The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.
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 6 September Heat Susan Hunter 5:08.36 CR 6 September Heat Gudrun Wegner 5:04.03 CR 6 September Final Angela Franke 4:57.51 WR
Results
Heats 27 swimmers participated in 4 heats. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 2 - Gudrun Wegner 5:04.03 Q, CR2 3 - Novella Calligaris 5:05.46 Q3 4 - Angela Franke 5:05.89 Q4 1 - Susan Hunter 5:08.36 Q, CR5 2 - Terry Potts 5:09.03 Q6 1 - Leslie Cliff 5:10.09 Q 7 4 - Jenny Bartz 5:10.75 Q8 3 - José Damen 5:12.17 Q9 2 - Uta Schütz 5:13.41 10 2 - Susan Richardson 5:13.887 NR11 1 - Yukari Takemoto 5:14.00 12 1 - Anita Zarnowiecki 5:15.18 13 4 - Marina Malyutina 5:17.05 14 4 - Gail Neall 5:17.96 15 4 - Paola Morozzi 5:19.41 16 3 - Jennifer McHugh 5:21.26 17 4 - Gisela Cerezo 5:24.61 18 4 - Naoko Shio 5:25.04 19 3 - T. Skvortsova 5:25.70 20 3 - Roselina Angel 5:25.84 21 1 - Eleni Avlanitou 5:32.21 22 2 - Maria Isabel Guerra 5:34.58 23 2 - G. Borras 5:39.11 24 2 - María Mock 5:42.73 25 1 - Myriam Mizouni 5:48.12 26 1 - Angela López 5:51.89 27 3 - K. Tevajarvi DNS / DSQ
Final
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes - Gudrun Wegner 4:57.51 WR - Angela Franke 5:00.37 - Novella Calligaris 5:02.02 - Leslie Cliff 5:07.01 - Terry Potts 5:09.90 - Susan Hunter 5:10.28 - Jenny Bartz 5:10.45 - José Damen 5:15.66
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