The women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.
| Women's 200 metre butterfly at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 8, 1973 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 27 from 18 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:13.766 WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Karen Moe (USA) |
2:15.57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September | Heat | Nina MacInnis |  United States |
2:23.870 | CR |
| 8 September | Heat | Sandra Yost |  Australia |
2:21.825 | CR |
| 8 September | Heat | Roswitha Beier |  East Germany |
2:18.876 | CR |
| 8 September | Heat | Rosemarie Kother | East Germany |
2:15.455 | WR |
| 8 September | Final | Rosemarie Kother | East Germany |
2:13.766 | WR |
Results edit
Heats edit
27 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1]
Final edit
The results of the final are below.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Rosemarie Kother | East Germany |
2:13.766 | WR |
 |
5 | Roswitha Beier | East Germany |
2:16.777 | |
 |
3 | Lynn Colella | United States |
2:19.535 | |
| 4 | 2 | José Damen |  Netherlands |
2:21.964 | |
| 5 | 6 | Sandra Yost | Australia |
2:22.323 | |
| 6 | 7 | Nina MacInnis | United States |
2:22.570 | |
| 7 | 1 | Uta Schütz |  West Germany |
2:23.508 | |
| 8 | 8 | Yolanda Aggenbach | Netherlands |
2:25.689 |
References edit
- ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 2 June 2013.