United States at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships

United States at the
1973 World Aquatics Championships
United States at the; 1973 World Aquatics Championships
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World Aquatics code	USA
National federation	United States Aquatic Sports
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in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Medals; Ranked 1st	Gold 15 Silver 16 Bronze 7 Total 38
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The United States competed at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from August 31 to September 9.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Jim Montgomery	Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle	September 4
Gold	John Hencken	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke	September 4
Gold	Keena Rothhammer	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle	September 5
Gold	Phil Boggs	Diving	Men's springboard	September 6
Gold	Rick DeMont	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	September 6
Gold	American team Melvin Nash Joe Bottom Jim Montgomery John Murphy	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	September 7
Gold	American team Kurt Krumpholz Robin Backhaus Richard Klatt Jim Montgomery	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	September 7
Gold	Heather Greenwood	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	September 7
Gold	Melissa Belote	Swimming	Women's 200 m backstroke	September 7
Gold	Robin Backhaus	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly	September 8
Gold	Jim Montgomery	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	September 9
Gold	American team Mike Stamm John Hencken Joe Bottom Jim Montgomery	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay	September 9
Silver	Kurt Krumpholz	Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle	September 4
Silver	Mike Stamm	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	September 4
Silver	American team Melissa Belote Marcia Morey Deena Deardurff Shirley Babashoff	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay	September 9
Silver	Rod Strachan	Swimming	Men's 400 m individual medley	September 5
Silver	Shirley Babashoff	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle	September 5
Silver	Melissa Belote	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke	September 5
Silver	John Hencken	Swimming	Men's 200 m breaststroke	September 6
Silver	Stan Carper	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley	September 7
Silver	Keena Rothhammer	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	September 7
Silver	Rick DeMont	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	September 8
Silver	Joe Bottom	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly	September 8
Silver	Steve Gregg	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly	September 8
Silver	Jo Harshbarger	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle	September 8
Silver	Keith Russell	Diving	Men's platform	September 9
Silver	Shirley Babashoff	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle	September 9
Bronze	Kathy Heddy	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley	September 5
Bronze	Rick Colella	Swimming	Men's 400 m individual medley	September 5
Bronze	Keith Russell	Diving	Men's springboard	September 6
Bronze	John Naber	Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke	September 6
Bronze	Lynn Colella	Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke	September 7
Bronze	Robin Backhaus	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly	September 8
Bronze	Lynn Colella	Swimming	Women's 200 m butterfly	September 8

Diving

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Phil Boggs	Men's springboard	602.25	2 Q	618.57
Keith Russell	Men's springboard	576.75	4 Q	579.48
Keith Russell	Men's platform	519.99	2 Q	523.74
Tim Moore	Men's platform	491.88	5 Q	484.02	6
Jennifer Chandler	Women's springboard	401.10	4 Q	375.06	8
Carrie Irish	Women's springboard	411.12	2 Q	385.98	6
Barbara Schaefer	Women's platform	339.66	7 Q	367.08	4
Deborah Wilson	Women's platform	338.16	8 Q	343.05	7

