The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.
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 1 Andrea Eife 59.61 CR 8 September Heat 3 Shirley Babashoff 59.40 CR 8 September Heat 4 Enith Brigitha 59.16 CR 8 September Final Kornelia Ender 57.54 WR
Results
Heats 35 swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed: Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 - Enith Brigitha Q, CR 2 3 - Shirley Babashoff Q, CR 3 1 - Andrea Eife Q, CR 4 5 - Kornelia Ender Q 5 5 - Jutta Weber Q 6 2 - Kathy Heddy Q 7 4 - Françoise Monod Q 8 1 - Guylaine Berger Q 9 5 - Grethe Mathiesen 10 1 - Laura Podesta 11 3 - Eva Andersson 12 4 - Angela Steinbach 13 1 - Lucy Burle 14 3 - Veronica Stel 15 5 - Wendy Cook 16 5 - T. Zolotnickaia 17 4 - Debra Cain 18 3 - Suzy Anderson 19 2 - Chantal Schertz 20 2 - Gunilla Lundberg 21 4 - Magdolna Patóh 22 4 - Olga Chlupova 23 2 - Jasna Efendic 24 3 - Tamara Shelofastova 25 5 - Cathy Whiting 26 1 - Leslie Cliff 27 5 - E. Pilawska 28 3 - M. Saavedra 29 4 - Leslie Thompson 30 4 - Marianela Huen 31 2 - B. Garcia 32 3 - María Mock 33 1 - Myriam Mizouni 34 5 - N. Pahiya 35 1 - H. Nastaren
Final The results of the final are below. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Kornelia Ender WR 5 Shirley Babashoff 4 Enith Brigitha 3 Andrea Eife 8 Guylaine Berger 2 Jutta Weber 7 Kathy Heddy 1 Françoise Monod
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