Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates September 7, 1973
Competitors 25 from 19 nations
Winning time 2:40.012 CR
Medalists
 Renate Vogel   East Germany
 Hannelore Anke   East Germany
 Lynn Colella   United States
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 women's 200 metre breaststroke 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.

World record  Yuliya Bogdanova (URS) 2:38.32 Leningrad, Soviet Union 7 April 1971
Championship record N/A N/A N/A N/A

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
7 September Heat Renate Vogel  East Germany 2:44.052 CR
7 September Heat Hannelore Anke  East Germany 2:41.846 CR
7 September Final Renate Vogel  East Germany 2:40.012 CR

Results

Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 - Hannelore Anke  East Germany 2:41.846 Q, CR
2 4 - Lynn Colella  United States 2:42.434 Q
3 1 - Renate Vogel  East Germany 2:44.052 Q, CR
4 3 - Britt-Marie Smedh  Sweden 2:44.235 Q
5 4 - Lyudmila Porubayko  Soviet Union 2:44.456 Q
6 2 - Petra Nows  West Germany 2:45.653 Q
7 2 - Éva Kiss  Hungary 2:45.970 Q
8 2 - Alie te Riet  Netherlands 2:46.076 Q
9 3 - Beverley Whitfield  Australia 2:46.960
10 1 - Vicki Hays  United States 2:47.136
11 4 - M. Iwashita  Japan 2:48.591
12 1 - Judith Hudson  Australia 2:49.660
13 4 - Marian Stuart  Canada 2:50.012
14 3 - O. Luskatova  Soviet Union 2:50.336
15 3 - O. Chlupova  Czechoslovakia 2:50.949
16 1 - Cristina Bassani  Brazil 2:52.074
17 2 - Jane Lowe  New Zealand 2:52.601
18 1 - Sandra Seath  Canada 2:53.025
19 1 - S. Mendonça  Brazil 2:54.310
20 4 - V. Petkovic  Yugoslavia 2:55.108
21 4 - Paola Morozzi  Italy 2:55.149
22 3 - Nieves Panadell  Spain 2:56.290
23 2 - U. El Shevawi  Egypt 2:57.621
24 2 - Angela López  Puerto Rico 2:58.361
25 3 - E. Aktulga  Turkey 3:08.140

Final

The results of the final are below.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 3 Renate Vogel  East Germany 2:40.012 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 4 Hannelore Anke  East Germany 2:40.495
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 5 Lynn Colella  United States 2:41.710
4 2 Lyudmila Porubayko  Soviet Union 2:42.218
5 6 Britt-Marie Smedh  Sweden 2:43.160
6 7 Petra Nows  West Germany 2:44.698
7 8 Alie te Riet  Netherlands 2:44.893
8 1 Éva Kiss  Hungary 2:45.509

References

  1. ↑ "For the Record" (pdf). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
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