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jim Montgomery	100 m freestyle	52.66 CR	1 Q	51.70 CR
Jim Montgomery	200 m freestyle	1:56.737	2 Q	1:53.02 CR
John Murphy	100 m freestyle	53.16	6 Q	52.73	5
John Murphy	100 m backstroke	59.33 CR	3 Q	59.37	4
Kurt Krumpholz	200 m freestyle	1:54.58 CR	1 Q	1:53.61
Rick DeMont	400 m freestyle	4:04.77	3 Q	3:58.18 WR
Rick DeMont	1500 m backstroke	—		15:35.44
Tim Shaw	400 m freestyle	4:06.57	6 Q	4:01.56	4
John Kinsella	1500 m freestyle	—		15:58.70	4
Mike Stamm	100 m backstroke	59.10 CR	2 Q	58.77
Paul Hove	200 m backstroke	2:10.22	6 Q	2:08.17	5
John Naber	200 m backstroke	2:10.13	5 Q	2:06.91
John Hencken	100 m breaststroke	1:04.35 WR	1 Q	1:04.02 WR
John Hencken	200 m breaststroke	2:21.50	2 Q	2:19.95
Rick Colella	100 m breaststroke	1:06.72 CR	4 Q	1:06.69	6
	200 m breaststroke	2:26.17	7 Q	2:26.41	6
	400 m individual medley	4:38.50 CR	1 Q	4:34.68
Joe Bottom	100 m butterfly	55.94 CR	1 Q	56.37
Robin Backhaus	100 m butterfly	56.94	4 Q	56.42
Robin Backhaus	200 m butterfly	2:04.93 CR	3 Q	2:03.32 CR
Steve Gregg	200 m butterfly	2:04.59 CR	1 Q	2:03.58
Stan Carper	200 m individual medley	2:11.04	5 Q	2:08.43
Fred Tyler	200 m individual medley	2:11.31	7 Q	2:10.86	7
Rod Strachan	400 m individual medley	4:40.06	3 Q	4:33.50
Bill Miller* Stan Carper* Kurt Krumpholz* Richard Klatt* Melvin Nash Joe Bottom Jim Montgomery John Murphy	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:32.44 CR	1 Q	3:27.18 CR
Kurt Krumpholz Robin Backhaus Richard Klatt Jim Montgomery	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:54.40	8 Q	7:33.22 WR
Mike Stamm John Hencken Joe Bottom Jim Montgomery	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:54.91 CR	1 Q	3:49.49 CR

Legend: (*) = Swimmers who participated in the heat only.

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shirley Babashoff	100 m freestyle	59.40 CR	1 Q	58.87
Shirley Babashoff	200 m freestyle	2:07.75	2 Q	2:05.33
Kathy Heddy	100 m freestyle	1:00.00	6 Q	59.90	7
Kathy Heddy	200 m individual medley	2:28.30 CR	5 Q	2:23.84
Keena Rothhammer	200 m freestyle	2:07.53 CR	1 Q	2:04.99 CR
	400 m freestyle	4:25.12	3 Q	4:21.50
	800 m freestyle	—		9:15.72	6
Heather Greenwood	400 m freestyle	4:24.93 CR	1 Q	4:20.28 CR
Jo Harshbarger	800 m freestyle	—		8:55.56
Linda Stimpson	100 m backstroke	1:07.25	6 Q	1:07.69	7
Melissa Belote	100 m backstroke	1:06.23	3 Q	1:06.11
Melissa Belote	200 m backstroke	2:20.57 CR	1 Q	2:20.52 CR
Maryanne Graham	200 m backstroke	2:29.28	13	did not advance
Lynn Colella	100 m breaststroke	1:16.67	2 Q	1:16.75	5
	200 m breaststroke	2:42.43	2 Q	2:41.71
	200 m butterfly	2:20.36	3 Q	2:19.53
Marcia Morey	100 m breaststroke	1:17.32	7 Q	1:17.04	8
Vicki Hays	200 m breaststroke	2:47.13	10	did not advance
Deena Deardurff	100 m butterfly	1:04.13	3 Q	1:04.27	4
Peggy Tosdal	100 m butterfly	1:04.33	5 Q	1:04.32	5
Nina MacInnis	200 m butterfly	2:23.87 CR	6 Q	2:22.57	6
Julie Woodcock	200 m individual medley	2:28.66	6 Q	2:25.72	5
Jenny Bartz	400 m individual medley	5:10.75	7 Q	5:10.45	7
Terry Potts	400 m individual medley	5:09.03	5 Q	5:09.90	5
Keena Rothhammer* Deena Deardurff* Heather Greenwood Kim Peyton Kathy Heddy Shirley Babashoff	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	5:10.75	7 Q	5:10.45	7
Melissa Belote Marcia Morey Deena Deardurff Shirley Babashoff	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:26.88	2 Q	4:25.80

Legend: (*) = Swimmers who participated in the heat only.

References

Competition results

Nations at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Africa	Egypt Tunisia
Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Colombia Ecuador Jamaica Mexico Peru Puerto Rico 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	Australia New Zealand Papua New Guinea