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 | |||||||||
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 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.
The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 4.
The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 4.
The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 4.
The women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.
The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.
The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.
The women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.
The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.
The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
The women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.
The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.
The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on 9 September.
The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.
The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.