The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 7, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 24 from 17 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 2:20.522 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Melissa Belote (USA) | 2:19.19 | Munich, West Germany | 4 September 1972 |
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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 | Wendy Cook | Canada | 2:23.123 | CR |
7 September | Heat | Melissa Belote | United States | 2:20.576 | CR |
7 September | Final | Melissa Belote | United States | 2:20.522 | CR |
Results edit
Heats edit
24 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1]
Final edit
The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Melissa Belote | United States | 2:20.522 | CR | |
6 | Enith Brigitha | Netherlands | 2:22.152 | ||
3 | Andrea Gyarmati | Hungary | 2:22.483 | ||
4 | 2 | Christine Herbst | East Germany | 2:22.660 | |
5 | 1 | Andrea Eife | East Germany | 2:23.551 | |
6 | 5 | Wendy Cook | Canada | 2:23.596 | |
7 | 7 | Debra Cain | Australia | 2:24.268 | |
8 | 8 | Sylvie Le Noach | France | 2:26.053 |
References edit
- ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.