Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke
Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 5, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 24 from 17 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:05.427 | |||||||||
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 women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.
Records[]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
1:05.39 | Utrecht, Netherlands | 18 August 1973 |
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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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5 September | Heat 1 | Andrea Gyarmati | ![]() |
1:06.09 | CR |
5 September | Heat 4 | Ulrike Richter | ![]() |
1:06.08 | CR |
5 September | Final | Ulrike Richter | ![]() |
1:05.42 | CR |
Results[]
Heats[]
24 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | - | Ulrike Richter | ![]() |
1:06.086 | Q, CR |
2 | 1 | - | Andrea Gyarmati | ![]() |
1:06.099 | Q, CR |
3 | 3 | - | Melissa Belote | ![]() |
1:06.231 | Q |
4 | 2 | - | Wendy Cook | ![]() |
1:06.275 | Q |
5 | 4 | - | Enith Brigitha | ![]() |
1:06.996 | Q |
6 | 4 | - | ![]() |
1:07.250 | Q | |
7 | 1 | - | Josien Elzerman | ![]() |
1:07.519 | Q |
8 | 3 | - | Christine Herbst | ![]() |
1:07.981 | Q |
9 | 2 | - | Sylvie Le Noach | ![]() |
1:07.986 | |
10 | 2 | - | ![]() |
1:08.010 | ||
11 | 1 | - | Angelika Grieser | ![]() |
1:08.468 | |
12 | 3 | - | Donna-Marie Gurr | ![]() |
1:08.640 | |
13 | 4 | - | Diana Olsson | ![]() |
1:08.745 | |
14 | 1 | - | Antonella Roncelli | ![]() |
1:08.945 | |
15 | 1 | - | Sue Lewis | ![]() |
1:09.541 | |
16 | 4 | - | ![]() |
1:10.165 | ||
17 | 3 | - | ![]() |
1:10.902 | ||
18 | 3 | - | ![]() |
1:11.758 | ||
19 | 2 | - | ![]() |
1:12.431 | ||
20 | 1 | - | ![]() |
1:12.432 | ||
21 | 2 | - | ![]() |
1:12.585 | ||
22 | 2 | - | ![]() |
1:13.109 | ||
23 | 4 | - | María Mock | ![]() |
1:17.270 | |
24 | 2 | - | ![]() |
1:17.723 |
Final[]
The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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- | Ulrike Richter | ![]() |
1:05.427 | |
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- | Melissa Belote | ![]() |
1:06.112 | |
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- | Wendy Cook | ![]() |
1:06.271 | |
4 | - | Andrea Gyarmati | ![]() |
1:06.549 | |
5 | - | Enith Brigitha | ![]() |
1:06.550 | |
6 | - | Christine Herbst | ![]() |
1:07.465 | |
7 | - | ![]() |
1:07.698 | ||
8 | - | Josien Elzerman | ![]() |
1:07.900 |
References[]
- ^ "For the Record" (pdf). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
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- Women's 100 metre backstroke
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