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

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Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 7, 1973
Competitors25 from 19 nations
Winning time2:40.012 CR
Medalists
gold medal    East Germany
silver medal    East Germany
bronze medal    United States
1975 →

The women's 200 metre breaststroke 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  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

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Heats

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25 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 - Hannelore Anke  East Germany 2:41.846 Q, CR
2 4 - Lynn Colella  United States 2:42.434 Q
3 1 - Renate Vogel  East Germany 2:44.052 Q, CR
4 3 - Britt-Marie Smedh  Sweden 2:44.235 Q
5 4 - Lyudmila Porubayko  Soviet Union 2:44.456 Q
6 2 - Petra Nows  West Germany 2:45.653 Q
7 2 - Éva Kiss  Hungary 2:45.970 Q
8 2 - Alie te Riet  Netherlands 2:46.076 Q
9 3 - Beverley Whitfield  Australia 2:46.960
10 1 - Vicki Hays  United States 2:47.136
11 4 - M. Iwashita  Japan 2:48.591
12 1 - Judith Hudson  Australia 2:49.660
13 4 - Marian Stuart  Canada 2:50.012
14 3 - O. Luskatova  Soviet Union 2:50.336
15 3 - Olga Chlupova  Czechoslovakia 2:50.949
16 1 - Cristina Bassani  Brazil 2:52.074
17 2 - Jane Lowe  New Zealand 2:52.601
18 1 - Sandra Seath  Canada 2:53.025
19 1 - S. Mendonça  Brazil 2:54.310
20 4 - V. Petkovic  Yugoslavia 2:55.108
21 4 - Paola Morozzi  Italy 2:55.149
22 3 - Nieves Panadell  Spain 2:56.290
23 2 - U. El Shenawi  Egypt 2:57.621
24 2 - Angela López  Puerto Rico 2:58.361
25 3 - E. Aktulga  Turkey 3:08.140

Final

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The results of the final are below.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Renate Vogel  East Germany 2:40.012 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Hannelore Anke  East Germany 2:40.495
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  1. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 2 June 2013.