Swimming World Championships 1973

1st swimming world championships, game season
Host location	Belgrade
Host country	Yugoslavia
Beginning	August 31, 1973
The End	September 9, 1973
Venues	Tašmajdan Sportsko-Rekreativni Centar , Belgrade
Disciplines	Swimming , water polo , water jumping , synchronized swimming
Number of athletes	686
	1975 Cali →
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Medal table after 32 of 37 decisions only pool and synchronized swimming WITHOUT diving and water polo
Pl.	country				total
1	United States	14th	15th	6th	35
2	GDR	12	6th	7th	25th
3	Canada	1	3	2	6th
3	Australia	1	2	2	5
5	Hungary	1	1	1	3
6th	Italy	1	-	2	3
7th	Great Britain	1	-	1	2
7th	Sweden	1	-	1	2
9	Soviet Union	-	3	-	3
10	Netherlands	-	1	1	2
11	France	-	1	-	1
12	Japan	-	-	6th	6th
13	BR Germany	-	-	3	3
total		32	32	32	96

The 1st World Swimming Championships took place from August 31 to September 9, 1973 in the Yugoslav capital of Belgrade . The competitions were held in the Tašmajdan Sportsko-Rekreativni Center .

Swimming men

Freestyle

100 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	James Montgomery	51.70
2	France	Michel Rousseau	52.08
3	Australia	Michael Wenden	52.22

200 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	James Montgomery	1: 53.02
2	United States	Kurt Krumpholz	1: 53.61
3	German Democratic Republic	Roger Pyttel	1: 53.97

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Rick DeMont	3: 58.18
2	Australia	Brad Cooper	3: 58.70
3	Sweden	Bengt Gingsjö	4: 01.27

1500 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	Australia	Stephen Holland	15: 31.85
2	United States	Rick DeMont	15: 35.44
3	Australia	Brad Cooper	15: 45.04

butterfly

100 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	Canada	Bruce Robertson	55.69
2	United States	Joe Bottom	56.37
3	United States	Robin Backhaus	56.42

200 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Robin Backhaus	2: 03.32
2	United States	Steven Gregg	2: 03.58
3	German Democratic Republic	Hartmut Flöckner	2: 03.84

move

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Roland Matthes	57.47
2	United States	Mike Stamm	58.77
3	German Democratic Republic	Lutz Wanja	59.08

200 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Roland Matthes	2: 01.87
2	Hungary	Zoltán Verrasztó	2: 05.89
3	United States	John Naber	2: 06.91

chest

100 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	John Hencken	1: 04.02
2	Soviet Union	Mikhail Kryukin	1: 04.61
3	Japan	Nobutaka Taguchi	1: 05.61

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	United Kingdom	David Wilkie	2: 19.28
2	United States	John Hencken	2: 19.95
3	Japan	Nobutaka Taguchi	2: 23.11

Locations

200 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	Sweden	Gunnar Larsson	2: 08.36
2	United States	Stan Carper	2: 08.43
3	United Kingdom	David Wilkie	2: 08.84

400 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	Hungary	András Hargitay	4: 31.11
2	United States	Rod Strachan	4: 33.50
3	United States	Rick Colella	4: 34.68

Season

Relay 4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Mel Nash Joe Bottom James Montgomery John Murphy	3: 27.18
2	Soviet Union	Igor Griwennikow Viktor Aboimow Vladimir Krivtsow Vladimir Bure	3: 31.36
3	German Democratic Republic	Roland Matthes Roger Pyttel Peter Bruch Hartmut Flöckner	3: 32.03

Relay 4 × 200 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Kurt Krumpholz Robin Backhaus Rick Klatt James Montgomery	7: 33.22
2	Australia	John Kulasalu Stephen Badger Brad Cooper Michael Wenden	7: 43.65
3	BR Germany	Klaus Steinbach Werner Lamp Peter Nocke Folkert Meeuw	7: 43.68

Relay 4 × 100 m layers

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Mike Stamm John Hencken Joe Bottom James Montgomery	3: 49.49
2	German Democratic Republic	Roland Matthes Jürgen Glas Hartmut Flöckner Roger Pyttel	3: 53.24
3	Canada	Ian MacKenzie Peter Hrdlitschka Bruce Robertson Brian Philipps	3: 56.37

Swimming women

Freestyle

100 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Kornelia Ender	57.54
2	United States	Shirley Babashoff	58.87
3	Netherlands	Enith Brigitha	58.87

200 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Keena Rothhammer	2: 04.99
2	United States	Shirley Babashoff	2: 05.33
3	German Democratic Republic	Andrea Eife	2: 05.52

400 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Heather Greenwood	4: 20.28
2	United States	Keena Rothhammer	4:21.50
3	Italy	Novella Calligaris	4: 21.79

