Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Tašmajdan Sports Centre
Location Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Dates9 September 1973
Competitors24 from 17 nations
Winning time8:52.973 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1975  

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on 9 September.

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Records

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

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Keena Rothhammer  (USA)8:53.68 Munich, West Germany 3 September 1972
Competition recordN/AN/AN/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
9 SeptemberTimed Final Marina Maliutina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9:45.644 CR
9 SeptemberTimed Final Angela Franke Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9:09.677 CR
9 SeptemberTimed Final Novella Calligaris Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:52.973 WR

Results

24 swimmers participated in 3 heats. [1] The event was a timed final. The first two heats were contested in the morning with the third and final heat contested in the evening.

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3- Novella Calligaris Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:52.973 WR
Silver medal icon.svg3- Jo Harshbarger Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:55.560
Bronze medal icon.svg3- Gudrun Wegner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9:01.823
42- Angela Franke Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9:09.677 CR
53- Narelle Moras Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 9:09.936
63- Keena Rothhammer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9:15.725
72- Elisa Gunston Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9:22.129
83- Sandra Yost Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 9:22.493
92- M. De Angelis Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9:23.206
103- Anne Marie McCaffrey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9:23.503
113- Leslie Cliff Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9:27.647
122- Maria Guimarães Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 9:27.920
132- Roselina Angel Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 9:42.695
141- Marina Maliutina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9:45.644 CR
151- Sandra Arambatsis Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 9:51.384
162- Naoko Shio Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 9:51.499
172- Tatyana Skvortsova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9:57.458
182- Svetlana Pavletic Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 10:04.873
191- Elzbieta Pilawska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 10:06.768
201- Eva Tomandl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 10:11.277
211- Loida Moreda Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 10:18.319
221- Myriam Mizouni Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 10:28.992
-1- Belinda Phillips Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica -DNS / DSQ
-1- Leslie Thompson Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico -DNS / DSQ

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References

  1. "For the Record" (pdf). Swimming World Magazine : 73. October 1973. Retrieved 7 June 2013.