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

Event:	Women's 200 metre freestyle
Competition:	1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	September 5, 1973
Competitors:	34
Nations:	23
Win Value:	2:04.999
Gold:	Keena Rothhammer
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Shirley Babashoff
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Andrea Eife
Bronzenoc:	GDR
Next:	1975

Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.

Records show that prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Time	Record
5 September	Heat	2:12.946	CR
5 September	Heat	2:09.260	CR
5 September	Heat	2:08.099	CR
5 September	Heat	2:07.531	CR
5 September	Final	2:04.999	CR

Results

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	-	2:07.531	Q, CR
2	5	-	2:07.753	Q
3	3	-	2:08.099	Q, CR
4	2	-	2:09.260	Q, CR
5	5	-	2:09.936	Q, PB^[2]
6	2	-	2:09.973	Q
7	5	-	2:10.778	Q
8	2	-	2:10.878	Q
9	4	-	2:11.179
10	5	-	2:11.400
11	3	-	2:11.506
12	3	-	2:12.438
13	1	-	2:12.946	CR
14	5	-	2:13.141
15	4	-	2:14.218
16	1	-	2:14.431
17	4	-	2:14.496
18	5	-	2:14.987
19	1	-	2:15.506
20	1	-	2:15.518
21	4	-	2:15.940
22	3	-	2:16.558
23	1	-	2:17.016
24	3	-	2:17.716
25	2	-	2:19.384
26	4	-	2:20.064
27	4	-	2:21.916
28	1	-	2:23.097
29	5	-	2:23.220
30	2	-	2:24.075
31	4	-	2:24.328
32	3	-	2:25.432
33	3	-	2:25.470
34	2	-	2:45.589

The results of the final are below.

October 1973. For the Record. Swimming World Magazine. 73. 14 May 2013.
News: Swim team 'baby' lifts Aust hopes. The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. AAP-Reuters. 19. September 6, 1973.