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Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley

The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.

Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 5, 1973
Competitors29 from 22 nations
Winning time4:31.11 CR
Medalists
gold medal András Hargitay   Hungary
silver medal Rod Strachan   United States
bronze medal Rick Colella   United States
1975 →

Records edit

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

World record   Gary Hall, Sr. (USA) 4:30.81 Chicago, United States 3 August 1972
Competition record N/A N/A N/A N/A

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
5 September Heat 1 András Hargitay   Hungary 4:38.96 CR
5 September Heat 4 Rick Colella   United States 4:38.50 CR
5 September Final András Hargitay   Hungary 4:31.11 CR

Results edit

Heats edit

29 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1][2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 - Rick Colella   United States 4:38.50 Q, CR
2 1 - András Hargitay   Hungary 4:38.96 Q, CR
3 3 - Rod Strachan   United States 4:40.06 Q
4 4 - Bengt Gingsjö   Sweden 4:41.23 Q
5 1 - Wolfram Sperling   East Germany 4:41.83 Q
6 3 - Sergey Zakharov   Soviet Union 4:41.96 Q
7 4 - Anatoly Smirnov   Soviet Union 4:42.65 Q
8 2 - Brian Brinkley   Great Britain 4:43.54 Q
9 1 - Neil Martin   Australia 4:44.55
10 3 - Patrick Moreau   France 4:45.14
11 4 - Csaba Sós   Hungary 4:45.29
12 3 - David Brumwell   Canada 4:45.52
13 1 - Anders Bellbring   Sweden 4:46.56
14 2 - Hans-Joachim Geisler   West Germany 4:47.68
15 3 - Ignacio Álvarez   Mexico 4:48.96
16 4 - Tsuyoshi Yanagidate   Japan 4:49.24
17 1 - Gunnar Gundersen   Norway 4:51.46
18 2 - Peter Tetlow   Australia 4:51.98
19 1 - Lorenzo Marugo   Italy 4:51.98
20 4 - Paul Hughes   Canada 4:52.00
21 2 - François Deley   Belgium 4:52.91
22 2 - Mark Treffers   New Zealand 4:55.35
23 3 - Antônio Azevedo   Brazil 4:56.24
24 3 - Ali Gharbi   Tunisia 5:04.13
25 3 - Evangelos Koskinas   Greece 5:07.35
26 2 - Angel Chakarov   Bulgaria 5:08.22
27 4 - Carlos Santiago   Puerto Rico 5:08.66
28 1 - Francisco Canales   Puerto Rico 5:09.52
29 2 - C. Manochehr   Iran 5:41.12
– 2 - Christian Leitzmann   East Germany Did not finish[1]
– 1 - L. Diaz   Argentina Did not start
– 4 - Bandi Wetternek   Romania Did not start
1 Christian Leitzmann, almost at the end at the butterfly leg, swallowed some water and abandoned the race.[3]

Final edit

The results of the final are below.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  - András Hargitay   Hungary 4:31.11 CR, ER[3]
  - Rod Strachan   United States 4:33.50
  - Rick Colella   United States 4:34.68
4 - Sergey Zakharov   Soviet Union 4:37.05
5 - Wolfram Sperling   East Germany 4:37.17
6 - Bengt Gingsjö   Sweden 4:37.62
7 - Brian Brinkley   Great Britain 4:40.94 NR[5]
8 - Anatoly Smirnov   Soviet Union 4:41.26

References edit

  1. ^ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 6, 1973. p. 21.
  2. ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b Fox, Norman (September 6, 1973). "Fourth gives record to Miss Jarvis". The Times. London. p. 10.
  4. ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 400m Medley Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  5. ^ Hopkins, John (9 September 1973). "Still in deep water". The Sunday Times. London. p. 29.
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