Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke
Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 7, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 24 from 17 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 2:20.522 | |||||||||
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 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
Records[]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
2:19.19 | Munich, West Germany | 4 September 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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7 September | Heat | Wendy Cook | ![]() |
2:23.123 | CR |
7 September | Heat | Melissa Belote | ![]() |
2:20.576 | CR |
7 September | Final | Melissa Belote | ![]() |
2:20.522 | CR |
Results[]
Heats[]
24 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | - | Melissa Belote | ![]() |
2:20.576 | Q, CR |
2 | 1 | - | Wendy Cook | ![]() |
2:23.123 | Q, CR |
3 | 2 | - | Andrea Gyarmati | ![]() |
2:23.586 | Q |
4 | 3 | - | Enith Brigitha | ![]() |
2:24.882 | Q |
5 | 4 | - | Christine Herbst | ![]() |
2:24.932 | Q |
6 | 1 | - | Debra Cain | ![]() |
2:24.967 | Q |
7 | 3 | - | Andrea Eife | ![]() |
2:25.434 | Q |
8 | 1 | - | Sylvie Le Noach | ![]() |
2:25.513 | Q |
9 | 2 | - | ![]() |
2:25.941 | ||
10 | 4 | - | Josien Elzerman | ![]() |
2:26.369 | |
11 | 1 | - | Diana Olsson | ![]() |
2:26.965 | |
12 | 3 | - | Angelika Grieser | ![]() |
2:27.508 | |
13 | 3 | - | Maryanne Graham | ![]() |
2:29.282 | |
14 | 4 | - | Donna-Marie Gurr | ![]() |
2:30.864 | |
15 | 2 | - | Susan Hunter | ![]() |
2:31.004 | |
16 | 2 | - | ![]() |
2:31.975 | ||
17 | 2 | - | ![]() |
2:33.964 | ||
18 | 1 | - | ![]() |
2:34.964 | ||
19 | 3 | - | ![]() |
2:35.394 | ||
20 | 4 | - | ![]() |
2:38.871 | ||
21 | 4 | - | ![]() |
2:39.033 | ||
22 | 2 | - | ![]() |
2:41.703 | ||
23 | 1 | - | María Mock | ![]() |
2:45.299 | |
24 | 3 | - | ![]() |
2:51.648 |
Final[]
The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Melissa Belote | ![]() |
2:20.522 | CR |
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6 | Enith Brigitha | ![]() |
2:22.152 | |
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3 | Andrea Gyarmati | ![]() |
2:22.483 | |
4 | 2 | Christine Herbst | ![]() |
2:22.660 | |
5 | 1 | Andrea Eife | ![]() |
2:23.551 | |
6 | 5 | Wendy Cook | ![]() |
2:23.596 | |
7 | 7 | Debra Cain | ![]() |
2:24.268 | |
8 | 8 | Sylvie Le Noach | ![]() |
2:26.053 |
References[]
- ^ "For the Record" (pdf). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
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- Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
- Women's 200 metre backstroke
- 1973 in women's swimming