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

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Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 7, 1973
Competitors26 from 18 nations
Winning time4:20.287 CR
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Italy
1975 →

The women's 400 metre freestyle 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  Keena Rothhammer (USA) 4:18.07 Louisville, United States 22 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
7 September Heat Virginia Rickard  Australia 4:24.994 CR
7 September Heat Heather Greenwood  United States 4:24.938 CR
7 September Final Heather Greenwood  United States 4:20.287 CR

Results

Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 - Heather Greenwood  United States 4:24.938 Q, CR
2 1 - Virginia Rickard  Australia 4:24.994 Q, CR
3 4 - Keena Rothhammer  United States 4:25.122 Q
4 1 - Gudrun Wegner  East Germany 4:25.888 Q
5 2 - Novella Calligaris  Italy 4:27.089 Q
6 4 - Narelle Moras  Australia 4:30.288 Q
7 2 - Elke Sehmisch  East Germany 4:31.630 Q
8 2 - Janice Stenhouse  Canada 4:32.040 Q
9 1 - Uta Schütz  West Germany 4:33.186
10 1 - Maria Guimarães  Brazil 4:34.053
11 2 - Irwi Johansson  Sweden 4:34.166
12 4 - Anne Marie McCaffrey  Canada 4:37.118
13 4 - Federica Stabilini  Italy 4:38.899
14 2 - Ileana Morales  Venezuela 4:39.976
15 3 - Marie Sundeborg  Sweden 4:45.292
16 3 - Tamara Shelofastova  Soviet Union 4:48.743
17 4 - S. Arambatsis  Venezuela 4:49.187
18 2 - E. Pilawska  Poland 4:49.474
19 2 - S. Pavletic  Yugoslavia 4:53.004
20 4 - Eleni Avlanitou  Greece 4:53.148
21 1 - E. Tomandl  Austria 4:59.692
22 4 - L. Moreda  Puerto Rico 5:00.252
23 4 - María Mock  Puerto Rico 5:00.906
24 3 - Myriam Mizouni  Tunisia 5:04.065
25 3 - D. Garcia  Argentina 5:07.040
26 3 - Hansje Bunschoten  Netherlands - DNS / DQ

Final

The results of the final are below.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Heather Greenwood  United States 4:20.287 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Keena Rothhammer  United States 4:21.507
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Novella Calligaris  Italy 4:21.798 ER[2]
4 5 Virginia Rickard  Australia 4:23.486
5 6 Gudrun Wegner  East Germany 4:24.641
6 1 Elke Sehmisch  East Germany 4:30.940
7 8 Janice Stenhouse  Canada 4:31.923
8 7 Narelle Moras  Australia 4:34.948

References

  1. 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.