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

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Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 6, 1973
Competitors27 from 20 nations
Winning time2:03.32 CR
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    East Germany
1975 →

The men's 200 metre butterfly 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  Mark Spitz (USA) 2:00.70 Munich, West Germany 28 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
6 September Heat 1 Brian Brinkley  United Kingdom 2:05.35 CR
6 September Heat 2 Robin Backhaus  United States 2:04.93 CR
6 September Heat 4 Steve Gregg  United States 2:04.59 CR
6 September Final Robin Backhaus  United States 2:03.32 CR

Results

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Heats

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27 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1][2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 - Steve Gregg  United States 2:04.59 Q, CR
2 4 - Hartmut Flöckner  East Germany 2:04.60 Q
3 2 - Robin Backhaus  United States 2:04.93 Q, CR
4 1 - Brian Brinkley  Great Britain 2:05.35 Q, CR
5 3 - Jorge Delgado  Ecuador 2:05.64 Q
6 3 - Folkert Meeuw  West Germany 2:06.04 Q
7 2 - András Hargitay  Hungary 2:06.12 Q
8 4 - Jorge Jaramillo  Colombia 2:07.28 Q
9 1 - Hideaki Hara  Japan 2:07.75
10 3 - Ross Seymour  Australia 2:07.86
11 1 - Gerd Glogowsky  East Germany 2:07.87
12 4 - Sergey Zakharov  Soviet Union 2:08.82
13 1 - Miguel Lang  Spain 2:10.06
14 2 - Peter Tetlow  Australia 2:10.83
15 2 - Ignacio Álvarez  Mexico 2:11.50
16 4 - Csaba Sós  Hungary 2:11.60
17 3 - Vasil Dobrev  Bulgaria 2:11.95
18 4 - Angelo Tozzi  Italy 2:12.13
19 2 - Eduardo Alijo  Brazil 2:12.29
20 4 - John Duncan  Canada 2:12.39
21 3 - Ian Mackenzie  Canada 2:12.61
22 2 - Mikhail Gorelik  Soviet Union 2:14.37
23 4 - Eugen Almer  Romania 2:19.05
24 2 - Jean-Jacques Scheuren  Luxembourg 2:19.12
25 3 - John Daly  Puerto Rico 2:21.82
26 1 - José Ferraioli  Puerto Rico 2:22.21
27 2 - O. Mehmat  Iran 2:43.75
1 - Anders Bellbring  Sweden Did not start
3 - Ali Gharbi  Tunisia Did not start
1 - Sérgio Waismaun  Brazil Did not start

Final

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The results of the final are below.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) - Robin Backhaus  United States 2:03.32 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) - Steve Gregg  United States 2:03.58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) - Hartmut Flöckner  East Germany 2:03.84
4 - Brian Brinkley  Great Britain 2:03.94 NR[4]
5 - Jorge Delgado  Ecuador 2:04.03
6 - András Hargitay  Hungary 2:04.10
7 - Folkert Meeuw  West Germany 2:05.33
8 - Jorge Jaramillo  Colombia 2:10.36

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 25 July 2019.
  3. ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 200m Butterfly Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  4. ^ Hopkins, John (9 September 1973). "Still in deep water". The Sunday Times. London. p. 29.