Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships

These are the results (medal winners) of the swimming competition at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany  (GDR)	12	6	7	25
2	United States  (USA)	11	15	6	32
3	Australia  (AUS)	1	2	2	5
4	Hungary  (HUN)	1	1	1	3
5	Canada  (CAN)	1	0	2	3
	Italy  (ITA)	1	0	2	3
7	Great Britain  (GBR)	1	0	1	2
	Sweden  (SWE)	1	0	1	2
9	Soviet Union  (URS)	0	3	0	3
10	Netherlands  (NED)	0	1	1	2
11	France  (FRA)	0	1	0	1
12	Japan  (JPN)	0	0	3	3
	West Germany  (FRG)	0	0	3	3
Totals (13 entries)		29	29	29	87

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Jim Montgomery  (USA)	51.70	Michel Rousseau  (FRA)	52.08	Michael Wenden  (AUS)	52.22
200 m freestyle details	Jim Montgomery  (USA)	1:53.02	Kurt Krumpholz  (USA)	1:53.61	Roger Pyttel  (GDR)	1:53.97
400 m freestyle details	Rick DeMont  (USA)	3:58.18 WR	Brad Cooper  (AUS)	3:58.70	Bengt Gingsjö  (SWE)	4:01.27
1500 m freestyle details	Stephen Holland  (AUS)	15:31.85 WR	Rick DeMont  (USA)	15:35.44	Brad Cooper  (AUS)	15:45.04
100 m backstroke details	Roland Matthes  (GDR)	57.47	Mike Stamm  (USA)	58.77	Lutz Wanja  (GDR)	59.08
200 m backstroke details	Roland Matthes  (GDR)	2:01.87 WR	Zoltán Verrasztó  (HUN)	2:05.89	John Naber  (USA)	2:06.91
100 m breaststroke details	John Hencken  (USA)	1:04.02 WR	Mikhail Khryukin  (URS)	1:04.61	Nobutaka Taguchi  (JPN)	1:05.61
200 m breaststroke details	David Wilkie  (GBR)	2:19.28 WR	John Hencken  (USA)	2:19.95	Nobutaka Taguchi  (JPN)	2:23.11
100 m butterfly details	Bruce Robertson  (CAN)	55.69	Joe Bottom  (USA)	56.37	Robin Backhaus  (USA)	56.42
200 m butterfly details	Robin Backhaus  (USA)	2:03.32	Steve Gregg  (USA)	2:03.58	Hartmut Flöckner  (GDR)	2:03.84
200 m individual medley details	Gunnar Larsson  (SWE)	2:08.36	Stan Carper  (USA)	2:08.43	David Wilkie  (GBR)	2:08.84
400 m individual medley details	András Hargitay  (HUN)	4:31.11	Rod Strachan  (USA)	4:33.50	Rick Colella  (USA)	4:34.68
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States  (USA) Mel Nash Joe Bottom Jim Montgomery John Murphy	3:27.18	Soviet Union  (URS) Igor Grivennikov Viktor Aboymov Vladimir Krivtsov Vladimir Bure	3:31.36	East Germany  (GDR) Roland Matthes Roger Pyttel Peter Bruch Hartmut Flöckner	3:32.03
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	United States  (USA) Kurt Krumpholz Robin Backhaus Rick Klatt Jim Montgomery	7:33.22 WR	Australia  (AUS) John Kulasalu Steve Badger Brad Cooper Michael Wenden	7:43.65	Germany  (GER) Klaus Steinbach Werner Lampe Peter Nocke Folkert Meeuw	7:43.68
4 × 100 m medley relay details	United States  (USA) Mike Stamm John Hencken Joe Bottom Jim Montgomery	3:49.49	East Germany  (GDR) Roland Matthes Jürgen Glas Hartmut Flöckner Roger Pyttel	3:53.24	Canada  (CAN) Ian MacKenzie Peter Hrdlitschka Bruce Robertson Brian Phillips	3:56.37

Legend:WR– World record; CR– Championship record

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Kornelia Ender  (GDR)	57.54 WR	Shirley Babashoff  (USA)	58.87	Enith Brigitha  (NED)	58.87
200 m freestyle details	Keena Rothhammer  (USA)	2:04.99	Shirley Babashoff  (USA)	2:05.33	Andrea Eife  (GDR)	2:05.52
400 m freestyle details	Heather Greenwood  (USA)	4:20.28	Keena Rothhammer  (USA)	4:21.50	Novella Calligaris  (ITA)	4:21.79
800 m freestyle details	Novella Calligaris  (ITA)	8:52.97 WR	Jo Harshbarger  (USA)	8:55.56	Gudrun Wegner  (GDR)	9:01.82
100 m backstroke details	Ulrike Richter  (GDR)	1:05.42	Melissa Belote  (USA)	1:06.11	Wendy Cook  (CAN)	1:06.27
200 m backstroke details	Melissa Belote  (USA)	2:20.52	Enith Brigitha  (NED)	2:22.15	Andrea Gyarmati  (HUN)	2:22.48
100 m breaststroke details	Renate Vogel  (GDR)	1:13.74	Lyubov Rusanova  (URS)	1:15.42	Brigitte Schuchardt  (GDR)	1:15.82
200 m breaststroke details	Renate Vogel  (GDR)	2.40.01	Hannelore Anke  (GDR)	2:40.49	Lynn Colella  (USA)	2:41.71
100 m butterfly details	Kornelia Ender  (GDR)	1:02.53	Rosemarie Kother  (GDR)	1:02.68	Mayumi Aoki  (JPN)	1:03.73
200 m butterfly details	Rosemarie Kother  (GDR)	2:13.76 WR	Roswitha Beier  (GDR)	2:16.77	Lynn Colella  (USA)	2:19.53
200 m individual medley details	Andrea Hübner  (GDR)	2:20.51 WR	Kornelia Ender  (GDR)	2:21.21	Kathy Heddy  (USA)	2:23.84
400 m individual medley details	Gudrun Wegner  (GDR)	4:57.51 WR	Angela Franke  (GDR)	5:00.37	Novella Calligaris  (ITA)	5:02.02
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	East Germany  (GDR) Kornelia Ender Andrea Eife Andrea Hübner Sylvia Eichner	3:52.45 WR	United States  (USA) Kim Peyton Kathy Heddy Heather Greenwood Shirley Babashoff	3:55.52	Germany  (GER) Jutta Weber Heidemarie Reineck Gudrun Beckmann Angela Steinbach	3:58.88
4 × 100 m medley relay details	East Germany  (GDR) Ulrike Richter Renate Vogel Rosemarie Kother Kornelia Ender	4:16.84 WR	United States  (USA) Melissa Belote Marcia Morey Deena Deardurff Shirley Babashoff	4:25.80	Germany  (GER) Angelika Grieser Petra Nows Gudrun Beckmann Jutta Weber	4:26.57

Legend:WR– World record; CR– Championship record

References

• HistoFINA Men
• HistoFINA Women ^{[ dead link ]}