Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships

These are the results (medal winners) of the swimming competition at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany	12	6	7	25
2	United States	11	15	6	32
3	Australia	1	2	2	5
4	Hungary	1	1	1	3
5	Canada	1	0	2	3
5	Italy	1	0	2	3
7	Great Britain	1	0	1	2
7	Sweden	1	0	1	2
9	Soviet Union	0	3	0	3
10	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
11	France	0	1	0	1
12	Japan	0	0	3	3
12	West Germany	0	0	3	3
Total		29	29	29	87

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Jim Montgomery (USA)	51.70	Michel Rousseau (FRA)	52.08	Michael Wenden (AUS)	52.22
200 m freestyle	Jim Montgomery (USA)	1:53.02	Kurt Krumpholz (USA)	1:53.61	Roger Pyttel (GDR)	1:53.97
400 m freestyle	Rick DeMont (USA)	3:58.18 WR	Brad Cooper (AUS)	3:58.70	Bengt Gingsjö (SWE)	4:01.27
1500 m freestyle	Stephen Holland (AUS)	15:31.85 WR	Rick DeMont (USA)	15:35.44	Brad Cooper (AUS)	15:45.04
100 m backstroke	Roland Matthes (GDR)	57.47	Mike Stamm (USA)	58.77	Lutz Wanja (GDR)	59.08
200 m backstroke	Roland Matthes (GDR)	2:01.87 WR	Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN)	2:05.89	John Naber (USA)	2:06.91
100 m breaststroke	John Hencken (USA)	1:04.02 WR	Mikhail Khryukin (URS)	1:04.61	Nobutaka Taguchi (JPN)	1:05.61
200 m breaststroke	David Wilkie (GBR)	2:19.28 WR	John Hencken (USA)	2:19.95	Nobutaka Taguchi (JPN)	2:23.11
100 m butterfly	Bruce Robertson (CAN)	55.69	Joe Bottom (USA)	56.37	Robin Backhaus (USA)	56.42
200 m butterfly	Robin Backhaus (USA)	2:03.32	Steve Gregg (USA)	2:03.58	Hartmut Flöckner (GDR)	2:03.84
200 m individual medley	Gunnar Larsson (SWE)	2:08.36	Stan Carper (USA)	2:08.43	David Wilkie (GBR)	2:08.84
400 m individual medley	András Hargitay (HUN)	4:31.11	Rod Strachan (USA)	4:33.50	Rick Colella (USA)	4:34.68
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Mel Nash Joe Bottom Jim Montgomery John Murphy	3:27.18	Soviet Union (URS) Igor Grivennikov Viktor Aboymov Vladimir Krivtsov Vladimir Bure	3:31.36	East Germany (GDR) Roland Matthes Roger Pyttel Peter Bruch Hartmut Flöckner	3:32.03
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Kurt Krumpholz Robin Backhaus Rick Klatt Jim Montgomery	7:33.22 WR	Australia (AUS) John Kulasalu Steve Badger Brad Cooper Michael Wenden	7:43.65	Germany (GER) Klaus Steinbach Werner Lampe Peter Nocke Folkert Meeuw	7:43.68
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Mike Stamm John Hencken Joe Bottom Jim Montgomery	3:49.49	East Germany (GDR) Roland Matthes Jürgen Glas Hartmut Flöckner Roger Pyttel	3:53.24	Canada (CAN) Ian MacKenzie Peter Hrdlitschka Bruce Robertson Brian Phillips	3:56.37

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Kornelia Ender (GDR)	57.54 WR	Shirley Babashoff (USA)	58.87	Enith Brigitha (NED)	58.87
200 m freestyle	Keena Rothhammer (USA)	2:04.99	Shirley Babashoff (USA)	2:05.33	Andrea Eife (GDR)	2:05.52
400 m freestyle	Heather Greenwood (USA)	4:20.28	Keena Rothhammer (USA)	4:21.50	Novella Calligaris (ITA)	4:21.79
800 m freestyle	Novella Calligaris (ITA)	8:52.97 WR	Jo Harshbarger (USA)	8:55.56	Gudrun Wegner (GDR)	9:01.82
100 m backstroke	Ulrike Richter (GDR)	1:05.42	Melissa Belote (USA)	1:06.11	Wendy Cook (CAN)	1:06.27
200 m backstroke	Melissa Belote (USA)	2:20.52	Enith Brigitha (NED)	2:22.15	Andrea Gyarmati (HUN)	2:22.48
100 m breaststroke	Renate Vogel (GDR)	1:13.74	Lyubov Rusanova (URS)	1:15.42	Brigitte Schuchardt (GDR)	1:15.82
200 m breaststroke	Renate Vogel (GDR)	2.40.01	Hannelore Anke (GDR)	2:40.49	Lynn Colella (USA)	2:41.71
100 m butterfly	Kornelia Ender (GDR)	1:02.53	Rosemarie Kother (GDR)	1:02.68	Mayumi Aoki (JPN)	1:03.73
200 m butterfly	Rosemarie Kother (GDR)	2:13.76 WR	Roswitha Beier (GDR)	2:16.77	Lynn Colella (USA)	2:19.53
200 m individual medley	Andrea Hübner (GDR)	2:20.51 WR	Kornelia Ender (GDR)	2:21.21	Kathy Heddy (USA)	2:23.84
400 m individual medley	Gudrun Wegner (GDR)	4:57.51 WR	Angela Franke (GDR)	5:00.37	Novella Calligaris (ITA)	5:02.02
4×100 m freestyle relay	East Germany (GDR) Kornelia Ender Andrea Eife Andrea Hübner Sylvia Eichner	3:52.45 WR	United States (USA) Kim Peyton Kathy Heddy Heather Greenwood Shirley Babashoff	3:55.52	Germany (GER) Jutta Weber Heidemarie Reineck Gudrun Beckmann Angela Steinbach	3:58.88
4×100 m medley relay	East Germany (GDR) Ulrike Richter Renate Vogel Rosemarie Kother Kornelia Ender	4:16.84 WR	United States (USA) Melissa Belote Marcia Morey Deena Deardurff Shirley Babashoff	4:25.80	Germany (GER) Angelika Grieser Petra Nows Gudrun Beckmann Jutta Weber	4:26.57

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record

References

• HistoFINA Men
• HistoFINA Women

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