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

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

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 — 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 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 — 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 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

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