Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 7, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 26 from 18 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 4:20.287 CR | |||||||||
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 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 4:18.07 | Louisville, United States | 22 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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7 September | Heat | Virginia Rickard | ![]() | 4:24.994 | CR |
7 September | Heat | Heather Greenwood | ![]() | 4:24.938 | CR |
7 September | Final | Heather Greenwood | ![]() | 4:20.287 | CR |
26 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed: [1]
The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 4 | Heather Greenwood | ![]() | 4:20.287 | CR |
![]() | 3 | Keena Rothhammer | ![]() | 4:21.507 | |
![]() | 2 | Novella Calligaris | ![]() | 4:21.798 | ER [2] |
4 | 5 | Virginia Rickard | ![]() | 4:23.486 | |
5 | 6 | Gudrun Wegner | ![]() | 4:24.641 | |
6 | 1 | Elke Sehmisch | ![]() | 4:30.940 | |
7 | 8 | Janice Stenhouse | ![]() | 4:31.923 | |
8 | 7 | Narelle Moras | ![]() | 4:34.948 |