
DNS Djene BarryDNS GUI
(DNS h3)
DNS Maroua MathlouthiDNS TUN
(DNS h10)
DNS Li ZhesiDNS CHN
(DNS h18)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
162 Elisabeth Nikiema BUR 34.07
164 Angele Mahutin BEN 35.04
166 Awa Keita MLI 37.07
167 Aicha Coulibaly MLI 37.47
169 Ishita Tanna TAN 43.53
DQ Yanet Gebremedhin ETH
DNS Mukanya ClarisseDNS COD

Heat 10

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
75 Christine Mailliet LUX 27.18
=76 Ashley Bransford ARU 27.20
83 Diana Chang ECU 27.40
=84 Yulduz Kuchkarova UZB 27.43
86 Silvie Ketelaars AHO 27.45
88 Shaila Garðarnar FAR 27.50
=89 Sharon Fajardo HON 27.75
95 Ma Cheok Mei MAC 27.97
=97 Talisa Pace MLT 28.04
DNS Maroua MathlouthiDNS TUN

Heat 11

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
61 Ximena Vilar VEN 26.52
64 Fella Bennaceur ALG 26.64
66 Farida Osman EGY 26.77
67 Kiera Aitken BER 26.83
69 Chinyere Pigot SUR 26.88
70 Teisha Lightbourne BAH 26.97
72 Kim Eeson ZIM 27.07
=73 Pamela Benítez ESA 27.13
87 Clelia Tini SMR 27.49
93 Nataliya Filina AZE 27.94

Heat 12

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
46 Cecilie Waage Johannessen NOR 26.09
=47 Clare Dawson IRL 26.20
57 Nicole Horn ZIM 26.39
63 Aneta Pechancová CZE 26.58
68 Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane PNG 26.84
71 Rosanna Sze HKG 26.98
=73 Leung Chii Lin MAS 27.13
=76 Coral López PUR 27.20
79 Juanita Barreto COL 27.31
DQ Cherelle Thompson TTO 26.90

Heat 13

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
40 Heather MacLean CAN 25.94
45 Petra Klosová CZE 26.06
=47 Yamilé Bahamonde ECU 26.20
50 Riia-Rosa Koskelainen FIN 26.24
51 Annelies De Mare BEL 26.27
=55 Natthanan Chankrajang THA 26.38
=55 Fiona Doyle IRL 26.38
58 Gritė Apanavičiûtė LTU 26.43
59 Katarína Listopadová SVK 26.46
62 Sherry Tsai HKG 26.56

Heat 14

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
=36 Henriette Brekke NOR 25.81
38 Sharntelle McLean TTO 25.92
=42 Lee Jae-Young KOR 25.97
=42 Fabienne Nadarajah AUT 25.97
49 Nina Drolc SLO 26.22
=52 Nina Sovinek SLO 26.30
=52 Nadia Colovini ARG 26.30
54 Yayoi Matsumoto JPN 26.36
60 Rugilė Mileišytė LTU 26.48
82 Amina Meho LBN 27.37

Heat 15

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
17 Miroslava Najdanovski SRB 25.21
=26 Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir ISL 25.55
28 Martina Moravcová SVK 25.63
29 Tatiana Lemos BRA 25.64
=30 Liliana Ibáñez MEX 25.70
=30 Amanda Lim SGP 25.70
33 Gigliola Tecchio ITA 25.74
=34 Vanessa García PUR 25.78
41 Natasha Moodie JAM 25.95
44 Quah Ting Wen SGP 26.05

Heat 16

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
8 Jeanette Ottesen Gray DEN 24.72
9 Libby Lenton-Trickett AUS 24.74
10 Hinkelien Schreuder NED 24.78
12 Malia Metella FRA 25.01
16 Sviatlana Khokhlava BLR 25.19
21 Xu Yanwei CHN 25.41
25 Flávia Delaroli BRA 25.54
=26 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace BAH 25.55
=36 Emma Wilkins GBR 25.81
39 Cristina Chiuso ITA 25.93

Heat 17

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Cate Campbell AUS 24.24
6 Fran Halsall GBR 24.47
7 Dara Torres USA 24.67
11 Aliaksandra Herasimenia BLR 24.85
13 Arlene Semeco VEN 25.11
15 Hanna-Maria Seppälä FIN 25.17
18 Josefin Lillhage SWE 25.23
22 Anastasiya Aksenova RUS 25.46
24 Oksana Serikova UKR 25.48
=34 Jolien Sysmans BEL 25.78

Heat 18

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
2 Therèse Alshammar SWE 24.30
3 Amanda Weir USA 24.36
4 Marleen Veldhuis NED 24.41
5 Britta Steffen GER 24.42
14 Victoria Poon CAN 25.15
19 Dar'ia Stepaniuk UKR 25.32
20 Triin Aljand EST 25.33
23 Misaki Yamaguchi JPN 25.47
32 Katarzyna Wilk-Wasick POL 25.71
DNS Li ZhesiDNS CHN

