Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke
Appearance
Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 4, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 29 from 20 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 57.47 | |||||||||
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 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 4.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
56.30 | Munich, West Germany | 4 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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4 September | Heat 1 | Lutz Wanja | ![]() |
59.53 | CR |
4 September | Heat 2 | John Murphy | ![]() |
59.33 | CR |
4 September | Heat 3 | Mike Stamm | ![]() |
59.10 | CR |
4 September | Heat 4 | Roland Matthes | ![]() |
58.69 | CR |
4 September | Final | Roland Matthes | ![]() |
57.47 | CR |
Results
Heats
29 swimmers participated in 4 heats. The eight fastest times qualified for the final. [1][2]
Final
The results of the final are below.[3][4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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- | Roland Matthes | ![]() |
57.47 | CR |
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- | Mike Stamm | ![]() |
58.77 | |
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- | Lutz Wanja | ![]() |
59.08 | |
4 | - | John Murphy | ![]() |
59.37 | |
5 | - | László Cseh Sr. | ![]() |
59.51 | |
6 | - | Klaus Steinbach | ![]() |
59.77 | |
7 | - | Rômulo Arantes | ![]() |
1:00.37 | |
8 | - | Ian MacKenzie | ![]() |
1:00.60 |
References
- ^ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 5, 1973. p. 19.
- ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 100m Breaststroke Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ^ Fox, Norman (September 5, 1973). "Matthes' brilliance eclipses even Hencken's world record". The Times. London. p. 9.