Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle
| Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 9, 1973 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 17 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 8:52.973 WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 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 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Keena Rothhammer (USA) | 8:53.68 | Munich, West Germany | 3 September 1972 |
| Championship record | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September | Timed Final | M. Maliutina |  Soviet Union | 9:45.644 | CR |
| 9 September | Timed Final | Angela Franke |  East Germany | 9:09.677 | CR |
| 9 September | Timed Final | Novella Calligaris |  Italy | 8:52.973 | WR |
Results
24 swimmers participated in 3 heats.[1] The event was a timed final. The first two heats were contested in the morning with the third and final heat contested in the evening.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 3 | - | Novella Calligaris | Italy | !!!!8:52.973 8:52.973 | WR |
 | 3 | - | Jo Harshbarger | United States | !!!!8:55.560 8:55.560 | |
 | 3 | - | Gudrun Wegner | East Germany | !!!!9:01.823 9:01.823 | |
| 4 | 2 | - | Angela Franke | East Germany | !!!!9:09.677 9:09.677 | CR |
| 5 | 3 | - | Narelle Moras |  Australia | !!!!9:09.936 9:09.936 | |
| 6 | 3 | - | Keena Rothhammer | United States | !!!!9:15.725 9:15.725 | |
| 7 | 2 | - | Elisa Gunston |  Sweden | !!!!9:22.129 9:22.129 | |
| 8 | 3 | - | Sandra Yost | Australia | !!!!9:22.493 9:22.493 | |
| 9 | 2 | - | M. De Angelis | Italy | !!!!9:23.206 9:23.206 | |
| 10 | 3 | - | Anne Marie McCaffrey |  Canada | !!!!9:23.503 9:23.503 | |
| 11 | 3 | - | Leslie Cliff | Canada | !!!!9:27.647 9:27.647 | |
| 12 | 2 | - | Maria Guimarães |  Brazil | !!!!9:27.920 9:27.920 | |
| 13 | 2 | - | R. Angel |  Colombia | !!!!9:42.695 9:42.695 | |
| 14 | 1 | - | M. Maliutina | Soviet Union | !!!!9:45.644 9:45.644 | CR |
| 15 | 1 | - | S. Arambatsis |  Venezuela | !!!!9:51.384 9:51.384 | |
| 16 | 2 | - | N. Shio |  Japan | !!!!9:51.499 9:51.499 | |
| 17 | 2 | - | T. Skvortsova | Soviet Union | !!!!9:57.458 9:57.458 | |
| 18 | 2 | - | S. Pavletic |  Yugoslavia | !!!10:04.873 10:04.873 | |
| 19 | 1 | - | E. Pilawska |  Poland | !!!10:06.768 10:06.768 | |
| 20 | 1 | - | E. Tomandl |  Austria | !!!10:11.277 10:11.277 | |
| 21 | 1 | - | L. Moreda |  Puerto Rico | !!!10:18.319 10:18.319 | |
| 22 | 1 | - | Myriam Mizouni |  Tunisia | !!!10:28.992 10:28.992 | |
| - | 1 | - | E. Philips |  Jamaica | - | DNS / DQ |
| - | 1 | - | Leslie Thompson | Puerto Rico | - | DNS / DQ |
References
- ↑ "For the Record" (pdf). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
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