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Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 6, 1973
Competitors31 from 24 nations
Winning time2:19.28
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Japan
1975 →

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record  John Hencken (USA) 2:20.52 Louisville, United States 24 August 1973
Competition record N/A N/A N/A N/A

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
6 September Heat 1 Mikhail Khryukin  Soviet Union 2:24.85 CR
6 September Heat 2 David Wilkie  United Kingdom 2:20.94 CR
6 September Final David Wilkie  United Kingdom 2:19.28 WR

Results

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Heats

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31 swimmers participated in 4 heats. Th eight fastest times advanced to the final.[1][2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 - David Wilkie  Great Britain 2:20.94 Q, CR, CWR[3]
2 4 - John Hencken  United States 2:21.50 Q
3 2 - Igor Cherdakov  Soviet Union 2:24.30 Q
4 1 - Mikhail Khryukin  Soviet Union 2:24.85 Q, CR
5 1 - Nobutaka Taguchi  Japan 2:25.45 Q
6 2 - Nigel Cluer  Papua New Guinea 2:25.87 Q
7 3 - Rick Colella  United States 2:26.17 Q
8 3 - Jürgen Glas  East Germany 2:27.77 Q
9 4 - Felipe Muñoz  Mexico 2:28.34
10 2 - Giorgio Lalle  Italy 2:29.08
11 3 - Ove Wisloff  Norway 2:29.46
12 2 - Pedro Balcells  Spain 2:30.52
13 4 - Ulrich Nitzsche  East Germany 2:31.01
14 1 - Peter Hrdlitschka  Canada 2:31.34
15 3 - Steffen Kriechbaum  Austria 2:31.56
16 4 - Cezary Smiglak  Poland 2:32.50
17 3 - Pawe Dyrek  Poland 2:32.66
18 2 - Mel Zajac  Canada 2:33.15
19 1 - Michael Creswick  Australia 2:33.34
20 1 - G. Islas  Mexico 2:33.99
21 4 - Sérgio Pinto Ribeiro  Brazil 2:34.07
22 1 - Alfredo Hunger  Peru 2:34.78
23 3 - Tuomo Kerolo  Finland 2:35.29
24 4 - Bernard Combet  France 2:35.34
25 2 - Zdravko Divjak  Yugoslavia 2:38.50
26 2 - Orlando Catinchi  Puerto Rico 2:40.14
27 1 - Carlos Nazario  Puerto Rico 2:43.79
28 3 - Faruk Morkal  Turkey 2:44.12
29 4 - H. Ashfin  Iran 2:48.80
4 - Angel Chakarov  Bulgaria Did not start
3 - Anders Norling  Sweden Did not start

Final

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The results of the final are below.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 David Wilkie  Great Britain 2:19.28 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 John Hencken  United States 2:19.95
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) - Nobutaka Taguchi  Japan 2:23.11
4 - Mikhail Khryukin  Soviet Union 2:23.47
5 - Nigel Cluer  Papua New Guinea 2:25.87
6 - Rick Colella  United States 2:26.41
7 - Jürgen Glas  East Germany 2:26.56
8 - Igor Cherdakov  Soviet Union 2:28.18

References

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  1. ^ "Cooper Heads 400m Finalist". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. AAP. 7 September 1973. p. 19.
  2. ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  3. ^ Fox, Norman (7 September 1973). "Wilkie's world record and gold medal". The Times. London. p. 11.
  4. ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 200m Breastroke Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 29 May 2013.