Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke
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 | |||||||||
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The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 2:09.81 | CR |
6 September | Heat 3 | Mark Tonelli | ![]() | 2:09.55 | CR |
6 September | Heat 4 | Roland Matthes | ![]() | 2:06.75 | CR |
6 September | Final | Roland Matthes | ![]() | 2:01.87 | WR |
Results
Heats
29 swimmers participated in 4 heats. The eight fastest times qualified for the final.[1][2][3]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | - | Roland Matthes | ![]() | 2:06.75 | Q, CR |
2 | 4 | - | Zoltán Verrasztó | ![]() | 2:07.49 | Q |
3 | 3 | - | Mark Tonelli | ![]() | 2:09.55 | Q, CR |
4 | 1 | - | Robert Williams | ![]() | 2:09.81 | Q, CR |
5 | 3 | - | John Naber | ![]() | 2:10.13 | Q |
6 | 2 | - | Paul Hove | ![]() | 2:10.22 | Q |
7 | 3 | - | Massimo Nistri | ![]() | 2:11.03 | Q |
8 | 1 | - | Róbert Rudolf | ![]() | 2:11.22 | Q |
9 | 1 | - | Colin Cunningham | ![]() | 2:11.74 | |
10 | 3 | - | Lutz Wanja | ![]() | 2:12.08 | |
11 | 2 | - | Leif Ericsson | ![]() | 2:12.09 | |
12 | 2 | - | Ian MacKenzie | ![]() | 2:12.21 | |
13 | 1 | - | Predrag Milos | ![]() | 2:12.38 | |
14 | 2 | - | Romulo Arantes | ![]() | 2:12.93 | |
15 | 4 | - | Nenad Milos | ![]() | 2:13.48 | |
16 | 4 | - | Anders Sandberg | ![]() | 2:13.72 | |
17 | 2 | - | Carlos Berrocal | ![]() | 2:14.31 | |
18 | 4 | - | J. Flores | ![]() | 2:14.43 | |
19 | 4 | - | Karim Ressang | ![]() | 2:14.61 | |
20 | 1 | - | César Lourenco | ![]() | 2:15.97 | |
21 | 3 | - | Eduardo Pérez | ![]() | 2:16.46 | |
22 | 1 | - | Steve Pickell | ![]() | 2:16.56 | |
23 | 4 | - | Carlos Santiago | ![]() | 2:17.06 | |
24 | 4 | - | Piotr Dlucik | ![]() | 2:17.30 | |
25 | 3 | - | Helmut Podolan | ![]() | 2:18.30 | |
26 | 2 | - | Ramón Volcán | ![]() | 2:20.09 | |
27 | 1 | - | Evangelos Koskinas | ![]() | 2:24.19 | |
– | 2 | - | Ali Gharbi | ![]() | Did not start | |
– | 3 | - | Klaus Steinbach | ![]() | Did not start |
Final
The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | - | Roland Matthes | ![]() | 2:01.87 | WR |
![]() | - | Zoltán Verrasztó | ![]() | 2:05.89 | |
![]() | - | John Naber | ![]() | 2:06.91 | |
4 | - | Robert Williams | ![]() | 2:08.16 | |
5 | - | Paul Hove | ![]() | 2:08.17 | |
6 | - | Mark Tonelli | ![]() | 2:09.63 | |
7 | - | Massimo Nistri | ![]() | 2:10.11 | |
8 | - | Róbert Rudolf | ![]() | 2:11.42 |
References
- ^ 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.