Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle
The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.
| Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | September 9, 1973 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 35 from 25 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 57.542 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
| 1973 FINA World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |  Kornelia Ender (GDR) | 58.12 | Utrecht, Netherlands | 18 August 1973 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September | Heat 1 | Andrea Eife | East Germany | 59.61 | CR |
| 8 September | Heat 3 | Shirley Babashoff |  United States | 59.40 | CR |
| 8 September | Heat 4 | Enith Brigitha |  Netherlands | 59.16 | CR |
| 8 September | Final | Kornelia Ender | East Germany | 57.54 | WR |
Results
Heats
35 swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | - | Enith Brigitha | Netherlands | 59.166 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 3 | - | Shirley Babashoff | United States | 59.406 | Q, CR |
| 3 | 1 | - | Andrea Eife | East Germany | 59.610 | Q, CR |
| 4 | 5 | - | Kornelia Ender | East Germany | 59.695 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | - | Jutta Weber |  West Germany | 59.830 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | - | Kathy Heddy | United States | 1:00.000 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | - | Françoise Monod |  Switzerland | 1:00.461 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | - | Guylaine Berger |  France | 1:00.542 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | - | Grethe Mathiesen |  Norway | 1:00.825 | |
| 10 | 1 | - | Laura Podesta |  Italy | 1:01.021 | |
| 11 | 3 | - | Eva Andersson |  Sweden | 1:01.126 | |
| 12 | 4 | - | Angela Steinbach | West Germany | 1:01.153 | |
| 13 | 1 | - | Lucy Burle |  Brazil | 1:01.351 | |
| 14 | 3 | - | Veronica Stel | Netherlands | 1:01.557 | |
| 15 | 5 | - | Wendy Cook | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | 1:01.708 | |
| 16 | 5 | - | T. Zolotnickaia |  Soviet Union | 1:01.716 | |
| 17 | 4 | - | Debra Cain | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | 1:01.990 | |
| 18 | 3 | - | Suzy Anderson | Australia | 1:02.067 | |
| 19 | 2 | - | Chantal Schertz | France | 1:02.134 | |
| 20 | 2 | - | Gunilla Lundberg | Sweden | 1:02.173 | |
| 21 | 4 | - | Magdolna Patóh |  Hungary | 1:02.874 | |
| 22 | 4 | - | Olga Chlupova |  Czechoslovakia | 1:02.905 | |
| 23 | 2 | - | Jasna Efendic | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia | 1:03.039 | |
| 24 | 3 | - | Tamara Shelofastova | Soviet Union | 1:03.198 | |
| 25 | 5 | - | Cathy Whiting |  New Zealand | 1:03.214 | |
| 26 | 1 | - | Leslie Cliff | Canada | 1:03.237 | |
| 27 | 5 | - | E. Pilawska |  Poland | 1:03.694 | |
| 28 | 3 | - | M. Saavedra |  Colombia | 1:04.486 | |
| 29 | 4 | - | Leslie Thompson |  Puerto Rico | 1:04.630 | |
| 30 | 4 | - | Marianela Huen |  Venezuela | 1:05.195 | |
| 31 | 2 | - | B. Garcia |  Argentina | 1:06.450 | |
| 32 | 3 | - | María Mock | Puerto Rico | 1:07.092 | |
| 33 | 1 | - | Myriam Mizouni |  Tunisia | 1:07.332 | |
| 34 | 5 | - | N. Pahiya |  Turkey | 1:08.946 | |
| 35 | 1 | - | H. Nastaren |  Iran | 1:17.303 |
Final
The results of the final are below.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6 | Kornelia Ender | East Germany | 57.542 | WR |
 | 5 | Shirley Babashoff | United States | 58.876 | |
 | 4 | Enith Brigitha | Netherlands | 58.879 | |
| 4 | 3 | Andrea Eife | East Germany | 58.931 | |
| 5 | 8 | Guylaine Berger | France | 59.518 | |
| 6 | 2 | Jutta Weber | West Germany | 59.585 | |
| 7 | 7 | Kathy Heddy | United States | 59.900 | |
| 8 | 1 | Françoise Monod | Switzerland | 1:01.240 |
References
- "For the Record" (pdf). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
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