The women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.
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 8 September Heat Nina MacInnis 2:23.870 CR 8 September Heat Sandra Yost 2:21.825 CR 8 September Heat Roswitha Beier 2:18.876 CR 8 September Heat Rosemarie Kother 2:15.455 WR 8 September Final Rosemarie Kother 2:13.766 WR
Results
Heats 27 swimmers participated in 4 heats. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 - Rosemarie Kother 2:15.455 Q, WR 2 3 - Roswitha Beier 2:18.876 Q, CR 3 3 - Lynn Colella 2:20.363 Q 4 2 - Sandra Yost 2:21.825 Q, CR 5 4 - José Damen 2:23.604 Q 6 1 - Nina MacInnis 2:23.870 Q, CR 7 4 - Uta Schütz 2:24.537 Q 8 1 - Yolanda Aggenbach 2:24.595 Q 9 2 - Aleksandra Meerzon 2:24.791 10 3 - Patti Stenhouse 2:25.304 11 3 - Gail Neall 2:25.818 12 2 - Anca Groza 2:27.220 13 1 - Nataliya Popova 2:27.269 14 2 - Gunilla Andersson 2:28.030 15 3 - E. Majnaric 2:28.580 16 2 - Vera Faitlova 2:29.727 17 1 - M. Saavedra 2:29.835 18 4 - M. Corsi 2:29.955 19 1 - Ileana Morales 2:30.181 20 2 - Roselina Angel 2:30.884 21 2 - Gisela Cerezo 2:30.977 22 1 - Aurora Chamorro 2:32.436 23 4 - Jennifer McHugh 2:32.903 24 3 - María Mock 2:37.098 25 3 - A. Valentini 2:38.930 26 4 - K. Tevajarvi - DNS / DQ 27 4 - Mayumi Aoki - DNS / DQ
Final The results of the final are below. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Rosemarie Kother 2:13.766 WR 5 Roswitha Beier 2:16.777 3 Lynn Colella 2:19.535 2 José Damen 2:21.964 6 Sandra Yost 2:22.323 7 Nina MacInnis 2:22.570 1 Uta Schütz 2:23.508 8 Yolanda Aggenbach 2:25.689
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