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

The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates	September 9, 1973
Competitors	35 from 25 nations
Winning time	57.542
Medalists
Kornelia Ender   East Germany   Shirley Babashoff   United States   Enith Brigitha   Netherlands

Records

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

World record	Kornelia Ender (GDR)	58.12	Utrecht, Netherlands	18 August 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
8 September	Heat 1	Andrea Eife	East Germany	59.61	CR
8 September	Heat 3	Shirley Babashoff	United States	59.40	CR
8 September	Heat 4	Enith Brigitha	Netherlands	59.16	CR
8 September	Final	Kornelia Ender	East Germany	57.54	WR

Results

Heats

35 swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	-	Enith Brigitha	Netherlands	59.166	Q, CR
2	3	-	Shirley Babashoff	United States	59.406	Q, CR
3	1	-	Andrea Eife	East Germany	59.610	Q, CR
4	5	-	Kornelia Ender	East Germany	59.695	Q
5	5	-	Jutta Weber	West Germany	59.830	Q
6	2	-	Kathy Heddy	United States	1:00.000	Q
7	4	-	Françoise Monod	Switzerland	1:00.461	Q
8	1	-	Guylaine Berger	France	1:00.542	Q
9	5	-	Grethe Mathiesen	Norway	1:00.825
10	1	-	Laura Podesta	Italy	1:01.021
11	3	-	Eva Andersson	Sweden	1:01.126
12	4	-	Angela Steinbach	West Germany	1:01.153
13	1	-	Lucy Burle	Brazil	1:01.351
14	3	-	Veronica Stel	Netherlands	1:01.557
15	5	-	Wendy Cook	Canada	1:01.708
16	5	-	T. Zolotnickaia	Soviet Union	1:01.716
17	4	-	Debra Cain	Australia	1:01.990
18	3	-	Suzy Anderson	Australia	1:02.067
19	2	-	Chantal Schertz	France	1:02.134
20	2	-	Gunilla Lundberg	Sweden	1:02.173
21	4	-	Magdolna Patóh	Hungary	1:02.874
22	4	-	Olga Chlupova	Czechoslovakia	1:02.905
23	2	-	Jasna Efendic	Yugoslavia	1:03.039
24	3	-	Tamara Shelofastova	Soviet Union	1:03.198
25	5	-	Cathy Whiting	New Zealand	1:03.214
26	1	-	Leslie Cliff	Canada	1:03.237
27	5	-	E. Pilawska	Poland	1:03.694
28	3	-	M. Saavedra	Colombia	1:04.486
29	4	-	Leslie Thompson	Puerto Rico	1:04.630
30	4	-	Marianela Huen	Venezuela	1:05.195
31	2	-	B. Garcia	Argentina	1:06.450
32	3	-	María Mock	Puerto Rico	1:07.092
33	1	-	Myriam Mizouni	Tunisia	1:07.332
34	5	-	N. Pahiya	Turkey	1:08.946
35	1	-	H. Nastaren	Iran	1:17.303

Final

The results of the final are below.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Kornelia Ender	East Germany	57.542	WR
	5	Shirley Babashoff	United States	58.876
	4	Enith Brigitha	Netherlands	58.879
4	3	Andrea Eife	East Germany	58.931
5	8	Guylaine Berger	France	59.518
6	2	Jutta Weber	West Germany	59.585
7	7	Kathy Heddy	United States	59.900
8	1	Françoise Monod	Switzerland	1:01.240