Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

The women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.

Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 5, 1973
Competitors24 from 18 nations
Winning time1:13.748
Medalists
gold medal    East Germany
silver medal    Soviet Union
bronze medal    East Germany
1975 →

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record   Cathy Carr (USA) 1:13.58 Munich, West Germany 2 September 1973
Competition record N/A N/A N/A N/A

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
5 September Heat Britt-Marie Smedh   Sweden 1:17.030 CR
5 September Heat Lyubov Rusanova   Soviet Union 1:16.762 CR
5 September Heat Renate Vogel   East Germany 1:14.600 CR
5 September Final Renate Vogel   East Germany 1:13.748 CR

Results

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Heats

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24 swimmers participated in 3 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 - Renate Vogel   East Germany 1:14.600 Q, CR
2 3 - Lynn Colella   United States 1:16.670 Q
3 2 - Lyubov Rusanova   Soviet Union 1:16.762 Q, CR
4 2 - Brigitte Schuchardt   East Germany 1:16.877 Q
5 1 - Britt-Marie Smedh   Sweden 1:17.030 Q, CR
6 2 - Petra Nows   West Germany 1:17.271 Q
7 1 - Marcia Morey   United States 1:17.325 Q
8 2 - Christine Jarvis   Great Britain 1:17.995 Q
9 1 - Éva Kiss   Hungary 1:18.136
10 2 - Sylvie Deschamps   Canada 1:18.147
11 3 - O. Luskatova   Soviet Union 1:18.920
12 3 - Judith Hudson   Australia 1:19.210
13 2 - Beverley Whitfield   Australia 1:19.390
14 3 - Marian Stuart   Canada 1:19.570
15 1 - Olga Chlupova   Czechoslovakia 1:20.048
16 1 - Cristina Bassani   Brazil 1:20.481
17 3 - Jane Lowe   New Zealand 1:20.770
18 2 - S. Mendonça   Brazil 1:20.819
19 3 - V. Petkovic   Yugoslavia 1:21.170
20 1 - M. Iwashita   Japan 1:21.446
21 1 - Angela López   Puerto Rico 1:21.828
22 3 - Nieves Panadell   Spain 1:21.920
23 1 - U. El Shenawi   Egypt 1:23.503
24 2 - E. Aktulga   Turkey 1:28.048

Final

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The results of the final are below.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  - Renate Vogel   East Germany 1:13.748 CR, ER[2]
  - Lyubov Rusanova   Soviet Union 1:15.428
  - Brigitte Schuchardt   East Germany 1:15.821
4 - Christine Jarvis   Great Britain 1:16.358 NR[2]
5 - Lynn Colella   United States 1:16.758
6 - Britt-Marie Smedh   Sweden 1:16.790
7 - Petra Nows   West Germany 1:16.931
8 - Marcia Morey   United States 1:17.049

References

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  1. ^ "For the Record" (pdf). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b Fox, Norman (September 6, 1973). "Fourth gives record to Miss Jarvis". The Times. London. p. 10.