Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 6, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 27 from 18 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 3:58.18 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 men's 400 metre freestyle 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 | ![]() | 4:00.11 | Chicago, United States | 4 August 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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6 September | Heat | Brad Cooper | ![]() | 4:02.38 | CR |
6 September | Final | Rick DeMont | ![]() | 3:58.18 | WR |
27 swimmers participated in 4 heats. [1] [2]
The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 3 | Rick DeMont | ![]() | 3:58.18 | WR |
![]() | 4 | Brad Cooper | ![]() | 3:58.70 | CWR |
![]() | 5 | Bengt Gingsjö | ![]() | 4:01.27 | |
4 | 7 | Tim Shaw | ![]() | 4:01.56 | |
5 | 6 | Anders Bellbring | ![]() | 4:04.36 | |
6 | 2 | Andreas Apel | ![]() | 4:04.92 | |
7 | 1 | Werner Lampe | ![]() | 4:09.83 | |
8 | 8 | John Kulasalu | ![]() | 4:14.62 |