Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Appearance
Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 7, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 25 from 19 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 2:40.012 CR | |||||||||
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 | |
The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
2:38.32 | Leningrad, Soviet Union |
7 April 1971 |
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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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7 September | Heat | Renate Vogel | ![]() |
2:44.052 | CR |
7 September | Heat | Hannelore Anke | ![]() |
2:41.846 | CR |
7 September | Final | Renate Vogel | ![]() |
2:40.012 | CR |
Results
Heats
25 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]
Final
The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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3 | Renate Vogel | ![]() |
2:40.012 | CR |
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4 | Hannelore Anke | ![]() |
2:40.495 | |
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5 | Lynn Colella | ![]() |
2:41.710 | |
4 | 2 | Lyudmila Porubayko | ![]() |
2:42.218 | |
5 | 6 | Britt-Marie Smedh | ![]() |
2:43.160 | |
6 | 7 | Petra Nows | ![]() |
2:44.698 | |
7 | 8 | Alie te Riet | ![]() |
2:44.893 | |
8 | 1 | Éva Kiss | ![]() |
2:45.509 |
References
- Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 2 June 2013.