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
[edit]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
[edit]Heats
[edit]32 swimmers participated in 5 heats. The eight fastest times qualified for the final.[1][2]
Final
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "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.