Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley
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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
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
4:38.96 | CR |
5 September | Heat 4 | Rick Colella | ![]() |
4:38.50 | CR |
5 September | Final | András Hargitay | ![]() |
4:31.11 | CR |
Results
Heats
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
The results of the final are below.[4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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- | András Hargitay | ![]() |
4:31.11 | CR, ER[3] |
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- | Rod Strachan | ![]() |
4:33.50 | |
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- | Rick Colella | ![]() |
4:34.68 | |
4 | - | Sergey Zakharov | ![]() |
4:37.05 | |
5 | - | Wolfram Sperling | ![]() |
4:37.17 | |
6 | - | Bengt Gingsjö | ![]() |
4:37.62 | |
7 | - | Brian Brinkley | ![]() |
4:40.94 | NR[5] |
8 | - | Anatoly Smirnov | ![]() |
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.