The women's 200 metre breaststroke 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 Renate Vogel 2:44.052 CR 7 September Heat Hannelore Anke 2:41.846 CR 7 September Final Renate Vogel 2:40.012 CR
Results
Heats 25 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed: Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 - Hannelore Anke 2:41.846 Q, CR 2 4 - Lynn Colella 2:42.434 Q 3 1 - Renate Vogel 2:44.052 Q, CR 4 3 - Britt-Marie Smedh 2:44.235 Q 5 4 - Lyudmila Porubayko 2:44.456 Q 6 2 - Petra Nows 2:45.653 Q 7 2 - Éva Kiss 2:45.970 Q 8 2 - Alie te Riet 2:46.076 Q 9 3 - Beverley Whitfield 2:46.960 10 1 - Vicki Hays 2:47.136 11 4 - M. Iwashita 2:48.591 12 1 - Judith Hudson 2:49.660 13 4 - Marian Stuart 2:50.012 14 3 - O. Luskatova 2:50.336 15 3 - Olga Chlupova 2:50.949 16 1 - Cristina Bassani 2:52.074 17 2 - Jane Lowe 2:52.601 18 1 - Sandra Seath 2:53.025 19 1 - S. Mendonça 2:54.310 20 4 - V. Petkovic 2:55.108 21 4 - Paola Morozzi 2:55.149 22 3 - Nieves Panadell 2:56.290 23 2 - U. El Shenawi 2:57.621 24 2 - Angela López 2:58.361 25 3 - E. Aktulga 3:08.140
Final The results of the final are below. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Renate Vogel 2:40.012 CR 4 Hannelore Anke 2:40.495 5 Lynn Colella 2:41.710 2 Lyudmila Porubayko 2:42.218 6 Britt-Marie Smedh 2:43.160 7 Petra Nows 2:44.698 8 Alie te Riet 2:44.893 1 Éva Kiss 2:45.509
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