Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley
Appearance
Men's 200 metre individual medley at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 7, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 27 from 20 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 2:08.36 CR | |||||||||
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 individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Gunnar Larsson (SWE) | 2:07.17 | Munich, West Germany | 3 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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7 September | Heat 1 | András Hargitay | Hungary | 2:09.54 | CR |
7 September | Final | Gunnar Larsson | Sweden | 2:08.36 | CR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]28 swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1][2]
Final
[edit]The results of the final are below.[4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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6 | Gunnar Larsson | Sweden | 2:08.36 | CR | |
2 | Stan Carper | United States | 2:08.43 | ||
5 | David Wilkie | Great Britain | 2:08.84 | CWR[3] | |
4 | 4 | András Hargitay | Hungary | 2:09.52 | |
5 | 3 | Christian Lietzmann | East Germany | 2:09.57 | |
6 | 8 | Wolfram Sperling | East Germany | 2:10.54 | |
7 | 1 | Fred Tyler | United States | 2:10.86 | |
8 | 7 | Sergey Zakharov | Soviet Union | 2:10.86 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 8, 1973. p. 76.
- ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ a b Fox, Norman (8 September 1973). "Poor turn holds Wilkie to third place in medley final". The Times. London. p. 15.
- ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 200m Medley Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 2 June 2013.