Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle
Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 6, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 27 from 18 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 3:58.18 WR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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1973 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | women | |
Duet | women | |
Team | women | |
Tournament | men | |
The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.
Records[]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Kurt Krumpholz (USA) | 4:00.11 | Chicago, United States | 4 August 1972 |
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Competition record | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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6 September | Heat | Brad Cooper | Australia | 4:02.38 | CR |
6 September | Final | Rick DeMont | United States | 3:58.18 | WR |
Results[]
Heats[]
27 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1][2]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | - | Brad Cooper | Australia | 4:02.38 | Q, CR |
2 | 3 | - | Bengt Gingsjö | Sweden | 4:04.35 | Q |
3 | 4 | - | Rick DeMont | United States | 4:04.77 | Q |
4 | 1 | - | Anders Bellbring | Sweden | 4:05.77 | Q |
5 | 1 | - | East Germany | 4:06.13 | Q | |
6 | 3 | - | Tim Shaw | United States | 4:06.57 | Q |
7 | 4 | - | Werner Lampe | West Germany | 4:07.01 | Q |
8 | 2 | - | John Kulasalu | Australia | 4:09.32 | Q |
9 | 3 | - | Arnaldo Cinquetti | Italy | 4:09.37 | |
10 | 4 | - | Wilfried Hartung | East Germany | 4:10.90 | |
11 | 3 | - | Deane Buckboro | Canada | 4:11.72 | |
12 | 2 | - | Vladimir Mikheyev | Soviet Union | 4:13.79 | |
13 | 4 | - | José Namorado | Brazil | 4:14.37 | |
14 | 4 | - | G Castillo | Mexico | 4:15.22 | |
15 | 4 | - | Mark Treffers | 4:15.81 | ||
16 | 2 | - | Dusan Grozaj | West Germany | 4:16.23 | |
17 | 2 | - | Paul Jouanneau | Brazil | 4:18.19 | |
18 | 1 | - | Marc Lazzaro | France | 4:18.43 | |
19 | 3 | - | Soviet Union | 4:18.79 | ||
20 | 2 | - | Michael Ker | Canada | 4:20.10 | |
21 | 2 | - | Ali Gharbi | 4:20.18 | ||
22 | 4 | - | 4:22.02 | |||
23 | 3 | - | Hungary | 4:22.26 | ||
24 | 1 | - | Bulgaria | 4:24.53 | ||
25 | 2 | - | Francisco Canales | 4:24.65 | ||
26 | 3 | - | Egypt | 4:25.71 | ||
27 | 1 | - | Luxembourg | 4:39.02 |
Final[]
The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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3 | Rick DeMont | United States | 3:58.18 | WR | |
4 | Brad Cooper | Australia | 3:58.70 | CWR | |
5 | Bengt Gingsjö | Sweden | 4:01.27 | ||
4 | 7 | Tim Shaw | United States | 4:01.56 | |
5 | 6 | Anders Bellbring | Sweden | 4:04.36 | |
6 | 2 | East Germany | 4:04.92 | ||
7 | 1 | Werner Lampe | West Germany | 4:09.83 | |
8 | 8 | John Kulasalu | Australia | 4:14.62 |
References[]
- ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 400m Freestyle Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
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