The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.
Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 9, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 35 from 25 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 57.542 | |||||||||
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) | 58.12 | Utrecht, Netherlands | 18 August 1973 |
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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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8 September | Heat 1 | Andrea Eife | East Germany | 59.61 | CR |
8 September | Heat 3 | Shirley Babashoff | United States | 59.40 | CR |
8 September | Heat 4 | Enith Brigitha | Netherlands | 59.16 | CR |
8 September | Final | Kornelia Ender | East Germany | 57.54 | WR |
Results edit
Heats edit
35 swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]
Final edit
The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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6 | Kornelia Ender | East Germany | 57.542 | WR | |
5 | Shirley Babashoff | United States | 58.876 | ||
4 | Enith Brigitha | Netherlands | 58.879 | ||
4 | 3 | Andrea Eife | East Germany | 58.931 | |
5 | 8 | Guylaine Berger | France | 59.518 | |
6 | 2 | Jutta Weber | West Germany | 59.585 | |
7 | 7 | Kathy Heddy | United States | 59.900 | |
8 | 1 | Françoise Monod | Switzerland | 1:01.240 |
References edit
- ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.