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Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle

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Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 7, 1973
Competitors26 from 18 nations
Winning time4:20.287 CR
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Italy
1975 →

The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record  Keena Rothhammer (USA) 4:18.07 Louisville, United States 22 August 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
7 September Heat Virginia Rickard  Australia 4:24.994 CR
7 September Heat Heather Greenwood  United States 4:24.938 CR
7 September Final Heather Greenwood  United States 4:20.287 CR

Results

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Heats

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26 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 - Heather Greenwood  United States 4:24.938 Q, CR
2 1 - Virginia Rickard  Australia 4:24.994 Q, CR
3 4 - Keena Rothhammer  United States 4:25.122 Q
4 1 - Gudrun Wegner  East Germany 4:25.888 Q
5 2 - Novella Calligaris  Italy 4:27.089 Q
6 4 - Narelle Moras  Australia 4:30.288 Q
7 2 - Elke Sehmisch  East Germany 4:31.630 Q
8 2 - Janice Stenhouse  Canada 4:32.040 Q
9 1 - Uta Schütz  West Germany 4:33.186
10 1 - Maria Guimarães  Brazil 4:34.053
11 2 - Irwi Johansson  Sweden 4:34.166
12 4 - Anne Marie McCaffrey  Canada 4:37.118
13 4 - Federica Stabilini  Italy 4:38.899
14 2 - Ileana Morales  Venezuela 4:39.976
15 3 - Marie Sundeborg  Sweden 4:45.292
16 3 - Tamara Shelofastova  Soviet Union 4:48.743
17 4 - S. Arambatsis  Venezuela 4:49.187
18 2 - E. Pilawska  Poland 4:49.474
19 2 - S. Pavletic  Yugoslavia 4:53.004
20 4 - Eleni Avlanitou  Greece 4:53.148
21 1 - E. Tomandl  Austria 4:59.692
22 4 - L. Moreda  Puerto Rico 5:00.252
23 4 - María Mock  Puerto Rico 5:00.906
24 3 - Myriam Mizouni  Tunisia 5:04.065
25 3 - D. Garcia  Argentina 5:07.040
26 3 - Hansje Bunschoten  Netherlands - DNS / DQ

Final

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The results of the final are below.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Heather Greenwood  United States 4:20.287 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Keena Rothhammer  United States 4:21.507
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Novella Calligaris  Italy 4:21.798 ER[2]
4 5 Virginia Rickard  Australia 4:23.486
5 6 Gudrun Wegner  East Germany 4:24.641
6 1 Elke Sehmisch  East Germany 4:30.940
7 8 Janice Stenhouse  Canada 4:31.923
8 7 Narelle Moras  Australia 4:34.948

References

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  1. ^ "For the Record" (pdf). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ^ Fox, Norman (8 September 1973). "Poor turn holds Wilkie to third place in medley final". The Times. London. p. 15.