Australia at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships

Australia at the
1973 World Aquatics Championships
Australia at the; 1973 World Aquatics Championships
	Flag of Australia
World Aquatics code	AUS
National federation	Swimming Australia
Website	swimming.org.au
in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Medals; Ranked 7th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 5
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Australia competed at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from August 31 to September 9.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Stephen Holland	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	September 8
Silver	Brad Cooper	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	September 6
Silver	Australian team Michael Wenden Steve Badger Neil Rogers John Kulasalu	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	September 7
Bronze	Michael Wenden	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	September 9
Bronze	Brad Cooper	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	September 8

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ken Grove	Men's springboard	449.01	15	did not advance
Ken Grove	Men's platform	434.61	13	did not advance
Madeleine Barnett	Women's springboard	353.76	13	did not advance
Madeleine Barnett	Women's platform	330.33	10	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Neil Rogers	100 m freestyle	54.50	17	did not advance
Neil Rogers	100 m butterfly	57.98	8 Q	57.58	7
Michael Wenden	100 m freestyle	52.67 CR	2 Q	52.22
Michael Wenden	200 m freestyle	1:58.26	15	did not advance
Steve Badger	200 m freestyle	1:58.26	15	did not advance
Steve Badger	200 m individual medley	2:16.42	15	did not advance
Brad Cooper	400 m freestyle	4:02.38 CR	1 Q	3:58.70
	1500 m freestyle	—		15:45.04
	100 m backstroke	1:00.87	13	did not advance
John Kulasalu	400 m freestyle	4:09.32	8 Q	4:14.62	8
Stephen Holland	1500 m freestyle	—		15:31.85 WR
Mark Tonelli	100 m backstroke	1:00.59	10	did not advance
Mark Tonelli	200 m backstroke	2:09.55 CR	3 Q	2:09.63	6
Robert Williams	200 m backstroke	2:09.81 CR	4 Q	2:08.16	4
Michael Creswick	100 m breaststroke	1:09.81	19	did not advance
Michael Creswick	200 m breaststroke	2:33.34	19	did not advance
Ross Seymour	100 m butterfly	57.58	6 Q	57.33	5
Ross Seymour	200 m butterfly	2:07.86	10	did not advance
Peter Tetlow	200 m butterfly	2:10.83	14	did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:19.71	22	did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:51.98	18	did not advance
Neil Martin	200 m individual medley	2:17.01	18	did not advance
Neil Martin	400 m individual medley	4:44.55	9	did not advance
Michael Wenden Steve Badger Neil Rogers John Kulasalu	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:36.56 NR	8 Q	3:35.27 NR	6
Michael Wenden Steve Badger Neil Rogers John Kulasalu	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:48.43 CR	1 Q	7:43.65
Brad Cooper Michael Creswick Ross Seymour Michael Wenden	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:02.97	8 Q	3:58.59	6

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Debra Cain	100 m freestyle	1:01.99	17	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:24.96	6 Q	2:24.26	7
	100 m butterfly	1:07.77 CR	13	did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:26.72	4 Q	2:26.63	8
Suzy Anderson	100 m freestyle	1:02.06	18	did not advance
Suzy Anderson	200 m freestyle	2:11.17	9	did not advance
Virginia Rickard	200 m freestyle	2:09.93	5 Q	2:07.88	4
Virginia Rickard	400 m freestyle	4:24.99 CR	2 Q	4:23.48	4
Narelle Moras	400 m freestyle	4:30.28	6 Q	4:34.94	8
Narelle Moras	800 m freestyle	—		9:09.93	5
Sandra Yost	800 m freestyle	—		9:22.49	8
	100 m butterfly	1:06.62	10	did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:21.82 CR	4 Q	2:22.32	5
Linda Young	100 m backstroke	1:08.01	10	did not advance
Linda Young	200 m backstroke	2:25.94	9	did not advance
Sue Lewis	100 m backstroke	1:09.54	15	did not advance
Judith Hudson	100 m breaststroke	1:19.21	12	did not advance
Judith Hudson	200 m breaststroke	2:49.66	12	did not advance
Beverley Whitfield	100 m breaststroke	1:19.39	13	did not advance
Beverley Whitfield	200 m breaststroke	2:46.96	9	did not advance
Gail Neall	200 m butterfly	2:25.81	11	did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:32.72	15	did not advance
	400 m individual medley	5:17.96	14	did not advance
Debra Cain Suzy Anderson Virginia Rickard Narelle Moras	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:08.71	11	did not advance
Linda Young Beverley Whitfield Debra Cain Suzy Anderson	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:33.74	6	4:34.45	8

Nations at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Africa	Egypt Tunisia
Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Colombia Ecuador Jamaica Mexico Peru Puerto Rico United States Venezuela
Asia	Indonesia Iran Japan
Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia East Germany Finland France Great Britain Greece Hungary Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey West Germany Yugoslavia
Oceania	New Zealand Papua New Guinea