Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle
| Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 6, 1973 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 3:58.18 WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 1973 FINA World Championships Belgrade, Yugoslavia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diving | ||||
| Individual | ||||
| 3 m | men | women | ||
| 10 m | men | women | ||
| Swimming | ||||
| Freestyle | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Individual medley | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| 4×200 m | men | |||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| Synchronised swimming | ||||
| Solo | women | |||
| Duet | women | |||
| Team | women | |||
| Water polo | ||||
The men's 400 metre freestyle 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.
| World record |  Kurt Krumpholz (USA) | 4:00.11 | Chicago, United States | 4 August 1972 |
| Championship record | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September | Heat | Brad Cooper |  Australia | 4:02.38 | CR |
| 6 September | Final | Rick DeMont | United States | 3:58.18 | WR |
Results
Heats
?? swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | - | Brad Cooper | Australia | 4:02.38 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 3 | - | Bengt Gingsjö |  Sweden | 4:04.35 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | - | Rick DeMont | United States | 4:04.77 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | - | Anders Bellbring | Sweden | 4:05.77 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | - | Andreas Apel |  East Germany | 4:06.13 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | - | Tim Shaw | United States | 4:06.57 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | - | Werner Lampe |  West Germany | 4:07.01 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | - | John Kulasalu | Australia | 4:09.32 | Q |
| - | 3 | - | A. Cinoueti |  Italy | 4:09.37 | |
| - | 4 | - | Wilfried Hartung | West Germany | 4:10.90 | |
| - | 2 | - | V. Mihev |  Soviet Union | 4:13.79 | |
| - | 2 | - | D. Grozal | West Germany | 4:16.23 |
Final
The results of the final are below.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 3 | Rick DeMont | United States | 3:58.18 | WR |
 | 4 | Brad Cooper | Australia | 3:58.70 | CWR |
 | 5 | Bengt Gingsjö | Sweden | 4:01.27 | |
| 4 | 7 | Tim Shaw | United States | 4:01.56 | |
| 5 | 6 | Anders Bellbring | Sweden | 4:04.36 | |
| 6 | 2 | Andreas Apel | East Germany | 4:04.92 | |
| 7 | 1 | Werner Lampe | West Germany | 4:09.83 | |
| 8 | 8 | John Kulasalu | Australia | 4:14.62 |
References
- ↑ Krastev, Todor. "Men 400m Freestyle Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
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