# United States at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships

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 | Preliminaries | Final | 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

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | 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 |
| Rick Colella | 200 m breaststroke | 2:26.17 | 7 Q | 2:26.41 | 6 |
| Rick Colella | 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 | |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | 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 | |
| Keena Rothhammer | 400 m freestyle | 4:25.12 | 3 Q | 4:21.50 | |
| Keena Rothhammer | 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 | did not advance |
| Lynn Colella | 100 m breaststroke | 1:16.67 | 2 Q | 1:16.75 | 5 |
| Lynn Colella | 200 m breaststroke | 2:42.43 | 2 Q | 2:41.71 | |
| Lynn Colella | 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 | 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 | |