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

Event:	Men's 400 metre individual medley
Competition:	1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	September 5, 1973
Competitors:	29
Nations:	22
Win Value:	4:31.11 CR
Gold:	András Hargitay
Goldnoc:	HUN
Silver:	Rod Strachan
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Rick Colella
Bronzenoc:	USA
Next:	1975

The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.

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
5 September	Heat 1			4:38.96	CR
5 September	Heat 4			4:38.50	CR
5 September	Final			4:31.11	CR

Results

Heats

29 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:^{[1] [2]}

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	-			4:38.50	Q, CR
2	1	-			4:38.96	Q, CR
3	3	-			4:40.06	Q
4	4	-			4:41.23	Q
5	1	-			4:41.83	Q
6	3	-			4:41.96	Q
7	4	-			4:42.65	Q
8	2	-			4:43.54	Q
9	1	-			4:44.55
10	3	-			4:45.14
11	4	-			4:45.29
12	3	-			4:45.52
13	1	-			4:46.56
14	2	-			4:47.68
15	3	-			4:48.96
16	4	-			4:49.24
17	1	-			4:51.46
18	2	-			4:51.98
19	1	-			4:51.98
20	4	-			4:52.00
21	2	-			4:52.91
22	2	-			4:55.35
23	3	-			4:56.24
24	3	-			5:04.13
25	3	-			5:07.35
26	2	-			5:08.22
27	4	-			5:08.66
28	1	-			5:09.52
29	2	-	C. Manochehr		5:41.12
	2	-			Did not finish
	1	-	L. Diaz		Did not start
	4	-			Did not start

Christian Leitzmann, almost at the end at the butterfly leg, swallowed some water and abandoned the race.^[3]

Final

The results of the final are below.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	-			4:31.11	CR, ER
	-			4:33.50
	-			4:34.68
	-			4:37.05
	-			4:37.17
	-			4:37.62
	-			4:40.94	NR^[5]
	-			4:41.26

Notes and References

1. News: Sporting Details. The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. 21. September 6, 1973.
2. Web site: Official results. FINA.org. 26 July 2019.
3. News: Norman. Fox. Fourth gives record to Miss Jarvis. The Times. London. 10. September 6, 1973.
4. Web site: Todor. Krastev. Men 400m Medley Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG). todor66.com. 23 May 2013.
5. News: John. Hopkins. Still in deep water. The Sunday Times. London. 29. 9 September 1973.