Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 400 metre freestyle
Competition:	1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	September 7, 1973
Competitors:	26
Nations:	18
Win Value:	4:20.287 CR
Gold:	Heather Greenwood
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Keena Rothhammer
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Novella Calligaris
Bronzenoc:	ITA
Next:	1975

The women's 400 metre freestyle 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			4:24.994	CR
7 September	Heat			4:24.938	CR
7 September	Final			4:20.287	CR

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	-			4:24.938	Q, CR
2	1	-			4:24.994	Q, CR
3	4	-			4:25.122	Q
4	1	-			4:25.888	Q
5	2	-			4:27.089	Q
6	4	-			4:30.288	Q
7	2	-			4:31.630	Q
8	2	-			4:32.040	Q
9	1	-			4:33.186
10	1	-			4:34.053
11	2	-			4:34.166
12	4	-			4:37.118
13	4	-			4:38.899
14	2	-			4:39.976
15	3	-			4:45.292
16	3	-			4:48.743
17	4	-			4:49.187
18	2	-			4:49.474
19	2	-			4:53.004
20	4	-			4:53.148
21	1	-			4:59.692
22	4	-			5:00.252
23	4	-			5:00.906
24	3	-			5:04.065
25	3	-			5:07.040
26	3	-			-	DNS / DQ

Final

The results of the final are below.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			4:20.287	CR
	3			4:21.507
	2			4:21.798	ER^[2]
	5			4:23.486
	6			4:24.641
	1			4:30.940
	8			4:31.923
	7			4:34.948

Notes and References

1. October 1973. For the Record. Swimming World Magazine. 73. pdf. 14 May 2013.
2. News: Norman. Fox. Poor turn holds Wilkie to third place in medley final. The Times. London. 8 September 1973. 15.