Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 6, 1973
Competitors27 from 18 nations
Winning time3:58.18 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
1975  

The men's 400 metre freestyle 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 the United States.svg  Kurt Krumpholz  (USA)4:00.11 Chicago, United States 4 August 1972
Competition recordN/AN/A N/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
6 SeptemberHeat Brad Cooper Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4:02.38CR
6 SeptemberFinal Rick DeMont Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3:58.18WR

Results

Heats

27 swimmers participated in 4 heats. [1] [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
11- Brad Cooper Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4:02.38Q, CR
23- Bengt Gingsjö Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:04.35Q
34- Rick DeMont Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:04.77Q
41- Anders Bellbring Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:05.77Q
51- Andreas Apel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:06.13Q
63- Tim Shaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:06.57Q
74- Werner Lampe Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:07.01Q
82- John Kulasalu Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4:09.32Q
93- Arnaldo Cinquetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:09.37
104- Wilfried Hartung Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:10.90
113- Deane Buckboro Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:11.72
122- Vladimir Mikheyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:13.79
134- José Namorado Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:14.37
144-G CastilloFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:15.22
154- Mark Treffers Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:15.81
162- Dusan Grozaj Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:16.23
172- Paul Jouanneau Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:18.19
181- Marc Lazzaro Flag of France.svg  France 4:18.43
193- Leonid Dragunov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:18.79
202- Michael Ker Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:20.10
212- Ali Gharbi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 4:20.18
224- Alberto Vivoni Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 4:22.02
233- Csaba Tóth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:22.26
241- Krasimir Enchev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 4:24.53
252- Francisco Canales Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 4:24.65
263- Ali Kinawi Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 4:25.71
271- Josy Wilwert Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 4:39.02

Final

The results of the final are below.

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Rick DeMont Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:58.18 WR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Brad Cooper Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3:58.70 CWR
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Bengt Gingsjö Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:01.27
47 Tim Shaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:01.56
56 Anders Bellbring Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:04.36
62 Andreas Apel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:04.92
71 Werner Lampe Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:09.83
88 John Kulasalu Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4:14.62

References

  1. Krastev, Todor. "Men 400m Freestyle Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  2. "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 17 July 2019.