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

The heats for the women's 50 m butterfly 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.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Marieke Guehrer  Australia	Zhou Yafei  China	Ingvild Snildal  Norway

Records

World record
25.33	Marleen Veldhuis	Amsterdam	19 April 2009
Championship record
25.82	Therese Alshammar	Melbourne	30 March 2007

Results

Heats

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	25.44	13	4	CR, NR
2	Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	25.58	14	4
3	Ingvild Snildal	Norway	25.62	13	7	NR
4	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	25.74	10	3
5	Marieke Guehrer	Australia	25.83	14	5
6	Silvia di Pietro	Italy	25.84	13	6	NR
7	Jeanette Ottesen	Denmark	25.86	14	3	NR
8	Yafei Zhou	China	26.00	14	2	AS
9	Christine Magnuson	United States	26.06	13	5
10	Gabriella Silva	Brazil	26.07	13	2	SA
11	Daynara de Paula	Brazil	26.11	13	8
12	Hinkelien Schreuder	Netherlands	26.21	12	5
12	Sviatlana Khakhlova	Belarus	26.21	14	8
14	Triin Aljand	Estonia	26.27	14	9
15	Diane Bui Duyet	France	26.35	14	6
16	Daniela Samulski	Germany	26.36	12	8
17	Dara Torres	United States	26.41	12	4
17	Libby Trickett	Australia	26.41	13	3
19	Yuka Kato	Japan	26.46	12	1
20	Irina Bespalova	Russia	26.49	12	2	NR
21	Jiao Liuyang	China	26.53	12	3
22	Fabienne Nadarajah	Austria	26.55	14	7
23	Amit Ivry	Israel	26.59	12	7
23	Iryna Niafedava	Belarus	26.59	13	9
25	Eszter Dara	Hungary	26.68	11	4	NR
26	Jemma Lowe	Great Britain	26.71	11	8
26	Mélanie Henique	France	26.71	12	6
28	Tao Li	Singapore	26.76	10	5
29	Katharina Stiberg	Norway	26.77	12	0
30	Micha Kathrine Østergaard Jensen	Denmark	26.79	11	3
31	Martina Moravcová	Slovakia	26.80	12	9
32	Cristina Maccagnola	Italy	26.82	14	1
33	Kimberly Buys	Belgium	26.85	14	0
34	Alana Dillette	Bahamas	27.07	13	9	NR
35	Beatrix Bordas	Hungary	27.13	13	1
36	Yui Miyamoto	Japan	27.16	11	6
37	Emilia Pikkarainen	Finland	27.23	11	5
38	Ellen Gandy	Great Britain	27.28	11	2
39	Victoria Poon	Canada	27.31	13	0
40	Katarina Listopadova	Slovakia	27.37	10	4
41	Jane Trepp	Estonia	27.39	10	9
42	Anna Schoholeva	Cyprus	27.43	11	0
43	Iris Rosenberger	Turkey	27.44	10	8
44	Fella Bennaceur	Algeria	27.50	10	6	NR
45	Audrey Lacroix	Canada	27.52	9	5
45	Kelly Shim Robinson	Hong Kong	27.52	9	0
47	Linda Laihorinne	Finland	27.53	9	7
48	Carolina Colorado Henao	Colombia	27.56	11	7
49	Laetitia Perez	Switzerland	27.61	11	1
50	Farida Osman	Egypt	27.78	9	3
51	Sofija Djelic	Slovenia	27.82	9	2
52	Kristina Tchernychev	Israel	27.88	9	6
53	Binta Zahra Diop	Senegal	27.96	9	9
54	Rita Medrano	Mexico	27.97	8	5	NR
55	Marellyn Lammert Liew	Malaysia	27.98	9	8
56	Hang Yu Sze	Hong Kong	28.12	9	1
57	Aneta Pechancova	Czech Republic	28.18	9	4
58	Jeserick Pinto	Venezuela	28.20	10	1
59	Klara Vaclavikova	Czech Republic	28.23	7	5
60	Sharntelle McLean	Trinidad and Tobago	28.25	8	3
61	Christine Mailliet	Luxembourg	28.36	8	6
62	Grite Apanaviciute	Lithuania	28.38	10	0
63	Mylene Ong	Singapore	28.48	8	4
64	Marie Laura Meza	Costa Rica	28.58	7	4	NR
65	Aiste Dobrovolskaite	Lithuania	28.62	8	2
65	Nadia Colovini	Argentina	28.62	10	2	NR
67	Monica Bernardo	Mozambique	28.88	7	3
68	Ramond Sherazad	Morocco	29.01	7	1	NR
69	Gizem Cam	Turkey	29.16	8	7
70	Ma Cheok Mei	Macau	29.21	8	8
71	Achieng Ajulu-Bushell	Kenya	29.32	7	2	NR
72	Nishani Cicilson	Suriname	29.34	6	3
73	Dalia Torrez	Nicaragua	29.35	7	7
74	Chittaranjan Shubha	India	29.48	7	8
75	Veronica Vdovicenco	Moldova	29.50	7	6
76	Silvie Ketelaars	Netherlands Antilles	29.53	6	6
77	Shaila Millum Garðarnar	Faroe Islands	29.56	6	2	NR
78	Maria Georgina Gandionco	Philippines	29.60	7	1
79	Karen Milenka Torrez Guzman	Bolivia	29.63	6	4
80	Razan Taha	Jordan	29.66	8	9
81	Kimberley Eeson	Zimbabwe	29.69	5	1
82	Laura lucia Paz Chavez	Honduras	29.72	5	8
83	Moira Fraser	Zimbabwe	29.85	5	6
84	Jonay Briedenhann	Namibia	29.86	6	7	NR
85	Ileana Murillo	El Salvador	30.05	8	1
86	Marianela Quesada	Costa Rica	30.12	5	0
87	Karrakchou Lilia	Morocco	30.13	4	5
88	Kendese Nangle	Jamaica	30.18	6	5
89	Davina Mangion	Malta	30.24	6	9
90	Kathryn Millin	Eswatini	30.29	3	2
91	Nilshaira Isenia	Netherlands Antilles	30.33	5	2
92	Long Chi Wun	Macau	30.47	7	0
93	Karla Toscano	Guatemala	30.50	4	5
94	Ashley Bransford	Aruba	30.53	5	7
95	Labake Anthonia Oriretan	Nigeria	30.63	3	7
96	Vandita Dhariyal	India	30.65	3	6
96	Amina Meho	Lebanon	30.65	6	1
98	Selma Atic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30.74	8	0
99	Sharon Paola Fajardo Sierra	Honduras	30.79	5	5
100	Li Chuen Cheong Estelle	Mauritius	30.97	4	4
101	Graciela Peinado Ibanez	Bolivia	31.05	2	2
102	Talisa Pace	Malta	31.06	6	0
103	Stephanie Rasoamanana	Madagascar	31.30	3	4
104	Gessica Stagno	Mozambique	31.33	3	8
105	Pina Ercolano	Kenya	31.35	4	6
105	Adele Rova	Fiji	31.35	4	0
107	Sara Abdullahu	Albania	31.41	4	9
108	Estellah Fils Rabetsara	Madagascar	31.45	4	2
109	Noelyn Faussane	French Polynesia	31.69	3	0
110	Cheyenne Rova	Fiji	31.79	4	1
111	Tin Hon Ko Adeline Mei-Li	Mauritius	31.80	4	3
112	Shannon Austin	Seychelles	31.92	2	2
113	Miniruwani Samarakoon	Sri Lanka	32.14	3	1
114	Danielle Bernadine Findlay	Zambia	32.17	3	3
115	Ruth Carvalho	Angola	32.20	2	5
115	Julia Alves	Marshall Islands	32.20	2	7
117	Noelle Anyika Smith	Seychelles	32.34	2	8
118	Sabine Hazboun	Palestine	32.39	2	4
119	Maria Grace Koh	Brunei	32.59	4	8
120	Amnahliyani Mohamad Husain	Brunei	32.65	2	1
121	Judith Ilan Meauri	Papua New Guinea	32.82	3	9
122	Debra Daniel	Federated States of Micronesia	32.83	2	6
123	Debora Keci	Albania	32.92	3	5
124	Kiran Khan	Pakistan	33.13	5	3
125	Yara Dowani	Palestine	33.64	6	8
126	Sausan Aishath	Maldives	33.76	1	5
127	Mariam Foum	Tanzania	34.67	1	3
128	Julianne Kirchner	Marshall Islands	34.96	1	2
129	Katerina Izmailova	Tajikistan	36.63	5	4
130	Rida Mitha	Pakistan	37.54	2	9
131	Uwamahoro Elsie	Burundi	43.87	2	0
132	Awa Keita	Mali	44.33	1	6
–	Ana Euceda Gutierrez	Honduras	DNS	5	9
–	Gantumur Oyungerel	Mongolia	DSQ	1	4
–	Loren Yamile Bahamonde	Ecuador	DSQ	11	9

