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Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

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Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 4, 1973
Competitors32 from 25 nations
Winning time1:04.02 WR
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Soviet Union
bronze medal    Japan
1975 →

The men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 4.

Records

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

World record  Nobutaka Taguchi (JPN) 1:04.94 Munich, West Germany 30 August 1972
Competition record N/A N/A N/A N/A

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
4 September Heat 1 Rick Colella  United States 1:06.72 CR
4 September Heat 3 Nikolai Pankin  Soviet Union 1:06.10 CR
4 September Heat 5 John Hencken  United States 1:04.35 WR
4 September Final John Hencken  United States 1:04.02 WR

Results

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Heats

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32 swimmers participated in 5 heats. The eight fastest times qualified for the final.[1][2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 - John Hencken  United States 1:04.35 Q, WR
2 5 - Nobutaka Taguchi  Japan 1:05.80 Q
3 3 - Nikolai Pankin  Soviet Union 1:06.10 Q, CR
4 1 - Rick Colella  United States 1:06.72 Q, CR
5 4 - Mikhail Khryukin  Soviet Union 1:06.78 Q
6 2 - David Wilkie  Great Britain 1:06.98 Q
7 3 - Jürgen Glas  East Germany 1:07.32 Q
8 3 - Nigel Cluer  Papua New Guinea 1:07.59 Q
9 4 - Michael Günther  West Germany 1:07.77
10 2 - Bernard Combet  France 1:08.26
11 4 - Felipe Muñoz  Mexico 1:08.37
12 1 - Peter Hrdlitschka  Canada 1:08.62
13 5 - Pedro Balcells  Spain 1:08.88
14 1 - Ove Wisloff  Norway 1:09.49
15 2 - Paweł Dyrek  Poland 1:09.60
16 5 - Sándor Szabó  Hungary 1:09.63
17 3 - Alfredo Hunger  Peru 1:09.73
18 5 - Sérgio Pinto Ribeiro  Brazil 1:09.80
19 3 - Michael Creswick  Australia 1:09.81
20 4 - Ulrich Nitzsche  East Germany 1:09.87
21 2 - Gustavo Lozano  Mexico 1:09.92
22 5 - Mel Zajac  Canada 1:09.97
23 3 - Zdravko Divjak  Yugoslavia 1:10.15
24 1 - Cezary Smiglak  Poland 1:10.57
25 3 - Giorgio Lalle  Italy 1:10.97
26 1 - Steffen Kriechbaum  Austria 1:11.06
27 4 - Angel Chakarov  Bulgaria 1:11.29
28 4 - Tuomo Kerola  Finland 1:12.37
29 2 - Carlos Nazario  Puerto Rico 1:13.33
30 4 - Faruk Morkal  Turkey 1:14.03
31 2 - Orlando Catinchi  Puerto Rico 1:14.50
32 1 - H. Ashfin  Iran 1:16.20

Final

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The results of the final are below.[3][4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) - John Hencken  United States 1:04.02 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) - Mikhail Khryukin  Soviet Union 1:04.61 ER
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) - Nobutaka Taguchi  Japan 1:05.61
4 - David Wilkie  Great Britain 1:05.74 CWR
5 - Nikolai Pankin  Soviet Union 1:06.55
6 - Rick Colella  United States 1:06.69
7 - Jürgen Glas  East Germany 1:07.41
8 - Nigel Cluer  Papua New Guinea 1:08.12

References

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  1. ^ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 5, 1973. p. 19.
  2. ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  3. ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 100m Breaststroke Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  4. ^ Fox, Norman (September 5, 1973). "Matthes' brilliance eclipses even Hencken's world record". The Times. London. p. 9.