Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.

Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 7, 1973
Competitors26 from 18 nations
Winning time4:20.287 CR
Medalists
    United States
    United States
    Italy

Records

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

World record  Keena Rothhammer (USA)4:18.07Louisville, United States22 August 1973
Competition record N/AN/AN/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
7 SeptemberHeatVirginia Rickard Australia4:24.994CR
7 SeptemberHeatHeather Greenwood United States4:24.938CR
7 SeptemberFinalHeather Greenwood United States4:20.287CR

Results

Heats

26 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13-Heather Greenwood United States4:24.938Q, CR
21-Virginia Rickard Australia4:24.994Q, CR
34-Keena Rothhammer United States4:25.122Q
41-Gudrun Wegner East Germany4:25.888Q
52-Novella Calligaris Italy4:27.089Q
64-Narelle Moras Australia4:30.288Q
72-Elke Sehmisch East Germany4:31.630Q
82-Janice Stenhouse Canada4:32.040Q
91-Uta Schütz West Germany4:33.186
101-Maria Guimarães Brazil4:34.053
112-Irwi Johansson Sweden4:34.166
124-Anne Marie McCaffrey Canada4:37.118
134-Federica Stabilini Italy4:38.899
142-Ileana Morales Venezuela4:39.976
153-Marie Sundeborg Sweden4:45.292
163-Tamara Shelofastova Soviet Union4:48.743
174-S. Arambatsis Venezuela4:49.187
182-E. Pilawska Poland4:49.474
192-S. Pavletic Yugoslavia4:53.004
204-Eleni Avlanitou Greece4:53.148
211-E. Tomandl Austria4:59.692
224-L. Moreda Puerto Rico5:00.252
234-María Mock Puerto Rico5:00.906
243-Myriam Mizouni Tunisia5:04.065
253-D. Garcia Argentina5:07.040
263-Hansje Bunschoten Netherlands-DNS / DQ

Final

The results of the final are below.

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Heather Greenwood United States4:20.287CR
3Keena Rothhammer United States4:21.507
2Novella Calligaris Italy4:21.798ER[2]
45Virginia Rickard Australia4:23.486
56Gudrun Wegner East Germany4:24.641
61Elke Sehmisch East Germany4:30.940
78Janice Stenhouse Canada4:31.923
87Narelle Moras Australia4:34.948

References

  1. "For the Record" (pdf). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. Fox, Norman (8 September 1973). "Poor turn holds Wilkie to third place in medley final". The Times. London. p. 15.
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