Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

The women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.

Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates	September 5, 1973
Competitors	24 from 18 nations
Winning time	1:13.748
Medalists
Renate Vogel    East Germany   Lyubov Rusanova    Soviet Union   Brigitte Schuchardt    East Germany
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Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record	Cathy Carr (USA)	1:13.58	Munich, West Germany	2 September 1973
Competition record	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
5 September	Heat	Britt-Marie Smedh	Sweden	1:17.030	CR
5 September	Heat	Lyubov Rusanova	Soviet Union	1:16.762	CR
5 September	Heat	Renate Vogel	East Germany	1:14.600	CR
5 September	Final	Renate Vogel	East Germany	1:13.748	CR

Results

Heats

24 swimmers participated in 3 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	-	Renate Vogel	East Germany	1:14.600	Q, CR
2	3	-	Lynn Colella	United States	1:16.670	Q
3	2	-	Lyubov Rusanova	Soviet Union	1:16.762	Q, CR
4	2	-	Brigitte Schuchardt	East Germany	1:16.877	Q
5	1	-	Britt-Marie Smedh	Sweden	1:17.030	Q, CR
6	2	-	Petra Nows	West Germany	1:17.271	Q
7	1	-	Marcia Morey	United States	1:17.325	Q
8	2	-	Christine Jarvis	Great Britain	1:17.995	Q
9	1	-	Éva Kiss	Hungary	1:18.136
10	2	-	Sylvie Deschamps	Canada	1:18.147
11	3	-	O. Luskatova	Soviet Union	1:18.920
12	3	-	Judith Hudson	Australia	1:19.210
13	2	-	Beverley Whitfield	Australia	1:19.390
14	3	-	Marian Stuart	Canada	1:19.570
15	1	-	Olga Chlupova	Czechoslovakia	1:20.048
16	1	-	Cristina Bassani	Brazil	1:20.481
17	3	-	Jane Lowe	New Zealand	1:20.770
18	2	-	S. Mendonça	Brazil	1:20.819
19	3	-	V. Petkovic	Yugoslavia	1:21.170
20	1	-	M. Iwashita	Japan	1:21.446
21	1	-	Angela López	Puerto Rico	1:21.828
22	3	-	Nieves Panadell	Spain	1:21.920
23	1	-	U. El Shenawi	Egypt	1:23.503
24	2	-	E. Aktulga	Turkey	1:28.048

Final

The results of the final are below.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	-	Renate Vogel	East Germany	1:13.748	CR, ER^[2]
	-	Lyubov Rusanova	Soviet Union	1:15.428
	-	Brigitte Schuchardt	East Germany	1:15.821
4	-	Christine Jarvis	Great Britain	1:16.358	NR^[2]
5	-	Lynn Colella	United States	1:16.758
6	-	Britt-Marie Smedh	Sweden	1:16.790
7	-	Petra Nows	West Germany	1:16.931
8	-	Marcia Morey	United States	1:17.049

References

1. "For the Record" (pdf). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
2. Fox, Norman (September 6, 1973). "Fourth gives record to Miss Jarvis". The Times. London. p. 10.