Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
| Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 7, 1973 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 19 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:40.012 CR | |||||||||
| 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 breaststroke 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 |  Yuliya Bogdanova (URS) |
2:38.32 | Leningrad, Soviet Union | 7 April 1971 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Renate Vogel |  East Germany |
2:44.052 | CR |
| 7 September | Heat | Hannelore Anke | East Germany |
2:41.846 | CR |
| 7 September | Final | Renate Vogel | East Germany |
2:40.012 | CR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]25 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]
Final
[edit]The results of the final are below.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | Renate Vogel | East Germany |
2:40.012 | CR |
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4 | Hannelore Anke | East Germany |
2:40.495 | |
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5 | Lynn Colella |  United States |
2:41.710 | |
| 4 | 2 | Lyudmila Porubayko | Soviet Union |
2:42.218 | |
| 5 | 6 | Britt-Marie Smedh |  Sweden |
2:43.160 | |
| 6 | 7 | Petra Nows |  West Germany |
2:44.698 | |
| 7 | 8 | Alie te Riet |  Netherlands |
2:44.893 | |
| 8 | 1 | Éva Kiss |  Hungary |
2:45.509 |
References
[edit]- ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
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