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
DatesSeptember 9, 1973
Competitors35 from 25 nations
Winning time57.542
Medalists
    East Germany
    United States
    Netherlands

Records

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

World record  Kornelia Ender (GDR)58.12Utrecht, Netherlands18 August 1973
Competition record N/AN/AN/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
8 SeptemberHeat 1Andrea Eife East Germany59.61CR
8 SeptemberHeat 3Shirley Babashoff United States59.40CR
8 SeptemberHeat 4Enith Brigitha Netherlands59.16CR
8 SeptemberFinalKornelia Ender East Germany57.54WR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14-Enith Brigitha Netherlands59.166Q, CR
23-Shirley Babashoff United States59.406Q, CR
31-Andrea Eife East Germany59.610Q, CR
45-Kornelia Ender East Germany59.695Q
55-Jutta Weber West Germany59.830Q
62-Kathy Heddy United States1:00.000Q
74-Françoise Monod  Switzerland1:00.461Q
81-Guylaine Berger France1:00.542Q
95-Grethe Mathiesen Norway1:00.825
101-Laura Podesta Italy1:01.021
113-Eva Andersson Sweden1:01.126
124-Angela Steinbach West Germany1:01.153
131-Lucy Burle Brazil1:01.351
143-Veronica Stel Netherlands1:01.557
155-Wendy Cook Canada1:01.708
165-T. Zolotnickaia Soviet Union1:01.716
174-Debra Cain Australia1:01.990
183-Suzy Anderson Australia1:02.067
192-Chantal Schertz France1:02.134
202-Gunilla Lundberg Sweden1:02.173
214-Magdolna Patóh Hungary1:02.874
224-Olga Chlupova Czechoslovakia1:02.905
232-Jasna Efendic Yugoslavia1:03.039
243-Tamara Shelofastova Soviet Union1:03.198
255-Cathy Whiting New Zealand1:03.214
261-Leslie Cliff Canada1:03.237
275-E. Pilawska Poland1:03.694
283-M. Saavedra Colombia1:04.486
294-Leslie Thompson Puerto Rico1:04.630
304-Marianela Huen Venezuela1:05.195
312-B. Garcia Argentina1:06.450
323-María Mock Puerto Rico1:07.092
331-Myriam Mizouni Tunisia1:07.332
345-N. Pahiya Turkey1:08.946
351-H. Nastaren Iran1:17.303

Final

The results of the final are below.

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
6Kornelia Ender East Germany57.542WR
5Shirley Babashoff United States58.876
4Enith Brigitha Netherlands58.879
43Andrea Eife East Germany58.931
58Guylaine Berger France59.518
62Jutta Weber West Germany59.585
77Kathy Heddy United States59.900
81Françoise Monod  Switzerland1:01.240

References

  1. "For the Record" (pdf). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
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