Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley explained

The women's 400 metre individual medley 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			5:08.36	CR
6 September	Heat			5:04.03	CR
6 September	Final			4:57.51	WR

Results

Heats

27 swimmers participated in 4 heats.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	-			5:04.03	Q, CR
2	3	-			5:05.46	Q
3	4	-			5:05.89	Q
4	1	-			5:08.36	Q, CR
5	2	-			5:09.03	Q
6	1	-			5:10.09	Q
7	4	-			5:10.75	Q
8	3	-			5:12.17	Q
9	2	-			5:13.41
10	2	-			5:13.887	NR[2]
11	1	-			5:14.00
12	1	-			5:15.18
13	4	-			5:17.05
14	4	-			5:17.96
15	4	-			5:19.41
16	3	-			5:21.26
17	4	-			5:24.61
18	4	-			5:25.04
19	3	-			5:25.70
20	3	-			5:25.84
21	1	-			5:32.21
22	2	-			5:34.58
23	2	-			5:39.11
24	2	-			5:42.73
25	1	-			5:48.12
26	1	-			5:51.89
27	3	-				DNS / DSQ

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	-			4:57.51	WR
	-			5:00.37
	-			5:02.02
	-			5:07.01
	-			5:09.90
	-			5:10.28
	-			5:10.45
	-			5:15.66

Notes and References

1. October 1973. For the Record. Swimming World Magazine. 73. 14 May 2013.
2. News: Norman. Fox. Wilkie's world record and gold medal. The Times. London. 11. 7 September 1973.