Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 6, 1973
Competitors27 from 18 nations
Winning time3:58.18 WR
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    Sweden
1975 →

Records

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

World record   Kurt Krumpholz (USA) 4:00.11 Chicago, United States 4 August 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
6 September Heat Brad Cooper   Australia 4:02.38 CR
6 September Final Rick DeMont   United States 3:58.18 WR

Results

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Heats

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27 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1][2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 - Brad Cooper   Australia 4:02.38 Q, CR
2 3 - Bengt Gingsjö   Sweden 4:04.35 Q
3 4 - Rick DeMont   United States 4:04.77 Q
4 1 - Anders Bellbring   Sweden 4:05.77 Q
5 1 - Andreas Apel   East Germany 4:06.13 Q
6 3 - Tim Shaw   United States 4:06.57 Q
7 4 - Werner Lampe   West Germany 4:07.01 Q
8 2 - John Kulasalu   Australia 4:09.32 Q
9 3 - Arnaldo Cinquetti   Italy 4:09.37
10 4 - Wilfried Hartung   East Germany 4:10.90
11 3 - Deane Buckboro   Canada 4:11.72
12 2 - Vladimir Mikheyev   Soviet Union 4:13.79
13 4 - José Namorado   Brazil 4:14.37
14 4 - G Castillo   Mexico 4:15.22
15 4 - Mark Treffers   New Zealand 4:15.81
16 2 - Dusan Grozaj   West Germany 4:16.23
17 2 - Paul Jouanneau   Brazil 4:18.19
18 1 - Marc Lazzaro   France 4:18.43
19 3 - Leonid Dragunov   Soviet Union 4:18.79
20 2 - Michael Ker   Canada 4:20.10
21 2 - Ali Gharbi   Tunisia 4:20.18
22 4 - Alberto Vivoni   Puerto Rico 4:22.02
23 3 - Csaba Tóth   Hungary 4:22.26
24 1 - Krasimir Enchev   Bulgaria 4:24.53
25 2 - Francisco Canales   Puerto Rico 4:24.65
26 3 - Ali Kinawi   Egypt 4:25.71
27 1 - Josy Wilwert   Luxembourg 4:39.02

Final

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The results of the final are below.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Rick DeMont   United States 3:58.18 WR
  4 Brad Cooper   Australia 3:58.70 CWR
  5 Bengt Gingsjö   Sweden 4:01.27
4 7 Tim Shaw   United States 4:01.56
5 6 Anders Bellbring   Sweden 4:04.36
6 2 Andreas Apel   East Germany 4:04.92
7 1 Werner Lampe   West Germany 4:09.83
8 8 John Kulasalu   Australia 4:14.62

References

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  1. ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 400m Freestyle Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 17 July 2019.