Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke
Appearance
Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 6, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 29 from 19 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 2:01.87 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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1973 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | women | |
Duet | women | |
Team | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | |
The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Roland Matthes (GDR) | 2:02.82 | Munich, West Germany | 2 September 1972 |
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Competition record | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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6 September | Heat 1 | Robert Williams | Australia | 2:09.81 | CR |
6 September | Heat 3 | Mark Tonelli | Australia | 2:09.55 | CR |
6 September | Heat 4 | Roland Matthes | East Germany | 2:06.75 | CR |
6 September | Final | Roland Matthes | East Germany | 2:01.87 | WR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]29 swimmers participated in 4 heats. The eight fastest times qualified for the final.[1][2][3]
Final
[edit]The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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- | Roland Matthes | East Germany | 2:01.87 | WR | |
- | Zoltán Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:05.89 | ||
- | John Naber | United States | 2:06.91 | ||
4 | - | Robert Williams | Australia | 2:08.16 | |
5 | - | Paul Hove | United States | 2:08.17 | |
6 | - | Mark Tonelli | Australia | 2:09.63 | |
7 | - | Massimo Nistri | Italy | 2:10.11 | |
8 | - | Róbert Rudolf | Hungary | 2:11.42 |
References
[edit]- ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 200m Backstroke Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ^ "Cooper Heads 400m Finalist". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. AAP. 7 September 1973. p. 19.
- ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 19 July 2019.