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Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle
The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on 9 September.
| Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Tašmajdan Sports Centre |
| Location | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| Dates | 9 September 1973 |
| Competitors | 24 from 17 nations |
| Winning time | 8:52.973 WR |
| Medalists | |
1975 → | |
Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Keena Rothhammer (USA) | 8:53.68 | Munich, West Germany | 3 September 1972 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September | Timed Final | Marina Maliutina | Soviet Union | 9:45.644 | CR |
| 9 September | Timed Final | Angela Franke | East Germany | 9:09.677 | CR |
| 9 September | Timed Final | Novella Calligaris | Italy | 8:52.973 | WR |
Results edit
24 swimmers participated in 3 heats.[1] The event was a timed final. The first two heats were contested in the morning with the third and final heat contested in the evening.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | - | Novella Calligaris | Italy | 8:52.973 | WR | |
| 3 | - | Jo Harshbarger | United States | 8:55.560 | ||
| 3 | - | Gudrun Wegner | East Germany | 9:01.823 | ||
| 4 | 2 | - | Angela Franke | East Germany | 9:09.677 | CR |
| 5 | 3 | - | Narelle Moras | Australia | 9:09.936 | |
| 6 | 3 | - | Keena Rothhammer | United States | 9:15.725 | |
| 7 | 2 | - | Elisa Gunston | Sweden | 9:22.129 | |
| 8 | 3 | - | Sandra Yost | Australia | 9:22.493 | |
| 9 | 2 | - | M. De Angelis | Italy | 9:23.206 | |
| 10 | 3 | - | Anne Marie McCaffrey | Canada | 9:23.503 | |
| 11 | 3 | - | Leslie Cliff | Canada | 9:27.647 | |
| 12 | 2 | - | Maria Guimarães | Brazil | 9:27.920 | |
| 13 | 2 | - | Roselina Angel | Colombia | 9:42.695 | |
| 14 | 1 | - | Marina Maliutina | Soviet Union | 9:45.644 | CR |
| 15 | 1 | - | Sandra Arambatsis | Venezuela | 9:51.384 | |
| 16 | 2 | - | Naoko Shio | Japan | 9:51.499 | |
| 17 | 2 | - | Tatyana Skvortsova | Soviet Union | 9:57.458 | |
| 18 | 2 | - | Svetlana Pavletic | Yugoslavia | 10:04.873 | |
| 19 | 1 | - | Elzbieta Pilawska | Poland | 10:06.768 | |
| 20 | 1 | - | Eva Tomandl | Austria | 10:11.277 | |
| 21 | 1 | - | Loida Moreda | Puerto Rico | 10:18.319 | |
| 22 | 1 | - | Myriam Mizouni | Tunisia | 10:28.992 | |
| - | 1 | - | Belinda Phillips | Jamaica | - | DNS / DSQ |
| - | 1 | - | Leslie Thompson | Puerto Rico | - | DNS / DSQ |
References edit
- ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 7 June 2013.