Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.

Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 7, 1973
Competitors26 from 18 nations
Winning time4:20.287 CR
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Italy
1975 →

Records

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

World record   Keena Rothhammer (USA) 4:18.07 Louisville, United States 22 August 1973
Competition record N/A N/A N/A N/A

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
7 September Heat Virginia Rickard   Australia 4:24.994 CR
7 September Heat Heather Greenwood   United States 4:24.938 CR
7 September Final Heather Greenwood   United States 4:20.287 CR

Results

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Heats

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26 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 - Heather Greenwood   United States 4:24.938 Q, CR
2 1 - Virginia Rickard   Australia 4:24.994 Q, CR
3 4 - Keena Rothhammer   United States 4:25.122 Q
4 1 - Gudrun Wegner   East Germany 4:25.888 Q
5 2 - Novella Calligaris   Italy 4:27.089 Q
6 4 - Narelle Moras   Australia 4:30.288 Q
7 2 - Elke Sehmisch   East Germany 4:31.630 Q
8 2 - Janice Stenhouse   Canada 4:32.040 Q
9 1 - Uta Schütz   West Germany 4:33.186
10 1 - Maria Guimarães   Brazil 4:34.053
11 2 - Irwi Johansson   Sweden 4:34.166
12 4 - Anne Marie McCaffrey   Canada 4:37.118
13 4 - Federica Stabilini   Italy 4:38.899
14 2 - Ileana Morales   Venezuela 4:39.976
15 3 - Marie Sundeborg   Sweden 4:45.292
16 3 - Tamara Shelofastova   Soviet Union 4:48.743
17 4 - S. Arambatsis   Venezuela 4:49.187
18 2 - E. Pilawska   Poland 4:49.474
19 2 - S. Pavletic   Yugoslavia 4:53.004
20 4 - Eleni Avlanitou   Greece 4:53.148
21 1 - E. Tomandl   Austria 4:59.692
22 4 - L. Moreda   Puerto Rico 5:00.252
23 4 - María Mock   Puerto Rico 5:00.906
24 3 - Myriam Mizouni   Tunisia 5:04.065
25 3 - D. Garcia   Argentina 5:07.040
26 3 - Hansje Bunschoten   Netherlands - DNS / DQ

Final

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The results of the final are below.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Heather Greenwood   United States 4:20.287 CR
  3 Keena Rothhammer   United States 4:21.507
  2 Novella Calligaris   Italy 4:21.798 ER[2]
4 5 Virginia Rickard   Australia 4:23.486
5 6 Gudrun Wegner   East Germany 4:24.641
6 1 Elke Sehmisch   East Germany 4:30.940
7 8 Janice Stenhouse   Canada 4:31.923
8 7 Narelle Moras   Australia 4:34.948

References

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  1. ^ "For the Record" (pdf). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ^ Fox, Norman (8 September 1973). "Poor turn holds Wilkie to third place in medley final". The Times. London. p. 15.