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 Melissa Belote   United States
silver medal Enith Brigitha   Netherlands
bronze medal Andrea Gyarmati   Hungary
1975 →
1973 FINA
World Championships
Diving
Individual
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Swimming
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Synchronised swimming
Solowomen
Duetwomen
Teamwomen
Water polo
Tournamentmen

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.
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