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.
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 |
27 swimmers participated in 4 heats. [1]
The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | - | Gudrun Wegner | ![]() | 4:57.511 | WR |
![]() | - | Angela Franke | ![]() | 5:00.376 | |
![]() | - | 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 |
Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.
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 breaststroke 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 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.
The men's 200 metre backstroke 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 men's 200 metre butterfly 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 backstroke 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 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.
The men'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.