Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Tašmajdan Sports Centre
Location	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Dates	9 September 1973
Competitors	24 from 17 nations
Winning time	8:52.973 WR
Medalists
Novella Calligaris    Italy   Jo Harshbarger    United States   Gudrun Wegner    East Germany
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The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on 9 September.

Records[]

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

World record	Keena Rothhammer (USA)	8:53.68	Munich, West Germany	3 September 1972
Competition record	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
9 September	Timed Final		Soviet Union	9:45.644	CR
9 September	Timed Final	Angela Franke	East Germany	9:09.677	CR
9 September	Timed Final	Novella Calligaris	Italy	8:52.973	WR

Results[]

24 swimmers participated in 3 heats.^[1] The event was a timed final. The first two heats were contested in the morning with the third and final heat contested in the evening.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	-	Novella Calligaris	Italy	8:52.973	WR
	3	-	Jo Harshbarger	United States	8:55.560
	3	-	Gudrun Wegner	East Germany	9:01.823
4	2	-	Angela Franke	East Germany	9:09.677	CR
5	3	-	Narelle Moras	Australia	9:09.936
6	3	-	Keena Rothhammer	United States	9:15.725
7	2	-		Sweden	9:22.129
8	3	-		Australia	9:22.493
9	2	-		Italy	9:23.206
10	3	-	Anne Marie McCaffrey	Canada	9:23.503
11	3	-	Leslie Cliff	Canada	9:27.647
12	2	-	Maria Guimarães	Brazil	9:27.920
13	2	-	Roselina Angel		9:42.695
14	1	-		Soviet Union	9:45.644	CR
15	1	-			9:51.384
16	2	-			9:51.499
17	2	-		Soviet Union	9:57.458
18	2	-		Yugoslavia	10:04.873
19	1	-		Poland	10:06.768
20	1	-		Austria	10:11.277
21	1	-			10:18.319
22	1	-	Myriam Mizouni		10:28.992
-	1	-	Belinda Phillips		-	DNS / DSQ
-	1	-			-	DNS / DSQ

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