The women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.
| Women's 100 metre butterfly at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 6, 1973 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 22 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:02.539 CR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Kornelia Ender (GDR) |
1:02.31 | East Berlin, East Germany | 14 July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September | Heat | Debra Cain |  Australia |
1:07.776 | CR |
| 6 September | Heat | Mayumi Aoki |  Japan |
1:03.803 | CR |
| 6 September | Heat | Rosemarie Kother | East Germany |
1:02.951 | CR |
| 6 September | Final | Kornelia Ender | East Germany |
1:02.539 | CR |
Results edit
Heats edit
30 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1]
Final edit
The results of the final are below.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
6 | Kornelia Ender | East Germany |
1:02.539 | CR |
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4 | Rosemarie Kother | East Germany |
1:02.687 | |
 |
5 | Mayumi Aoki | Japan |
1:03.739 | |
| 4 | 3 | Deena Deardurff |  United States |
1:04.272 | |
| 5 | 2 | Peggy Tosdal | United States |
1:04.329 | |
| 6 | 7 | Gudrun Beckmann |  West Germany |
1:04.937 | |
| 7 | 1 | Donatella Talpo |  Italy |
1:06.353 | |
| 8 | 8 | Gunilla Andersson |  Sweden |
1:06.386 |
References edit
- ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.