Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke
| Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 7, 1973 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 17 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:20.522 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 1973 FINA World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
Records
[edit]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
[edit]Heats
[edit]24 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1]
Final
[edit]The results of the final are below.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Melissa Belote | United States |
2:20.522 | CR |
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6 | Enith Brigitha |  Netherlands |
2:22.152 | |
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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
[edit]- ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
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