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

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
DatesSeptember 7, 1973
Competitors24 from 17 nations
Winning time2:20.522
Medalists
    United States
    Netherlands
    Hungary

Records

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

World record  Melissa Belote (USA)2:19.19Munich, West Germany4 September 1972
Competition record N/AN/AN/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
7 SeptemberHeatWendy Cook Canada2:23.123CR
7 SeptemberHeatMelissa Belote United States2:20.576CR
7 SeptemberFinalMelissa Belote United States2:20.522CR

Results

Heats

24 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14-Melissa Belote United States2:20.576Q, CR
21-Wendy Cook Canada2:23.123Q, CR
32-Andrea Gyarmati Hungary2:23.586Q
43-Enith Brigitha Netherlands2:24.882Q
54-Christine Herbst East Germany2:24.932Q
61-Debra Cain Australia2:24.967Q
73-Andrea Eife East Germany2:25.434Q
81-Sylvie Le Noach France2:25.513Q
92-Linda Young Australia2:25.941
104-Josien Elzerman Netherlands2:26.369
111-Diana Olsson Sweden2:26.965
123-Angelika Grieser West Germany2:27.508
133-Maryanne Graham United States2:29.282
144-Donna-Marie Gurr Canada2:30.864
152-Susan Hunter New Zealand2:31.004
162-I. Golovanova Soviet Union2:31.975
172-F. Chaunin Belgium2:33.964
181-H. Jaqueti Spain2:34.964
193-E. Kobielska Poland2:35.394
204-T. Skvortsova Soviet Union2:38.871
214-D. McSwain Puerto Rico2:39.033
222-B. Fernandes Brazil2:41.703
231-María Mock Puerto Rico2:45.299
243-R. Okan Turkey2:51.648

Final

The results of the final are below.

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Melissa Belote United States2:20.522CR
6Enith Brigitha Netherlands2:22.152
3Andrea Gyarmati Hungary2:22.483
42Christine Herbst East Germany2:22.660
51Andrea Eife East Germany2:23.551
65Wendy Cook Canada2:23.596
77Debra Cain Australia2:24.268
88Sylvie Le Noach France2:26.053

References

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