The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
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 7 September Heat Virginia Rickard 4:24.994 CR 7 September Heat Heather Greenwood 4:24.938 CR 7 September Final Heather Greenwood 4:20.287 CR
Results
Heats 26 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed: Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 - Heather Greenwood 4:24.938 Q, CR 2 1 - Virginia Rickard 4:24.994 Q, CR 3 4 - Keena Rothhammer 4:25.122 Q 4 1 - Gudrun Wegner 4:25.888 Q 5 2 - Novella Calligaris 4:27.089 Q 6 4 - Narelle Moras 4:30.288 Q 7 2 - Elke Sehmisch 4:31.630 Q 8 2 - Janice Stenhouse 4:32.040 Q 9 1 - Uta Schütz 4:33.186 10 1 - Maria Guimarães 4:34.053 11 2 - Irwi Johansson 4:34.166 12 4 - Anne Marie McCaffrey 4:37.118 13 4 - Federica Stabilini 4:38.899 14 2 - Ileana Morales 4:39.976 15 3 - Marie Sundeborg 4:45.292 16 3 - Tamara Shelofastova 4:48.743 17 4 - S. Arambatsis 4:49.187 18 2 - E. Pilawska 4:49.474 19 2 - S. Pavletic 4:53.004 20 4 - Eleni Avlanitou 4:53.148 21 1 - E. Tomandl 4:59.692 22 4 - L. Moreda 5:00.252 23 4 - María Mock 5:00.906 24 3 - Myriam Mizouni 5:04.065 25 3 - D. Garcia 5:07.040 26 3 - Hansje Bunschoten - DNS / DQ
Final The results of the final are below. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Heather Greenwood 4:20.287 CR 3 Keena Rothhammer 4:21.507 2 Novella Calligaris 4:21.798 ER 5 Virginia Rickard 4:23.486 6 Gudrun Wegner 4:24.641 1 Elke Sehmisch 4:30.940 8 Janice Stenhouse 4:31.923 7 Narelle Moras 4:34.948
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