Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley
Women's 400 metre individual medley at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 6, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 27 from 20 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 4:57.511 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 women's 400 metre individual medley 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 | Angela Franke (GDR) | 5:01.10 | 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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6 September | Heat | Susan Hunter | New Zealand | 5:08.360 | CR |
6 September | Heat | Gudrun Wegner | East Germany | 5:04.036 | CR |
6 September | Final | Angela Franke | East Germany | 4:57.511 | WR |
Results[]
Heats[]
27 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | - | Gudrun Wegner | East Germany | 5:04.036 | Q, CR |
2 | 3 | - | Novella Calligaris | Italy | 5:05.464 | Q |
3 | 4 | - | Angela Franke | East Germany | 5:05.899 | Q |
4 | 1 | - | Susan Hunter | 5:08.360 | Q, CR | |
5 | 2 | - | United States | 5:09.030 | Q | |
6 | 1 | - | Leslie Cliff | Canada | 5:10.098 | Q |
7 | 4 | - | Jenny Bartz | United States | 5:10.758 | Q |
8 | 3 | - | José Damen | 5:12.175 | Q | |
9 | 2 | - | Uta Schütz | West Germany | 5:13.412 | |
10 | 2 | - | Susan Richardson | Great Britain | 5:13.887 | NR[2] |
11 | 1 | - | Yukari Takemoto | 5:14.005 | ||
12 | 1 | - | Anita Zarnowiecki | Sweden | 5:15.187 | |
13 | 4 | - | Soviet Union | 5:17.056 | ||
14 | 4 | - | Gail Neall | Australia | 5:17.964 | |
15 | 4 | - | Italy | 5:19.419 | ||
16 | 3 | - | Jennifer McHugh | Canada | 5:21.267 | |
17 | 4 | - | Gisela Cerezo | 5:24.615 | ||
18 | 4 | - | 5:25.049 | |||
19 | 3 | - | Soviet Union | 5:25.709 | ||
20 | 3 | - | Roselina Angel | 5:25.840 | ||
21 | 1 | - | 5:32.217 | |||
22 | 2 | - | Maria Isabel Guerra | Brazil | 5:34.586 | |
23 | 2 | - | 5:39.117 | |||
24 | 2 | - | María Mock | 5:42.732 | ||
25 | 1 | - | Myriam Mizouni | 5:48.120 | ||
26 | 1 | - | Angela López | 5:51.895 | ||
27 | 3 | - | DNS / DSQ |
Final[]
The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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- | Gudrun Wegner | East Germany | 4:57.511 | WR | |
- | Angela Franke | East Germany | 5:00.376 | ||
- | Novella Calligaris | Italy | 5:02.029 | ||
4 | - | Leslie Cliff | Canada | 5:07.012 | |
5 | - | United States | 5:09.904 | ||
6 | - | Susan Hunter | 5:10.282 | ||
7 | - | Jenny Bartz | United States | 5:10.451 | |
8 | - | José Damen | 5:15.660 |
References[]
- ^ "For the Record" (pdf). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ Fox, Norman (7 September 1973). "Wilkie's world record and gold medal". The Times. London. p. 11.
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