Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates	September 7, 1973
Competitors	25 from 19 nations
Winning time	2:40.012 CR
Medalists
Renate Vogel    East Germany   Hannelore Anke    East Germany   Lynn Colella    United States
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The women's 200 metre breaststroke 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	Yuliya Bogdanova (URS)	2:38.32	Leningrad, Soviet Union	7 April 1971
Competition record	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
7 September	Heat	Renate Vogel	East Germany	2:44.052	CR
7 September	Heat	Hannelore Anke	East Germany	2:41.846	CR
7 September	Final	Renate Vogel	East Germany	2:40.012	CR

Results[]

Heats[]

25 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	-	Hannelore Anke	East Germany	2:41.846	Q, CR
2	4	-	Lynn Colella	United States	2:42.434	Q
3	1	-	Renate Vogel	East Germany	2:44.052	Q, CR
4	3	-	Britt-Marie Smedh	Sweden	2:44.235	Q
5	4	-	Lyudmila Porubayko	Soviet Union	2:44.456	Q
6	2	-	Petra Nows	West Germany	2:45.653	Q
7	2	-	Éva Kiss	Hungary	2:45.970	Q
8	2	-	Alie te Riet		2:46.076	Q
9	3	-	Beverley Whitfield	Australia	2:46.960
10	1	-		United States	2:47.136
11	4	-			2:48.591
12	1	-	Judith Hudson	Australia	2:49.660
13	4	-	Marian Stuart	Canada	2:50.012
14	3	-		Soviet Union	2:50.336
15	3	-		Czechoslovakia	2:50.949
16	1	-	Cristina Bassani	Brazil	2:52.074
17	2	-			2:52.601
18	1	-		Canada	2:53.025
19	1	-		Brazil	2:54.310
20	4	-		Yugoslavia	2:55.108
21	4	-		Italy	2:55.149
22	3	-	Nieves Panadell	Spain	2:56.290
23	2	-		Egypt	2:57.621
24	2	-	Angela López		2:58.361
25	3	-			3:08.140

Final[]

The results of the final are below.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Renate Vogel	East Germany	2:40.012	CR
	4	Hannelore Anke	East Germany	2:40.495
	5	Lynn Colella	United States	2:41.710
4	2	Lyudmila Porubayko	Soviet Union	2:42.218
5	6	Britt-Marie Smedh	Sweden	2:43.160
6	7	Petra Nows	West Germany	2:44.698
7	8	Alie te Riet		2:44.893
8	1	Éva Kiss	Hungary	2:45.509

References[]