Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke
Appearance
Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 4, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 25 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:04.02 WR | |||||||||
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 breaststroke 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 | ![]() |
1:04.94 | Munich, West Germany | 30 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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4 September | Heat 1 | Rick Colella | ![]() |
1:06.72 | CR |
4 September | Heat 3 | Nikolai Pankin | ![]() |
1:06.10 | CR |
4 September | Heat 5 | John Hencken | ![]() |
1:04.35 | WR |
4 September | Final | John Hencken | ![]() |
1:04.02 | WR |
Results
Heats
32 swimmers participated in 5 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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- | John Hencken | ![]() |
1:04.02 | WR |
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- | Mikhail Khryukin | ![]() |
1:04.61 | ER |
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- | Nobutaka Taguchi | ![]() |
1:05.61 | |
4 | - | David Wilkie | ![]() |
1:05.74 | CWR |
5 | - | Nikolai Pankin | ![]() |
1:06.55 | |
6 | - | Rick Colella | ![]() |
1:06.69 | |
7 | - | Jürgen Glas | ![]() |
1:07.41 | |
8 | - | Nigel Cluer | ![]() |
1:08.12 |
References
- ^ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 5, 1973. p. 19.
- ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 19 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.