The women's 100 metre butterfly 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 Debra Cain 1:07.776 CR 6 September Heat Mayumi Aoki 1:03.803 CR 6 September Heat Rosemarie Kother 1:02.951 CR 6 September Final Kornelia Ender 1:02.539 CR
Results
Heats 30 swimmers participated in 4 heats. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 3 - Rosemarie Kother 1:02.951 Q, CR2 2 - Mayumi Aoki 1:03.803 Q, CR3 2 - Deena Deardurff 1:04.135 Q4 4 - Kornelia Ender 1:04.140 Q5 4 - Peggy Tosdal 1:04.330 Q6 3 - Gudrun Beckmann 1:05.336 Q7 4 - Donatella Talpo 1:05.830 Q8 4 - Gunilla Andersson 1:05.970 Q9 3 - Aleksandra Meerzon 1:06.383 10 3 - Sandra Yost 1:06.626 11 4 - Anca Groza 1:06.950 12 2 - A. Segaar 1:07.069 13 1 - Debra Cain 1:07.776 CR14 3 - Patti Stenhouse 1:07.792 15 1 - Vera Faitlova 1:07.935 16 4 - Ileana Morales 1:08.100 17 1 - Nataliya Popova 1:08.198 18 3 - Rosemary Peres 1:08.405 19 4 - E. Majnaric 1:08.490 20 2 - Aurora Chamorro 1:08.587 21 3 - M. Corsi 1:08.613 22 1 - Irène Debrunner 1:08.672 23 4 - M. Saavedra 1:09.230 24 2 - Marianela Huen 1:09.401 25 2 - Cathy Whiting 1:09.443 26 3 - V. Valent 1:09.514 27 1 - Janet Slavcheva 1:09.617 28 1 - J. Mross 1:09.755 29 2 - Joanne DePape 1:09.867 30 1 - María Mock 1:10.562
Final The results of the final are below. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Kornelia Ender 1:02.539 CR 4 Rosemarie Kother 1:02.687 5 Mayumi Aoki 1:03.739 3 Deena Deardurff 1:04.272 2 Peggy Tosdal 1:04.329 7 Gudrun Beckmann 1:04.937 1 Donatella Talpo 1:06.353 8 Gunilla Andersson 1:06.386
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