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

Event:	Women's 400 metre individual medley
Competition:	1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	September 6, 1973
Competitors:	27
Nations:	20
Win Value:	4:57.511 WR
Gold:	Gudrun Wegner
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Angela Franke
Silvernoc:	GDR
Bronze:	Novella Calligaris
Bronzenoc:	ITA
Next:	1975

The women's 400 metre individual medley 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			5:08.360	CR
6 September	Heat			5:04.036	CR
6 September	Final			4:57.511	WR

Results

Heats

27 swimmers participated in 4 heats.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	-			5:04.036	Q, CR
2	3	-			5:05.464	Q
3	4	-			5:05.899	Q
4	1	-			5:08.360	Q, CR
5	2	-			5:09.030	Q
6	1	-			5:10.098	Q
7	4	-			5:10.758	Q
8	3	-			5:12.175	Q
9	2	-			5:13.412
10	2	-			5:13.887	NR^[2]
11	1	-			5:14.005
12	1	-			5:15.187
13	4	-			5:17.056
14	4	-			5:17.964
15	4	-			5:19.419
16	3	-			5:21.267
17	4	-			5:24.615
18	4	-			5:25.049
19	3	-			5:25.709
20	3	-			5:25.840
21	1	-			5:32.217
22	2	-			5:34.586
23	2	-			5:39.117
24	2	-			5:42.732
25	1	-			5:48.120
26	1	-			5:51.895
27	3	-				DNS / DSQ

Final

The results of the final are below.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	-			4:57.511	WR
	-			5:00.376
	-			5:02.029
	-			5:07.012
	-			5:09.904
	-			5:10.282
	-			5:10.451
	-			5:15.660

Notes and References

1. October 1973. For the Record. Swimming World Magazine. 73. 14 May 2013.
2. News: Norman. Fox. Wilkie's world record and gold medal. The Times. London. 11. 7 September 1973.