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Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 9, 1973
Competitors24 from 17 nations
Winning time8:52.973 WR
Medalists
gold medal Novella Calligaris   Italy
silver medal Jo Harshbarger   United States
bronze medal Gudrun Wegner   East Germany
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1973 FINA
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100 mmenwomen
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The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.

Records

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

World record  Keena Rothhammer (USA) 8:53.68 Munich, West Germany 3 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
9 September Timed Final M. Maliutina  Soviet Union 9:45.644 CR
9 September Timed Final Angela Franke  East Germany 9:09.677 CR
9 September Timed Final Novella Calligaris  Italy 8:52.973 WR

Results

24 swimmers participated in 3 heats.[1] The event was a timed final. The first two heats were contested in the morning with the third and final heat contested in the evening.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 - Novella Calligaris  Italy 8:52.973 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 - Jo Harshbarger  United States 8:55.560
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 - Gudrun Wegner  East Germany 9:01.823
4 2 - Angela Franke  East Germany 9:09.677 CR
5 3 - Narelle Moras  Australia 9:09.936
6 3 - Keena Rothhammer  United States 9:15.725
7 2 - Elisa Gunston  Sweden 9:22.129
8 3 - Sandra Yost  Australia 9:22.493
9 2 - M. De Angelis  Italy 9:23.206
10 3 - Anne Marie McCaffrey  Canada 9:23.503
11 3 - Leslie Cliff  Canada 9:27.647
12 2 - Maria Guimarães  Brazil 9:27.920
13 2 - R. Angel  Colombia 9:42.695
14 1 - M. Maliutina  Soviet Union 9:45.644 CR
15 1 - S. Arambatsis  Venezuela 9:51.384
16 2 - N. Shio  Japan 9:51.499
17 2 - T. Skvortsova  Soviet Union 9:57.458
18 2 - S. Pavletic  Yugoslavia 10:04.873
19 1 - E. Pilawska  Poland 10:06.768
20 1 - E. Tomandl  Austria 10:11.277
21 1 - L. Moreda  Puerto Rico 10:18.319
22 1 - Myriam Mizouni  Tunisia 10:28.992
- 1 - E. Philips  Jamaica - DNS / DQ
- 1 - Leslie Thompson  Puerto Rico - DNS / DQ

References

  1. ^ "For the Record" (pdf). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
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