Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley
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 | |||||||||
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The men's 400 metre individual medley 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 | 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
Heats
29 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1][2]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | - | Rick Colella | United States | 4:38.50 | Q, CR |
2 | 1 | - | András Hargitay | Hungary | 4:38.96 | Q, CR |
3 | 3 | - | Rod Strachan | United States | 4:40.06 | Q |
4 | 4 | - | Bengt Gingsjö | Sweden | 4:41.23 | Q |
5 | 1 | - | Wolfram Sperling | East Germany | 4:41.83 | Q |
6 | 3 | - | Sergey Zakharov | Soviet Union | 4:41.96 | Q |
7 | 4 | - | Anatoly Smirnov | Soviet Union | 4:42.65 | Q |
8 | 2 | - | Brian Brinkley | Great Britain | 4:43.54 | Q |
9 | 1 | - | Neil Martin | Australia | 4:44.55 | |
10 | 3 | - | Patrick Moreau | France | 4:45.14 | |
11 | 4 | - | Csaba Sós | Hungary | 4:45.29 | |
12 | 3 | - | David Brumwell | Canada | 4:45.52 | |
13 | 1 | - | Anders Bellbring | Sweden | 4:46.56 | |
14 | 2 | - | Hans-Joachim Geisler | West Germany | 4:47.68 | |
15 | 3 | - | Ignacio Álvarez | Mexico | 4:48.96 | |
16 | 4 | - | Tsuyoshi Yanagidate | Japan | 4:49.24 | |
17 | 1 | - | Gunnar Gundersen | Norway | 4:51.46 | |
18 | 2 | - | Peter Tetlow | Australia | 4:51.98 | |
19 | 1 | - | Lorenzo Marugo | Italy | 4:51.98 | |
20 | 4 | - | Paul Hughes | Canada | 4:52.00 | |
21 | 2 | - | François Deley | Belgium | 4:52.91 | |
22 | 2 | - | Mark Treffers | New Zealand | 4:55.35 | |
23 | 3 | - | Antônio Azevedo | Brazil | 4:56.24 | |
24 | 3 | - | Ali Gharbi | Tunisia | 5:04.13 | |
25 | 3 | - | Evangelos Koskinas | Greece | 5:07.35 | |
26 | 2 | - | Angel Chakarov | Bulgaria | 5:08.22 | |
27 | 4 | - | Carlos Santiago | Puerto Rico | 5:08.66 | |
28 | 1 | - | Francisco Canales | Puerto Rico | 5:09.52 | |
29 | 2 | - | C. Manochehr | Iran | 5:41.12 | |
– | 2 | - | Christian Leitzmann | East Germany | Did not finish[1] | |
– | 1 | - | L. Diaz | Argentina | Did not start | |
– | 4 | - | Bandi Wetternek | Romania | Did not start |
- 1 Christian Leitzmann, almost at the end at the butterfly leg, swallowed some water and abandoned the race.[3]
Final
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
- ^ "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.