Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley
The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.
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 | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | |
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | 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 | 5:08.360 | CR | |
6 September | Heat | Gudrun Wegner | 5:04.036 | CR | |
6 September | Final | Angela Franke | 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 | 5:04.036 | Q, CR | |
2 | 3 | - | Novella Calligaris | 5:05.464 | Q | |
3 | 4 | - | Angela Franke | 5:05.899 | Q | |
4 | 1 | - | Susan Hunter | 5:08.360 | Q, CR | |
5 | 2 | - | Terry Potts | 5:09.030 | Q | |
6 | 1 | - | Leslie Cliff | 5:10.098 | Q | |
7 | 4 | - | Jenny Bartz | 5:10.758 | Q | |
8 | 3 | - | José Damen | 5:12.175 | Q | |
9 | 2 | - | Uta Schütz | 5:13.412 | ||
10 | 2 | - | Susan Richardson | 5:13.887 | NR[2] | |
11 | 1 | - | Yukari Takemoto | 5:14.005 | ||
12 | 1 | - | Anita Zarnowiecki | 5:15.187 | ||
13 | 4 | - | Marina Malyutina | 5:17.056 | ||
14 | 4 | - | Gail Neall | 5:17.964 | ||
15 | 4 | - | Paola Morozzi | 5:19.419 | ||
16 | 3 | - | Jennifer McHugh | 5:21.267 | ||
17 | 4 | - | Gisela Cerezo | 5:24.615 | ||
18 | 4 | - | Naoko Shio | 5:25.049 | ||
19 | 3 | - | T. Skvortsova | 5:25.709 | ||
20 | 3 | - | Roselina Angel | 5:25.840 | ||
21 | 1 | - | Eleni Avlanitou | 5:32.217 | ||
22 | 2 | - | Maria Isabel Guerra | 5:34.586 | ||
23 | 2 | - | G. Borras | 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 | - | K. Tevajarvi | DNS / DSQ |
Final
The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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- | Gudrun Wegner | 4:57.511 | WR | ||
- | Angela Franke | 5:00.376 | |||
- | Novella Calligaris | 5:02.029 | |||
4 | - | Leslie Cliff | 5:07.012 | ||
5 | - | Terry Potts | 5:09.904 | ||
6 | - | Susan Hunter | 5:10.282 | ||
7 | - | Jenny Bartz | 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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