Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley
The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.
Women's 400 metre individual medley at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 6, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 27 from 20 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 4:57.511 WR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Angela Franke (GDR) | 5:01.10 | 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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6 September | Heat | Susan Hunter | New Zealand | 5:08.360 | CR |
6 September | Heat | Gudrun Wegner | East Germany | 5:04.036 | CR |
6 September | Final | Angela Franke | East Germany | 4:57.511 | 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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- | Gudrun Wegner | East Germany | 4:57.511 | WR | |
- | Angela Franke | East Germany | 5:00.376 | ||
- | Novella Calligaris | Italy | 5:02.029 | ||
4 | - | Leslie Cliff | Canada | 5:07.012 | |
5 | - | Terry Potts | United States | 5:09.904 | |
6 | - | Susan Hunter | New Zealand | 5:10.282 | |
7 | - | Jenny Bartz | United States | 5:10.451 | |
8 | - | José Damen | Netherlands | 5:15.660 |
References edit
- ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ Fox, Norman (7 September 1973). "Wilkie's world record and gold medal". The Times. London. p. 11.