Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay ; at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates	September 8, 1973
Winning time	3:52.45 WR
Medalists
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The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.

Records[]

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record	United States (USA) Sandy Neilson Jenny Kemp Jane Barkman Shirley Babashoff	3:55.19	Munich, West Germany	30 August 1972
Competition record	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Nation	Athletes	Time	Record
8 September	Heat	East Germany	Andrea Hübner Angela Franke Sylvia Eichner	3:56.550	CR
8 September	Final	East Germany	Kornelia Ender Andrea Eife Andrea Hübner Sylvia Eichner	3:52.45	WR

15 teams participated in 2 heats.^[1]^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	-	East Germany	Andrea Hübner Angela Franke Sylvia Eichner	3:56.55	Q, CR
2	1	-	United States	Keena Rothhammer Deena Deardurff Heather Greenwood Kim Peyton	3:57.56	Q
3	2	-	Canada		4:01.44	Q
4	1	-	Sweden	Anita Zarnowiecki Irwi Johansson Diana Olsson Gunilla Lundberg	4:02.23	Q
5	2	-	West Germany		4:02.61	Q
6	2	-			4:02.94	Q
7	2	-	France		4:06.47	Q
8	1	-	Italy	Laura Podesta Laura Gorgerino Patrizia Lanfredini Novella Calligaris	4:07.43	Q
9	2	-			4:07.66
10	2	-	Soviet Union		4:08.10
11	1	-	Australia	Debra Cain Narelle Moras	4:08.71
12	1	-	Hungary	Andrea Gyarmati Edit Kovács Ildikó Szekeres Magdolna Patóh	4:09.02
13	2	-	Brazil		4:13.91
14	1	-		Ileana Morales Gisela Cerezo Marianela Huen	4:26.03
15	1	-		María Mock	4:26.80

The results of the final are below.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	-	East Germany	Kornelia Ender Andrea Eife Andrea Hübner Sylvia Eichner	3:52.45	WR
	-	United States	Kim Peyton Kathy Heddy Heather Greenwood Shirley Babashoff	3:55.52
	-	West Germany	Jutta Weber Heidemarie Reineck Gudrun Beckmann Angela Steinbach	3:58.88
4	-	Canada	Gail Amundrud Judy Wright Wendy Cook Leslie Cliff	4:00.20
5	-	Sweden	Gunilla Lundberg Irwi Johansson Diana Olsson	4:02.01
6	-		Enith Brigitha Linda Faber	4:02.16
7	-	Italy	Laura Podesta Laura Gorgerino Patrizia Lanfredini Federica Stabilini	4:06.59
8	-	France	Guylaine Berger Chantal Schertz	4:08.25

^ "For the Record" (pdf). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
^ "Swimming - World Championships 1973 - Women's 4x100 m freestyle". the-sports.org. Retrieved 4 June 2013.