The women's 200 metre backstroke 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.
The following records were established during the competition:
Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 7 September Heat Wendy Cook 2:23.123 CR 7 September Heat Melissa Belote 2:20.576 CR 7 September Final Melissa Belote 2:20.522 CR
Results
Heats 24 swimmers participated in 4 heats. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 - Melissa Belote 2:20.576 Q, CR 2 1 - Wendy Cook 2:23.123 Q, CR 3 2 - Andrea Gyarmati 2:23.586 Q 4 3 - Enith Brigitha 2:24.882 Q 5 4 - Christine Herbst 2:24.932 Q 6 1 - Debra Cain 2:24.967 Q 7 3 - Andrea Eife 2:25.434 Q 8 1 - Sylvie Le Noach 2:25.513 Q 9 2 - Linda Young 2:25.941 10 4 - Josien Elzerman 2:26.369 11 1 - Diana Olsson 2:26.965 12 3 - Angelika Grieser 2:27.508 13 3 - Maryanne Graham 2:29.282 14 4 - Donna-Marie Gurr 2:30.864 15 2 - Susan Hunter 2:31.004 16 2 - I. Golovanova 2:31.975 17 2 - F. Chaunin 2:33.964 18 1 - H. Jaqueti 2:34.964 19 3 - E. Kobielska 2:35.394 20 4 - T. Skvortsova 2:38.871 21 4 - D. McSwain 2:39.033 22 2 - B. Fernandes 2:41.703 23 1 - María Mock 2:45.299 24 3 - R. Okan 2:51.648
Final The results of the final are below. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Melissa Belote 2:20.522 CR 6 Enith Brigitha 2:22.152 3 Andrea Gyarmati 2:22.483 2 Christine Herbst 2:22.660 1 Andrea Eife 2:23.551 5 Wendy Cook 2:23.596 7 Debra Cain 2:24.268 8 Sylvie Le Noach 2:26.053
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