800 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Italy	Novella Calligaris	8: 52.97
2	United States	Jo Harshbarger	8: 55.56
3	German Democratic Republic	Gudrun Wegner	9: 01.82

butterfly

100 m butterfly

space	country	Athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Kornelia Ender	1: 02.53
2	German Democratic Republic	Rosemarie Kother	1: 02.68
3	Japan	Mayumi Aoki	1: 03.73

200 m butterfly

space	country	Athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Rosemarie Kother	2: 13.76
2	German Democratic Republic	Roswitha Beier	2: 16.77
3	United States	Lynn Colella	2: 19.53

move

100 m back

space	country	Athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Ulrike Richter	1: 05.42
2	United States	Melissa Belote	1: 06.11
3	Canada	Wendy Cook	1: 06.27

200 m back

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Melissa Belote	2: 20.52
2	Netherlands	Enith Brigitha	2: 22.15
3	Hungary	Andrea Gyarmati	2: 22.48

chest

100 m chest

space	country	Athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Renate Vogel	1: 13.74
2	Soviet Union	Lyubov Russanova	1: 15.42
3	German Democratic Republic	Brigitte Schuchardt	1: 15.82

200 m chest

space	country	Athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Renate Vogel	2: 40.01
2	German Democratic Republic	Hannelore Anke	2: 40.49
3	United States	Lynn Colella	2: 41.71

Locations

200 m layers

space	country	Athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Andrea Huebner	2: 20.51
2	German Democratic Republic	Kornelia Ender	2: 21.21
3	United States	Kathy Heddy	2: 23.84

400 m layers

space	country	Athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Gudrun Wegner	4: 57.51
2	German Democratic Republic	Angela Franke	5: 00.37
3	Italy	Novella Calligaris	5: 02.02

Season

Relay 4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Kornelia Ender Andrea Eife Andrea Huebner Sylvia Eichner	3: 52.45
2	United States	Kim Peyton Kathy Heddy Heather Greenwood Shirley Babashoff	3: 55.52
3	BR Germany	Jutta Weber Heidemarie Reineck Gudrun Beckmann Angela Steinbach	3: 58.88

Relay 4 × 100 m layers

space	country	Athletes	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Ulrike Richter Renate Vogel Rosemarie Kother Kornelia Ender	4: 16.84
2	United States	Melissa Belote Marcia Morey Deena Dearduff Shirley Babashoff	4: 25.80
3	BR Germany	Angelika Grieser Petra Nows Gudrun Beckmann Jutta Weber	4: 26.57

Synchronized swimming

solo

space	country	Athlete
1	United States	Teresa Anderson
2	CAN	Jojo Carrier
3	JPN	Junko Hasumi

duet

space	country	Athletes
1	United States	Teresa Anderson Gail Johnson
2	CAN	Jojo Carrier Madeleine Ramsey
3	JPN	Masako Fujiwara Yasuko Fujiwara

team

space	country	Athletes
1	United States	Teresa Anderson Sue Baross Robin Curren Jackie Douglas Gail Johnson Dance Moore Amanda Norish Suzanne Randell
2	CAN
3	JPN

Diving

Jumping men

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Phil Boggs
2	ITA	Klaus Dibiasi
3	United States	Keith Russell

Diving men

space	country	athlete
1	ITA	Klaus Dibiasi
2	United States	Keith Russell
3	GDR	Falk Hoffmann

Art jumping women

space	country	Athlete
1	GDR	Christa Koehler
2	SWE	Ulrika Knape
3	GDR	Marina Janicke

High diving women

space	country	Athlete
1	SWE	Ulrika Knape
2	CSK	Milena Duchková
3	URS	Irina Kalinina

Water polo

space	country	Athletes
1	HUN	István Szívós junior , Gábor Csapó , Tamás Faragó , László Sárosi , András Bodnár , Zoltán Kásás , Ferenc Konrád , Balázs Balla , István Görgényi
2	URS	Anatoly Akimov , Alexei Barkalow , Alexander Drewal , Andrei Frolov , Alexander Kabanov , Yuri Mitjanin , Nugzar Mschwenieradse , Leonid Osipov , Vitaly Romanchuk , Sergei Sewernjew , Vladimir Schmudski ,
3	YUG	Siniša Belamarić , Ozren Bonačić , Milan Franković , Bosko Lozica , Predrag Manojlović , Miloš Marković , Đorđe Perišić , Damir Polić , Ratko Rudić , Gyuro Savinović , Nikola Stamenić

literature

• Karl Adolf Scherer : Chronicle Handbook. Sports history in numbers. Chronik Verlag, Gütersloh 1997. ISBN 3-577-14518-8

Web links

• Swimming world championships men at sport-komplett.de
• Swimming World Championships women at sport-komplett.de
• World Championships in synchronized swimming at sport-komplett.de
• World diving championships for men at sport-komplett.de
• World diving championships for women at sport-komplett.de
• World championships in water polo at sport-komplett.de