The women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.
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 5 September Heat Britt-Marie Smedh 1:17.030 CR 5 September Heat Lyubov Rusanova 1:16.762 CR 5 September Heat Renate Vogel 1:14.600 CR 5 September Final Renate Vogel 1:13.748 CR
Results
Heats 24 swimmers participated in 3 heats, qualified swimmers are listed: Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 3 - Renate Vogel 1:14.600 Q, CR2 3 - Lynn Colella 1:16.670 Q3 2 - Lyubov Rusanova 1:16.762 Q, CR4 2 - Brigitte Schuchardt 1:16.877 Q5 1 - Britt-Marie Smedh 1:17.030 Q, CR6 2 - Petra Nows 1:17.271 Q7 1 - Marcia Morey 1:17.325 Q8 2 - Christine Jarvis 1:17.995 Q9 1 - Éva Kiss 1:18.136 10 2 - Sylvie Deschamps 1:18.147 11 3 - O. Luskatova 1:18.920 12 3 - Judith Hudson 1:19.210 13 2 - Beverley Whitfield 1:19.390 14 3 - Marian Stuart 1:19.570 15 1 - Olga Chlupova 1:20.048 16 1 - Cristina Bassani 1:20.481 17 3 - Jane Lowe 1:20.770 18 2 - S. Mendonça 1:20.819 19 3 - V. Petkovic 1:21.170 20 1 - M. Iwashita 1:21.446 21 1 - Angela López 1:21.828 22 3 - Nieves Panadell 1:21.920 23 1 - U. El Shenawi 1:23.503 24 2 - E. Aktulga 1:28.048
Final The results of the final are below. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes - Renate Vogel 1:13.748 CR, ER - Lyubov Rusanova 1:15.428 - Brigitte Schuchardt 1:15.821 - Christine Jarvis 1:16.358 NR - Lynn Colella 1:16.758 - Britt-Marie Smedh 1:16.790 - Petra Nows 1:16.931 - Marcia Morey 1:17.049
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