The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.
| Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 5, 1973 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 17 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:05.427 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Ulrike Richter (GDR) |
1:05.39 | Utrecht, Netherlands | 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September | Heat 1 | Andrea Gyarmati |  Hungary |
1:06.09 | CR |
| 5 September | Heat 4 | Ulrike Richter | East Germany |
1:06.08 | CR |
| 5 September | Final | Ulrike Richter | East Germany |
1:05.42 | CR |
Results edit
Heats edit
24 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | - | Ulrike Richter | East Germany |
1:06.086 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 1 | - | Andrea Gyarmati | Hungary |
1:06.099 | Q, CR |
| 3 | 3 | - | Melissa Belote |  United States |
1:06.231 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | - | Wendy Cook |  Canada |
1:06.275 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | - | Enith Brigitha |  Netherlands |
1:06.996 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | - | Linda Stimpson | United States |
1:07.250 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | - | Josien Elzerman | Netherlands |
1:07.519 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | - | Christine Herbst | East Germany |
1:07.981 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | - | Sylvie Le Noach |  France |
1:07.986 | |
| 10 | 2 | - | Linda Young |  Australia |
1:08.010 | |
| 11 | 1 | - | Angelika Grieser |  West Germany |
1:08.468 | |
| 12 | 3 | - | Donna-Marie Gurr | Canada |
1:08.640 | |
| 13 | 4 | - | Diana Olsson |  Sweden |
1:08.745 | |
| 14 | 1 | - | Antonella Roncelli |  Italy |
1:08.945 | |
| 15 | 1 | - | Sue Lewis | Australia |
1:09.541 | |
| 16 | 4 | - | P. Torrisi | Italy |
1:10.165 | |
| 17 | 3 | - | F. Chaunin |  Belgium |
1:10.902 | |
| 18 | 3 | - | E. Kobielska |  Poland |
1:11.758 | |
| 19 | 2 | - | H. Jaqueti |  Spain |
1:12.431 | |
| 20 | 1 | - | D. McSwain |  Puerto Rico |
1:12.432 | |
| 21 | 2 | - | I. Golovanova |  Soviet Union |
1:12.585 | |
| 22 | 2 | - | B. Fernandes |  Brazil |
1:13.109 | |
| 23 | 4 | - | María Mock | Puerto Rico |
1:17.270 | |
| 24 | 2 | - | R. Okan |  Turkey |
1:17.723 |
Final edit
The results of the final are below.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
- | Ulrike Richter | East Germany |
1:05.427 | |
 |
- | Melissa Belote | United States |
1:06.112 | |
 |
- | Wendy Cook | Canada |
1:06.271 | |
| 4 | - | Andrea Gyarmati | Hungary |
1:06.549 | |
| 5 | - | Enith Brigitha | Netherlands |
1:06.550 | |
| 6 | - | Christine Herbst | East Germany |
1:07.465 | |
| 7 | - | Linda Stimpson | United States |
1:07.698 | |
| 8 | - | Josien Elzerman | Netherlands |
1:07.900 |
References edit
- ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.