Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke
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 | |||||||||
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The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 2:19.19 | Munich, West Germany | 4 September 1972 |
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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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7 September | Heat | Wendy Cook | ![]() | 2:23.123 | CR |
7 September | Heat | Melissa Belote | ![]() | 2:20.576 | CR |
7 September | Final | Melissa Belote | ![]() | 2:20.522 | CR |
Results
Heats
24 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | - | Melissa Belote | ![]() | 2:20.576 | Q, CR |
2 | 1 | - | Wendy Cook | ![]() | 2:23.123 | Q, CR |
3 | 2 | - | Andrea Gyarmati | ![]() | 2:23.586 | Q |
4 | 3 | - | Enith Brigitha | ![]() | 2:24.882 | Q |
5 | 4 | - | Christine Herbst | ![]() | 2:24.932 | Q |
6 | 1 | - | Debra Cain | ![]() | 2:24.967 | Q |
7 | 3 | - | Andrea Eife | ![]() | 2:25.434 | Q |
8 | 1 | - | Sylvie Le Noach | ![]() | 2:25.513 | Q |
9 | 2 | - | Linda Young | ![]() | 2:25.941 | |
10 | 4 | - | Josien Elzerman | ![]() | 2:26.369 | |
11 | 1 | - | Diana Olsson | ![]() | 2:26.965 | |
12 | 3 | - | Angelika Grieser | ![]() | 2:27.508 | |
13 | 3 | - | Maryanne Graham | ![]() | 2:29.282 | |
14 | 4 | - | Donna-Marie Gurr | ![]() | 2:30.864 | |
15 | 2 | - | Susan Hunter | ![]() | 2:31.004 | |
16 | 2 | - | I. Golovanova | ![]() | 2:31.975 | |
17 | 2 | - | F. Chaunin | ![]() | 2:33.964 | |
18 | 1 | - | H. Jaqueti | ![]() | 2:34.964 | |
19 | 3 | - | E. Kobielska | ![]() | 2:35.394 | |
20 | 4 | - | T. Skvortsova | ![]() | 2:38.871 | |
21 | 4 | - | D. McSwain | ![]() | 2:39.033 | |
22 | 2 | - | B. Fernandes | ![]() | 2:41.703 | |
23 | 1 | - | María Mock | ![]() | 2:45.299 | |
24 | 3 | - | R. Okan | ![]() | 2:51.648 |
Final
The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 4 | Melissa Belote | ![]() | 2:20.522 | CR |
![]() | 6 | Enith Brigitha | ![]() | 2:22.152 | |
![]() | 3 | Andrea Gyarmati | ![]() | 2:22.483 | |
4 | 2 | Christine Herbst | ![]() | 2:22.660 | |
5 | 1 | Andrea Eife | ![]() | 2:23.551 | |
6 | 5 | Wendy Cook | ![]() | 2:23.596 | |
7 | 7 | Debra Cain | ![]() | 2:24.268 | |
8 | 8 | Sylvie Le Noach | ![]() | 2:26.053 |
References
- ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.