Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay ; at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates	September 8, 1973
Winning time	3:52.45 WR
Medalists
	1975 →

The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record	United States (USA) Sandy Neilson Jenny Kemp Jane Barkman Shirley Babashoff	3:55.19	Munich, West Germany	30 August 1972
Competition record	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Nation	Athletes	Time	Record
8 September	Heat	East Germany	Andrea Hübner Eike Schmisch Angela Franke Sylvia Eichner	3:56.550	CR
8 September	Final	East Germany	Kornelia Ender Andrea Eife Andrea Hübner Sylvia Eichner	3:52.45	WR

15 teams participated in 2 heats.^[1]^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	-	East Germany	Andrea Hübner Eike Schmisch Angela Franke Sylvia Eichner	3:56.55	Q, CR
2	1	-	United States	Keena Rothhammer Deena Deardurff Heather Greenwood Kim Peyton	3:57.56	Q
3	2	-	Canada		4:01.44	Q
4	1	-	Sweden	Anita Zarnowiecki Irwi Johansson Diana Olsson Gunilla Lundberg	4:02.23	Q
5	2	-	West Germany		4:02.61	Q
6	2	-	Netherlands		4:02.94	Q
7	2	-	France		4:06.47	Q
8	1	-	Italy	Laura Podesta Laura Gorgerino Patrizia Lanfredini Novella Calligaris	4:07.43	Q
9	2	-	Switzerland		4:07.66
10	2	-	Soviet Union		4:08.10
11	1	-	Australia	Debra Cain Suzy Anderson Virginia Rickard Narelle Moras	4:08.71
12	1	-	Hungary	Andrea Gyarmati Edit Kovács Ildikó Szekeres Magdolna Patóh	4:09.02
13	2	-	Brazil		4:13.91
14	1	-	Venezuela	Ileana Morales Gisela Cerezo Marianela Huen S. Arambatsis	4:26.03
15	1	-	Puerto Rico	Leslie Thompson D. McSwain L. Moreda María Mock	4:26.80

The results of the final are below.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	-	East Germany	Kornelia Ender Andrea Eife Andrea Hübner Sylvia Eichner	3:52.45	WR
	-	United States	Kim Peyton Kathy Heddy Heather Greenwood Shirley Babashoff	3:55.52
	-	West Germany	Jutta Weber Heidemarie Reineck Gudrun Beckmann Angela Steinbach	3:58.88
4	-	Canada	Gail Amundrud Judy Wright Wendy Cook Leslie Cliff	4:00.20
5	-	Sweden	Gunilla Lundberg L. Isaksson Irwi Johansson Diana Olsson	4:02.01
6	-	Netherlands	Enith Brigitha A. Segaar Linda Faber Veronica Stel	4:02.16
7	-	Italy	Laura Podesta Laura Gorgerino Patrizia Lanfredini Federica Stabilini	4:06.59
8	-	France	Guylaine Berger Chantal Schertz Jacquéline Pele Marie-Christine Knibiehly	4:08.25

^ "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
^ "Swimming - World Championships 1973 - Women's 4x100 m freestyle". the-sports.org. Retrieved 4 June 2013.