Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on 9 September.

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
VenueTašmajdan Sports Centre
LocationBelgrade, Yugoslavia
Dates9 September 1973
Competitors24 from 17 nations
Winning time8:52.973 WR
Medalists
gold medal    Italy
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    East Germany
1975 →

Records

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

World record   Keena Rothhammer (USA) 8:53.68 Munich, West Germany 3 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
9 September Timed Final Marina Maliutina   Soviet Union 9:45.644 CR
9 September Timed Final Angela Franke   East Germany 9:09.677 CR
9 September Timed Final Novella Calligaris   Italy 8:52.973 WR

Results

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24 swimmers participated in 3 heats.[1] The event was a timed final. The first two heats were contested in the morning with the third and final heat contested in the evening.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 - Novella Calligaris   Italy 8:52.973 WR
  3 - Jo Harshbarger   United States 8:55.560
  3 - Gudrun Wegner   East Germany 9:01.823
4 2 - Angela Franke   East Germany 9:09.677 CR
5 3 - Narelle Moras   Australia 9:09.936
6 3 - Keena Rothhammer   United States 9:15.725
7 2 - Elisa Gunston   Sweden 9:22.129
8 3 - Sandra Yost   Australia 9:22.493
9 2 - M. De Angelis   Italy 9:23.206
10 3 - Anne Marie McCaffrey   Canada 9:23.503
11 3 - Leslie Cliff   Canada 9:27.647
12 2 - Maria Guimarães   Brazil 9:27.920
13 2 - Roselina Angel   Colombia 9:42.695
14 1 - Marina Maliutina   Soviet Union 9:45.644 CR
15 1 - Sandra Arambatsis   Venezuela 9:51.384
16 2 - Naoko Shio   Japan 9:51.499
17 2 - Tatyana Skvortsova   Soviet Union 9:57.458
18 2 - Svetlana Pavletic   Yugoslavia 10:04.873
19 1 - Elzbieta Pilawska   Poland 10:06.768
20 1 - Eva Tomandl   Austria 10:11.277
21 1 - Loida Moreda   Puerto Rico 10:18.319
22 1 - Myriam Mizouni   Tunisia 10:28.992
- 1 - Belinda Phillips   Jamaica - DNS / DSQ
- 1 - Leslie Thompson   Puerto Rico - DNS / DSQ

References

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  1. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 7 June 2013.