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1973 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | women | |
Duet | women | |
Team | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | |
Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.
Records show that prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Shane Gould (AUS) | 2:03.56 | Munich, West Germany | 1 September 1972 |
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Competition record | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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5 September | Heat | Lesley Allardice | United Kingdom | 2:12.946 | CR |
5 September | Heat | Irwi Johansson | Sweden | 2:09.260 | CR |
5 September | Heat | Andrea Eife | East Germany | 2:08.099 | CR |
5 September | Heat | Keena Rothhammer | United States | 2:07.531 | CR |
5 September | Final | Keena Rothhammer | United States | 2:04.999 | CR |
Results
Heats
34 swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]
Final
The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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- | Keena Rothhammer | United States | 2:04.999 | CR | |
- | Shirley Babashoff | United States | 2:05.332 | ||
- | Andrea Eife | East Germany | 2:05.525 | ||
4 | - | Virginia Rickard | Australia | 2:07.889 | PB |
5 | - | Irwi Johansson | Sweden | 2:08.895 | |
6 | - | Elke Sehmisch | East Germany | 2:09.331 | |
7 | - | Veronica Stel | Netherlands | 2:09.412 | |
8 | - | Jutta Weber | West Germany | 2:10.587 |
References
- ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ "Swim team 'baby' lifts Aust hopes". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. AAP-Reuters. September 6, 1973. p. 19.
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