Australia at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships

Australia competed at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from August 31 to September 9.

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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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

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Neil Rogers	100 m freestyle	54.50	17	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	57.98	8 Q	57.58	7
Michael Wenden	100 m freestyle	52.67 CR	2 Q	52.22
	200 m freestyle	1:58.26	15	did not advance
Steve Badger		1:58.26	15	did not advance
	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	—N/a		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	—N/a		15:31.85 WR
Mark Tonelli	100 m backstroke	1:00.59	10	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:09.55 CR	3 Q	2:09.63	6
Robert Williams		2:09.81 CR	4 Q	2:08.16	4
Michael Creswick	100 m breaststroke	1:09.81	19	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:33.34	19	did not advance
Ross Seymour	100 m butterfly	57.58	6 Q	57.33	5
	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
	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

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		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
	200 m freestyle	2:11.17	9	did not advance
Virginia Rickard	200 m freestyle	2:09.93	5 Q	2:07.88	4
	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
	800 m freestyle	—N/a		9:09.93	5
Sandra Yost	800 m freestyle	—N/a		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
	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
	200 m breaststroke	2:49.66	12	did not advance
Beverley Whitfield	100 m breaststroke	1:19.39	13	did not advance
	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

References

• Competition results