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

Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 7, 1973
Competitors24 from 17 nations
Winning time2:20.522
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Netherlands
bronze medal    Hungary
1975 →

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.

Records

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

World record  Melissa Belote (USA) 2:19.19 Munich, West Germany 4 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
7 September Heat Wendy Cook  Canada 2:23.123 CR
7 September Heat Melissa Belote  United States 2:20.576 CR
7 September Final Melissa Belote  United States 2:20.522 CR

Results

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Heats

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24 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 - Melissa Belote  United States 2:20.576 Q, CR
2 1 - Wendy Cook  Canada 2:23.123 Q, CR
3 2 - Andrea Gyarmati  Hungary 2:23.586 Q
4 3 - Enith Brigitha  Netherlands 2:24.882 Q
5 4 - Christine Herbst  East Germany 2:24.932 Q
6 1 - Debra Cain  Australia 2:24.967 Q
7 3 - Andrea Eife  East Germany 2:25.434 Q
8 1 - Sylvie Le Noach  France 2:25.513 Q
9 2 - Linda Young  Australia 2:25.941
10 4 - Josien Elzerman  Netherlands 2:26.369
11 1 - Diana Olsson  Sweden 2:26.965
12 3 - Angelika Grieser  West Germany 2:27.508
13 3 - Maryanne Graham  United States 2:29.282
14 4 - Donna-Marie Gurr  Canada 2:30.864
15 2 - Susan Hunter  New Zealand 2:31.004
16 2 - I. Golovanova  Soviet Union 2:31.975
17 2 - F. Chaunin  Belgium 2:33.964
18 1 - H. Jaqueti  Spain 2:34.964
19 3 - E. Kobielska  Poland 2:35.394
20 4 - T. Skvortsova  Soviet Union 2:38.871
21 4 - D. McSwain  Puerto Rico 2:39.033
22 2 - B. Fernandes  Brazil 2:41.703
23 1 - María Mock  Puerto Rico 2:45.299
24 3 - R. Okan  Turkey 2:51.648

Final

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The results of the final are below.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Melissa Belote  United States 2:20.522 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Enith Brigitha  Netherlands 2:22.152
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Andrea Gyarmati  Hungary 2:22.483
4 2 Christine Herbst  East Germany 2:22.660
5 1 Andrea Eife  East Germany 2:23.551
6 5 Wendy Cook  Canada 2:23.596
7 7 Debra Cain  Australia 2:24.268
8 8 Sylvie Le Noach  France 2:26.053

References

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