Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 5, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 24 from 17 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:05.427 | |||||||||
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 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 1:05.39 | 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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5 September | Heat 1 | Andrea Gyarmati | ![]() | 1:06.09 | CR |
5 September | Heat 4 | Ulrike Richter | ![]() | 1:06.08 | CR |
5 September | Final | Ulrike Richter | ![]() | 1:05.42 | CR |
24 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed: [1]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | - | Ulrike Richter | ![]() | 1:06.086 | Q, CR |
2 | 1 | - | Andrea Gyarmati | ![]() | 1:06.099 | Q, CR |
3 | 3 | - | Melissa Belote | ![]() | 1:06.231 | Q |
4 | 2 | - | Wendy Cook | ![]() | 1:06.275 | Q |
5 | 4 | - | Enith Brigitha | ![]() | 1:06.996 | Q |
6 | 4 | - | Linda Stimpson | ![]() | 1:07.250 | Q |
7 | 1 | - | Josien Elzerman | ![]() | 1:07.519 | Q |
8 | 3 | - | Christine Herbst | ![]() | 1:07.981 | Q |
9 | 2 | - | Sylvie Le Noach | ![]() | 1:07.986 | |
10 | 2 | - | Linda Young | ![]() | 1:08.010 | |
11 | 1 | - | Angelika Grieser | ![]() | 1:08.468 | |
12 | 3 | - | Donna-Marie Gurr | ![]() | 1:08.640 | |
13 | 4 | - | Diana Olsson | ![]() | 1:08.745 | |
14 | 1 | - | Antonella Roncelli | ![]() | 1:08.945 | |
15 | 1 | - | Sue Lewis | ![]() | 1:09.541 | |
16 | 4 | - | P. Torrisi | ![]() | 1:10.165 | |
17 | 3 | - | F. Chaunin | ![]() | 1:10.902 | |
18 | 3 | - | E. Kobielska | ![]() | 1:11.758 | |
19 | 2 | - | H. Jaqueti | ![]() | 1:12.431 | |
20 | 1 | - | D. McSwain | ![]() | 1:12.432 | |
21 | 2 | - | I. Golovanova | ![]() | 1:12.585 | |
22 | 2 | - | B. Fernandes | ![]() | 1:13.109 | |
23 | 4 | - | María Mock | ![]() | 1:17.270 | |
24 | 2 | - | R. Okan | ![]() | 1:17.723 |
The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | - | Ulrike Richter | ![]() | 1:05.427 | |
![]() | - | Melissa Belote | ![]() | 1:06.112 | |
![]() | - | Wendy Cook | ![]() | 1:06.271 | |
4 | - | Andrea Gyarmati | ![]() | 1:06.549 | |
5 | - | Enith Brigitha | ![]() | 1:06.550 | |
6 | - | Christine Herbst | ![]() | 1:07.465 | |
7 | - | Linda Stimpson | ![]() | 1:07.698 | |
8 | - | Josien Elzerman | ![]() | 1:07.900 |