Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley
Appearance
Men's 400 metre individual medley at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 5, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 29 from 22 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 4:31.11 CR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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1973 FINA World Championships | ||
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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 | |
The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.
Records[edit]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Gary Hall, Sr. (USA) | 4:30.81 | Chicago, United States | 3 August 1972 |
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Competition record | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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5 September | Heat 1 | András Hargitay | Hungary | 4:38.96 | CR |
5 September | Heat 4 | Rick Colella | United States | 4:38.50 | CR |
5 September | Final | András Hargitay | Hungary | 4:31.11 | CR |
Results[edit]
Heats[edit]
29 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1][2]
- 1 Christian Leitzmann, almost at the end at the butterfly leg, swallowed some water and abandoned the race.[3]
Final[edit]
The results of the final are below.[4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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- | András Hargitay | Hungary | 4:31.11 | CR, ER[3] | |
- | Rod Strachan | United States | 4:33.50 | ||
- | Rick Colella | United States | 4:34.68 | ||
4 | - | Sergey Zakharov | Soviet Union | 4:37.05 | |
5 | - | Wolfram Sperling | East Germany | 4:37.17 | |
6 | - | Bengt Gingsjö | Sweden | 4:37.62 | |
7 | - | Brian Brinkley | Great Britain | 4:40.94 | NR[5] |
8 | - | Anatoly Smirnov | Soviet Union | 4:41.26 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 6, 1973. p. 21.
- ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ a b Fox, Norman (September 6, 1973). "Fourth gives record to Miss Jarvis". The Times. London. p. 10.
- ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 400m Medley Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ^ Hopkins, John (9 September 1973). "Still in deep water". The Sunday Times. London. p. 29.