Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle
The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.
| Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 9, 1973 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 17 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 8:52.973 WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 1973 FINA World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | women | |
| Duet | women | |
| Team | women | |
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | |
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Keena Rothhammer (USA) | 8:53.68 | Munich, West Germany | 3 September 1972 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September | Timed Final | M. Maliutina |  Soviet Union | 9:45.644 | CR |
| 9 September | Timed Final | Angela Franke |  East Germany | 9:09.677 | CR |
| 9 September | Timed Final | Novella Calligaris |  Italy | 8:52.973 | WR |
Results
24 swimmers participated in 3 heats.[1] The event was a timed final. The first two heats were contested in the morning with the third and final heat contested in the evening.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 3 | - | Novella Calligaris | Italy | 8:52.973 | WR |
 | 3 | - | Jo Harshbarger | United States | 8:55.560 | |
 | 3 | - | Gudrun Wegner | East Germany | 9:01.823 | |
| 4 | 2 | - | Angela Franke | East Germany | 9:09.677 | CR |
| 5 | 3 | - | Narelle Moras | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | 9:09.936 | |
| 6 | 3 | - | Keena Rothhammer | United States | 9:15.725 | |
| 7 | 2 | - | Elisa Gunston |  Sweden | 9:22.129 | |
| 8 | 3 | - | Sandra Yost | Australia | 9:22.493 | |
| 9 | 2 | - | M. De Angelis | Italy | 9:23.206 | |
| 10 | 3 | - | Anne Marie McCaffrey | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | 9:23.503 | |
| 11 | 3 | - | Leslie Cliff | Canada | 9:27.647 | |
| 12 | 2 | - | Maria Guimarães |  Brazil | 9:27.920 | |
| 13 | 2 | - | Roselina Angel |  Colombia | 9:42.695 | |
| 14 | 1 | - | Marina Maliutina | Soviet Union | 9:45.644 | CR |
| 15 | 1 | - | S. Arambatsis |  Venezuela | 9:51.384 | |
| 16 | 2 | - | Naoko Shio |  Japan | 9:51.499 | |
| 17 | 2 | - | T. Skvortsova | Soviet Union | 9:57.458 | |
| 18 | 2 | - | S. Pavletic | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia | 10:04.873 | |
| 19 | 1 | - | E. Pilawska |  Poland | 10:06.768 | |
| 20 | 1 | - | E. Tomandl |  Austria | 10:11.277 | |
| 21 | 1 | - | L. Moreda |  Puerto Rico | 10:18.319 | |
| 22 | 1 | - | Myriam Mizouni |  Tunisia | 10:28.992 | |
| - | 1 | - | Belinda Philips |  Jamaica | - | DNS / DQ |
| - | 1 | - | Leslie Thompson | Puerto Rico | - | DNS / DQ |
References
- "For the Record" (pdf). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
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