Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

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Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 7, 1973
Competitors24 from 17 nations
Winning time2:20.522
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Melissa Belote  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Enith Brigitha  Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Bronze medal icon.svg   Andrea Gyarmati  Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
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The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.

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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  Melissa Belote  (USA)2:19.19 Munich, West Germany 4 September 1972
Competition recordN/AN/A N/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
7 SeptemberHeat Wendy Cook Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:23.123CR
7 SeptemberHeat Melissa Belote Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:20.576CR
7 SeptemberFinal Melissa Belote Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:20.522CR

Results

Heats

24 swimmers participated in 4 heats. [1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14- Melissa Belote Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:20.576Q, CR
21- Wendy Cook Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:23.123Q, CR
32- Andrea Gyarmati Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:23.586Q
43- Enith Brigitha Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:24.882Q
54- Christine Herbst Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:24.932Q
61- Debra Cain Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:24.967Q
73- Andrea Eife Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:25.434Q
81- Sylvie Le Noach Flag of France.svg  France 2:25.513Q
92- Linda Young Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:25.941
104- Josien Elzerman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:26.369
111- Diana Olsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:26.965
123- Angelika Grieser Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:27.508
133- Maryanne Graham Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:29.282
144- Donna-Marie Gurr Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:30.864
152- Susan Hunter Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:31.004
162- I. Golovanova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:31.975
172- F. Chaunin Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:33.964
181- H. Jaqueti Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:34.964
193- E. Kobielska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:35.394
204- T. Skvortsova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:38.871
214- D. McSwain Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2:39.033
222- B. Fernandes Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:41.703
231- María Mock Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2:45.299
243- R. Okan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:51.648

Final

The results of the final are below.

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Melissa Belote Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:20.522 CR
Silver medal icon.svg6 Enith Brigitha Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:22.152
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Andrea Gyarmati Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:22.483
42 Christine Herbst Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:22.660
51 Andrea Eife Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:23.551
65 Wendy Cook Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:23.596
77 Debra Cain Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:24.268
88 Sylvie Le Noach Flag of France.svg  France 2:26.053

References

  1. ↑ "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine : 73. October 1973. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
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