Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke

Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates	September 5, 1973
Competitors	24 from 17 nations
Winning time	1:05.427
Medalists
Ulrike Richter   East Germany   Melissa Belote   United States   Wendy Cook   Canada

The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record	Ulrike Richter (GDR)	1:05.39	Utrecht, Netherlands	18 August 1973
Competition record	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
5 September	Heat 1	Andrea Gyarmati	Hungary	1:06.09	CR
5 September	Heat 4	Ulrike Richter	East Germany	1:06.08	CR
5 September	Final	Ulrike Richter	East Germany	1:05.42	CR

Results

Heats

24 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	-	Ulrike Richter	East Germany	1:06.086	Q, CR
2	1	-	Andrea Gyarmati	Hungary	1:06.099	Q, CR
3	3	-	Melissa Belote	United States	1:06.231	Q
4	2	-	Wendy Cook	Canada	1:06.275	Q
5	4	-	Enith Brigitha	Netherlands	1:06.996	Q
6	4	-	Linda Stimpson	United States	1:07.250	Q
7	1	-	Josien Elzerman	Netherlands	1:07.519	Q
8	3	-	Christine Herbst	East Germany	1:07.981	Q
9	2	-	Sylvie Le Noach	France	1:07.986
10	2	-	Linda Young	Australia	1:08.010
11	1	-	Angelika Grieser	West Germany	1:08.468
12	3	-	Donna-Marie Gurr	Canada	1:08.640
13	4	-	Diana Olsson	Sweden	1:08.745
14	1	-	Antonella Roncelli	Italy	1:08.945
15	1	-	Sue Lewis	Australia	1:09.541
16	4	-	P. Torrisi	Italy	1:10.165
17	3	-	F. Chaunin	Belgium	1:10.902
18	3	-	E. Kobielska	Poland	1:11.758
19	2	-	H. Jaqueti	Spain	1:12.431
20	1	-	D. McSwain	Puerto Rico	1:12.432
21	2	-	I. Golovanova	Soviet Union	1:12.585
22	2	-	B. Fernandes	Brazil	1:13.109
23	4	-	María Mock	Puerto Rico	1:17.270
24	2	-	R. Okan	Turkey	1:17.723

Final

The results of the final are below.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	-	Ulrike Richter	East Germany	1:05.427
	-	Melissa Belote	United States	1:06.112
	-	Wendy Cook	Canada	1:06.271
4	-	Andrea Gyarmati	Hungary	1:06.549
5	-	Enith Brigitha	Netherlands	1:06.550
6	-	Christine Herbst	East Germany	1:07.465
7	-	Linda Stimpson	United States	1:07.698
8	-	Josien Elzerman	Netherlands	1:07.900