These are the results (medal winners) of the swimming competition at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany (GDR)	12	6	7	25
2	United States (USA)	11	15	6	32
3	Australia (AUS)	1	2	2	5
4	Hungary (HUN)	1	1	1	3
5	Canada (CAN)	1	0	2	3
	Italy (ITA)	1	0	2	3
7	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	1	2
	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	1	2
9	Soviet Union (URS)	0	3	0	3
10	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
11	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
12	Japan (JPN)	0	0	3	3
	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	3	3
Totals (13 entries)		29	29	29	87

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Jim Montgomery (USA)	51.70	Michel Rousseau (FRA)	52.08	Michael Wenden (AUS)	52.22
200 m freestyle details	Jim Montgomery (USA)	1:53.02	Kurt Krumpholz (USA)	1:53.61	Roger Pyttel (GDR)	1:53.97
400 m freestyle details	Rick DeMont (USA)	3:58.18 WR	Brad Cooper (AUS)	3:58.70	Bengt Gingsjö (SWE)	4:01.27
1500 m freestyle details	Stephen Holland (AUS)	15:31.85 WR	Rick DeMont (USA)	15:35.44	Brad Cooper (AUS)	15:45.04
100 m backstroke details	Roland Matthes (GDR)	57.47	Mike Stamm (USA)	58.77	Lutz Wanja (GDR)	59.08
200 m backstroke details	Roland Matthes (GDR)	2:01.87 WR	Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN)	2:05.89	John Naber (USA)	2:06.91
100 m breaststroke details	John Hencken (USA)	1:04.02 WR	Mikhail Khryukin (URS)	1:04.61	Nobutaka Taguchi (JPN)	1:05.61
200 m breaststroke details	David Wilkie (GBR)	2:19.28 WR	John Hencken (USA)	2:19.95	Nobutaka Taguchi (JPN)	2:23.11
100 m butterfly details	Bruce Robertson (CAN)	55.69	Joe Bottom (USA)	56.37	Robin Backhaus (USA)	56.42
200 m butterfly details	Robin Backhaus (USA)	2:03.32	Steve Gregg (USA)	2:03.58	Hartmut Flöckner (GDR)	2:03.84
200 m individual medley details	Gunnar Larsson (SWE)	2:08.36	Stan Carper (USA)	2:08.43	David Wilkie (GBR)	2:08.84
400 m individual medley details	András Hargitay (HUN)	4:31.11	Rod Strachan (USA)	4:33.50	Rick Colella (USA)	4:34.68
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States (USA) Mel Nash Joe Bottom Jim Montgomery John Murphy	3:27.18	Soviet Union (URS) Igor Grivennikov Viktor Aboymov Vladimir Krivtsov Vladimir Bure	3:31.36	East Germany (GDR) Roland Matthes Roger Pyttel Peter Bruch Hartmut Flöckner	3:32.03
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	United States (USA) Kurt Krumpholz Robin Backhaus Rick Klatt Jim Montgomery	7:33.22 WR	Australia (AUS) John Kulasalu Steve Badger Brad Cooper Michael Wenden	7:43.65	Germany (GER) Klaus Steinbach Werner Lampe Peter Nocke Folkert Meeuw	7:43.68
4 × 100 m medley relay details	United States (USA) Mike Stamm John Hencken Joe Bottom Jim Montgomery	3:49.49	East Germany (GDR) Roland Matthes Jürgen Glas Hartmut Flöckner Roger Pyttel	3:53.24	Canada (CAN) Ian MacKenzie Peter Hrdlitschka Bruce Robertson Brian Phillips	3:56.37

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Kornelia Ender (GDR)	57.54 WR	Shirley Babashoff (USA)	58.87	Enith Brigitha (NED)	58.87
200 m freestyle details	Keena Rothhammer (USA)	2:04.99	Shirley Babashoff (USA)	2:05.33	Andrea Eife (GDR)	2:05.52
400 m freestyle details	Heather Greenwood (USA)	4:20.28	Keena Rothhammer (USA)	4:21.50	Novella Calligaris (ITA)	4:21.79
800 m freestyle details	Novella Calligaris (ITA)	8:52.97 WR	Jo Harshbarger (USA)	8:55.56	Gudrun Wegner (GDR)	9:01.82
100 m backstroke details	Ulrike Richter (GDR)	1:05.42	Melissa Belote (USA)	1:06.11	Wendy Cook (CAN)	1:06.27
200 m backstroke details	Melissa Belote (USA)	2:20.52	Enith Brigitha (NED)	2:22.15	Andrea Gyarmati (HUN)	2:22.48
100 m breaststroke details	Renate Vogel (GDR)	1:13.74	Lyubov Rusanova (URS)	1:15.42	Brigitte Schuchardt (GDR)	1:15.82
200 m breaststroke details	Renate Vogel (GDR)	2.40.01	Hannelore Anke (GDR)	2:40.49	Lynn Colella (USA)	2:41.71
100 m butterfly details	Kornelia Ender (GDR)	1:02.53	Rosemarie Kother (GDR)	1:02.68	Mayumi Aoki (JPN)	1:03.73
200 m butterfly details	Rosemarie Kother (GDR)	2:13.76 WR	Roswitha Beier (GDR)	2:16.77	Lynn Colella (USA)	2:19.53
200 m individual medley details	Andrea Hübner (GDR)	2:20.51 WR	Kornelia Ender (GDR)	2:21.21	Kathy Heddy (USA)	2:23.84
400 m individual medley details	Gudrun Wegner (GDR)	4:57.51 WR	Angela Franke (GDR)	5:00.37	Novella Calligaris (ITA)	5:02.02
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	East Germany (GDR) Kornelia Ender Andrea Eife Andrea Hübner Sylvia Eichner	3:52.45 WR	United States (USA) Kim Peyton Kathy Heddy Heather Greenwood Shirley Babashoff	3:55.52	Germany (GER) Jutta Weber Heidemarie Reineck Gudrun Beckmann Angela Steinbach	3:58.88
4 × 100 m medley relay details	East Germany (GDR) Ulrike Richter Renate Vogel Rosemarie Kother Kornelia Ender	4:16.84 WR	United States (USA) Melissa Belote Marcia Morey Deena Deardurff Shirley Babashoff	4:25.80	Germany (GER) Angelika Grieser Petra Nows Gudrun Beckmann Jutta Weber	4:26.57

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record

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