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

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Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 5, 1973
Competitors34 from 23 nations
Winning time2:04.999
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Keena Rothhammer  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Shirley Babashoff  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Andrea Eife  Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
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Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.

Contents

Records show that prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Shane Gould  (AUS)2:03.56 Munich, West Germany 1 September 1972
Competition recordN/AN/AN/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
5 SeptemberHeat Lesley Allardice Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:12.946CR
5 SeptemberHeat Irwi Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:09.260CR
5 SeptemberHeat Andrea Eife Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:08.099CR
5 SeptemberHeat Keena Rothhammer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:07.531CR
5 SeptemberFinal Keena Rothhammer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:04.999CR

Results

Heats

34 swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed: [1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14- Keena Rothhammer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:07.531Q, CR
25- Shirley Babashoff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:07.753Q
33- Andrea Eife Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:08.099Q, CR
42- Irwi Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:09.260Q, CR
55- Virginia Rickard Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:09.936Q, PB [2]
62- Elke Sehmisch Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:09.973Q
75- Jutta Weber Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:10.778Q
82- Veronica Stel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:10.878Q
94- Suzy Anderson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:11.179
105- Guylaine Berger Flag of France.svg  France 2:11.400
113- Leslie Cliff Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:11.506
123- Angela Steinbach Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:12.438
131- Lesley Allardice Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:12.946 CR
145- Tatyana Zolotnitskaya Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:13.141
154- Maria Guimarães Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:14.218
161- Brenda Holmes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:14.431
174- Federica Stabilini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:14.496
185- Lucy Burle Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:14.987
191- Marie Sundeborg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:15.506
201- Ileana Morales Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:15.518
214- Tamara Shelofastova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:15.940
223- Chantal Schertz Flag of France.svg  France 2:16.558
231- Cathy Whiting Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:17.016
243- Elżbieta Pilawska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:17.716
252- Eleni Avlanitou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:19.384
264- María Saavedra Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:20.064
274- Marianela Huen Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:21.916
281- Loida Moreda Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2:23.097
295- Leslie Thompson Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2:23.220
302- Eva Tomandl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:24.075
314- B. Garcia Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:24.328
323- Myriam Mizouni Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 2:25.432
333- Edit Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:25.470
342- H. Nastaren Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 2:45.589

Final

The results of the final are below.

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg- Keena Rothhammer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:04.999 CR
Silver medal icon.svg- Shirley Babashoff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:05.332
Bronze medal icon.svg- Andrea Eife Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:05.525
4- Virginia Rickard Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:07.889PB
5- Irwi Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:08.895
6- Elke Sehmisch Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:09.331
7- Veronica Stel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:09.412
8- Jutta Weber Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:10.587

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References

  1. ↑ "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine : 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Swim team 'baby' lifts Aust hopes". The Sydney Morning Herald . John Fairfax Holdings. AAP-Reuters. September 6, 1973. p. 19.
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