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

Event:	Women's 100 metre freestyle
Competition:	1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	September 9, 1973
Competitors:	35
Nations:	25
Win Value:	57.542
Gold:	Kornelia Ender
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Shirley Babashoff
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Enith Brigitha
Bronzenoc:	NED
Next:	1975

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.

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
8 September	Heat 1			59.61	CR
8 September	Heat 3	Shirley Babashoff		59.40	CR
8 September	Heat 4	Enith Brigitha		59.16	CR
8 September	Final			57.54	WR

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	-				Q, CR
2	3	-				Q, CR
3	1	-				Q, CR
4	5	-				Q
5	5	-				Q
6	2	-				Q
7	4	-				Q
8	1	-				Q
9	5	-
10	1	-
11	3	-
12	4	-
13	1	-
14	3	-
15	5	-
16	5	-
17	4	-
18	3	-
19	2	-
20	2	-
21	4	-
22	4	-
23	2	-
24	3	-
25	5	-
26	1	-
27	5	-
28	3	-
29	4	-
30	4	-
31	2	-
32	3	-
33	1	-
34	5	-
35	1	-

Final

The results of the final are below.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6				WR
	5
	4
	3
	8
	2
	7
	1

Notes and References

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