Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle

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Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 7, 1973
Competitors26 from 18 nations
Winning time4:20.287 CR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Heather Greenwood  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Keena Rothhammer  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Novella Calligaris  Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
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The women's 400 metre freestyle 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  Keena Rothhammer  (USA)4:18.07 Louisville, United States 22 August 1973
Competition recordN/AN/AN/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
7 SeptemberHeat Virginia Rickard Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4:24.994CR
7 SeptemberHeat Heather Greenwood Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:24.938CR
7 SeptemberFinal Heather Greenwood Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:20.287CR

Results

Heats

26 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed: [1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13- Heather Greenwood Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:24.938Q, CR
21- Virginia Rickard Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4:24.994Q, CR
34- Keena Rothhammer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:25.122Q
41- Gudrun Wegner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:25.888Q
52- Novella Calligaris Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:27.089Q
64- Narelle Moras Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4:30.288Q
72- Elke Sehmisch Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:31.630Q
82- Janice Stenhouse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:32.040Q
91- Uta Schütz Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:33.186
101- Maria Guimarães Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:34.053
112- Irwi Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:34.166
124- Anne Marie McCaffrey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:37.118
134- Federica Stabilini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:38.899
142- Ileana Morales Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 4:39.976
153- Marie Sundeborg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:45.292
163- Tamara Shelofastova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:48.743
174- S. Arambatsis Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 4:49.187
182- E. Pilawska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4:49.474
192- S. Pavletic Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 4:53.004
204- Eleni Avlanitou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4:53.148
211- E. Tomandl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 4:59.692
224- L. Moreda Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 5:00.252
234- María Mock Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 5:00.906
243- Myriam Mizouni Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 5:04.065
253- D. Garcia Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 5:07.040
263- Hansje Bunschoten Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands -DNS / DQ

Final

The results of the final are below.

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Heather Greenwood Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:20.287 CR
Silver medal icon.svg3 Keena Rothhammer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:21.507
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Novella Calligaris Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:21.798 ER [2]
45 Virginia Rickard Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4:23.486
56 Gudrun Wegner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:24.641
61 Elke Sehmisch Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:30.940
78 Janice Stenhouse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:31.923
87 Narelle Moras Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4:34.948

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References

  1. ↑ "For the Record" (pdf). Swimming World Magazine : 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Fox, Norman (8 September 1973). "Poor turn holds Wilkie to third place in medley final". The Times . London. p. 15.
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