The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
| Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 7, 1973 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 17 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:20.522 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Melissa Belote (USA) |
2:19.19 | Munich, West Germany | 4 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September | Heat | Wendy Cook |  Canada |
2:23.123 | CR |
| 7 September | Heat | Melissa Belote |  United States |
2:20.576 | CR |
| 7 September | Final | Melissa Belote | United States |
2:20.522 | CR |
Results edit
Heats edit
24 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1]
Final edit
The results of the final are below.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
4 | Melissa Belote | United States |
2:20.522 | CR |
 |
6 | Enith Brigitha |  Netherlands |
2:22.152 | |
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3 | Andrea Gyarmati |  Hungary |
2:22.483 | |
| 4 | 2 | Christine Herbst |  East Germany |
2:22.660 | |
| 5 | 1 | Andrea Eife | East Germany |
2:23.551 | |
| 6 | 5 | Wendy Cook | Canada |
2:23.596 | |
| 7 | 7 | Debra Cain |  Australia |
2:24.268 | |
| 8 | 8 | Sylvie Le Noach |  France |
2:26.053 |
References edit
- ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.