Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 400 metre freestyle
Competition:	1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	September 6, 1973
Competitors:	27
Nations:	18
Win Value:	3:58.18 WR
Gold:	Rick DeMont
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Brad Cooper
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Bengt Gingsjö
Bronzenoc:	SWE
Next:	1975

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.

Records

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

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
6 September	Heat			4:02.38	CR
6 September	Final			3:58.18	WR

Results

Heats

27 swimmers participated in 4 heats.^{[1] [2]}

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	-			4:02.38	Q, CR
2	3	-			4:04.35	Q
3	4	-			4:04.77	Q
4	1	-			4:05.77	Q
5	1	-			4:06.13	Q
6	3	-			4:06.57	Q
7	4	-			4:07.01	Q
8	2	-			4:09.32	Q
9	3	-			4:09.37
10	4	-			4:10.90
11	3	-			4:11.72
12	2	-			4:13.79
13	4	-			4:14.37
14	4	-	G Castillo		4:15.22
15	4	-			4:15.81
16	2	-			4:16.23
17	2	-			4:18.19
18	1	-			4:18.43
19	3	-			4:18.79
20	2	-			4:20.10
21	2	-			4:20.18
22	4	-			4:22.02
23	3	-			4:22.26
24	1	-			4:24.53
25	2	-			4:24.65
26	3	-			4:25.71
27	1	-			4:39.02

Final

The results of the final are below.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			3:58.18	WR
	4			3:58.70	CWR
	5			4:01.27
	7			4:01.56
	6			4:04.36
	2			4:04.92
	1			4:09.83
	8			4:14.62

Notes and References

1. Web site: Todor. Krastev. Men 400m Freestyle Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG). todor66.com. 27 May 2013.
2. Web site: Official results. FINA.org. 17 July 2019.