Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Competition:	1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	September 7, 1973
Competitors:	25
Nations:	19
Win Value:	2:40.012 CR
Gold:	Renate Vogel
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Hannelore Anke
Silvernoc:	GDR
Bronze:	Lynn Colella
Bronzenoc:	USA
Next:	1975

The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.

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
7 September	Heat			2:44.052	CR
7 September	Heat			2:41.846	CR
7 September	Final			2:40.012	CR

Results

Heats

25 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	-			2:41.846	Q, CR
2	4	-			2:42.434	Q
3	1	-			2:44.052	Q, CR
4	3	-			2:44.235	Q
5	4	-			2:44.456	Q
6	2	-			2:45.653	Q
7	2	-			2:45.970	Q
8	2	-			2:46.076	Q
9	3	-			2:46.960
10	1	-			2:47.136
11	4	-			2:48.591
12	1	-			2:49.660
13	4	-			2:50.012
14	3	-			2:50.336
15	3	-			2:50.949
16	1	-			2:52.074
17	2	-			2:52.601
18	1	-			2:53.025
19	1	-			2:54.310
20	4	-			2:55.108
21	4	-			2:55.149
22	3	-			2:56.290
23	2	-			2:57.621
24	2	-			2:58.361
25	3	-			3:08.140

Final

The results of the final are below.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			2:40.012	CR
	4			2:40.495
	5			2:41.710
	2			2:42.218
	6			2:43.160
	7			2:44.698
	8			2:44.893
	1			2:45.509

Notes and References

1. October 1973. For the Record. Swimming World Magazine. 73. 2 June 2013.