The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 4.
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 4 September Heat 1 Leslie Cliff 2:28.84 CR 4 September Heat 2 Kathy Heddy 2:28.30 CR 4 September Heat 3 Andrea Hübner 2:24.16 CR 4 September Final Andrea Hübner 2:20.51 WR
Results
Heats 30 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed: Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 3 - Andrea Hübner 2:24.16 Q, CR2 4 - Kornelia Ender 2:25.31 Q3 3 - Novella Calligaris 2:26.49 Q4 3 - Debra Cain 2:26.72 Q5 2 - Kathy Heddy 2:28.30 Q6 4 - Julie Woodcock 2:28.66 Q7 1 - Leslie Cliff 2:28.84 Q8 4 - Yukari Takemoto 2:29.55 Q9 3 - Susan Hunter 2:29.9910 2 - Judy Wright 2:30.0311 1 - Karin Bormann 2:30.1912 1 - Anita Zarnowiecki 2:30.4813 2 - Trine Krogh 2:31.2814 4 - Nataliya Popova 2:32.2315 4 - Gail Neall 2:32.7216 4 - Helga Niemann 2:32.9517 2 - Marina Malyutina 2:32.9518 1 - Olga Chlupova 2:33.0919 4 - Gisela Cerezo 2:33.9320 3 - Jasna Efendic 2:34.7321 2 - Maria Isabel Guerra 2:36.4222 3 - Naoko Shio 2:36.9723 1 - Nieves Panadell 2:37.4324 1 - Roselina Angee 2:37.9725 1 - Eleni Avlonitou 2:39.4426 4 - García Borras 2:39.9427 3 - María Mock 2:40.5528 2 - Angela López 2:44.4429 1 - Myriam Mizouni 2:45.52 3 - Gabriella Verraszto DNS / DQ
Final The results of the final are below. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes - Andrea Hübner 2:20.51 WR - Kornelia Ender 2:21.21 - Kathy Heddy 2:23.84 - Novella Calligaris 2:24.07 - Julie Woodcock 2:25.72 - Leslie Cliff 2:26.26 - Yukari Takemoto 2:26.47 - Debra Cain 2:26.63
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