Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley

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Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 6, 1973
Competitors27 from 20 nations
Winning time4:57.511 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1975  

The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.

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Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record Flag of East Germany.svg  Angela Franke  (GDR)5:01.10 Utrecht, Netherlands 18 August 1973
Competition recordN/AN/AN/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
6 SeptemberHeat Susan Hunter Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 5:08.360CR
6 SeptemberHeat Gudrun Wegner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 5:04.036CR
6 SeptemberFinal Angela Franke Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:57.511WR

Results

Heats

27 swimmers participated in 4 heats. [1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
12- Gudrun Wegner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 5:04.036Q, CR
23- Novella Calligaris Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5:05.464Q
34- Angela Franke Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 5:05.899Q
41- Susan Hunter Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 5:08.360Q, CR
52- Terry Potts Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5:09.030Q
61- Leslie Cliff Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5:10.098Q
74- Jenny Bartz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5:10.758Q
83- José Damen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5:12.175Q
92- Uta Schütz Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 5:13.412
102- Susan Richardson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5:13.887 NR [2]
111- Yukari Takemoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5:14.005
121- Anita Zarnowiecki Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5:15.187
134- Marina Malyutina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 5:17.056
144- Gail Neall Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5:17.964
154- Paola Morozzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5:19.419
163- Jennifer McHugh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5:21.267
174- Gisela Cerezo Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 5:24.615
184- Naoko Shio Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5:25.049
193- T. Skvortsova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 5:25.709
203- Roselina Angel Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 5:25.840
211- Eleni Avlanitou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 5:32.217
222- Maria Isabel Guerra Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5:34.586
232- G. Borras Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 5:39.117
242- María Mock Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 5:42.732
251- Myriam Mizouni Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 5:48.120
261- Angela López Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 5:51.895
273- K. Tevajarvi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNS / DSQ

Final

The results of the final are below.

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg- Gudrun Wegner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:57.511 WR
Silver medal icon.svg- Angela Franke Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 5:00.376
Bronze medal icon.svg- Novella Calligaris Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5:02.029
4- Leslie Cliff Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5:07.012
5- Terry Potts Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5:09.904
6- Susan Hunter Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 5:10.282
7- Jenny Bartz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5:10.451
8- José Damen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5:15.660

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References

  1. "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine : 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. Fox, Norman (7 September 1973). "Wilkie's world record and gold medal". The Times . London. p. 11.