The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.
Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 5, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 24 from 17 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:05.427 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Ulrike Richter (GDR) | 1:05.39 | Utrecht, Netherlands | 18 August 1973 |
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Competition record | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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5 September | Heat 1 | Andrea Gyarmati | Hungary | 1:06.09 | CR |
5 September | Heat 4 | Ulrike Richter | East Germany | 1:06.08 | CR |
5 September | Final | Ulrike Richter | East Germany | 1:05.42 | CR |
Results
Heats
24 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | - | Ulrike Richter | East Germany | 1:06.086 | Q, CR |
2 | 1 | - | Andrea Gyarmati | Hungary | 1:06.099 | Q, CR |
3 | 3 | - | Melissa Belote | United States | 1:06.231 | Q |
4 | 2 | - | Wendy Cook | Canada | 1:06.275 | Q |
5 | 4 | - | Enith Brigitha | Netherlands | 1:06.996 | Q |
6 | 4 | - | Linda Stimpson | United States | 1:07.250 | Q |
7 | 1 | - | Josien Elzerman | Netherlands | 1:07.519 | Q |
8 | 3 | - | Christine Herbst | East Germany | 1:07.981 | Q |
9 | 2 | - | Sylvie Le Noach | France | 1:07.986 | |
10 | 2 | - | Linda Young | Australia | 1:08.010 | |
11 | 1 | - | Angelika Grieser | West Germany | 1:08.468 | |
12 | 3 | - | Donna-Marie Gurr | Canada | 1:08.640 | |
13 | 4 | - | Diana Olsson | Sweden | 1:08.745 | |
14 | 1 | - | Antonella Roncelli | Italy | 1:08.945 | |
15 | 1 | - | Sue Lewis | Australia | 1:09.541 | |
16 | 4 | - | P. Torrisi | Italy | 1:10.165 | |
17 | 3 | - | F. Chaunin | Belgium | 1:10.902 | |
18 | 3 | - | E. Kobielska | Poland | 1:11.758 | |
19 | 2 | - | H. Jaqueti | Spain | 1:12.431 | |
20 | 1 | - | D. McSwain | Puerto Rico | 1:12.432 | |
21 | 2 | - | I. Golovanova | Soviet Union | 1:12.585 | |
22 | 2 | - | B. Fernandes | Brazil | 1:13.109 | |
23 | 4 | - | María Mock | Puerto Rico | 1:17.270 | |
24 | 2 | - | R. Okan | Turkey | 1:17.723 |
Final
The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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- | Ulrike Richter | East Germany | 1:05.427 | ||
- | Melissa Belote | United States | 1:06.112 | ||
- | Wendy Cook | Canada | 1:06.271 | ||
4 | - | Andrea Gyarmati | Hungary | 1:06.549 | |
5 | - | Enith Brigitha | Netherlands | 1:06.550 | |
6 | - | Christine Herbst | East Germany | 1:07.465 | |
7 | - | Linda Stimpson | United States | 1:07.698 | |
8 | - | Josien Elzerman | Netherlands | 1:07.900 |
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