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
131 Olivia Infield UGA 29.95
146 Jamila Lunkuse UGA 30.98
148 Debra Daniel FSM 31.12
157 Rayleen David FSM 32.96
158 Jennet Saryýewa TKM 33.02
159 Shreya Dhital NEP 33.37
160 Antja Flowers PLW 33.74
161 Shaila Rana NEP 33.83
163 Lena Irankunda BDI 34.30
165 Elsie Uwamahoro BDI 36.56

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
126 Gessica Stagno MOZ 29.45
134 Noelle Smith GUY 30.00
145 Hem Thon Vitiny CAM 30.95
152 Enkhjargal Khulan MGL 31.46
154 Mariam Foum TAN 31.65
155 Melissa Peacock MHL 32.12
156 Rida Mitha PAK 32.28
168 Svetlana Dogadkina TJK 39.04
DNS Djene BarryDNS GUI

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
92 Birita Debes FAR 27.93
124 Amelie Trinquier MON 29.31
128 Sameera Al-Bitar BRN 29.75
132 Madhawee Weerathunga SRI 29.97
136 Kiran Khan PAK 30.06
139 Doli Akhtar BAN 30.19
141 Danielle Findlay ZAM 30.40
142 Maria Gibbons PLW 30.41
144 Miniruwani Samarakoon SRI 30.68
150 Julianne Kirchner MHL 31.22

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
115 Adele Rova FIJ 28.66
121 Ifezegbe Gagbe NGR 29.03
127 Yara Dowani PLE 29.68
129 Estelle Li MRI 29.77
=137 Maria Grace Koh BRU 30.17
140 Rachael Glenister ASA 30.20
143 Sabine Hazboun PLE 30.62
147 Reni Jani ALB 31.09
151 Katerina Izmaylova TJK 31.31
DQ Stephanie Rasoamanana MAD

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
103 Amanda Liew BRU 28.23
=107 Khadidiatou Dieng SEN 28.39
109 Judith Meauri PNG 28.49
114 Cheyenne Rova FIJ 28.60
119 Graciela Peinado BOL 28.98
120 Pina Ercolano KEN 29.02
122 Anahit Barseghyan ARM 29.12
125 Angélique Trinquier MON 29.41
135 Ayesha Noel GRN 30.01
153 Khurelbaatar Sainzaya MGL 31.47

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
65 Erika Stewart COL 26.72
=89 Monica Bernardo MOZ 27.75
111 Kathryn Millin SWZ 28.55
112 Noelyn Faussane FPN 28.57
113 Siona Huxley LCA 28.59
118 Christine Briedenhann NAM 28.71
130 Adeline Tin Hon Ko MRI 29.89
133 Aina Fils Rabetsara MAD 29.99
=137 Mirella Alam LBN 30.17
149 Gantumöriin Oyungerel MGL 31.15

Heat 8

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
94 Sylvia Brunlehner KEN 27.95
=97 Bayan Jumah SYR 28.04
102 Ouleye Diallo SEN 28.15
104 Melinda Micallef MLT 28.28
105 Tan Chi Yan MAC 28.30
106 Nilshaira Isenia AHO 28.32
=107 Chen Ting TPE 28.39
110 Talasha Prabhu IND 28.53
=116 Sophia Noel GRN 28.68
123 Rovena Marku ALB 29.13

Heat 9

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
78 Nishani Cicilson SUR 27.22
80 Marie Meza CRC 27.33
81 Dalia Tórrez NCA 27.36
=84 Marianela Quesada CRC 27.43
91 Razan Taha JOR 27.81
96 Ting Sheng-Yo TPE 27.99
=97 Chittaranjan Shubha IND 28.04
100 Miriam Hatamleh JOR 28.10
101 Karen Torrez BOL 28.11
=116 Shannon Austin SEY 28.68

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
2 Marleen Veldhuis NED 24.20
5 Therèse Alshammar SWE 24.32
7 Fran Halsall GBR 24.42
9 Malia Metella FRA 24.58
10 Jeanette Ottesen Gray DEN 24.62
=11 Aliaksandra Herasimenia BLR 24.69
=11 Sviatlana Khokhlava BLR 24.69
13 Victoria Poon CAN 24.75
15 Hinkelien Schreuder NED 24.85

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Cate Campbell AUS 24.08
3 Britta Steffen GER 24.28
4 Amanda Weir USA 24.31
6 Libby Lenton-Trickett AUS 24.34
8 Dara Torres USA 24.43
14 Arlene Semeco VEN 24.76
16 Hanna-Maria Seppälä FIN 25.09

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Britta Steffen GER 23.73
2 Therèse Alshammar SWE 23.88
=3 Cate Campbell AUS 23.99
=3 Marleen Veldhuis NED 23.99
5 Fran Halsall GBR 24.11
6 Libby Lenton-Trickett AUS 24.19
7 Amanda Weir USA 24.23
8 Dara Torres USA 24.48