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

Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.

Records show that 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 5 September Heat Lesley Allardice 2:12.946 CR 5 September Heat Irwi Johansson 2:09.260 CR 5 September Heat Andrea Eife 2:08.099 CR 5 September Heat Keena Rothhammer 2:07.531 CR 5 September Final Keena Rothhammer 2:04.999 CR

Results

Heats 34 swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed: Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 4 - Keena Rothhammer 2:07.531 Q, CR2 5 - Shirley Babashoff 2:07.753 Q3 3 - Andrea Eife 2:08.099 Q, CR4 2 - Irwi Johansson 2:09.260 Q, CR5 5 - Virginia Rickard 2:09.936 Q, PB6 2 - Elke Sehmisch 2:09.973 Q7 5 - Jutta Weber 2:10.778 Q8 2 - Veronica Stel 2:10.878 Q9 4 - Suzy Anderson 2:11.179 10 5 - Guylaine Berger 2:11.400 11 3 - Leslie Cliff 2:11.506 12 3 - Angela Steinbach 2:12.438 13 1 - Lesley Allardice 2:12.946 CR14 5 - Tatyana Zolotnitskaya 2:13.141 15 4 - Maria Guimarães 2:14.218 16 1 - Brenda Holmes 2:14.431 17 4 - Federica Stabilini 2:14.496 18 5 - Lucy Burle 2:14.987 19 1 - Marie Sundeborg 2:15.506 20 1 - Ileana Morales 2:15.518 21 4 - Tamara Shelofastova 2:15.940 22 3 - Chantal Schertz 2:16.558 23 1 - Cathy Whiting 2:17.016 24 3 - Elżbieta Pilawska 2:17.716 25 2 - Eleni Avlanitou 2:19.384 26 4 - María Saavedra 2:20.064 27 4 - Marianela Huen 2:21.916 28 1 - Loida Moreda 2:23.097 29 5 - Leslie Thompson 2:23.220 30 2 - Eva Tomandl 2:24.075 31 4 - B. Garcia 2:24.328 32 3 - Myriam Mizouni 2:25.432 33 3 - Edit Kovács 2:25.470 34 2 - H. Nastaren 2:45.589

Final The results of the final are below. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes - Keena Rothhammer 2:04.999 CR - Shirley Babashoff 2:05.332 - Andrea Eife 2:05.525 - Virginia Rickard 2:07.889 PB - Irwi Johansson 2:08.895 - Elke Sehmisch 2:09.331 - Veronica Stel 2:09.412 - Jutta Weber 2:10.587

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