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

Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.

Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 5, 1973
Competitors34 from 23 nations
Winning time2:04.999
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    East Germany
1975 →

Records show that prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record  Shane Gould (AUS) 2:03.56 Munich, West Germany 1 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
5 September Heat Lesley Allardice  United Kingdom 2:12.946 CR
5 September Heat Irwi Johansson  Sweden 2:09.260 CR
5 September Heat Andrea Eife  East Germany 2:08.099 CR
5 September Heat Keena Rothhammer  United States 2:07.531 CR
5 September Final Keena Rothhammer  United States 2:04.999 CR

Results

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Heats

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34 swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 - Keena Rothhammer   United States 2:07.531 Q, CR
2 5 - Shirley Babashoff   United States 2:07.753 Q
3 3 - Andrea Eife   East Germany 2:08.099 Q, CR
4 2 - Irwi Johansson   Sweden 2:09.260 Q, CR
5 5 - Virginia Rickard   Australia 2:09.936 Q, PB[2]
6 2 - Elke Sehmisch   East Germany 2:09.973 Q
7 5 - Jutta Weber   West Germany 2:10.778 Q
8 2 - Veronica Stel   Netherlands 2:10.878 Q
9 4 - Suzy Anderson   Australia 2:11.179
10 5 - Guylaine Berger   France 2:11.400
11 3 - Leslie Cliff   Canada 2:11.506
12 3 - Angela Steinbach   West Germany 2:12.438
13 1 - Lesley Allardice   Great Britain 2:12.946 CR
14 5 - Tatyana Zolotnitskaya   Soviet Union 2:13.141
15 4 - Maria Guimarães   Brazil 2:14.218
16 1 - Brenda Holmes   Canada 2:14.431
17 4 - Federica Stabilini   Italy 2:14.496
18 5 - Lucy Burle   Brazil 2:14.987
19 1 - Marie Sundeborg   Sweden 2:15.506
20 1 - Ileana Morales   Venezuela 2:15.518
21 4 - Tamara Shelofastova   Soviet Union 2:15.940
22 3 - Chantal Schertz   France 2:16.558
23 1 - Cathy Whiting   New Zealand 2:17.016
24 3 - Elżbieta Pilawska   Poland 2:17.716
25 2 - Eleni Avlanitou   Greece 2:19.384
26 4 - María Saavedra   Colombia 2:20.064
27 4 - Marianela Huen   Venezuela 2:21.916
28 1 - Loida Moreda   Puerto Rico 2:23.097
29 5 - Leslie Thompson   Puerto Rico 2:23.220
30 2 - Eva Tomandl   Austria 2:24.075
31 4 - B. Garcia   Argentina 2:24.328
32 3 - Myriam Mizouni   Tunisia 2:25.432
33 3 - Edit Kovács   Hungary 2:25.470
34 2 - H. Nastaren   Iran 2:45.589

Final

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The results of the final are below.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  - Keena Rothhammer   United States 2:04.999 CR
  - Shirley Babashoff   United States 2:05.332
  - Andrea Eife   East Germany 2:05.525
4 - Virginia Rickard   Australia 2:07.889 PB
5 - Irwi Johansson   Sweden 2:08.895
6 - Elke Sehmisch   East Germany 2:09.331
7 - Veronica Stel   Netherlands 2:09.412
8 - Jutta Weber   West Germany 2:10.587

References

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  1. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Swim team 'baby' lifts Aust hopes". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. AAP-Reuters. September 6, 1973. p. 19.