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Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 4, 1973
Competitors29 from 20 nations
Winning time57.47
Medalists
gold medal    East Germany
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    East Germany
1975 →

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 4.

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record  Roland Matthes (GDR) 56.30 Munich, West Germany 4 September 1972
Competition record N/A N/A N/A N/A

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
4 September Heat 1 Lutz Wanja  East Germany 59.53 CR
4 September Heat 2 John Murphy  United States 59.33 CR
4 September Heat 3 Mike Stamm  United States 59.10 CR
4 September Heat 4 Roland Matthes  East Germany 58.69 CR
4 September Final Roland Matthes  East Germany 57.47 CR

Results

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Heats

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29 swimmers participated in 4 heats. The eight fastest times qualified for the final. [1][2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 - Roland Matthes  East Germany 58.69 Q, CR
2 3 - Mike Stamm  United States 59.10 Q, CR
3 2 - John Murphy  United States 59.33 Q, CR
4 1 - Lutz Wanja  East Germany 59.53 Q, CR
5 2 - Klaus Steinbach  West Germany 59.83 Q
6 1 - László Cseh Sr.  Hungary 59.88 Q
7 1 - Rômulo Arantes  Brazil 1:00.17 Q
8 3 - Ian MacKenzie  Canada 1:00.43 Q
9 2 - Zoltan Verraszto  Hungary 1:00.49
10 4 - Carlos Berrocal  Puerto Rico 1:00.59
10 3 - Mark Tonelli  Australia 1:00.59
12 4 - Colin Cunningham  Great Britain 1:00.77
13 1 - Brad Cooper  Australia 1:00.87
14 4 - Nenad Milos  Yugoslavia 1:01.04
15 4 - Steve Pickell  Canada 1:01.33
16 3 - Karim Ressang  Netherlands 1:01.51
17 1 - Predrag Milos  Yugoslavia 1:01.56
18 4 - Piotr Dlucik  Poland 1:01.65
19 2 - Anders Sandberg  Sweden 1:01.92
20 2 - Jean-Paul Berjeau  France 1:02.03
21 3 - Jorge Urreta  Mexico 1:02.45
22 4 - Ignacio Álvarez  Mexico 1:02.60
23 2 - Enrique Melo  Spain 1:02.65
24 1 - Ramón Volcán  Venezuela 1:03.02
25 3 - Helmut Podolan  Austria 1:03.39
26 3 - Igor Grivennikov  Soviet Union 1:03.83
27 4 - Carlos Santiago Bermúdez  Puerto Rico 1:03.84
28 2 - César Lourenco  Brazil 1:03.95
29 1 - Dimitar Kolarov  Bulgaria 1:04.04

Final

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The results of the final are below.[3][4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) - Roland Matthes  East Germany 57.47 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) - Mike Stamm  United States 58.77
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) - Lutz Wanja  East Germany 59.08
4 - John Murphy  United States 59.37
5 - László Cseh Sr.  Hungary 59.51
6 - Klaus Steinbach  West Germany 59.77
7 - Rômulo Arantes  Brazil 1:00.37
8 - Ian MacKenzie  Canada 1:00.60

References

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  1. ^ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 5, 1973. p. 19.
  2. ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  3. ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 100m Breaststroke Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  4. ^ Fox, Norman (September 5, 1973). "Matthes' brilliance eclipses even Hencken's world record". The Times. London. p. 9.