Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle
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Women's 400 metre freestyle1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 7, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 26 from 18 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 4:20.287 CR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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1973 FINA World Championships Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
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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 | ||||
The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
Contents
Records
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 |
Championship 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 | 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
Heats
26 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]
Final
The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Heather Greenwood | United States | 4:20.287 | CR | |
3 | Keena Rothhammer | United States | 4:21.507 | ||
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 | West Germany | 4:30.940 | |
7 | 8 | Janice Stenhouse | Canada | 4:31.923 | |
8 | 7 | Narelle Moras | Australia | 4:34.948 |