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

Event:	Women's 100 metre butterfly
Competition:	1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	September 6, 1973
Competitors:	30
Nations:	22
Win Value:	1:02.539 CR
Gold:	Kornelia Ender
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Rosemarie Kother
Silvernoc:	GDR
Bronze:	Mayumi Aoki
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Next:	1975

The women's 100 metre butterfly 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			1:07.776	CR
6 September	Heat			1:03.803	CR
6 September	Heat			1:02.951	CR
6 September	Final			1:02.539	CR

Results

Heats

30 swimmers participated in 4 heats.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	-			1:02.951	Q, CR
2	2	-			1:03.803	Q, CR
3	2	-			1:04.135	Q
4	4	-			1:04.140	Q
5	4	-			1:04.330	Q
6	3	-			1:05.336	Q
7	4	-			1:05.830	Q
8	4	-			1:05.970	Q
9	3	-			1:06.383
10	3	-			1:06.626
11	4	-			1:06.950
12	2	-			1:07.069
13	1	-			1:07.776	CR
14	3	-			1:07.792
15	1	-			1:07.935
16	4	-			1:08.100
17	1	-			1:08.198
18	3	-			1:08.405
19	4	-			1:08.490
20	2	-			1:08.587
21	3	-			1:08.613
22	1	-			1:08.672
23	4	-			1:09.230
24	2	-			1:09.401
25	2	-			1:09.443
26	3	-			1:09.514
27	1	-			1:09.617
28	1	-			1:09.755
29	2	-			1:09.867
30	1	-			1:10.562

Final

The results of the final are below.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6			1:02.539	CR
	4			1:02.687
	5			1:03.739
	3			1:04.272
	2			1:04.329
	7			1:04.937
	1			1:06.353
	8			1:06.386

Notes and References

1. October 1973. For the Record. Swimming World Magazine. 73. 14 May 2013.