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 icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
1975  

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

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Records

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

World record Flag of Japan.svg  Nobutaka Taguchi  (JPN)1:04.94 Munich, West Germany 30 August 1972
Competition recordN/AN/AN/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
4 SeptemberHeat 1 Rick Colella Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1:06.72CR
4 SeptemberHeat 3 Nikolai Pankin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:06.10CR
4 SeptemberHeat 5 John Hencken Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1:04.35WR
4 SeptemberFinal John Hencken Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1:04.02WR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15- John Hencken Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:04.35Q, WR
25- Nobutaka Taguchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:05.80Q
33- Nikolai Pankin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:06.10Q, CR
41- Rick Colella Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:06.72Q, CR
54- Mikhail Khryukin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:06.78Q
62- David Wilkie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:06.98Q
73- Jürgen Glas Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:07.32Q
83- Nigel Cluer Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 1:07.59Q
94- Michael Günther Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:07.77
102- Bernard Combet Flag of France.svg  France 1:08.26
114- Felipe Muñoz Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:08.37
121- Peter Hrdlitschka Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:08.62
135- Pedro Balcells Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 1:08.88
141- Ove Wisloff Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:09.49
152- Paweł Dyrek Flag of Poland (with coat of arms, 1955-1980).svg  Poland 1:09.60
165- Sándor Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:09.63
173- Alfredo Hunger Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1:09.73
185- Sérgio Pinto Ribeiro Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:09.80
193- Michael Creswick Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:09.81
204- Ulrich Nitzsche Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:09.87
212- Gustavo Lozano Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:09.92
225- Mel Zajac Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:09.97
233- Zdravko Divjak Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1:10.15
241- Cezary Smiglak Flag of Poland (with coat of arms, 1955-1980).svg  Poland 1:10.57
253- Giorgio Lalle Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:10.97
261- Steffen Kriechbaum Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:11.06
274- Angel Chakarov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 1:11.29
284- Tuomo Kerola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:12.37
292- Carlos Nazario Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1:13.33
304- Faruk Morkal Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:14.03
312- Orlando Catinchi Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1:14.50
321-H. AshfinFlag of Iran.svg  Iran 1:16.20

Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg- John Hencken Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:04.02 WR
Silver medal icon.svg- Mikhail Khryukin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:04.61 ER
Bronze medal icon.svg- Nobutaka Taguchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:05.61
4- David Wilkie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:05.74 CWR
5- Nikolai Pankin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:06.55
6- Rick Colella Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:06.69
7- Jürgen Glas Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:07.41
8- Nigel Cluer Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 1:08.12

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References

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