Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly

The women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.

Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 8, 1973
Competitors27 from 18 nations
Winning time2:13.766 WR
Medalists
gold medal    East Germany
silver medal    East Germany
bronze medal    United States
1975 →

Records

edit

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

World record   Karen Moe (USA) 2:15.57 Munich, West Germany 4 September 1972
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 Nina MacInnis   United States 2:23.870 CR
8 September Heat Sandra Yost   Australia 2:21.825 CR
8 September Heat Roswitha Beier   East Germany 2:18.876 CR
8 September Heat Rosemarie Kother   East Germany 2:15.455 WR
8 September Final Rosemarie Kother   East Germany 2:13.766 WR

Results

edit

Heats

edit

27 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 - Rosemarie Kother   East Germany 2:15.455 Q, WR
2 3 - Roswitha Beier   East Germany 2:18.876 Q, CR
3 3 - Lynn Colella   United States 2:20.363 Q
4 2 - Sandra Yost   Australia 2:21.825 Q, CR
5 4 - José Damen   Netherlands 2:23.604 Q
6 1 - Nina MacInnis   United States 2:23.870 Q, CR
7 4 - Uta Schütz   West Germany 2:24.537 Q
8 1 - Yolanda Aggenbach   Netherlands 2:24.595 Q
9 2 - Aleksandra Meerzon   Soviet Union 2:24.791
10 3 - Patti Stenhouse   Canada 2:25.304
11 3 - Gail Neall   Australia 2:25.818
12 2 - Anca Groza   Romania 2:27.220
13 1 - Nataliya Popova   Soviet Union 2:27.269
14 2 - Gunilla Andersson   Sweden 2:28.030
15 3 - E. Majnaric   Yugoslavia 2:28.580
16 2 - Vera Faitlova   Czechoslovakia 2:29.727
17 1 - M. Saavedra   Colombia 2:29.835
18 4 - M. Corsi   Italy 2:29.955
19 1 - Ileana Morales   Venezuela 2:30.181
20 2 - Roselina Angel   Colombia 2:30.884
21 2 - Gisela Cerezo   Venezuela 2:30.977
22 1 - Aurora Chamorro   Spain 2:32.436
23 4 - Jennifer McHugh   Canada 2:32.903
24 3 - María Mock   Puerto Rico 2:37.098
25 3 - A. Valentini   Italy 2:38.930
26 4 - K. Tevajarvi   Finland - DNS / DQ
27 4 - Mayumi Aoki   Japan - DNS / DQ

Final

edit

The results of the final are below.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Rosemarie Kother   East Germany 2:13.766 WR
  5 Roswitha Beier   East Germany 2:16.777
  3 Lynn Colella   United States 2:19.535
4 2 José Damen   Netherlands 2:21.964
5 6 Sandra Yost   Australia 2:22.323
6 7 Nina MacInnis   United States 2:22.570
7 1 Uta Schütz   West Germany 2:23.508
8 8 Yolanda Aggenbach   Netherlands 2:25.689

References

edit
  1. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 2 June 2013.