Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley
Appearance
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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1973 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | women | |
Duet | women | |
Team | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | |
The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
5:08.360 | CR |
6 September | Heat | Gudrun Wegner | ![]() |
5:04.036 | CR |
6 September | Final | Angela Franke | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
4:57.511 | WR |
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- | Angela Franke | ![]() |
5:00.376 | |
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- | Novella Calligaris | ![]() |
5:02.029 | |
4 | - | Leslie Cliff | ![]() |
5:07.012 | |
5 | - | Terry Potts | ![]() |
5:09.904 | |
6 | - | Susan Hunter | ![]() |
5:10.282 | |
7 | - | Jenny Bartz | ![]() |
5:10.451 | |
8 | - | José Damen | ![]() |
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.