Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 9, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 35 from 25 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 57.542 | |||||||||
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 freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 58.12 | 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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8 September | Heat 1 | Andrea Eife | ![]() | 59.61 | CR |
8 September | Heat 3 | Shirley Babashoff | ![]() | 59.40 | CR |
8 September | Heat 4 | Enith Brigitha | ![]() | 59.16 | CR |
8 September | Final | Kornelia Ender | ![]() | 57.54 | WR |
35 swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed: [1]
The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 6 | Kornelia Ender | ![]() | 57.542 | WR |
![]() | 5 | Shirley Babashoff | ![]() | 58.876 | |
![]() | 4 | Enith Brigitha | ![]() | 58.879 | |
4 | 3 | Andrea Eife | ![]() | 58.931 | |
5 | 8 | Guylaine Berger | ![]() | 59.518 | |
6 | 2 | Jutta Weber | ![]() | 59.585 | |
7 | 7 | Kathy Heddy | ![]() | 59.900 | |
8 | 1 | Françoise Monod | ![]() | 1:01.240 |