Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly
Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 6, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 27 from 20 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 2:03.32 CR | |||||||||
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The men's 200 metre butterfly 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 | ![]() | 2:00.70 | Munich, West Germany | 28 August 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 | Brian Brinkley | ![]() | 2:05.35 | CR |
6 September | Heat 2 | Robin Backhaus | ![]() | 2:04.93 | CR |
6 September | Heat 4 | Steve Gregg | ![]() | 2:04.59 | CR |
6 September | Final | Robin Backhaus | ![]() | 2:03.32 | CR |
Results
Heats
27 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1][2]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | - | Steve Gregg | ![]() | 2:04.59 | Q, CR |
2 | 4 | - | Hartmut Flöckner | ![]() | 2:04.60 | Q |
3 | 2 | - | Robin Backhaus | ![]() | 2:04.93 | Q, CR |
4 | 1 | - | Brian Brinkley | ![]() | 2:05.35 | Q, CR |
5 | 3 | - | Jorge Delgado | ![]() | 2:05.64 | Q |
6 | 3 | - | Folkert Meeuw | ![]() | 2:06.04 | Q |
7 | 2 | - | András Hargitay | ![]() | 2:06.12 | Q |
8 | 4 | - | Jorge Jaramillo | ![]() | 2:07.28 | Q |
9 | 1 | - | Hideaki Hara | ![]() | 2:07.75 | |
10 | 3 | - | Ross Seymour | ![]() | 2:07.86 | |
11 | 1 | - | Gerd Glogowsky | ![]() | 2:07.87 | |
12 | 4 | - | Sergey Zakharov | ![]() | 2:08.82 | |
13 | 1 | - | Miguel Lang | ![]() | 2:10.06 | |
14 | 2 | - | Peter Tetlow | ![]() | 2:10.83 | |
15 | 2 | - | Ignacio Álvarez | ![]() | 2:11.50 | |
16 | 4 | - | Csaba Sós | ![]() | 2:11.60 | |
17 | 3 | - | Vasil Dobrev | ![]() | 2:11.95 | |
18 | 4 | - | Angelo Tozzi | ![]() | 2:12.13 | |
19 | 2 | - | Eduardo Alijo | ![]() | 2:12.29 | |
20 | 4 | - | John Duncan | ![]() | 2:12.39 | |
21 | 3 | - | Ian Mackenzie | ![]() | 2:12.61 | |
22 | 2 | - | Mikhail Gorelik | ![]() | 2:14.37 | |
23 | 4 | - | Eugen Almer | ![]() | 2:19.05 | |
24 | 2 | - | Jean-Jacques Scheuren | ![]() | 2:19.12 | |
25 | 3 | - | John Daly | ![]() | 2:21.82 | |
26 | 1 | - | José Ferraioli | ![]() | 2:22.21 | |
27 | 2 | - | O. Mehmat | ![]() | 2:43.75 | |
– | 1 | - | Anders Bellbring | ![]() | Did not start | |
– | 3 | - | Ali Gharbi | ![]() | Did not start | |
– | 1 | - | Sérgio Waismaun | ![]() | Did not start |
Final
The results of the final are below.[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | - | Robin Backhaus | ![]() | 2:03.32 | CR |
![]() | - | Steve Gregg | ![]() | 2:03.58 | |
![]() | - | Hartmut Flöckner | ![]() | 2:03.84 | |
4 | - | Brian Brinkley | ![]() | 2:03.94 | NR[4] |
5 | - | Jorge Delgado | ![]() | 2:04.03 | |
6 | - | András Hargitay | ![]() | 2:04.10 | |
7 | - | Folkert Meeuw | ![]() | 2:05.33 | |
8 | - | Jorge Jaramillo | ![]() | 2:10.36 |
References
- ^ "Cooper Heads 400m Finalist". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. AAP. 7 September 1973. p. 19.
- ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 200m Butterfly Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ^ Hopkins, John (9 September 1973). "Still in deep water". The Sunday Times. London. p. 29.