| Women's 200 metre butterfly at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 8, 1973 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 27 from 18 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:13.766 WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 1975 → | ||||||||||
| 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 women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Karen Moe (USA) |
2:15.57 | Munich, West Germany | 4 September 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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| 8 September | Heat | Nina MacInnis |  United States |
2:23.870 | CR |
| 8 September | Heat | Sandra Yost |  Australia |
2:21.825 | CR |
| 8 September | Heat | Roswitha Beier |  East Germany |
2:18.876 | CR |
| 8 September | Heat | Rosemarie Kother | East Germany |
2:15.455 | WR |
| 8 September | Final | Rosemarie Kother | East Germany |
2:13.766 | WR |
Results
Heats
27 swimmers participated in 4 heats.
Final
The results of the final are below.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Rosemarie Kother | East Germany |
2:13.766 | WR |
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5 | Roswitha Beier | East Germany |
2:16.777 | |
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3 | Lynn Colella | United States |
2:19.535 | |
| 4 | 2 | José Damen |  Netherlands |
2:21.964 | |
| 5 | 6 | Sandra Yost | Australia |
2:22.323 | |
| 6 | 7 | Nina MacInnis | United States |
2:22.570 | |
| 7 | 1 | Uta Schütz |  West Germany |
2:23.508 | |
| 8 | 8 | Yolanda Aggenbach | Netherlands |
2:25.689 |
References
- "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine: 73. October 1973. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
| World long-course champions in women's 200 m butterfly | |
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