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

Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates September 9, 1973
Competitors 35 from 25 nations
Winning time 57.542
Medalists
    East Germany
    United States
    Netherlands
1973 FINA
World Championships

Belgrade, Yugoslavia
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

The women's 100 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  Kornelia Ender (GDR) 57.61 Belgrade, Yugoslavia 8 September 1973
Championship record  Kornelia Ender (GDR) 57.61 Belgrade, Yugoslavia 8 September 1973

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
9 September Final Kornelia Ender  East Germany 57.542 WR

Results

Heats

35 swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 - Enith Brigitha  Netherlands !!!!!!59.166 59.166 Q
2 3 - Shirley Babashoff  United States !!!!!!59.406 59.406 Q
3 1 - Andrea Eife  East Germany !!!!!!59.610 59.610 Q
4 5 - Kornelia Ender  East Germany !!!!!!59.695 59.695 Q
5 5 - Jutta Weber  West Germany !!!!!!59.830 59.830 Q
6 2 - Kathy Heddy  United States !!!!1:00.000 1:00.000 Q
7 4 - Françoise Monod   Switzerland !!!!1:00.461 1:00.461 Q
8 1 - Guylaine Berger  France !!!!1:00.542 1:00.542 Q
9 5 - Grethe Mathiesen  Norway !!!!1:00.825 1:00.825
10 1 - Laura Podesta  Italy !!!!1:01.021 1:01.021
11 3 - Eva Andersson  Sweden !!!!1:01.126 1:01.126
12 4 - Angela Steinbach  West Germany !!!!1:01.153 1:01.153
13 1 - Lucy Maurity  Brazil !!!!1:01.351 1:01.351
14 3 - Veronica Stel  Netherlands !!!!1:01.557 1:01.557
15 5 - Wendy Cook  Canada !!!!1:01.708 1:01.708
16 5 - T. Zolotnickaia  Soviet Union !!!!1:01.716 1:01.716
17 4 - Debra Cain  Australia !!!!1:01.990 1:01.990
18 3 - Suzy Anderson  Australia !!!!1:02.067 1:02.067
19 2 - Chantal Schertz  France !!!!1:02.134 1:02.134
20 2 - Gunilla Lundberg  Sweden !!!!1:02.173 1:02.173
21 4 - Magdolna Patóh  Hungary !!!!1:02.874 1:02.874
22 4 - O. Chlupova  Czechoslovakia !!!!1:02.905 1:02.905
23 2 - J. Efendic  Yugoslavia !!!!1:03.039 1:03.039
24 3 - Tamara Shelofastova  Soviet Union !!!!1:03.198 1:03.198
25 5 - Cathy Whiting  New Zealand !!!!1:03.214 1:03.214
26 1 - Leslie Cliff  Canada !!!!1:03.237 1:03.237
27 5 - E. Pilawska  Poland !!!!1:03.694 1:03.694
28 3 - M. Saavedra  Colombia !!!!1:04.486 1:04.486
29 4 - Leslie Thompson  Puerto Rico !!!!1:04.630 1:04.630
30 4 - Marianela Huen  Venezuela !!!!1:05.195 1:05.195
31 2 - B. Garcia  Argentina !!!!1:06.450 1:06.450
32 3 - María Mock  Puerto Rico !!!!1:07.092 1:07.092
33 1 - Myriam Mizouni  Tunisia !!!!1:07.332 1:07.332
34 5 - N. Pahiya  Turkey !!!!1:08.946 1:08.946
35 1 - H. Nastaren  Iran !!!!1:17.303 1:17.303

Final

The results of the final are below.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 6 Kornelia Ender  East Germany !!!!!!57.542 57.542 WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 5 Shirley Babashoff  United States !!!!!!58.876 58.876
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 4 Enith Brigitha  Netherlands !!!!!!58.879 58.879
4 3 Andrea Eife  East Germany !!!!!!58.931 58.931
5 8 Guylaine Berger  France !!!!!!59.518 59.518
6 2 Jutta Weber  West Germany !!!!!!59.585 59.585
7 7 Kathy Heddy  United States !!!!!!59.900 59.900
8 1 Françoise Monod   Switzerland !!!!1:01.240 1:01.240

References

  1. "For the Record" (pdf). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
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