Semifinals

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	25.07	2	4	WR
2	Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	25.28	1	4	NR
3	Ingvild Snildal	Norway	25.53	2	5	NR
4	Marieke Guehrer	Australia	25.58	2	3	OC
5	Yafei Zhou	China	25.59	1	6	AS
6	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	25.76	1	5
7	Daynara de Paula	Brazil	25.85	2	7	SA
8	Diane Bui Duyet	France	25.87	2	8	NR
9	Jeanette Ottesen	Denmark	25.90	2	6
10	Hinkelien Schreuder	Netherlands	25.94	1	7
11	Silvia di Pietro	Italy	26.00	1	3
12	Sviatlana Khakhlova	Belarus	26.00	2	1
13	Gabriella Silva	Brazil	26.02	1	2
14	Triin Aljand	Estonia	26.16	1	1
15	Christine Magnuson	United States	26.21	2	2
16	Daniela Samulski	Germany	26.33	1	8	NR

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Lane	Notes
	Marieke Guehrer	Australia	25.48	6	OC
	Yafei Zhou	China	25.57	2	AS
	Ingvild Snildal	Norway	25.58	3
4	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	25.59	4
5	Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	25.63	5
6	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	25.66	7
7	Diane Bui Duyet	France	25.92	8
8	Daynara de Paula	Brazil	26.12	1

External links

• Heats Results
• Semifinals Results
• Final Results