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 | Angela Franke (GDR) | 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 | New Zealand | 5:08.360 | CR |
6 September | Heat | Gudrun Wegner | East Germany | 5:04.036 | CR |
6 September | Final | Angela Franke | East Germany | 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 | East Germany | 5:04.036 | Q, CR |
2 | 3 | - | Novella Calligaris | Italy | 5:05.464 | Q |
3 | 4 | - | Angela Franke | East Germany | 5:05.899 | Q |
4 | 1 | - | Susan Hunter | New Zealand | 5:08.360 | Q, CR |
5 | 2 | - | Terry Potts | United States | 5:09.030 | Q |
6 | 1 | - | Leslie Cliff | Canada | 5:10.098 | Q |
7 | 4 | - | Jenny Bartz | United States | 5:10.758 | Q |
8 | 3 | - | José Damen | Netherlands | 5:12.175 | Q |
9 | 2 | - | Uta Schütz | West Germany | 5:13.412 | |
10 | 2 | - | Susan Richardson | Great Britain | 5:13.887 | NR[2] |
11 | 1 | - | Yukari Takemoto | Japan | 5:14.005 | |
12 | 1 | - | Anita Zarnowiecki | Sweden | 5:15.187 | |
13 | 4 | - | Marina Malyutina | Soviet Union | 5:17.056 | |
14 | 4 | - | Gail Neall | Australia | 5:17.964 | |
15 | 4 | - | Paola Morozzi | Italy | 5:19.419 | |
16 | 3 | - | Jennifer McHugh | Canada | 5:21.267 | |
17 | 4 | - | Gisela Cerezo | Venezuela | 5:24.615 | |
18 | 4 | - | Naoko Shio | Japan | 5:25.049 | |
19 | 3 | - | T. Skvortsova | Soviet Union | 5:25.709 | |
20 | 3 | - | Roselina Angel | Colombia | 5:25.840 | |
21 | 1 | - | Eleni Avlanitou | Greece | 5:32.217 | |
22 | 2 | - | Maria Isabel Guerra | Brazil | 5:34.586 | |
23 | 2 | - | G. Borras | Argentina | 5:39.117 | |
24 | 2 | - | María Mock | Puerto Rico | 5:42.732 | |
25 | 1 | - | Myriam Mizouni | Tunisia | 5:48.120 | |
26 | 1 | - | Angela López | Puerto Rico | 5:51.895 | |
27 | 3 | - | K. Tevajarvi | Finland | DNS / DSQ |
Final
The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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- | Gudrun Wegner | East Germany | 4:57.511 | WR | |
- | Angela Franke | East Germany | 5:00.376 | ||
- | Novella Calligaris | Italy | 5:02.029 | ||
4 | - | Leslie Cliff | Canada | 5:07.012 | |
5 | - | Terry Potts | United States | 5:09.904 | |
6 | - | Susan Hunter | New Zealand | 5:10.282 | |
7 | - | Jenny Bartz | United States | 5:10.451 | |
8 | - | José Damen | Netherlands | 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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