| Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 7, 1973 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 17 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:20.522 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 1975 → | ||||||||||
| 1973 FINA World Championships | ||
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| 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 | ||
| Tournament | men | |
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.
| World record |  Melissa Belote (USA) |
2:19.19 | Munich, West Germany | 4 September 1972 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition 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 | Wendy Cook |  Canada |
2:23.123 | CR |
| 7 September | Heat | Melissa Belote |  United States |
2:20.576 | CR |
| 7 September | Final | Melissa Belote | United States |
2:20.522 | CR |
Results
Heats
24 swimmers participated in 4 heats.
Final
The results of the final are below.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Melissa Belote | United States |
2:20.522 | CR |
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6 | Enith Brigitha |  Netherlands |
2:22.152 | |
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3 | Andrea Gyarmati |  Hungary |
2:22.483 | |
| 4 | 2 | Christine Herbst |  East Germany |
2:22.660 | |
| 5 | 1 | Andrea Eife | East Germany |
2:23.551 | |
| 6 | 5 | Wendy Cook | Canada |
2:23.596 | |
| 7 | 7 | Debra Cain |  Australia |
2:24.268 | |
| 8 | 8 | Sylvie Le Noach |  France |
2:26.053 |
References
- "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
| World long-course champions in women's 200 m backstroke | |
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