Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Appearance
Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 6, 1973 | |||||||||
Competitors | 31 from 24 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 2:19.28 | |||||||||
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 breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
2:20.52 | Louisville, United States | 24 August 1973 |
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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 | Mikhail Khryukin | ![]() |
2:24.85 | CR |
6 September | Heat 2 | David Wilkie | ![]() |
2:20.94 | CR |
6 September | Final | David Wilkie | ![]() |
2:19.28 | WR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]31 swimmers participated in 4 heats. Th eight fastest times advanced to the final.[1][2]
Final
[edit]The results of the final are below.[4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | David Wilkie | ![]() |
2:19.28 | WR |
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5 | John Hencken | ![]() |
2:19.95 | |
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- | Nobutaka Taguchi | ![]() |
2:23.11 | |
4 | - | Mikhail Khryukin | ![]() |
2:23.47 | |
5 | - | Nigel Cluer | ![]() |
2:25.87 | |
6 | - | Rick Colella | ![]() |
2:26.41 | |
7 | - | Jürgen Glas | ![]() |
2:26.56 | |
8 | - | Igor Cherdakov | ![]() |
2:28.18 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Cooper Heads 400m Finalist". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. AAP. 7 September 1973. p. 19.
- ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ Fox, Norman (7 September 1973). "Wilkie's world record and gold medal". The Times. London. p. 11.
- ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 200m Breastroke Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 29 May 2013.